Her focus is on finding a decent place for the children, while I am more focused on getting the snowball rolling.

I also plan to way overproduce my own crops to make up for possible crop failures, birds, children and guests and curious passersby, I have four times as much as I need for my own household.

I'm 32, married and have 2 children, ages 8 and 4.

As I previously stated I was formerly a teacher and in this field it has usually been a female dominated sector especially for younger grades like elementary, this isn't due to the fact that females are better at teaching children because this certainly isn't the case its just a fact that more women occupy the field.

Yes, we will have 2 school age children. 

When asks how many children she had, says "only one, and proud of him".When the women showed up, I happened to ask the same 2 questions, by coincidence, she says she's got one daughter in college, who'll be visiting, and "very proud of her".We actually was going to rent to her, had a high salary.

@Mindy Jensen Unfortunately not, because when the deceased purchased the property her children's homes were used for collateral, likely because she didn't have a sufficient down payment. 

@Jared Viernes - thanks for the information - unfortunately, I have never been a landlord in any official capacity unless you count roommates I've had from time to time before I had children. 

My wife and I could not get a head and be certain we could provide a college education for our children should they choose to go.

SLU has also gotten a stretch along S Grand blighted, which allows them to redevelop that area and is another big upcoming improvement to the stretch of land between Choteau and I-44, where Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is.The employers you mentioned (Monsanto, Boeing, etc) are engines that help the county areas a bit more as they're along more substantial inter-city travel corridors (I-70, I-170, I-270, etc).