I love you ladies!
Why haven't I seen this thread before???
I have seven. Eight if you count my angel boy. Six of my own and two foster boys.
I love it and I would go back again in an instant.
My father was always going off at me about having money and a career and that if I kept having kids they would go without. The week before he died, he said to me that life had nothing to do with money, it had everything to do with family and having people around you who you loved. Bless him, it took him until his dying day to find out something I have known all along.
We don't go without, we just do things differently. We are planning a camping holiday next, beach front! Our house is noisy and messy and I love it because it's full and challenging and ALWAYS interesting!