a snippet of our tiny house story

The beauty of a tiny house ~ simple, intentional, free, quality living

We have been in a whirlwind for the past few years.  What do we want?  What is important?  How do we want our lives to look?  What do we want to "invest" in?

I found myself with such a large family just being able to keep up with the basics of life, feeling like we just "get by" day to day.  Our time and our finances were tapped out.  We wanted more for our family...adventure, travel, a more simple enjoyable life.
We knew we needed to make some changes.  We decided to sell our place, what I like to call "the palace".  2500 square ft built for us, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a huge laundry room.  
This was probably the biggest and longest desert we've ever walked through.  Let me just say...It was HARD!  I never realized so many trials would come through that one decision.
We rented two houses, bought and sold two houses (one with not enough land, one with to much), bought and sold many animals, started and sold a business, had three more children  just to name a few.  Through many good times and many heartbreaks, six years later we ended up here!  
Settled down on three mostly wooded acres, a few goats a dog, and our 800 square ft tiny house we call the cabin...debt free!!!  It's not finished yet, but quite close (a tour when done ;)
Was it worth it...I think yes.  I'll let you know fully when we have lived here a while.  

Blessings,
Joyful Mother

p.s.  We started this project building a garage to live in while we build our bigger house.  Will that ever happen?  Who knows!  We are fully living here being intentional about building to fit our large family and loving it!