My house in Jenks, Oklahoma has been my home for nine years now. My family moved there when I was twelve years old and going into seventh grade. The entire purpose of the move was to align ourselves with the Jenks school district so I could attend school there. It was the second move our family had made since my parents’ marriage and it was all based on me. Needless to say, my folks made sure I loved the house. I lived here when I got my first girl fiend, when I lost my grandparents, for every dance I went to in high school, when I made my first and second college decision, and for many more significant times.

The front yard is about half an acre. There are oak trees that stand alone on the left and right side of the yard, only a couple feet from the sidewalk. The house is dark red brick with white accents. The sidewalk that leads to the front door runs horizontally up to the porch. The front door is dark green and surrounded by a square outline of bricks. Above the front is the window into the guest bedroom in which my best friend has lived for certain periods of time.  To the right of the front door is my mother’s office which you can see into from the large window facing her desk. To the left of the door are three, tall, slender windows that look into the garage. If you walk around the left side you arrive at the tan, three-car garage. The back yard has a pool directly in front of the steps of the two-level patio. There is a large, rectangle-shaped seating area that is covered by an extension of our roof. To the right of the patio is an uncovered seating area that sits about a foot lower. All of the wood is a dark, mahogany color. If you walk around the pool, there is a small bridge leading you to a swinging bench that faces the house. Behind that is the large, 1.5 acre back yard that I spent so much time running around. All of the wood is a dark, mahogany color.