Our New Van

Last week Whitley made an arrangement with a dealership in Arkansas to purchase a van I have been dreaming of a long time!  There’s a lot we like about the Nissan NV3500!  Never imagined the circumstances that would unfold for us to actually have one, but we are very thankful!  Lane Whitefield, our friend and Whitley's partner at work, was already headed to Kentucky for an annual  reunion with his marine platoon that week and was able to drop Whitley and Andrew off in Arkansas to pick up the van.  A very special thank you to him and especially for his service to our country!

2015 Nissan NV3500

Spadra Park on Lake Dardanelle 

Whitley took Andrew with him on the trip.  They had a great time and Andrew definitely got spoiled with plenty of cheeseburgers (his favorite) and good barbecue! Andrew was also so excited to show the family the van when they got home!

The purchase of the van is a bit of a downsize for us so I spent several days contemplating the least expensive way to do a combination of utilizing the seats we already had and see what different car seats we’d need for some kids.  One thing about small Bradberry kids is that they use car seats much longer than most!  So far it’d appear we only had to make one new purchase on a seat and one used purchase to get some car seats with a narrower footprint.  Didn’t really have to care about that in the big van!

Got them all installed and took the family to church in it this morning!  

Sun-shiny squinty view!

That’s a little better mom!

3rd row

2nd row

Baby will go beside Luke with a teenager on the end.

I guess you need a picture of the 

very happy mama too!

Love from our family to you and yours!

What's New with Victory

Sweet Victory Grace is growing up and has such a sweet personality.  It is fun to see how she interacts differently with each sibling.  She loves playing with David, Luke and Timothy and their toys much more than her own or her big sister's.  But she also knows who will take her wherever she wants to go and cuddle her any time and over any little whimper she makes....

This sweet sister....

....and this big brother....

....and sometimes this one too....

Andrew and Isaac love to take pictures of her!

This one is Andrew's.... she was dressed in her Sunday best, a dress her sister wore as a baby, as well as either I or my cousin Meaghan too.  (Not sure which, but it has stood the test of time!)

Miss Victory loves the Christmas tree this year!

Didn't care about much more than her mama last year.

Miss Victory loves her cookies!!  The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree!

She is so close to walking and this video is so sweet of Luke helping her!

Love and updates from our family to you and yours!!