Life in the Country

It has been a long time since I have just posted about my life and what has been going on with us.  As most of you know we moved from a twin home out to the country to town with the population of about 1000.  The church is the biggest building in town, there is a town hall, a diner, a market and no gas station. (which I just might build myself).  We moved from a place that when my kids went outside they were surrounded by kids to play with.  They played in the middle of the road (because we had rocks in our backyards) riding bikes, playing basketball, running through sprinklers and just being kids.  It was good and bad, but for the most part they were they had fun.  I did have to sit outside all day long because I  yell “car” while they played.  I would sit and chat with other moms which was a lot of fun and I for sure made lasting friendships.

There was a lot of good things about living in this neighborhood, but with that also came some things that were hard and not so good.  Small homes, no storage space, feeling a little to close to your neighbors, gossip, people thinking that you were clicky because you and your neighbors are good friends, kids got sick of seeing each other all the time, or sick from each other LOL, constant knocking on the door, and loud kids which was mostly my own 3 boys! They needed space to be boys and didn’t have it!  We always joked that it was like living in the college dorms as adults with kids.  It was a great place to live and yes it did have it’s ups and downs, but for the most part we loved it, but there came a
time that we knew we needed space, to not rent, and to move on!

Moving to where we live now was sooo different.  First off it is so so pretty.  Just being in the country.  No busy roads and it is so peaceful.  My kids can play outside and I just have to check on them or look out the window. It was a huge adjustment at first, hard, scary, didn’t have any friends, and kind of felt all alone.  But…people were so kind to us, when we saw them, which was usually only at church.  My kids would meet kids in their primary class and ask for a play day, but it is hard to set up play days if you don’t know the parents.  So I had to explain to my kids all winter that I was trying to meet the families in the ward, but it wasn’t very easy.  We did become really close as a family.  My kids relied on each other to have fun and play with.  Doing projects together helped a ton, building a chicken coop, planting a garden and working on the yard.

My husband and I finally decided in order to meet people we needed to be more social….duh!  So we made sure we attended things going on in the community/ward.  My husband joined the fire department as a volunteer. I am serving in the Young Women’s program and have met some amazing ladies there.  Within the last couple months we have felt an outpouring of kindness in our ward and area.  Our neighbor, just an older lady and her husband, are wonderful.  My kids are making friends who’s parents I now know.  People here are so awesome!  They are so humble and real.  No one seems to flaunt their money, they all live in modest homes, and they are so kind and sincere.  We just love living here.  We really do!  So if your thinking of moving to the country…do it!