Van replacement

We have been thinking about replacing our minivan for some time now. It is a 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager that we bought new just after our son was born. This van has been everywhere with us. It has been on a trip to Florida and one to South Dakota and Colorado, and all over Minnesota and Wisconsin many times. It has been a good van but with things going wrong with it now and with 163,000 plus miles it has reached the end.

So yesterday I told Krista we needed to get serious about replacement. Having looked at many vans online, we were mostly ready. Abby and Krista went out for a haircut and were near one of the places that had a van we had seen online. Well, one thing led to another, I ended up over there too, and we will pick up our "new to us" van today.

It is much the same as the one we have, just newer and with more options. It is a 2000 Chrysler Grand Voyager. It is blue, which Krista likes. It has captain's chairs in the back instead of a bench seat, which the kids like. It has operational air conditioning and power locks, which I like.

It isn't really new, but it will hopefully get us through the next 6 years or so.

Minivans are not exciting, but they do make great functional sense for a family like ours. I will post a picture when I have one..

One of my nephews got married this past Saturday, and he and Heidi made it through the day. Here is a picture of Darren with Gabe and Abby. Congratulations Darren and Heidi!!