a new season.

We have some big news in our home!! 

We are selling our home and MOVING.

{Locally}

We are selling our home,  downsizing to a smaller home, and choosing to rent instead of own.  And we are SO EXCITED!

Why? Well, many many reasons, here are a few....
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The Lord has been preparing our hearts for this for a while and He has shown us His hand in this. We are stepping forward in obedience. 

Financial freedom {goodbye student loans.... OVERNIGHT! Woohoo!!!!!!! (this alone is worth it!)}. 

Cashing out on the increased value of our home. Our home is a former foreclosure that we have done SO much to over the last 8 years. We are so grateful the Lord gave us this home so many years ago, and we are so grateful it has increased in value so significantly.  It truly has been such a gift to us. A place to love and call home as well as a way to step into the future with financial freedom.

​Time freedom. We are OVER yard work and maintenance and painting the silly white picket fence {Yes, we actually have one of those} .

Our house needs some more work and honestly, we're just tired of painting and remodeling and dust and.....The first 6 years we lived here we did SO much. Like SO much. And then we had baby #2 and just don't care to do any more. We're tired of the process. This beautiful house needs a new family to come in and take it from here. 

And.... We want to downsize. We don't judge anyone who wants it...but the whole 5 bedroom house with a white picket fence {what we have}, the "American dream" isn't where our hearts are right now. We don't care about keeping up with the Joneses. We don't need all this space. We want more freedom to go and serve and give. We want less time spent on the house and more time spent with our kids. For us. Right now. Less is more. 

We have loved this house SO much. It has been an incredible place to bring our babies home to. Tears well up as I think through all of the memories we've had within these walls. First nights, first steps, so much laughter and snuggles.  BUT...it is just a house, and not our eternal HOME. So we will trust and obey and go {and bring allll of those memories with us!}.

We are super super excited about all of the above. But we are also SO sad because we LITERALLY live in the BEST neighborhood EVER! I mean seriously. It's true. So while we will miss the peaceful walks our neighborhood provides, the bustling playgrounds, and the amazing relationships....we can't help but feel the Lord making a way for a new season. 

{{To our local friends, our home will go on the market in the middle of March. We will be looking to rent either within our current neighorhood/schools, or back closer where our church home/family are}}.

So.....stay tuned....because I'm pretty sure getting rid of 50% of our stuff and downsizing is going to be an adventure that is sure to bring some stories.  🤪  Follow along on Instagram (@mandy_scarr) or on Facebook. 

Have you ever downsized? What tips do you have?

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