While I like to frolic in the water as much as the next person, there is one part of water play that does not appeal to me at all. It is diving. I don't like getting water in my face, don't like slaming into water, and I don't like stepping, jumping or falling off into nothing, and then waiting to hit the water. Right now part of our life feels like this.

As we wait for the final few months of this pregnancy, there are a few more unknowns than normally we would have. Believe it or not, cars is one of these unknowns. After we found out that we really were having twins (our kids tried to warn us), the thought that first uttered from our lips was "our car will not be big enough. How will we get them home from the hospital?"

Now the reality is that we have a 7 passenger mini-van and a 5 passenger PT Cruiser. So over all we have enough space, it just requires two drivers/cars. While we have discussed about every size and type of car that would be big enough for 8 people, we have settled in on getting a 12 passenger van. I know that may sound excessive, but we realized that if we don't, we would be back to the issue of taking two cars whenever we wanted a friend/relative to come along. So this weekend, for some crazy reason, Jeff was on-line (no that is not the crazy part) but he found two 12 passenger vans that would work real well for us. With a little bit of luck, we could almost "trade-across" in value the Cruiser for the van, which would mean almost no out of pocket expense for us. So here is the part that feels like "jumping off a diving board" I think we have decided to put the cruiser up for sale on Monday. We know that neither of these two vans could end up being for sale by the time we sell Jeff's cruiser, but we feel like this is the next step for us. This may mean car pooling or me not having a car during the day (imagine that, in America having a one-car family. YIKES!!!) But it would allow us to not have to take on any more debt, make sure the cruiser sells (like we would need three cars!), and would help us be better prepared.

Now I know what you are all thinking, a van?! That is not a sexy car. True, but I think the highest priority for us is for our family to be together. We enjoy going to the store on Saturday's to go shopping together (yes the whole family, and yes, it is not always a peaceful thing), we like finding parks to play at, or going on an annual family vacation that could be as far as a 22 hour drive (one-way). I guess this just goes back to what we value as a family. We want to make being together easy and comfortable. When we travel we don't want to hold our luggage on our laps or have it under our feet. We are aware that travel often requires gear whether it is tents and sleeping bags or play-n-packs and bulk boxes of diapers! So we gave up the idea of a sexy car a long time ago and decided that we would go for the fun for the family, I-am-thankful-no-one-is-sitting-on-my-lap car.