So, here we go....

For the past 3 months, my living room has been full of the sounds of YouTube. YouTube videos my dear husband is watching diligently, researching our future. Videos on how tos, how not tos, must haves, makes and models, terminology, and other families like ours, who have made the same terrifying decision.

Lets do something crazy.
Lets get rid of all the stuff.
Lets sell the house. Trade in the cars.
Lets do life just a little bit differently.
Together, as a family.

Why is it crazy?
Because we are a family of 5. With three children. The oldest of which is three, and the youngest is now only 4 months old. We live in a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house, on a half acre, in a good part of town. We drive nice cars. We are both nurses, we have good, decent paying jobs. My husband is able to work enough to allow me to stay home with my 3 little beating hearts, only working one night a week. We "have" the American Dream.

And we hate it.

My husband hates working 5 days a week. He becomes incredibly short tempered with everyone. He has no energy to spend working on the house we work so hard for. He has no interest in working in the beautiful yard we once had. I hate leaving my sweet (read: sassy, snotty, goofy, messy, EXTREMELY LOUD ALL.THE.TIME., stubborn, potty training, fight like cats and dogs) babies to go to work. I hate fighting over and over and over again all day to clean up the same messes. To pick up the same toys, that are never played with but always strewn throughout my house.
Why are we killing ourselves?

So we talked about it.
Why are we doing this?
Neither of us like it.
What is stopping us from not doing it anymore.
The answer? Nothing.

So we are tossing the stuff.
We are selling the house.
We are trading in the cars.
We are downsizing.
Into an RV.

The decision to transition to full time RVing has not been an easy one. But it has been exciting. There are a lot of details to look into when you decide to move into a tiny living space on wheels. Will it be warm enough in winter? Will it be cool enough for summer? Will we have enough space? Will it hold up to the wear and tear of 4 full blooded Brennan's stomping and plopping and running into walls? The truth is, we don't know. We are going to do it anyway.

After countless hours pouring over floorpans, researching makes and models, and countless YouTube videos, Facebook forums, and prayer, for better or worse, we have picked a model. We have put in a downpayment, and it is supposed to be here in about 6 weeks.