After living the Military life for 8 years we have lived in just as many houses and towns. With every move and as our family has grown we have moved into a larger house each time. This last move we moved into a two story house that had so much room that we could all get lost in our own space. The big problem, no one wanted to live in their own space. We found that everyone wanted to be in just the family room...all playing, making noise, fighting, eating, talking, singing and dancing....awww, the sounds of a happy family. Meanwhile, we were paying for all that empty space in the other half of the house. That got us to thinking. At first we thought about moving into a smaller house. (oh the joys of being military....you are never in one place for too long!) Then some friends of ours bought an rv to live in because they wanted to become dept free. After months of teasing them it got us to thinking, "Hey, they have a great idea!!!" We then started shopping for something that was just right for our family, researched, crunched the numbers and then prayed about it for almost 6 months. We then sold all of our furniture, weeded out toys and clothing, and finally cleaned out all of our junk drawers and closets. I am proud to say we are junk free and on the road to being 100% debt free. Our biggest goal for our 2-3 year adventure is to save up for our dream house when Jason gets out of the Navy. Our hope and dream is to buy land and build that house we have always wanted to build. In the mean time, our second goal is to teach our children that we can be a loving family with less stuff. Our children have never been in need of anything. It is my wish that they learn that family outings are gifts just as a toy would be.
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