Monday, March 24, 2008

You should be so lucky!


You can't choose your relatives but you can choose your neighbors. I am so glad we chose to sell the lot next door to our good friends John and Marianna Larsen. Nikki calls their house "The Smart House". It really is one of the most elegent yet functional homes in Cache Valley and I ought to know because I see a lot of them. It has made the value of homes on our street do nothing but go up. But one of the best thing about our neighbors is they invite us to dinner and a movie every now and then.Marianna loves holidays and she decorates to the max. This is her Easter table setting.
The Easter tree center piece.
The fireplace decorations add to the ambiance.
Every nook and cranny is decorated. Marianna is a good cook, a good conversationalist, really clever at decorating, and a good friend. What an escape to go next door and step into the Larsen fantasy world and spend a few hours. Thanks John and Marianna. You are a reminder that its OK to enjoy life!


3 comments:

Grammy said...

Nice neighbors. I don't even know who all mine are - just one across the street, and the one to the west of us. We are not out enough to get neighborly. We do wave at some of the people on down the street when we go for our walks. We have chosen to associate with our ward members - not consciously, but that is what we have done.

Unknown said...

so fun- we are excited to be meeting all of our new neighbors. WE plan to live her a LONG time so it is important to us to make friendships to last a life time.

heidi said...

We have a very anti-social street. Dispite my efforts to take festive treats around for all the holidays and special events, we hardley know anyone unless they are in our ward. Oh well, at least I try.