ADVENTURE is Calling

This month Lindsey and Jared Snider made the leap: They put their suburban neighborhood home in Edmond on the market and moved with their two kids into a new home on 10 acres in Luther.

Since 2018, they’ve been scheming and dreaming about how they would live on this property, envisioning how their family would make memories well beyond the walls of their new 4,600-square-foot home. They added a pond to accommodate fishing and kayaking adventures, and serve as a water source for planting vegetable gardens and fruit trees. They hope to live o the land as much as possible while also giving their children plenty of room to explore and play.

“For our family, especially after COVID, we see the need for space for rest and restoration,” said Lindsey Snider. “We are big outdoors people. We believe that a big part of finding that rest and peace for your soul is found in nature — when you are able to walk away from the hustle and bustle of life and just breathe in God's creation.”

The Sniders hope to add more residences to their property in the near future. For example, plans are underway to build a second home for grandparents, who currently reside in Colorado, to join them.

“It's important to have grandparents near us and for our kids,” said Snider, adding that their children are encouraged to run free throughout the property. “We wanted to give our children the land to be able to just run out the front door and not be worried about, you know, watching out for cars in the neighborhood or being concerned about individuals that we don’t know.”

As the family has been developing the area, preparing for move-in day, the chil- dren have already gotten a good taste of what living on 10 acres will entail.

“Every time we go out to the property and check on it, I may not see them for 15 or 20 minutes because they're o adventuring,” Snider said. “My little Tom Sawyers, they're creating that space in their own little world … climbing trees. With Oklahoma, we have plenty of red dirt, and we have plenty of red clay. So, you can find them creating little pinch pots out of the dirt and water in the mud.”

Wide open spaces have been calling to the Snider family, and they anticipate good things to come from their move to the countryside.

“There's plenty of opportunities waiting right outside your door, if you're willing to just take a moment and breathe,” she said.

“Set aside your phones and listen to the creation around us. It's pretty cool.”