The Briefing

We are the Irvin's. In just over 7 years of marriage, we have been blessed with one sweet little daughter named Lily, and  have another one on the way!  Our home is shared with two dogs who own the couch and whichever chair in which you most want to be sitting. Daniel and I share a deep love for coffee, quiet, and the color green.

Our collective hearts' desire is to live fully. We both treasure our family, and want to give everything we can to our girls. Our friends are an extension of our family, and we love serving them and staying up far too late with them.  I love beautiful things, be it flowers and trees or a quality chair. Daniel loves the outdoors, and frequently mountain bikes or goes back-packing in the middle of nowhere.  Lily, in all her 19 month-old fury, has a passion for dancing, Winnie the Pooh, and anything involving outside.

Like most young families, money is tight.  Both Daniel and I believe that I should stay home to raise our girls, so that seals the one-income-family deal. We have a cozy little home conveniently located near his work, our beloved church, and just far enough away from our awesome parents (who happen to be next door neighbors). We also have two hefty car payments, an obnoxious student loan, and incoming hospital bills.  We both long to get out from under the debt and spend our time, money, and other resources chasing after the things that make us truly happy.  Hint: it's not stuff.

So, today, we draw the proverbial line in the sand.  I will document the process of morphing into a minimalist while I clean out the excess, and hopefully find some cash along the way.  My initial plan is to have a garage sale mid-September.  I don't know if we'll downsize our home or reduce our vehicles to one; it's all about the baby steps right now.

                    -Kimberly