Kaylynn's Newspaper Article

We have a quality newspaper in Cardston called Temple City Star.  It only is published on Thursdays and they will pretty much publish anything you send in. Not just any newspaper covers stake Relief Society dinners. You have to love small towns.

Anyway, I decided to write an article on my 3-Year Report on Living in Cardston.

My 3-Year Report on Cardston

By Kaylynn Nunn

We just reached the three-year anniversary of our family moving to Cardston. Although the wind can make you wonder why anyone would choose to live here, we have decided that Cardston is really a great place to live.

Cardston has abundant opportunities for our family’s three favorite things: basketball, horses, and church. Even though it is a small community, we have enjoyed being involved in so many things, such as elementary choir, gymnastics, soccer, piano lessons, and many church and school activities.

Even though we are not closely related to any of you and we are imports or outsiders (as we have been affectionately called), the people of the Cardston community are great people to have as friends and neighbors. We appreciate so many people who give of their time and talents that have affected our lives, such as basketball coaches, barrel racing and rodeo coaches, track and field coaches, music teachers, etc.

The first summer we moved here, we wondered what we had gotten ourselves into. The temperature only got above 20 degrees for three days. The only friends my kids had were Greg, Peter, Bobby, Marsha, Jan and Cindy (thank goodness for our library card).

Although we have come to love it here, there are some unique things about living here.

Only in Canada/Cardston/Leavitt:

*Extreme weather keeps life interesting. We have never lived in a place where there are so many weather warnings: wind warning, snowfall warning, rainfall warning, severe tornado warning, severe thunderstorm warning, etc.

*Every building in the area has a brand new roof within the past year.

*People sit in the drive-thru to buy a blizzard during a blizzard.

*People get called by their maiden names even though they have been married for 30 years.

*High school graduation is a month before high school is over, which is kind of like handing out medals at the 23-mile mark of a marathon.

*You might get asked to bring squares or a set salad to a potluck or activity. In other places, you would be asked to bring cookies or dessert, or a jello salad.

*It is common to ask each other to pick something up from another town. We have had people pick up vet medicine, cream cheese, worms and crickets for our bearded dragon, our U.S. mail, etc. for us.  We have picked up prescriptions, cheese, cereal, etc. for other people. When you live in a small town, you have to work together.

*Although shopping in Cardston isn’t ideal, I have been on some really fun shopping trips with friends and family to Lethbridge, Kalispell, Great Falls, Cutbank, etc.

*Every birthday party includes a game of commandoes, even in the middle of the winter.

*Where else do you see grandmas sitting on their porch shooting gophers?

*The beautiful mountain views are something we get to see every day. Not very many people can head to a national park for an ice cream cone, a birthday party, or a Sunday drive. We are lucky to live next to Waterton.

Thank you Cardston for making us feel like this is our home!