Welcome to Kansas!

{image via Etsy}

There's nothing like a state that looks like a sheet of paper. Cory and I moved to Kansas at the beginning of September. I know what you're thinking. Kansas is nothing but corn fields and overalls. And everything is flat as a pancake. Not true! We live about 20 minutes outside of Kansas City, MO, and there is so much going on. Here are some of the reasons why we love it so far:

• The amount of trees here (can you say fall?)
• Only having to drive 10 minutes to get to Crate & Barrel, Anthro, J.Crew, Madewell, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Target, TJ Maxx, etc. I could go on.
• The cost of gas right now: $3.19
• Kansas City BBQ (I've never been a huge meat and ribs kind of girl. Well, I'm still not a huge meat and ribs kind of girl. But I do enjoy a nice pulled pork sandwich at one of KC's finest: Oklahoma Joe's)
• Our ward/congregation. Everyone has been so welcoming and friendly! 
• Cory's short commute to work. It takes him 10 minutes to get there. And on a nice day, he can bike there. We're so green I know.
• The paved bike and walking trails near our house. No excuses now.
• The schools are amazing. We live in Blue Valley School District. Blue Valley is the only district in the country with more than 20,000 students to make AYP for the district and each one of its schools for 10 years. That's really, really good. Whatever they're doing, it's working. 

We live in the suburbs, so we don't see a lot of farms around here. But in case you were wondering, this is what you could be doing if you moved to a farm...in Kansas:

Now that I have a little more time on my hands, I figured I would start a little bloggy blog. Nothing like a little love from the midwest!