We Made It!

Our family has reached a new record:

366 days in the same apartment!

So far in our marriage, we have moved every summer. Here is a look at our years together:

The Newlywed Era

My aunt and uncle were serving a mission and were extremely generous enough to let us stay in the unoccupied main level of their home during the first year of our marriage. The only stipulation was that we were to share half of the utility bills with my cousin who was living downstairs and take care of the yard work. We had a couple of dry spots on the lawn that we worked all year long to try to revive in hopes of showing them a glorious lawn when they returned.






The McGeorge Era

Welcome to true newlywed living! The shower knob came off in my hand the first time I turned it on. The air conditioning was a window unit that cooled off the living room through a cut out hole in the wall from the bedroom to the living room.









The Stonelake Era

We moved to paradise right before Blake was born. This second-story, TWO bedroom apartment had never been lived in and was full of light. Every time we looked at model homes for a fun date, I would say, "I love our apartment more than any of those homes!" Oh, I loved that place. We decorated a nursery and welcomed our first son.














The Lake Point Era

Robbie and the ward members single-handedly moved us into a new apartment while I was away at a Blakely Family reunion in Utah. We moved to this apartment to save two months of rent, offered to all new move-in's due to the newness of the complex. I discovered the train park and the world of mom's play groups.








Uncle Derek comes to visit


We met Kyser.

The Sondiesa Era

We were sure we needed a third bedroom in anticipation of Grace's birth and the 3-bedroom apartments were more expensive than a rental home so we moved into a home on Sondiesa Way. Ugh, ugh, ugh. Robert asked me recently if I would consider buying that home since it has recently gone up for sale. I said, "If we could replace all of the cabinets, paint the entire house on the inside, replace the counter tops in the kitchen and bathroom, lower the kitchen counter top overlooking the living room, add some windows in the kitchen, replace the tile (which was throughout the house) with soft deep carpet, change the exterior color, take off the sunroom and move it away from the house to add more light to the living room, and add a fourth bedroom." That would be a "no."



Dark, dark, dark! Though we had millions of laughs here, this house gets the "ugh" award.









The Somerfield Era

Our Sondiesa landlord wanted to move back into his house so we packed and moved last July into our current apartment. In anticipation of buying a house we decided to downsize to a two-bedroom apartment and chose the least-expensive complex in our all-time fave ward, which we've manage to stay in through the last four years. Here we are, happy and close. How long will we stay here? We'll keep you posted!