Life is good!
The move to Bella Vista from Fayetteville for Poppy and me has been culture shock to say the least. It's been 1 1/2 years now and we are settling in and finding the good about BV and concentrating on it.
A few of the things we love about living in BV:
* No more HUGE yard to tend to. Although our Fayetteville yard was beautiful and great for entertaining - our rock yard is so so so so easy to take care of. The GRANDchildren remind us on a regular basis that they miss our yard and our house in Fayetteville and wish we would move back to it. They loved our yard and loved sleeping in the race car bedroom. In our new house, the race car bedroom is too far from Nene and Poppy's room - none of them want to sleep there anymore. So now we blow up the queen-size mattress and everyone sleeps in Nene and Poppy's room. That is pretty fun too.
* Right across the street at our BV house is the golf course. That is great! As a result, Poppy spends more time golfing because it is so convenient. I am still in charge of driving the golf cart and handing out drinks. We are looking for a golf cart to purchase - we know our GRANDbabies will love riding around in that!
* Right across the street and down one block is a fantastic park with a wonderful playground, miniature golf course, swimming pool with a really fun slide, covered pavilion for family gatherings, tennis courts and lots of shade and green grass for running and playing. The GRANDbabies LOVE the park and pool, etc. and entertaining at the pavilion is much less mess & work for Nene. The POA tends to this big yard.
* Poppy and I are among the YOUNGEST everywhere we go in BV. No further explanation needed. ;-0
* We don't eat out as much as we did when we lived in Fayetteville. There just aren't many choices here in BV. We have found a couple of places we really enjoy. The food at the BV country clubs is pretty tasty and very inexpensive. So BV helps us save money.
Last weekend we celebrated our March, April and May family birthdays. Our family has been in the middle of a chaotic mess and no one really felt like celebrating. However, things are looking up - so we got together last weekend at the park by Nene and Poppy's house for a big bar-b-que/swimming/playing and lots of fun. Good food and fun - does it get any better than that?
I love having the family together - I love all of the chatter and laughter and watching everyone interact and have fun. It does my heart good to see my family happy and well and adjusted and kind to one another - love and goodness toward one another abounds. Ryan we missed you at the party - sorry you missed your birthday celebration - remember -don't work so much that you miss your life!!!
Yes - LIFE IS GOOD!
Here are a couple of pictures.
The old Fayetteville yard vs. the new BV park across the street.
Enjoying the golf course across the street.
Our family gathering. I didn't take any pictures at the pool - we had lots of fun there but I didn't want to risk any pictures of Nene going down the big slide in her leopard print swim suit.
Enjoy!!
Yes, you had a marvelous backyard in Fayetteville, but that park deal looks great too, and NO maintenance! Woohooooo!!
ReplyDeleteWe will make wonderful memories no matter where we are as long as we're together.
ReplyDeleteIn Fayetteville I will especially remember the 4th of July celebrations and our luau rehearsal dinner.
In BV we already have the memory of playing golf with you and John right up until I went into labor with Lila!
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