Life Update: Living In A Tent | Ep. 305 

Katie, we need a "house" tour now! I'm so curious how you have it all set up in there. These are going to be AMAZING memories for the whole family, and I can't wait to hear more about the process as you build. :)

I love that you brought your yellow chairs with you. And what an incredible “back drop” - none better. If anyone has encouraged me to love the outdoors as a mom, it has been your channel. 😊

This kind of life is incredibly difficult! There are beautiful moments don't get me wrong. We also live in N. Idaho, bought land and have been building our house by ourselves. We lived in an off-grid 250 square foot shed while my husband built our home (800 square feet). We did this for 2 years. No water to the house, composting bucket, had to boil water for everything. Not ideal. We live 30 minutes from a small town and a new town with no friends or family. My husband is gone 60+ hours a week and I stay home to raise our two toddlers. The entire event lead to so much stress I developed an autoimmune disease. Going through all that made me realize why electricity and modern amenities were invented and I have a greater appreciation for what I have now! We are currently working on having all those amenities as I have decided living off-grid is not for me! I thought I wanted to live like Laura Ingalls (big time fan) and the glamorized RU-vid videos definitely did not help with my perception of this kind of life. Buying land and living an alternative life style is trendy. So to everyone in the comments, just know I say this with so much love to be careful, take perspective and know that these videos are beautiful but the entire reality is not shown. It is still a really tough way to live.

Also, if this isnt little house on the prairie I don’t know what is . 5 more days you’ll be Pa and Ma! 😂🤣love it! It’s awesome. what a blessing!

they look sunkissed, nourished, joyful and i can feel the blessings through the camera, so happy for them yay!

You could get an insulated 24' yurt with a wood stove for the winter, I lived in one! Cozy and you can keep it long term and use it as a homeschool room or guest space in the future. They're around 15k.

I seriously thought this was clickbait and I'm SO glad it isn't! I've been searching for inspiration from families who live in wall tents and it's just not that common. Excited to see more! ❤

I’m 100% laughing about your cute bright yellow chairs in the middle of a forest 😂 and recording a podcast episode … in the woods… hahaha love it!

That’s cheating to get your 1000 hrs outside😂🤣😂🤣🙏🙏j/k great life hack! Happy for you guys!

You two are such an awesome couple! You are modern day pioneer trailblazers!!

Your audio quality is perfect somehow haha

Would love to hear more about your experience living in a tent like that. How do you get the daily chores done, etc. Looks incredible!

The kids are going to have the absolute best memories of this summer.

Wow you guys this is amazing! Did you feel the Lords presence in all of this!? Katie let me say you inspire me SO MUCH- thank you! God bless 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Something about having the same yellow chairs but out in the woods makes me laugh 🤣 “on the road again”

We’ve lived off-grid for 3 years now, initially due to my wife being so sick from black mold poisoning. She began to heal living like this and so we kept going. She’s 100% healed now and just had our 3rd baby in our off-grid bathhouse. We started rough and have slowly improved our systems over time to cash flow everything and avoid debt. We used to wash clothes in a wringer washer (which is awesome) or go to the laundry mat (which was not awesome lol). But now we have a generator, a washer and clothes lines. There’s nothing like pulling crisp clean clothes off the line while the birds are singing. Things just take time. There are days that are harder than others, but we’ve learned a ton. I’ve learned how to build, grow potatoes, shepherd goats and more. But more than anything we’ve learn to be content and grateful with whatever our Heavenly Father gives us. We’re also nearly debt free, because our living expenses are very low. I’m thankful to have an on-grid office down the road for my work, to make traction at home. This kind of lifestyle is not for everyone, most of our friends don’t like not having A/C. But we choose not to so we avoid mold and just have a ton of fans in the summer and swim in the creek lol. I see people all over struggling to make ends meet, or sick, and may not realize there’s another way to live…and even thrive. Just takes a little grit and unconventional living. We have a shed conversion, but a wall tent is a great way to transition while building your home, Elisha! We hope to build a new home down the road. Shalom and blessings!

Backdrop is gorgeous all the trees and Sun 😍 So encouraged by your families direction. The Lord inspired me to get out of the suburbs as well. Its been a blessing😊

Wow yall are brave with you being pregnant and all the kids.

🎉I'm so happy for you Katie and Elisha!!! Congrats!!❤This makes me love you and your work even more. And I love the outdoor studio vibes 😊

Little House on the Prairie in 2024. Wow, so utterly cool.

You guys are incredible! What an inspiration!! You make anything seem possible.

Random tips from mama of 6 with similar experiences. You may consider "minimalizing your food choices during this season". Specifically I focused on a ultra simple keto diet ...just meats and a few veggies. For the past year we have stuck with a carnivore diet for our whole family, food list is ultra simplified: meats, eggs, some cheese and some dairy as desired. No veggies but we have kept frozen strawberries and blueberries. It's amazing the peace and time freedom and HEALTH your family will experience by simplifying your food. We do eat more variety when we are at fellowship meals.

This is amazing. We have been looking for the right property for 4 years, lord willing we will find it soon and I have always wanted to live in a yurt and this makes me so hopeful for that dream to come true.

Congrats you guys! I honestly loved the lighting, the sound quality was great, the outdoor setting is definitely a vibe.

I’m so inspired by this journey guys and would love to know more. Shower situations and such things. So cool!

Katie and Elisha! I am joyful beyond words for you both! I’ve been watching your family for years, walking through many of the same seasons, and I’m so glad to see you now in this season of getting property 🎉 We just got ours last year. Transitioning from suburban life to rural homestead life has been such a gift for our family. I love seeing your family enjoying this precious gift! It’s so much work, but worth every bit of it!

We gave up our microwave, and use our Air Fryer for everything. Hamburgers, salmon patties, steaks pretty much whatever you cook in the oven use your air fryer.

Congrats! Praying for a great transition and that you remain positive and united through the difficult moments. We are not off grid (and not in a tent lol!), but mostly energy independent. We were moved by the Lord in March. We sold our suburban house quickly and over-asking for cash! We initially struggled to find a home until a realtor shared an off-market home to our agent… seemed like it was reserved for us. We moved out to an unexpected small town onto a beautiful partially wooded 10 acres. No regrets. My kids wake up ready to be outdoors everyday. I feel like our health has improved greatly and our relationships. We have a 5 y/o, 2.5 y/o and 7-month-old. I am so looking forward to raising them out here. Homeschooling (and family life) immersed in nature is just so much better :)

Wow this is so inspiring, honestly. I can’t wait to hear more about your off the grid adventure.

Congratulations!!! You guys are the BRAVE ones 🎉❤ I so admire your decision and especially your grit, vision and determination to make it all work for your family on your journey to future plans! ❤Absolutely amazing 👏 Sending love from the Gold Coast, Australia 🇦🇺 😊

Love watching the adventure you call Life. So much fun!!

Love this ! Would love more content on this topic as my family is currently looking into going off grid temporarily-ish while building. Maybe some tips - tricks - things you wish you knew before - cost - etc.

I love this!!! Only 1 minute in and I’m already excited lol!

I think you guys are brave to be out there. I would not glorify this lifestyle considering you have not been there long. The problem with wall tent is after a while- rodents will get in even if you do not have food inside as winter sets in I am talking pack rats- biting through the tent. Not to mention if wolves or moose show up unexpectedly with little kids. Once they find a food source or a reason to be there- they keep coming back. You guys are in the honey moon stage of camping in a wall tent. It is not an ideal place to be with 5 kids. Praying for your safety while you build a home. I recommend an electric fence that they use to keep animals out such as Premier 1 around your tent and area.

Youre living out my dream! I cant wait to see the episode where you finally get the milk cow youve been talking about, and chickens and a garden ❤ pray that my husband one day might have the same dream to do this with our family too!

Sounds SO fun. I love camping and sounds like you guys are set up very well. What special memories for your family

We had our house for sale when our kids were little, we had just got back from swimming lessons and the realtor called wanting to show the house. There we were with wet towels and bathing suits ( the worse time to show the house). But we got an offer inspite of that!

I would be willing to do that my husband and I but the thought of roughing it with kids seems incredibly hard.

Oh my gosh I love it 😂 I wanna know all the experience of off grid!! You’re definitely relying on creek water being clean, I hope it is 😊

Guys, what is the bathroom situation like?? That’s all I’m thinking about 😂

Oh that's amazing ! I'm so excited for you guys ! God bless you.

This is so crazy! I just happened to see this come up and I've waited a Little bit to watch it. But then I was blown away because we are currently in a similar situation! We have been called about an hour away to help with our Church's church plant.God invited us to join Him in the work. We are very excited but of course it comes with all of that that you were talking about with selling at home and and it is our first time as well. We are also looking for land or at least at this point it might be just trying to find a decent size yard... It seems like every home is designed for two children and we have five ... Or trying to see things out of the box for where we will live exactly. I'm praying that our home sells well and quickly. Picking up and leaving a life that we have lived for 20 years and our kids are in the teen years all the way down to a baby. So we are feeling the anxiety a bit and trying to rely on the Lord and His grace every moment.

The best background and lighting!!! Nature 🌲 ☀️ loved this episode.

Air Fryer: - Panko/Shreded Parm/Lemon Pepper White Fish: dip your fav white fish in flour then egg then a mix of the 3 ingredients above. air fry at 400• for 4 min, flip for 3 min. You can cook and Serve with a green like asparagus and lemon wedges - Premade or Scratch Meatballs: 400 for 20 min rolling halfway through, Can serve with pasta or on a sub or sourdough roll w/motz cheese and marinara -Skin On Chicken Thighs: toss in 1 tbsp baking powder/salt/pepper/garlic powder per 4- cook on each side for 14 min at 380- make any marinade and toss em’ before serving

Looking forward to going on this journey with your family! You are amazing parents!!❤❤

I am so cheering your guys on from the comfort of my couch. 😊 in all seriousness tho, I do appreciate your family culture and am inspired to adopt similar habits into our family culture. PS..the air frier is amazing for heating up leftovers. It’s a microwave replacement

I think you guys are awesome! Podcasting in the wilderness. Love It!!

Love this!! How beautiful!!

Congratulations on your move! It sounds like the first couple of days were baptism by fire as far as the weather goes, but you all came through it. Well done Enjoy the adventure!🙏🏻

Will you stay in the tent all winter?

Nope! No way! No how! 😂 watching Katie itch the whole episode was enough for me! But kudos to you for trying to make this work for your family! Wishing you lots of luck!

Wow you guys are INSANE in the best possible way!! Thanks for toting us along!!!! What an awesome adventure!!!! Wooohoo!!

Well you guys were already the coolest and now you’re nonchalantly just living in a tent off grid like what?! 😂 Love it so much. On a random note, would love an episode on how to handle sick days especially when you are sick as a mom. I feel like I fall apart on those days/weeks and would love some advice. 🥰

How big is your property? How many acres? So amazing that you’re willing to do this!

Congrats you two! Love this. Please consider for a day in the life plus your if possible.

I also wonder how the tent will go during a summer storm and bad weather! I guess where you live the summers are mild in regards to heat?

Congratulations! How exciting!

Y'all are a mess 😂 you crack me up with your adventures and wild adeas! But hey, kuddos to you, I couldn't do it!

This brings me back to the wilderness family

“Jimmy wrangle… whatever that is” 😂😂😂😂😂❤️ love yall

Y’all are so adventurous and inspiring! 🥰

This is wonderful guys blessing son this new path ❤❤❤ congratulations on all the blessings .

Couldn't click fast enough!!!

Congrats you guys! SO cool!!

I really enjoyed listening to this video! I am for what the Lord is doing in your life. I believe the challenges and hardships makes it even more the enjoyable and fun.

Love this! We’d totally do the same thing. 🌲 We live in Boise. We have a good size property but I’d love to be a little more off grid ourselves. I love that you guys are so close being in Northern Idaho. And Congrats on baby 6!!

I’m so amazed by this!! Wow!

We use our air fryer to do things as simple as bake potatoes, hard boil eggs, but you can use it for almost anything you would fry, we make french fries, cook pork chops etc. it’s so versatile.

love this set up!!

The lighting is good guys hehehe

Did not see this coming❤❤❤ it is our dream as a family of 12. But then reality of interest rates etc. Pray you are doing OK with all the adjusting. Jealous of creek water🤤🤤

We did the same thing basically. I found a tiny house on auction and we moved into our 32 acres of bush. I hope you are comfortable, we are offgrid, check out Ecoflow solar generatos. We bought 1, then a few months later (January) hooked up some panel's. Then added a battery a few months later.currently our stuff lives in 50 foot storage can , our house is 600 sf. I hear you on the mud thou

🧡😍🧡🙌👏🙌you guys! So cool! A creek on the property! Yay! What a blessing!

I thought the sound and lighting were perfect! actually much more enjoyable than your old studio! so fun and exciting! our family is on a similar journey, although we have not yet pulled the plug on our house nor decided whether we are purchasing land or trying to find a house that better fits our family goals... it's been hard to find what we are looking for within budget... we have thought of just selling and buying a camper while saving and looking, but the issues you seemed to have with camper living (small kitchen, easily dirtied, etc. are concerns for us, as well)... inspiring to see what you guys are doing in the interim.

Very fun! My husband and I are currently building a yurt on our property (in Canadian wilderness setting on a lake) though still living in our home. It is such a fun and memorable adventure for you guys and the kids! We just had our 4th child 3 months ago and so have hired some help with the construction of ours. As for air frier - we don't have one but my friend would do baked salmon and veggies in there often! I think you can do lots more than just the fried foods you imagine. Curious about your property - how many acres? Will you be sharing about thoughts on building a home there? Barn? Homesteading? Looking forward to hearing more :).

How are you refrigerating beef with no power?

Such a great episode!

That’s great! We lived in a camper on our property with our 3 kids under 6, for about 3 months, and it was…interesting lol. It wasn’t too bad but we are so glad to be in our house now! I cooked everything on the blackstone, pellet grill, and air fryer. I made homemade breaded chicken tenders in the air fryer a lot. Bread your chicken, spray with a little oil, cook until brown, flip and spray and cook the other side.

Good on you both! From Irish Michelle in far north remote Australia! You both encourage me weekly x

This would be cool for 1 or 2 weeks. Def inspired to try it for a short time period to make memories as a family. It would be nice hear what your big picture goals are. Moving off grid is not something random, seems like this is apart of a bigger family vision. For me, the Lord is teaching me to understand that I have born for such a time as this. Although i shouldn’t indulge in the culture, I also know that my purpose is unique to the 21st century. I hope you all learn and get the fruit of living off grid. I thank god for the technology he has inspired. I also thank god for the simplicity of our ancestors. I pray that we are able to live in for His purposes.

This is going an interesting direction

We there home-schooling and work during those months of selling packing fixing etc

Wow I'm shocked and impressed! I feel like it was only a matter of time with your heart poster, to live more simply and a little more modest lives (less looking like the world). 😊

air fry anything that you’d fry at home! french fries/home fries, all the veggies! (asparagus, carrots, squash, zucchini, etc) i like pork chops seasoned and plop them in, my mom does steak. play around with it. i’ve been learning more as i go (let mine stay in the box for over 6 months) but it’s added lots of value to our home. even saved us grease😆

Love this! So cool to be able to do that

I really wish I knew people like you!

So cool! Can't wait for a camp tour! ❤❤❤

This is so cool! My biggest fear is an animal getting one of my children or child getting lost.

So.many.questions.😮

So awesome!!

So wait are you on the same property in the tent or your new property? So excited for you guys.

You should totally watch Forgotten away farms. They lived off grid a while

Congratulations!! I'm assuming you're building a house? I live in your area, maybe very close now, in the mountains too, too cold in the winter, especially with littles. Look forward to hearing more about this and a tour!

I appreciate your podcast!🩷🩷

Call the Raneys! Lol

It’s hard man, but good work. We are in the same scenario well but no pump. We’ve been living on our property for a solid year. The day we got electric……🎆biggest dopamine hit ever!!! 🎆 we’ve been in a camper… with three kids. We are building ourselves. So that’s a lot of work, with a job etc, curious how that’s all going for you, (maybe I’ll finish the podcast and then I’ll know) kiddos to you. We are in priest river. There is nothing like a north Idaho summer!!!!!

How is your mic working if there’s no power? Solar generator or something? Did I miss a detail?

Oh my goodness! I thought the same thing as one of the other commenters about whether or not you would have a home birth! I really really hope so!

So inspiring guys! And what about the winter? Are you going to spend the winter in the tent? Blessings to you

ive cooked EVERYTHING in the air fryer, pizza, mozzarella sticks, a quick meal heat up on 350 for a few minutes, it makes the BEST crispy salmon and fried cod ever, i love mine but we did stop using it and instead use a toaster oven cuz its healthier. by the way DO NOT stay next to the air fryer while its on its high EMF