We Love Our Neighbors!

When we first moved into our house 7 years ago, we had one set of neighbors that really kept to themselves, but were at least civil to us. That is until we put in a basketball hoop, and then they let us have it. They called us every name in the book, screamed at how we had lowered the value of their landscaping, and from that day on, they never spoke to us. They even went so far as to purposely set up a boom box outside anytime they saw we were outside and blast their music. We were overjoyed when a For Sale sign went up in their yard a year and a half ago. The market of course was slowing down at that time, and we had no idea if the house would sell, but we prayed for some nice neighbors to move in.

God answered our prayers and gave us GREAT neighbors! We've had dinner at each other's houses. We've watched each other's kids. We play in each other's yards. We borrow things. They fix things we break. (We can't return that favor since we're not very handy.) We've exchanged Christmas gifts. We mow and snowblow for each other. We have dance parties together.

Yes, a dance party. They gave us a call last Friday night and asked if we wanted to hang out. Their sweet family of 3 came over, and their little girl and Adam played while the rest of us laughed and danced our hearts out to "Just Dance", a Wii game they had just gotten. We had so much fun. We danced, laughed and played well past all of the kids' bedtimes. That sure beats what the boys use to say about the neighbors who lived there, "Mom, are those the people who don't like us?"