Thought today I would get a little personal....about the Evans' household.
Mostly, because we are EXCITED!
Levi and I met when we were young and well by the standards of the world married young too
(at least for our generation)
Along with graduating college (which is expensive in itself) we thought the best thing in life was making and spending money....
This as most know comes to an end.
We have learned the life lesson of you spend as much as you make and buying things and working sun up to sun down does not make you happy.
Did you know that on the top ten list for divorce
Finances
is listed as Number SEVEN.
Well, I can at least say that we traveled this path together and came out on the other side together.
I am happy to say that after a few years of playing the monopoly game and attempting to see how fast I can get us out of debt and keeping Levi on a strict budget.....he can now go out to eat without telling me how much he spent :)
We came to Arizona to make sure we didn't have to let our children hear us talk about debt again.
It worked.
The Evans' household is debt free! We finished paying off our student loans/medical bills just this month.
We even went ahead and prepaid for this upcoming birth - they offer a large discount if you do.
We do still own our house in Washington but at the moment we have renters and the housing market seems to be looking up so maybe we will try and sell again next year.
(I am sure I will be ready for a financial project by then)
Thankful that both of us are not very trendy and fit into most our clothes from college let alone high school because we say often how hard it would be to be married to a partner who spends more than the other.
NEXT STEP: SAVING FOR OUR FARM
and a trip to Disneyland.
I do always LOVE Levi's response when people ask how we have been so blessed in both our careers so young....you have to be BOLD, SMART, and pay your TITHING.
