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My cousin has 4 boys.  She and her husband lived quite frugally and now in their late 40s have their house paid off and the colleges all funded.  I don't know everything that they did, but I know the overall stuff.  They are pretty frugal.  She's a SAHM and he works from home.  They also tithe (big participants in their church) 10% of their income. Don't eat out much (but a few had food allergies one of whom had severe ones) so mostly had meals at home.

They bought before the boom out in Reston.   Anyway, I believe they never moved to a fancier house (it was brand new when they bought in the late 90s) (spent $60K of so on basement upgrade/bedroom for au pair that didn't work out and a home office and family area) and b/c were able to refinance during all the low interest rate madness had it paid off before oldest went to college.  Also, they did the pre-paid plans to VA colleges (don't know too much about that other than a hair dresser mentioned he had done the same thing for his two kids).  So far 2 of the 4 kids (youngest is around 13, so figure next older one is maybe a sophomore or junior in high school) have gone to VTech.  Things have worked out well for them.  They are pretty relaxed and happy.  
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