My Westy gets a Name!

So, when we went to pick up the Westy, we asked Colin and Carrie if they named her. We knew she was a she because in one of Colin’s emails, he referred to her that way! :) They said they hadn’t come up with a name for her yet. See, she was destined to be ours! So we discussed a couple names as we drove home from the beach one day. We thought of “Stella,” because it would be fun to say when you were upset with her...Stellllll…llllaaaa. But then we remembered that this was a name Chelsea (our daughter) had picked out to name one of her future children. Her answer when we told her we were thinking of this? “I KNOW you’re kidding.” And if you know Chelsea, you can hear her saying this! :) So we tossed around a couple more, but then came up with Sandy. Now this seems like a rather normal name, but to us, it represents one of our favorite things...sand and the beach. We always have sand in our vehicle – it doesn’t matter what time of year it is, there’s never a time you won’t find at least a speck of sand in each of our cars. If you know us, you know that we would rather be at the beach (pretty much almost any beach) all the time. The second reason Sandy was so perfect is that she is the name of one of my all time favorite movie characters. Give up?? Sandy from Grease!! There’s even a song about her! So, it seemed fitting to name my new Vanagon, Sandy. ~Jess