New Van!!

Jacki, Gary and the kids arrived Sunday morning at 10 am with the new van and Matthew was still in bed. He was up and out to the van at 1030. It was so exciting. It is massive!! We are thinking to use it a charter for the times when Matthew isn't using it. To use the lift has one controller and no manual labour is needed to raise and lower it. We have nicknamed the new van Esmeralda because the old van is Quasimodo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". So for Matt's first official drive we all piled in, John driving, myself in the passenger seat, and the kids, Grandma, Jacki, Gary and Matt. Believe it or not we had room for one more passenger!! Too bad, Grandpa, you missed out! We then proceeded to drive to MacDonald's for lunch. However we couldn't go through the drive thru so we all went in to order. Now I know what Ma and Pa Kettle felt like!
We drove down some of the roads we had driven with Quasimodo and couldn't believe the difference, it was so comfortable. And it has heat! Lots and lots of heat. Because it is a diesel engine it was actually too warm and we had to keep turning it down. I must say we were glad for the tinted windows otherwise we would have made quite a sight.
And we already have used it for transporting furniture and equipment. The Serengeti spa had a booth at the bridal show this weekend and Gary and Matt showed up to transport the stuff back to the spa. We fit it all in and Matt (when we had taken the stuff to the bridal show, we used 3 vehicles!). I can definelty see us making more trips with Matt, rain, shine or freezing cold. Thanks for all the prayers and if you ever in Red Deer and need some transportation for large numbers, give us a call!