It’s official! We bought a VW Routan (pronounced roo-tawn). It’s what those of you call a mini-van (we don’t say the “m” word in our house)! We needed the space, really badly. I didn’t realize how badly until Hunter started school and we needed to carpool. Where were we going to put another kid? Not OUR other kid (that’s not happening for those of you who keep thinking we’re vying for number 4) – a neighbor, a nephew, a sister-in-law, a mother-in-law! We’ve been taking two cars or borrowing my brother-in-law’s Expedition if we need another seat. Well all of that has come to pass. We traded in the (paid for) Jeep Grand Cherokee that I really did LOVE and have another (very low I must say) car payment! The kids are SO excited about the van…er, eh, Routan! And I assure you it has NOTHING to do with them now having DVD players in the back for when we travel. Here are some pictures of my new ride!!

Here are a few shots of the inside. It is SO loaded I’m really very spoiled. Mike loves all the gadgets and is going to have to learn me how to use them. :) There’s no navigation but the radio is touch screen, which I think is really cool. There’s also a place to plug in a thumb drive and I can play my music through that instead of my iPod. It also has a microphone so I can talk on my cell phone through the car stereo. There are buttons to open the doors, it seems like everywhere. And the key fob is very strange looking. It doesn’t even resemble what a typical car key looks like. There are two independent DVD players in the back with wireless headsets. And I have never seen so many cup holders in one car in my life.

In the last picture above, the seats fold down to what they call “picnic seating”. The next time we take the kids to the drive-in, that will come in VERY handy. I probably could have taken a picture of the seats that way too huh? LOL!!!!

See? Weird key fob…but dude, it opens the doors and the hatch, it even STARTS the car for you AND rolls the windows down! Yeah…all without even getting into the car! Can you say cool???

Stone wanted to pose one more time. He didn’t say “cheese” when I took this picture but “Stone”…that’s why his mouth looks funny.

So go ahead…make fun of me if you will. I think it’s COOL and am very proud of it! I cannot wait to take our first trip in it!

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