Well, my expectation of a relaxing summer is going out the window, as it usually does ... reality hits at the end of June that my imaginations of lying in a hammock sipping lemonade isn't really coming to pass...first of all, we don't have a hammock, and if we did someone would probably come and spin me around and tip me over...or they'd be climbing all over me to sit in there with me.  Second of all, I need something MUCH more caffinated (sp?) than lemonade!! 

Well, folks, we broke down and did it - renounced our vanity and pride and purchased a 15 passenger van - yikes!  At the dealer it was parked next to the red corvette and the sporty cadallac - I had to keep my dh focused ... "remember honey, we have a zillion kids, they won't all fit in that shiny red car, only in this big white tank".  What a man!  I need to get a bumper sticker that says, "Real Men drive Huge Vans" or something like that!!  During the test drive I asked him if I looked "HOT" driving it ... he mumbled something unintelligible.  LOL  Doesn't the Bible say something about pulling down imaginations and strongholds?  Well, we're doing that left and right around here!  I just went to my 20 year class reunion.  It was a kick!  If you had asked me 20 years ago what I'd be doing in 20 years, I guarantee you it did NOT include 7 children and a very large white van.  In my mind, it looked more like no kids, a business suit, and that shiny red corvette.  I wanted to be a "higher up" in the computer science world.  Hah!  I'm sure God just chuckled at my great imaginations.  I'm sure He was saying, "If only she knew the plans I have for her...plans not to harm her, plans to give her a future with hope, plans that include lots of children for her to pass on that hope to, plans for a man that can handle driving a bus full of children...and she will actually DESIRE those plans at some point...he he he".  Yes, God is such a crack-up!!  You are funny Daddy!!!!