Where we are…..

To understand where we are now, we have to rewind to a couple of months ago. Late January and early February we sold and moved out of our home of five years. This was no small feat. If you can imagine just how much stuff you can fit in a 4,000 square ft. home, triple that and that is how much stuff we had to move. Five years of baby and toddler things. A husband whose nickname is “Sanford” had a garage and a shop to store his things and still didn’t have enough space. I am a compulsive sales shopper and hobbyist, so I alone packed up probably 20 large hefty tubs with stuff. It was a nonstop two week effort with family helping everyday and thank goodness because we never would have been able to do that ourselves. 

What motivated this change?

Both of us have a love for travel. We have attempted to move several times with job changes, but that hasn’t been enough of a change for us. We also really like being near and around family. We loved our house. We put a TON of renovation work into it. I think at the end of it, we just felt that we wanted more closeness with our little family. Never in my wildest dreams did I think about going tiny….smaller but not tiny. Tiny travels better though!

And here we are:

We have been in our home sweet home on wheels for the past 6 months. The first 2 months we spent in Branson, MO. Between Covid-19 and a flood that was moving into our campground, we made the decision to come back home. We were literally on our way out as the flood completely took over the campground. That was my first experience with a flood and it is truly scary and amazing how quickly it happens. Because of Covid-19, we made the decision to stay put for awhile. 

Since we are always changing up our hobbies, we decided to get our first flock of chickens in May. Our flock includes 14 buff orpington hens, 1 rooster, and 3 silkies. My daughter Ava and I have apparently found a love we never knew existed for chickens. I don’t know what it is about them, but they are just so loveable. 

Where we are now is definitely not a place I ever imagined us being. In fact, Scott will tell you that I have repeatedly said over and over that I would never ever do anything like this. And it’s the truth, I remember getting so upset when Scott would suggest this scenario. I also know that growth can only happen when you take on a challenge and get uncomfortable. Ultimately now I believe we were meant to do this. We prayed for the longest time about this, and somehow all the pieces have come together to make this scenario happen. We spent multiple sleepless nights trying to figure things out for the longest time, and it’s amazing what happens when you give things to God and he makes them happen on his time. 

It’s not without its challenges, but I feel like making this change has helped us grow as individuals and as a family. I had a tremendous fear that our 4 year old daughter Ava would miss our old house terribly. As a matter of fact, we just drove by our old house yesterday to see our other land we own behind the house and she said without me asking “I don’t want to move back into our old house”. I asked her where she would like to live and she said “I want to live in the camper”. It definitely makes my heart happy to know our children are happy and we haven’t made a decision that impacted them negatively.

So that is where we are now and I just wanted to share a verse that I found peace in and continue to find peace in when looking for answers.