Vans for a LARGE FAMILY - Nissan NV and Ford Transit! 

I had two versions of this video and accidentally had the wrong one go up this morning. 🤦‍♀️ I’d like to blame this on newborn haze but Seth is three months old now so I’m not sure that still counts! 🤣. Thank you to everyone who watched, liked, commented the first round! I can see that but no one else can. I appreciate you!!

Solo is such a great father and husband. He is always conscious of his family in his life choices. His reasoning for the back up camera was not to make things easier for him but safer for his children. This world needs more great parents like you two! Congrats on the new vehicle!!

I'm asking everyone that reads this to pray for my family, our lives are in such turmoil at this time don't see an end to it.

Hope's singing made this tour a 10/10 🥰❤

I'm not sure why I, a 20 year old girl with no family and still in college, was so interested in watching this entire vide but here I am

Hi Sarah! We have a Ford Transit too for our very large family. Ours is a 11 or maybe it was a 12 seater. Lol. We bought our 2017 Transit used in 2018and like yours had very little miles. We love ours. The back doors do open up all the way and fold back to the little magnetic bumper guard on the outside of the van. You just pull the first lever (not the yellow pull string one) to release the door and it swings all the way open. Very convenient. I love the front window when you drive because it feels like you see everything and super big. No obstruction at all. Congratulations on your Van! ❤️👍

I actually love this video and I will never need this information! One child only here we have a small hybrid car that fits the three of us and our dog! 😂 but I’m always interested in every video you guys put out! ♥️ love from San Diego!

We have the same van and the back doors do open all the way! We have 8 kids and LOVE this van!! One thing I have found helpful is getting some canvas storage cubes and sliding the under the seats. One of ours has extra diapers/wipes/underwear and one I fill up with baggies of cereal that I make up every week in case someone forgot to grab breakfast before heading to school. One of them has toys in it.

2yrs later. I'm between these 2 vans, coming from an Odyssey but, loving the Pacifica. Not enough space. Timeless review. Thank you!!

Soon to be 9 kids here! We used to drive an 8 passenger Expedition and now we have had the medium roof 15 passenger transit for 2 years! We love our transit. We live in MN and put snow tires on for the winter season and it does great in the snow! We usually have the middle seats in the back row out. We also do loooong road trips every year and this van has been amazing! We use a luggage rack on our hitch. Get carseats/boosters with cupholders, that what we have! And I saw that someone else commented about the back doors opening all the way😊

I love big back up cameras. I have a phobia of backing over a child due to the fact that when I was 12 I was in the car with my aunt and she backed over her 18 month old. A back up camera would have prevented that. She survived (but had a nasty broken leg) and we praised God for protecting her. It was, however, very traumatic for me and I’ve struggled with driving around children since I turned 16. So I’m so happy you have a back up camera and to anyone that doesn’t have one-get it. It may save a life! I love your videos and I’m a faithful watcher even if I don’t always comments. Many blessings from Coastal NC.

You'll are so fruitfully multiplied, i love it. Every area of your lives appear to bear righteous fruit!! May the Lord continually poor out His Holy spirit in your lives. God bless and thank you for such great organic content

I've been following you for a while, and I must say, this is probably my favorite video. We are expecting our eighth in September, and need to upgrade our current "nine" passenger GMC Savana to a 12 or 15 passenger, so this is very timely! I've been looking at the NV and Transit vans, and this video is actually very helpful. I will also probably have to travel several hundred miles to buy one. The only thing I'm going to miss on my GMC is the fact that it is all-wheel drive! Keep us posted if you have a chance to drive the new van in the snow.

I just found out I am pregnant with my 6th baby (haven’t told my kids yet) and I am looking into these two vans that’s for sharing. It was very informative:)

So lucky you have options. I had to buy a commercial 14 seater basic van here in Australia. Only option with a big family. We had a triple stroller and groceries or school bags and same problem. No storage. We ended up pulling out the back 3 seats. We put a cargo cage so items didn't projectile. It was great having the extra room when the older children did sport, I put a small foam mattress in for the babies and the door opened up as a shade. Love yours.

I had to smile as you were showing the van.😊 It reminded me of a small plane and how the seats reclined. Solo looked like the pilot and you like an airline hostess explaining how everything worked😊All that was missing was you pulling out an oxygen mask and a seat belt to demonstrate 😂😂 I loved watching this. You and Solo were so cute and you both are always so interesting and articulate when you explain things. Thank you 😊 This van will be wonderful for your family and great for your trip!!👍 Enjoy it..... Blessings to you and your beautiful family❤️🌺🌴❤️From Sunny Florida ❤️🌞🌴❤️

We have a 12 passenger Ford Econoline (which is just as fancy as it sounds!). I miss my mini van and all it's perks. Our van's name is Big Birtha (spelling choice was my husband's! 😂) but I call her perkless Birtha. There's not even a light that says a door is open. I would love to have more seats with latch! We have exactly 2. But we have 4 carseats that could use it. Thanks for the tour and the comparison! It's good to know if we ever get to upgrade. (My oldest is praying that I'll be pregnant with twins by her birthday. It's all she wants this year! 😂 If the Lord agrees with her plan we may be upgrading soon!)

Back in the 80s and early 90s my uncle was raising 10 beautiful children. Yes large vans were available but not with the technology they have today. So when his oldest could drive my aunt was still have babies so they just got two large vans. One for boys and dad and the other for mom and girls. And the oldest daughter would drive! They went everywhere. Mass to Oregon California and so on. They made it work. You do whatcha gota do. Your family is amazing, beautiful, kind, patient and so many many more positive things. Thank you for letting us in on your journeys!!!

We don't have a huge family, (just 3 kids) but we upgraded to a 7 passenger SUV from just a 5 passenger last year. We did that because our kids are getting bigger, we enjoy road trips, and we want to be able to bring our kids friends with sometimes. Our old SUV had awesome trunk space, our new one does not. When I grocery shop, I end up folding down the seats which thankfully is very easy. Anyway, I said all that to say I relate to choosing to buy something even if everything isn't perfect because it works best for the family.

I am one of those constant viewers who won’t have a family as big as yours, but I love seeing how y’all’s lifestyle is with this many children, I’m pregnant now with our second with a 26 month old toddler and I praise you & Solo’s patience! I just love y’all’s family and hope you’re on RU-vid for many years to come ❤️

BTW the rear doors do open all the way back. Just pull the release tabs inside the doors. And that yellow thing is the Jack, and the Jack tools are in a compartment inside the front passenger door near the steps! I have the mid roof 2016 model I bought new then! Love it...Enjoy

Very nice van....you really explained the vehicle very well....I love it when the kids are having a lot of fun in your vlogs....they are so entertaining and comical....you both are amazing parents and your fun, loving, caring personality shine so bright through your children....big hugs, loves, and prayers!!!!!!!!!

Many people don’t feel winter tires are necessary, but all seasons lose their elasticity at about 40°F. In Quebec it’s actually law to have winter tires on your car between December 1 and March 15. Good that you have winter tires.

Congratulations 🎉on the new van!! So exciting. We have a transit as well. Low roof one for our family of 9. It is our second transit as we had a major car accident in Jan '17 in the first one. They don't handle the snow well 😢. We were visiting family in Iowa and heading back home to Ohio. We hit bad weather in Indiana and while driving over a road bridge the back tires hit black ice as they came across the seam between the road and the bridge. We were on the I80E turnpike. The back of the van skirted around so we were then facing west and we hit a road sign and then rolled side over side twice coming to rest on the driver side in the median. God is so good Sarah🙌🏾. We did not hit another vehicle and police were on the scene and saw the WHOLE thing. They were there at the same bridge responding to a few cars that had just slid off the road. Anyway we all WALKED away from the incident with minor bumps. We had 6 children at the time and the youngest was 3 months old. God saved and protected everyone. We have so much to be thankful 🙏🏾for. We have since added one more baby to the family. We also now put sandbags in the back as well. We had only had the van 10 months when the accident happened. I could share more but need to close. God is so good!!! I love watching your family. My children do as well. I've commented in the past and wish I could comment as often as I watch. Thank you for your service of encouragement unto the Lord through you tube to so many of us!! Be blessed! 🤗

Sat here and watched this entire video even though my kids are grown and I drive a VW Bug! I just always feel so encouraged when listening to you, no matter what you are talking about 😊

I wouldn't ever need a vehicle this large, but I still enjoy watching! Bc big families fascinate me, but mainly bc i love watching you guys. 🥰 It's nice and spacious.

very informative and helpful for large family , Beautiful family God bless you all . Thanks

I’ve got baby number four coming in May and I cannot wait to get an NV or Transit!! I have a Chrysler Pacifica now and just with the three kids I feel so claustrophobic! We knew we’d have more kids after our twins. We should have just went straight for the big guy instead of a van! 🖤🖤 Sending love from Ontario 😊

We have the full upgraded version of the 2014. Leather seats, seat warmers, built in inverter for two 110 outlets, factory navigation and back up cams, etc and mine doesn’t have visor mirrors either. We bought used, as well, and someone superglued a mirror to the passenger visor. 😂🤣😂. It look like it came off of one of those big eye shadow pallets and I will look for another one for the driver side. Haha. To transport your stroller, take it to a small, locally owned bicycle shop and talk to them about an over the door bike mount. If you have the stroller with you, a lot of times those places will help you find something that will fit your needs.

We just got the same van about 2 weeks ago to go to a large family group vacation in Virginia, which unfortunately got canceled. I love it. So easy to drive. We are on the east coast of Florida. I have 8 children. It's nice to see other big families. Thanks for sharing.

We only have 9, but are growing out of our 12 passenger van. This was great to see from another big family. Thank you for sharing!

Yeah, need to get one of those platforms that attach to the back for your luggage.. We have had 2 Expeditions and 1 Lincoln Navigator and works beautifully with our family of 5.. Loved the tour! Looking forward to traveling with you!

We just test drove a 12 passenger low rise Transit this last weekend and loved it! We are now on the market for one by the end of this year as we just had baby number five last year maxing out our mini van. I am glad to be able to show this to my hubby as a visual of all I have told him in differences. ❤️

I think you should look at getting a trailer for your van, that way all food/baggage etc can be stored there while travelling & everyone can be comfortable in their seats! Especially for those long 20 hr + road trips! 🙂

Very nice van !

Uhaul cargo trailer! We used to travel as a large family in an suv with minimal luggage space. So for road trips, we rented the smallest covered trailer for our luggage. Game changer.

Yay for the new Transit! We love ours which is very similar to yours. Just got it a few months ago and we took it on a 14 hour round trip from South Dakota to Iowa City during a snowstorm in Jan with no issues until we got back home and got it stuck in our own long unplowed driveway. 😜

Hi im a momma to 8 and a proud owner of a silver ford transit. I tell everyone it's my dream car. It just makes me so happy to fit my whole fam in it.

Love the comparison! I recommend you to get in touch with a local CPST to help get those car seats set up as safe as possible for those precious kids!

We *only* have 6 kiddos but I still loved seeing the van tours. Thanks ! 💞

LOVE WHEN SARAH GETS EXCITED SHE HAPPY WITH HER NEW VAN SJE A GOOD PERSPN

Make sure your car seats have your top tether attaches to the seats so you might have to move some around to do that like the back seat. It a accident it helps stabilize the top of the seat and prevent whiplash. It’s very important to use it. Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for he tours. I really enjoyed watching. It was fun to show my kids the NV since that’s likely our next vehicle!

Great video ❤. I don't know if you will see this comment, but can you do a video on postpartum challenges? For instance, if you have ever dealt with PPD/A, or juggling the demands of a newborn while also pastoring and homeschooling, how you handle times when you feel drained and run down, how you fit in exercise or personal devotional time, etc. I know Solo and the older kids are so helpful, but any tips or encouragement to young moms who are still in the baby/toddler/preschool stage would be wonderful! ❤

Never been this early wow I love you and all your beautiful family 💜

I loved the sweet background singing...preciousness.

Hi from Canada, I think you guys are wonderful .Love your new vehicle, have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for the great tour. Baby six on the way and we are looking to up-size.

Thank You For Showing This Beautiful Van. I May Not Have As Many Blessings (Children) As You, But I Loved Seeing This And Thinking Of A Good Way To Have a “Tiny Home” Sort Of Van For The Long Trips We Take. This Van Is Perfect!

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

I have one kid and no driver licens and still enjoyd watching The video 🙃🤓

Welcome to the Transit family!! We have a mid-roof 12 passenger so we have plenty of trunk space. But we only have 6 kids so don’t need the 15 seats. I’ve enjoyed having it for the past year. It feels more like a van which makes it easier for me to drive. Have fun!

We have a Yukon and it doesn't have hardly any trunk space either and we ordered hitch Cargo Carrier from Amazon and it works really well.

Yes the doors open all the way out switches on door. Crack a window makes shutting the sliding door much easier ( the smaller say over 5 will be able to do it). With an 8.4 roof some things like all car washes are too small, but most restaurants, banks, etc are accessible. I found containers that fit under the seats and let the grandchildren bring only what fit in their container. Great for soring diapers, wipes, and extra clothes for the little ones. Enjoy your van, we do.

We just surpassed the SUV and mini van stage I came to the realization today 15 passenger is about the only way to go food informative video

Wow, remembering my childhood and fighting with my 2 siblings over which seat I got and then thinking about your 10 kids. Good thing you've got nearly half that have to stay in a certain seat due to their child seats! Congrats on the purchase, hope it treats you well!

Beautiful family and great video. The back doors extend all the way open like your Nissan. The circles on the sides and back doors are magnetic so the doors stay open while you loading.

Sarah, I'm sure you can find some extra cup holders on amazon! I don't have a car so I can't say I've tested any but I'm sure there are cup holder attachments that would work for your van.

Thank you for sharing. My husband and I just recently purchased the Nissan NV 12 passenger van. I love it! We bought a Honda Odyssey 3 years ago that I drove until we bought the Nissan. Now, my husband drives the Honda Odyssey. We just purchased the Nissan and we have the upgraded model and it still did not have the mirrors on the visors.lol

I purchased cup/snack holders on Amazon that attach to the headrests in front of each seat. They come in great for our grandsons.

The yellow thing under your very back seat is your jack🌸🌸🌸

We have the same transit. I love it with 8 kids. The rear doors do open wider. I took the back 2 seats out for groceries since we don’t use all 15.

love your video, thank you for the tour. I drive GMC Acadia 2013. We get it used for our family of five and I love it. It's a really nice Ford Transit. Enjoy

Coming from a family of 11 before there were vans and Suburbans, we had the 3 seater station wagon. Two seats faced forward and one in the very very back faced backward. No air conditioning in those days, just windows rolled down if our dad would let us. Usually that wasn’t allowed because it messed up my mom and big sisters hair dos, but the worst part was that he smoked with all the windows rolled up🤢🤢🤢🤢. We had to put our luggage on top of the car!!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

We have a Nissan Nv and love it....we have around a family of 8 and so with some of the last row out, it gives us a bigger trunk space then. We adopted our youngest 4 and are considering adopting more, so why we got it. Plus I had neck surgery and the safety on the NV is a top priority for us. Add in the Nissan Nv as a great tow vehicle for our future travel trailer and it was BEST choice ever. 🤗

I love your family so much. Of course I’ve never met you all and I only have 1 child ha ha but the love of Christ absolutely radiates from all of you. I enjoy every single video and although My husband and I only have 1 child, I love following your family of 12!

There’s a company that makes something called a scout. For BOB strollers outside the car. Not sure what kind of jogger stroller you have. Love the new van! Happy travels!

I CAN'T wait for the "ACR😉SS the country road trip🚐 !!!"

Thank you for sharing ,many happy and safe traveling.Looking forward to uploads of the trip . Greetings from South-Africa. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Really glad you made this video! My husband and I are actually looking to decide between and buy on of those two vehicles. It was nice to get to see them both in 1 video 😁👍🏻

Any video you’d do I will watch!! I don’t care if you make a video on how you fold towels 😂🤣...you and your family are precious 🥰

Thanks for sharing your vehicles. Around here I've only seen a transit used for 5-6 kids in our homeschool co-op. We are looking for a bigger vehicle and nice to see other options that we didn't know about. Love your family 💝

Hey FAVORITE TRIBE! Love your new car! May you ENJOY it for many wonderful trips!⭐🌟⭐🌞

That’s a nice van. I bet it’s fun having a big family that you can enjoy.

I am in early labor with #6. We are keeping our Escalade ESV for now but we will be purchasing a passenger van so I really enjoyed this video.

Congratulations 🎊🎈 baby Seth y’all know I love ❤️ him enjoy your new van 🍼

Love the new van. It's very handsome

Thanks for sharing! We are expecting #7 and need to upgrade. It helps to have someone other than a sales person give you a tour. Best yet you understand the struggles of getting a large family around and doing so most comfortably.

Oh my gosh! They’re both so fancy! We are driving a 2006 Chevy 12 Passenger, so anything is an upgrade from that! Lol! BUT, I dont want to let go of it because it has double doors on both sides! So my baby car seats are on the driver side and I can just open the door and put them in without killing my back! I cant believe how tall the transit is! That’s amazing! We are considering our next van to be a 15 passenger, and then take the backseat out so we can have more storage. The storage in the trunk in the 12 passengers are ridiculous! Thank you soooo much for the reviews! I really needed to see this! You guys are awesome! So sorry you can’t park in the garage!

Thank you for making this video! We are currently looking for a large van. I thought I liked the NV but I've been leaning towards the Transit for a bit now and it was nice to see what you liked and disliked about both. We are praying God provides a great van because boy, they are not cheap! Trying to buy a van within 2 weeks of delivering baby #6 is stressful 😩

Hi sara, my mum has a van in the uk as she is in a wheelchair. Helpfully hint you can get D rings on the inside so you can attach bags to them. We use reusable shopping bags and a bungie lead it's so helpful x

We have a grate we attach to the back of our NV. I pack our things in rubber bins and we can put three across on the grate and then strap them down. I keep hotel bags in the van. 🙂

My brother and his wife got a smaller Ford Transit since they have 5 kids and a dog. They travel a lot out of state to visit family so they needed space for luggage and gifts sent back with them. lol

Congratulations on your car. cool car! love your family sweetest childern.

This was so helpful thank you!!!

I’d like to rent one and see how it would do for our family road trips. Mom, Dad, sisters and hubbys and all our kids plus junk. Driving from California to Indiana to see Grandma Queen and everyone. Quite an adventure!

We drive a 16 seater Mercedes Sprinter for our big family. Bigger vans = more space, more room but also = harder to park and harder to clean ;-) Enjoy your new bus!!

ROAD TRIP!!! :) looking forward to road trip videos. We take a long road trip once a year and I'm always looking for big family road trip tips. I'm pretty sure your channel was the one where you talked about having the kids wear flip-flops on road trips and having a shoe bag by the door where you would collect their shoes as they were getting in and out of the van? Was that you? Because that was a freaking Game Changer. I'm not even kidding, LOL. No more being stuck in Rest Stop Parking Lot digging through an overloaded messy van for somebody's missing shoe.😂

Congratulations Solo and Sara, so happy for you!

I love the thumbnail ❤️

Love you guys you all rock & yes the new van is awesome! :) Go Solo and Sarah! :)

Very nice van. Enjoy it. Safe travels Thanks for sharing

I feel so guilty! I drive a Accura MDX, has a 3rd row I leave down and it's just me and my husband. Nice van

Can’t wait for your cross country videos 🙂 I also like how you say “roof” 🙃 we’re a small family of three and almost empty nesters but I’d like to have a bigger vehicle just because I like the space, so maybe one day I’ll get my Tahoe, that’s as big as I’ll go!

I've never seen the aisle in the middle. Very nice. I would go the route the older kids go, it's a win/win with an aisle and window seat in one. :)

You can always get the cup holders that go over the back of a seat with extra storage!

This video was helpful for us! We have 7 children and are looking to buy a new van sometime in the future. We have a GMC 12 passenger right now.

I see you and I see my future 😂😂😂My husband and I are expecting our first child but we really want a large family like your.. so..thank you for this video 😄

Thank you for the comparison. I found it helpful.

Congrats on the new van it’s awesome!