Downsized

I never would have thought just little over a year ago,

that we would have

downsized.

Downsized our house

 from this to

this.

Our old house had

6 bedrooms

4 full baths

2 laundry rooms

2 kitchens

you get the point

bigger than these

4 people and 2 dogs needed.

(Wayne was taking the photo!)

Funny when we started to evaluate

what rooms we lived in, I mean really spent time in,

we narrowed it down to

the family room

the kitchen

the breakfast room

and of course the

 bedrooms.

We were blessed to have been able to design and

build our old home!  And it served us well for 7 years.

But two years ago I started

hearing God speaking to my heart...

downsize.

So we started looking for where

He would lead us to go.

In His wisdom and grace

He led us here

Our 3 bedroom

2 1/2 bath

HOME!

We have been richly blessed!

In keeping with a recent blog trend of

"keeping it real"

the journey hasn't been all rainbows and unicorns!

If you regularly follow my blog,

you know that we spent most of last year

gutting and rebuilding the new house.

We encountered...

termites

asbestos scares

exploding grinder blades,

rust in the eyes... not once but twice,

fatigue like I've never known before,

misordered doors and windows,

kids who lived on Ramen because

the parents were "at the house",

the 6 of us "practiced" downsizing

by cramming into a 

small 2 bedroom apartment

for 5 months,

multiple leaky ceilings

to name a few.

Just keeping it real!

Through it all God provided!

His strengtht, His love, His healing

and in the end

we were better for it.

Stronger

Wiser

 I might even add 

Happier!

Now, on any given night of the week

you can find us here

watching reruns of NCIS.

Or here

whipping up dinner, cupcakes

even an art project or two!

or here

 at the table eating together!

Life is an adventure and whether

we were in the big house,

tiny apartment

or

 our new "just right" home

we are a family.

And

We are Blessed.