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Last week's Family Search Question was: How many different homes or apartments have you lived in throughout your life?

I have lived in a total of seven apartments (I don't remember the first three) and one house, so far.

When I was born my parents lived in a studio apartment in Provo near where  the current Rec Center is. The Summer after I was born we lived in single student housing called The Elms. At the time, they rented to families at a knock down price each Summer. From there (I was almost a year old) we moved to some Apartments in Orem. They were an 8-plex, with four on top and four on the bottom. We lived in one of the bottom ones. My mom found black widows outside of the windows, and wanted to move as soon as possible.

We then moved to our last apartments, also in Orem. These I do remember. We lived in them the longest, 4 or 5 years before we got a house. I wrote about it in a previous post. We got a house the year I turned 7 years old. My parents still live in that house, and I lived there until 2010 when I married Gerson.

I decided to live at home for my freshman year at BYU. My mom wanted me to move into the dorms so that I  could have the "full college experience." But I had hated the dorms when I went to EFY, and I wasn't too keen to live in them again. Also, the thought of roommates scared me, I didn't want to do that either. So I lived at home, met Gerson, and we fell in love and got married! So my only roommate has been my husband. 😍

When Gerson and I first got married we lived in a one bedroom apartment out by the Provo Cemetary. The complex was called Heritage Court. There were three levels. We lived on the third floor and in a corner - which meant we got one extra window than everyone else. This apartment had a gas stove/oven, which I was really scared of at first, but now I miss it! (When we get a house, I'm putting in a gas stove/oven.) We lived there for two years and then we decided to look for a place closer to BYU. At the time we had only one car, Gerson had graduated and had a job, but I was still in school. So the plan was for Gerson to drive the car to work, and I would walk to school.

We found married student housing at Cambridge Court, and they were the perfect walking distance! They were also one bedroom. In between signing with them, and moving in, we got a second car and got pregnant with Benjamin. I still saved gas by walking to class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Benjamin was born while we lived there. We planned only one year there, and found a two bedroom apartment in Orem when our lease was up.

We currently live in that two bedroom apartment, We have been here for almost four years now. Since moving here, I have graduated from college and Luna has joined our family. A washer and dryer came with it - our previous apartments didn't even have hookups, so we had to do laundry at my parents house. It's been a good place. I'm hoping we can upgrade to renting or owning a home in the next year or so, but we'll see how things play out for us. For now we are happy here. I have some good friends, and our ward is great.