Why it is the Bear Cave....

Well here is my first post....I thought I might explain why we call our home the bear cave. When I married my hubby 15 years ago, I decided to keep my maiden name. I thought my own identity was important, and still do, so I told him before the big day I was keeping my name. I was engaged for 2 1/2 years, and told him frequently that I was not changing my name, so it would not come as a surprise. Even with all the advanced warning it came as a surprise....but he got used to it, my family got used to it ( that took a while ), his family never did. So when we decided to have our first child, of course I thought it would be a "no brainer" and he or she would have a hyphenated last name. Well once again I prepared hubby for this, he excepted it, no major complaints or fights over this. ( except with my family, once again! ) His family once again never got used to it, or excepted it. So since none of our last names match, except for our kids, we decided to use the last name Bear when ever we would get anything personalized with our "Family" name. That is how we became the Bear family and live in a bear cave. ( Hubby and I actually talked at one time about officially changing our last name to Bear, but never did. )