Van

In July we joined the mini van club.  We put it off as long as we possibly could (ok, actually- we should have done it sooner but it was so nice not having that car payment)!

We actually did squish into the Subaru for about a month before we finally found the van we wanted to buy.  It was a little tight and luckily, all five of us didn't really go many places! 

Here is the van we purchased and everyone so happy to have their space! 

We really love it- nice to spread out, love the power doors, bluetooth so we can play movies on the iPad for the kids, great for carpooling, room for three extra kids if needed, tons of storage space, decent gas mileage, etc.  We would have loved some other kind of SUV but they just aren't as practical as a mini van and most cost more so that is the way we chose to go.