Good Bye 348 North 100 East

It must be a miracle! Brennan finally closed, just TODAY, on his mom's house in Farmington. I was so happy for the Veaters (the buyers) and Marcia that this deal finally closed. I paid a visit to the Farmington home to say my farewells, take video footage, and reminisce a bit about the past 14 years! The kitchen brings back memories of too many family and friend dinners to count. Dinners with Terry, Marcia, and me (the three stooges) while Brennan was on his mission, dinners with the widow ladies, dinners once Terry passed and dinners once Geddy came along.

The upstairs (HUGE) loft like bedroom reminds me of Brennan, of course! It was his bedroom before and after his mission. We watched many a movie and snuggled in his lazyboy, which was sitting in the middle of the room right smack in front of the TV. It's also where he proposed to me and we said our first couple's prayer together, which was incredibly hard for me because I didn't grow up saying "intimate" family prayers.

Of course, there's the basement (which is currently occupied by a renter). This is where this family "begun." Brennan's awesome parents basically finished it so we could have the coolest place ever to live! I lived there all by myself a few months before we were married. It was great. Then Brennan and I lived there for the first year and half of our marriage.

We also held our wedding open house at this home. We are not formal people, and sometimes we are untraditional as well. We didn't like the idea of being at a reception all night, so we had a casual, fun, open house the night before we were married. It was cool to spend time with people at our home and show them our new place!

This is the basement with the renter's stuff in it. We didn't even have a digital camera back then, so I don't have digital pictures of it.

The spectacle of it all - the yard!

Terry's pride and joy! What you see is a fence lined with grape vines (more grape vines line the driveway as well). Man, those grapes make good homemade grape juice. Beyond the vines are about 8 fruits trees -apples, asian pear, bartlett pears, peachs, plums (further down by the pioneer house). Yes, there's a quaint pioneer house at the front of the property - which consequently is now a different lot and for sale! Anyway, beyond the fruit trees was a huge garden plot, where Terry grew the most amazing garden. I wish he was still here to teach me a few pointers about how to grow tomatoes without cracks and zucchini without squash bugs. But I suspect he would say it was mostly the rich fertile soil!!! My garden envies that soil!

This home has been good to the Smoot family. It was a place where lots of love and memories still abide. I wish I could have afforded to buy it. I know some of the other kids probably wish they could have too! Through living there and in Farmington we have definitely developed a deep love for Farmington. It's a great place to live and raise a family. When we eventually move, I hope it's not too far. Maybe if we are lucky we won't ever leave our little Farmington.

Good night Farmington home. Rest well with your new owners, the Veaters, who will love you just as much as we did!