Ten Things About Having A Larger Family

1. We have to drive bigger 15 passenger vans or Suburbans
2. Eating out gets expensive very quickly
3. We need two hotel rooms
4. The food bill is getting pretty significant
5. Storage of children’s clothes, school materials, bicycles, and such requires lots of space
6. People will look at us and ask impolite questions (“Are they all yours? Don’t you know what causes that?)
7. We don’t need much external entertainment – we have lots right here in the home
8. Quiet is a rare commodity
9. Our marriage is not so easily nurtured as it once was
10. Joy is a constant – these children are precious gifts!