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Big Bend National Park

Hi everyone! This week we’ve been vacationing with the kids in Big Bend National Park in west Texas! Big Bend is approximately 8.5 hours from our home, so we had a pretty decent road trip just to get to the park. Unfortunately this was complicated by some car troubles, which I’ll get into in a…

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We’re Jordan & Kate.

Thanks for following us as we renovate our first home, purchase and build our forever home, work on numerous other projects, and share our adventures as well as day-to-day family living. We hope we inspire you to go on similar journeys with your own homes and families, and that you will share your stories with us along the way!

Family Trip to Port Aransas

Hi everyone! This week we took a quick trip with the kids to the beach to see Gma and Gpa! Port Aransas is about 6.5 hours from our current house, so it was a very reasonable drive with the three kiddos. Jordan and I both worked on Tuesday, so we ended up leaving after I…

What does a whole home renovation cost?

Hi everyone! As we prepare to close on the sale of our first home, we have been reflecting on all of the work that we have put into making this house our home. In just a few short weeks we will be collecting all of the equity from our home sale. We know what we…

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Family Trip to Hot Springs National Park

Hi everyone! We are excited to share our most recent trip with you! A few months ago we came to the realization that our new house was not going to be finished any time soon. We had planned to save some time off (and some money) expecting that we would be moving towards the end…