VAN!!!

SO...we have been searching for a van for the last few months (OK - Josh METICULOUSLY scanned the used Honda Odyssey world for months). :) Last week, Josh had a day off work...he saw a van he liked in KC...drove down there...and bought the van! Yipee! So on Sunday, we ALL drove back down to KC, stayed overnight with our friends, and officially bought the van on Monday morning. It is a 2008 Black Honda Odyssey...and makes me feel VERY mom-ish...but I love it. :) Driving back from KC yesterday with 2 VERY tired and VERY cranky kids alone...did not love that...but I guess it was worth it. :)

Keatin thought maybe we should get this convertible instead. :)


Signed and payed for! :)



SO...around the Iowa/Missouri border, both of the kids were SCREAMING. I have no idea what Keatin's problem was...Will was just tired, tired of being in his carseat, and probably hungry. SO...I hung a quick right into Lamoni, IA where they had a lovely Maid-Rite/Iowa Welcome Center/Amish Gift Shop. We stopped for awhile to eat and regroup for the remaining part of the trip. They had these fake cows out front...Keatin just HAD to see them. (Notice how it looks dark and windy???? Yeah - I got to drive through really bad weather too!) AAHHH - SO glad to get to Ames!