POULSBO — Courtnee Stevenson got her Mother’s Day wish when the last of her quintuplets, Weston, was able to come home after more than a month at Swedish Hospital in Seattle.

Her husband, Mike, and a host of volunteers had refurbished the couple’s 900-square-foot home in preparation for that joyous occasion, but the family still lacked a vehicle large enough to handle six car seats, two adults and all of the necessary items for them to travel together.

That all changed Monday evening, when Poulsbo Mayor Kathryn Quade, Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen and Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority Executive Director Norm McLaughlin showed up at the Stevensons front door with the keys to a 15-passenger Chevrolet cargo van and a $50 gas card from Cenex in Poulsbo.

“It’s wonderful and we were very fortunate to find a family that needed a big van like that,” McLaughlin said, adding that Quade came to a recent KCCHA board meeting and saw that the van was scheduled for surplus. “She spoke up and all of this came together very quickly.”

The van was refurbished by Liberty Bay Auto in Poulsbo and Silverdale Transmission before it was ready for Monday’s special delivery.

“(Commissioner Endresen) told me there were some good parts to this job and this is one of them,” Quade said as she held one of the quintuplets.

The gift was happenstance, because Quade said she had been looking for a van for the family and hadn’t had much success.

“I saw it on the agenda for surplus and Commissioner Endresen quickly jumped in and we made it happen,” Quade said. “This is what it’s all about. It’s all about the people.”

Endresen said sometimes people think the housing authority is strictly for Bremerton or Silverdale because of all the work it has done in those areas, but it’s for the entire county.

“This is probably the best thing I’ve done as commissioner,” she said. “It helps this family do things in one trip.”

With two young children of her own, Endresen said she can’t imagine what it’s like dealing with six children.

As she held one of the quints, Endresen said there was a side benefit to being part of the van’s delivery.

“It gives me the opportunity to hold a baby, which I haven’t done in a while,” Endresen said.

For Mike, the van’s delivery was an unexpected but welcomed surprise.

“We didn’t have a way to take them all if we have to take them for their three-month check up,” he said. “Now it’s just a matter of where we’re going to go for our first family trip.”

With their transportation needs met, Mike said the next major task is building the family’s new home.

“We got this one remodeled and it works, but there’s still a lot that needs to be done on the new one,” he said.

Tracy Bushnell of Bushnell Homes in Silverdale has offered to help with that project and is trying to enlist other members of the Kitsap Home Builders Association as well, Mike said.

“He drives by here everyday and asked if there was something he could do to help,” he said.

Even though the construction process has been a constant source of frustration, Mike said the family is enjoying finally being all together and getting into a routine.

“We finally got all of them on a three-hour schedule and it seems to be working,” he said. “We have volunteers from the church helping out as well.”

Thanks to the volunteers from New Life Church in Silverdale, Mike said he and Courtnee are averaging about four to six hours of sleep each night.

“The volunteers’ shift ends at 4 o’clock, so we’re normally up by then,” Courtnee said.

With all of the activity in their house, Courtnee said she hasn’t had much time to watch TV or even listen to the radio.

“By the time I get to bed, I’m so tired that I go right to sleep,” she said.

Despite leaving the house just once a week to go grocery shopping, Courtnee said she hasn’t felt isolated or alone.

“We’ve got so many people coming in and out that I get to talk to them and I enjoy listening to what’s going on in their lives,” she said.

The couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Lilli, has also been a big help with all of the quints finally home, Courtnee said.

“She can do a full feeding by herself and she even tries to burp the babies, so we have to watch her,” Mike added.

For those wondering how the quints got their names, Courtnee said that Aniston is named for Jennifer Aniston, Camilee is named for her sister, Scarlett for Scarlett O’Hara, Belle, which was chosen by Lilli, from the Disney movie, “Beauty and the Beast,” and Weston came from the Social Security Web site, which listed the least popular names.