Tiny House with kids

Hi. Hello,
Welcome to our blog!

As my first blog post I feel introducing myself & the family is how it should go, right? 

My name is Laci and I am the ring leader in charge of this circus. It all started on a cool day in fall. Jk. Jk. You’ll see, I’m what my husband calls “my own biggest fan.” I’m pretty cheesy but it’s just who I am. 

But seriously! Justin & I got married on a beach in South Carolina in 2010. It was a perfect wedding that started a marriage of timeless love.. We had our first son, Jude on October 3, 2009 but he was just to early & precious for this world. His story is for another day. You will see me reference my 5 kids because he still counts.

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Our rainbow baby Jennings was born in 2011 and our miracle boy, Fisher in 2013.

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So why the “TinyHardins?” Well in 2017 we got tired of the big two story house, the constant cleaning & mainly feeling like we we’re all spread out in the house that we kicked big city living & went tiny!

We found what they call a park model camper that had an additional bedroom & living area & we knew we had to have it! It was permanently parked, lake view at our favorite place, Lake Waccamaw. The lake is a special place for us. Justin proposed there, Jennings first home was there and we’ve lived there multiple times throughout our marriage. So we knew it was perfect for us. 

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This used to be the “porch.” We (my husband) laid 100 year old barn wood on the floors. He also tore down that barn. Removed a sliding glass door and made the entry way on the left & refinished the wall. 

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Four people, one bathroom. Oh the fun! But seriously that was the only downfall to this tiny house! Small house, small hot water heater=short showers!

When we moved in & changed our whole lifestyle I wanted to change our IG name & that’s why we became the TinyHardins. I’ve had so many ask why or guess it’s just because we’re petite people. But no. We truly enjoyed the tiny living. It was a lifestyle that felt right to us. 

If you follow us on IG or Facebook you’ll see we’re no longer living tiny. {Que heart shatter emoji} We found out we were expecting T W I N girls in October 2018.

We knew as much as we would love to, we couldn’t make tiny living with four kids, two adults & Huckleberry (he’s our Great Dane) work. 

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We announced it to our kids & friends Christmas morning 2019.  Our daughter had asked for a baby sister for the past two Christmases so we knew we had to incorporate that into our announcement!

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We hope you stick around. We’ve got so much to share! 

Georgia Grey & June Elise 2019. I plan to write about all the kids so I’ll go into more details when that time comes!

I could go on & on about that tiny house but I’ll stop here for today. It was an amazing time & season in our lives. Of course it wasn’t rainbows & sunshine all the time but it’s a season I wouldn’t trade for anything!