2 Car Family

Bryce and I live as simple lives as we can. When you enter our home there is a sign that says "Simplify". We try to hold that statement true in all aspects of our lives. It is easy to do that when you are hiking 1,000 miles up through California or living out of your car, or in a small cave. It isn't that hard to do that when you are working in Yosemite and living amongst many many others abiding by the same lifestyle. We could easily rid ourselves of everything we possess and I say that very honestly. I love my home and my crock-pot and my guitar and pictures, but I love more the God I follow and how He has given Bryce and I freedom and the desire to live simply. I have many things in my house that I don't necessarily need even though I use the heck out of most of it.

I am around a lot of kids and families and I do live in America despite my phone coverage at times. I see a lot of children with rooms full of stuff they never even touch. Price tags on clothes that are just taken to Goodwill or given away. TONS of toys and must haves that never even get touched because the kid just wants to chew on his parents keys or play in the tupperware.

Bryce and I are committed to keeping our family simple even though we are now entering a life with a child. We have to remind ourselves every few days at times that just because you have some extra space doesn't mean you have to fill it. Just because you have a baby now, doesn't mean you need a playroom packed full of all the latest and best toys a kid could have. We wonder why kids can't pay attention for longer than 60 seconds, but it seems we have trained them to always have a million options for instant gratification. It is just not my heart's desire and thankfully it isn't Bryce's either.

All that said, we have been a 1 car family since we started dating in 2006. We love it and it has never been that big of deal. There might be things you miss here and there, but it has always been worth it to us. Bryce goes to school about 30 minutes from our house right now. When he switches to the main university it will be even further. We have been looking for a fuel efficient car for awhile now knowing the right thing would come along at some point. We started to become more keen as we talked through Bryce needing the car for school and me being left with our baby with no emergency vehicle. Neither one of us liked the idea of something happening at home at not having a car there to help as an option. So with much thought and some searching we bought a Honda Civic this morning. It is 1991 but only has 109,000 miles on it which is less than our Passport. It is in great shape and we got it for only $1800!

So it is official we are a 2 car family, BUT we are committed to making our gas bill less not more by doing this. This new car gets 40MPG unlike Lucy are other car that gets 20 on her best days. Bryce had school today and a class tonight so I have no picture of it so you must wait till tomorrow for a pic.

Have a great night!