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PLEASANT VIEW — A young family of four recently relocated from their 8,000-square-foot house to a 2,200 square-foot home, primarily so they can give back to others.

After living in the large North Ogden home for only six months, Ashley Hughes felt prompted to move. The feeling didn’t go away. While they lived there, she felt that the majority of their income was going toward their mortgage and other bills and that her family wasn’t able to do things they wanted to such as vacationing together and giving back to others in a bigger way.

After about a year of living there, she and her husband both felt they should move, so they listed the house and it sold in one month, Hughes said.

About three weeks ago, Hughes and her husband and their twin boys moved to their new house in Pleasant View.

“We love it, and our kids love it, so we just we’re so happy,” she said.

The Hughes’ are currently making plans to give back. In October, they hope to take a family with them to Disneyland. They are holding a giveaway for the Disneyland trip.* To find out how to enter the giveaway and to read the disclaimers, visit their blog.

“We have another family that we’re doing a surprise kitchen remodel for,” Hughes said. “So we’re working with their kids right now, the kids know about it, the parents don’t, so we’re sending them out of town when it’s all going to go down, and then that should be happening within the next month or two. We just have to get the bids all figured out.”

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The family is not stopping there. “Our plan is to do at least one big thing a month,” she said. “... We wanna put like a percentage of our income every month to giving back in some way, and we’re just kinda playing it by ear ... like if we meet a family and we’re like 'we really should help these people' that’s just kinda how we’re doing it.”

On May 20, 2014, the Hughes’ 5-month-old son, Miloh, died from sudden infant death syndrome. Each year on the anniversary of his death, the family holds a give-back day. The Hughes really enjoy giving back and that give-back day is what spurred their idea to continue helping others.

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