Expectaions

Expectations were high when we moved here. God guided us to this amazing place. Luckily we have been around the block enough to know that reality is just a slap away. Recently we moved from high polluten, more money than sense, where we were the poor folks, into a small back hills country town that quite frankly has the most beautiful scenery I have ever been lucky enough to see. I remember being a kid and venturing to Garner State Park for summer fun and family. Those were some good times. Living here is something to behold though!

So quite literally from Dripping Springs to Leakey Tx is not just night and day, but insane to bumpkin. Both could be used in the same way I suppose, but try to stick with me. DS is small and rich, not just rich but yuppy crazy rich. There is some old money but it is close enough to Austin that older more wealthy parents decided to make there riches in the big city and live out in the country. Not as much country anymore with all of the boom there, but still not in the 'city'. I have never seen such an embarrassment of riches as I saw there, Lexus was a standard vehicle and if you did not have a Coach purse you were definitely not 'in'. Better make sure my hair was all done up to go to the store because I don't want to get the 'up down' (when a person looks you up and down to size you up, and yes that did happen on the first grocery trip in DS).

Leakey is much different, maybe how I imagine DS to have been 20 years ago. Back hills thinking and small town gossip is the way of things here. Spare the rod is not even a statement here it's a way of life, and the kids all know it. Style is two years or so behind and no one really cares what car you drive around this area. School is small, barely a 1A, with 200 or so kids in the entire school. With 400 people as the population here I can say about half of town are kids in school. As mostly a conservative town I can also surely say we are not around Austin anymore.

As if raising kids is not hard enough, changing things up and moving on them is not much easier. I can still remember holding my oldest almost 13 years ago wishing the very best to happen in his life. I feel so sure we will do our best but in the mean time I think I will worry. A moms job worrying is never done I suppose, and with 3 of them to worry about I have my work cut out for me. Picking the right church, home-school vs. public school, girlfriends/boyfriends, the right clothes, and anything else I can think of to make sure I do it right. If the only thing I can take to heaven is these awesome kids I sure hope they do good in life, and I also hope I do right by these kiddos!

On the property where we live