Our "First" Apartment

Really this is the 4th place that we have lived together but we call this our "first" apartment because it was the first apartment we actually rented. In the summer Edge pays for our apartment so we felt all grown up paying rent and having a place to call home. 

We loved our time in our Orem apartment! 

Things I never want to forget:

-We lived in the bottom half of a town home but it didn't feel like a basement because out front door was a walk out. But because of this there was no walk way to our front door. There was a grass hill. This was cause for two problems, in the fall and spring we had to time leaving just right because the sprinklers were often in full force and there was no way around them. And the second problem came when the snow came. The hill wasn't big but it was still quite a sight getting up to our front door. Thankfully Trayco always kept it shoveled but still! 

-Black widows! Quite ironic that Trayco sells pest control all summer and then had to live with black widows in the off season. Our bedroom window view was a window well and there was a HUGE black widow that lived in the window well. We tried to get rid of her and even asked our landlord but we eventually just accepted her and named her Rosie. 

-We can't talk about our Orem apartment without talking about our landlords. They owned the town home and lived on the top half. We have nothing against our landlords, they are very very kind people. BUT when two very large Polynesian people live above you, it doesn't go without noticing! Each foot step sounded like someone was coming through the ceiling. 

The smells that came through the vents when they were cooking was awful. We are all about that spam but the smells that came out of that town home were something else. You know it's bad when bad smells start to make you feel at home. And last but not least, the lay out was such that our living room was directly underneath their bedroom and you could hear SNORING coming through the vents. Not like wow someone is sleeping, more like is there an angry black momma bear sleeping above us. At night we would have to turn up the TV a few extra notches to drown out the sleeping bear :) 

-Our ward. We served as ward missionaries and Trayco loved loved LOVED the Elders Quorum in our ward.  He also loved the ward for church ball. There would be over ten guys show up every week for church ball. 

-We both finished school while living in this apartment. Bitter sweet! Glad to be past that part of our lives but sad for all the growth that comes through school. 

-Our neighbor Debbie. Debbie is an older lady who lived in the town home right next to us. Debbie loves Trayco. He shoveled her grass "walk way" almost everyday and she loved him for it. Debbie was a TALKER! She was often outside with her dog and when that happened you were stuck talking to her for a very long time. Trayco was late to many meetings and to school because of Debbie. 

All in all we are grateful to have a roof over our heads and a place to call home. We are grateful for the memories we made here. Now it's on to the next apartment!