So . . . Ty and I were dreaming big this week.
A new car, mine keeps deciding not to start for me and we really want a 3rd row vehicle so we can keep adding to this beautiful family God has given us.
A screened in porch. Our deck is huge and we love it, but know that we could get so much good use from a screen porch. Like a play room for the kids. Who wants to be out in that heat for long, but we also dont want to be stuck inside. And what better than sitting in a screened porch during a summer storm, even though it seems like those are rare this summer.
A vacation, which with Ty's parents timeshare points would cost us much less than the norm. We are both itching for a get away and having been looking into it for some time. Any place with a pool, our only criteria for a vacation destination.

So . . . we were dreaming big and then my husband decided we should get ourselves back on a budget. A quick look at the money and my hubby suggested a delay in the dreaming. It was sad to say goodbye to that caravan I had my eye on, and the place at the beach with the lazy river, hot tubs, indoor/outdoor pools. And especially hard for my husband to let go of the screened in porch dream.
But it was also a bit of a high. I see the crazy place people around us are in with debt, and our countries current count down to crisis. I see how easy it is to try to convince ourselves that we can take out a loan or get into credit card debt and everything will work out.
I'm so thankful for my husband taking a step back from the dreaming to see the big picture. We dont want to be a servant to our bills. We want to enjoy this life with our amazing children. This makes me feel so grown up. :) haha, although this delayed gratification thing is something I'm working on with our 4 and 2 year olds. Hopefully they catch on faster than we did.
So there is a new line in the budget to save for a car, and we already know our gift for Christmas from Ty's parents is a week vacation for next year, so we will take a cheap camping trip this year and wait for the big getaway next year. First year of our marriage without a "Real" vacation. We dont have a plan yet for the screened porch, but there is plenty of time for enjoying rain showers under our tin roof.

This was way wordy and way long, but I wanted to write it and get over this break in writing on here, so there it is.