Hi friends! My name is Rachel. I have been married to my wonderful husband Patrick since 2014. We have five amazing children. That’s right five! They are Tucker (14), Sebastian (10), Alicen (8), Zoey (5), and Jasper (3). We aren’t expecting anymore at the moment, but are not fully against more in the future. It’s funny because everyone says we have “alot” of kids, but most of the time we do not feel like a large family. I guess it depends on the day and what it is we are trying to accomplish. We definitely do not fit in a small car together anymore and going out in a busy place is nerve racking.
About five years ago my husband finally convinced me to move into our 32ft travel trailer with ZERO slides. (if you know about campers, you will understand why that seems crazy) It took quite the adjustment period, but we grew to absolutely love the camper life. In 2021 we gave birth to our most recent child, Jasper, in the camper. (that's a story for another day). This last year we were able to finally upgrade our camper to a 43 ft fifth wheel toy hauler! This was a huge game changer! Unfortunately a few months in this camper we had some family issues in our hometown that needed dealing with and the kids and I were forced to move back into a rental house. Now we spend a lot of our time in our house and as much time as we can in our camper with my husband, Patrick. He continues to provide for us by traveling in the camper for work as an Union Ironworker. The company he works for is absolutely wonderful to us and we can’t imagine what life may be like if he did not work for them. However, with life like this comes all kinds of obstacles. We are apart at least 80% of the time. Leaving me to solo parent and for him to miss out on so much of our children's lives. Maybe in the future I’ll share more details why we are forced to live like this, but for now I’ll just say God has a plan in all of our struggles and while we desperately look to the future where we are all reunited again, we also try to live in the moment and be thankful we still have each other.
I had my oldest at 15 years old. A few months later I married his dad. Only a short one year later we divorced. Being 17 when the divorce was finalized, I struggled… a lot. Then at 18 I found the real love of my life and married him in 2014. We grew up together, although we thought we were pretty grown then. I never dreamed we’d live the life we do now. 5 kids, traveling, living life for the lord. Although on our first date we planned our entire life out! (another post on that 🙂).
Being apart from my husband, I of course have looked for alternative ways to make an income without leaving my kids, through out that I have realized just how much I have overcome in my life and I so desperately want to share that with other moms/wives in hopes that I can make a positive difference in their lives.
I pray for each and everyone of you to find joy in your time on this earth and to raise children to love life and live for the Lord. I truly hope you will find what you need on this blog and if you need help in any particular area please email me and I will do whatever I can to help!
Much love <3 Rachel
