On Saturday, we visited the local Honda dealership to test drive the van I had been researching for some time now. We liked it and the kids loved it. I tried to get Spencer to pony up 20 bucks toward the purchase price, but no dice (he claims he forgot his wallet...likely excuse). We got a decent trade-in value for the Windstar and a good deal on the new van, a 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L. It's going to provide a little extra room and storage for the long trips we take during the year. Here's the new ride, along with a photo of the kids, who looooove the power sliding doors. Christine looooooves the fact that it has heated leather seats and a 6-disc CD player so she can finally listen to all her Canadian music groups. Aside from the DVD entertainment system and a couple of other minor details, this one has all the bells and whistles Honda offers. We like it.
By the way, you see the soccer ball in Syd's hands. She's playing on a munchkin soccer team that plays on Saturdays. She had her first game on Saturday. For not playing before, Syd did a great job her first time out. Aside from dribbling the ball the wrong way a couple of times (all the kids did this at least once), she had decent foot skills and her stamina was great, considering the kids ran around the whole time. We couldn't find the camera before we left for the game, so we'll post some soccer pictures in the coming weeks.
