There is also a small town feel and you tend to know people everywhere you go. Last week at Harkins, which is the only movie theatre in town, we ran into family after family that we know...old neighbors in the concession line, Emily's classmate two rows below us, an employee from David's work whose on maternity leave sat behind us. It's like that all the time. It's wonderful. It's like a big family.
Last Friday, we went to a block party. Not our block, but our friends who live 4 blocks away. They finally got all the homes in their cul-de-sac filled and they invited all the neighbors.
It was bring your own meat and David was not thrilled to be eating a hamburger, so our friends very kindly gave him a steak. He was happy.
Everyone sat around and talked and got to know each other. And Noah tried to make a run for it. Luckily, I spotted him and had David run after him. I wonder how far he would've gone?
There were kool-aid faces.
A game of hoops.
Some stomp rockets.
Smores over an open barbeque grill. Due to the fire danger, open fires are prohibited, so we had to make do.
He wasn't complaining.
She had a ball too.
At the end of the night, the kids were a hot, sticky mess which is exactly how they should be after a fun summer night.
And just when I think that our small town of Prescott, Arizona isn't really all that different from anywhere else in America, we spotted this going down the highway today.
I think this town is one of a kind.
2 comments:
Well it looks like you guys had quite a weekend. Good friends enjoying the evening and then all of a sudden thrust back to the time of stagecoaches all in one weekend. Yes, you do live in a lovely spot and you so lucked out in meeting a lot of nice friends, considering you moved your family out there not knowing any one. I'd say you've landed in just the right community for your family.
Have a good week. ☼
love,
G.
Everything looks wonderful and that last photo is particularly neat!
I was feeling the same way about our small town as we arrived back tonight from our trip and drove through towards our house, waving at people we recognized in cars and commenting how nice it is to live where it's peaceful and green. So very different from where we ventured on our trip - NYC which is wonderful of course in its own ways but too hectic for me to ever like long term.
I think it's great you have block parties - we don't have anything like that here but neighbors are generally friendly and they watch over our house when we're gone so that's something good.
Love, Linda
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