5 kids in one van...am I nuts...

Before I begin this blog...

WARNING...Ed is gone at the men's retreat and the girls are in bed...

Translation...I am blog happy!!!

Now on to the rest of the story...

Well, not really since it was 5 kids (4 and under) with 2 mommies.

My sister, who seems to be having TERRIBLE luck with

her car recently, wanted to go to our new playgroup at Kathryn's house

(thanks again, Kathryn for hosting all of us :) )

and doesn't have access to a car right now.

The short version of that story is that they

took the car in to get fixed on Sunday, it was

"fixed with a new broken piece" on Tuesday,

and got REAR ENDED AT THE DEALERSHIP

(where it was being fixed) on Wednesday.

So, I went and "kidnapped" the carseats out of my

bro-in-law's van, and picked Rach and her

3 kids up in my van and off we went..

We stopped at Food Lion for a snack to

take and while she was shopping,

I was photographing the "bus" of kids...My nephew, Carter, 3,and niece, Emma,4,

Emma is taking care of her baby brother, Jonathan...Emma caring for Jonathan (9 weeks)Baby Jonathan Alder Manwaring

(named after my dad and grandad)The busload of kids...

Kate LOVED it

After having to buckle and unbuckle kids,

Rach and I decided that 7 passenger vans work

better if the passengers are NOT in carseats!!!