My 22nd birthday!

Hello everyone!
Well, yesterday I turned 22 years old. My parents and sister Stephanie came in town last weekend to celebrate with us and we had a lot of fun. We stayed up really late every night and Shawn and I are feeling it this week. haha. Saturday night we went to Shogun to eat, in McKinney. If you've never been there, it's one of those asian restaurants where they cook all the food right in front of you. It was soooo good. Since the beginning of the year I have been on a diet and exercise program so it was really hard not to splurge at Shogun! After the meal the waitresses all came over and sang Happy Birthday and took our picture. It was really fun and the sushi was amazing. It was Shawn's first experience at a restaurant like that and I think he really enjoyed himself.

After dinner we went to Starbucks and opened gifts. I got some new exercise pants (yay)!, as well as my FAVORITE perfume, and a pink Chi straightening iron. Then we all went and saw the late showing of Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood. (which by the way was a very good movie but too violent for my taste). When we came home we had to deal with our "psycho neighbor" (to be explained in my next post).

The next morning we went to Fellowship Church in Plano for a change of pace. It was a very good sermon by Ed Young Jr. but unfortunately it was only on a video screen. After church we went to Market Street and ate at a restaurant called Woodlands Grill, here in Allen. If you haven't been there, you must. It was amazing food and service. On the way home we stopped by the police station (will explain in next post) and then came home and turned the Superbowl game on and hung out and ate pizza and cake.

Since my actual birthday was Wednesday, Shawn had some more surprises up his sleeve. Wednesday night (February 4th), he surprised me and took me to a restaurant downtown Dalls called Cafe Izmir off Greenville Ave. It was an upscale Mediterranean restaurant (my favorite), and the food and service was amazing. For my birthday Shawn bought me a new cookbook, a bangle bracelet with Proverbs 3:5 on it (Trust in the Lord...), my first pair of real Birkenstocks , and a spice rack. My wonderful husband is so good to me.

I'll leave you with some pictures... and maybe I'll feel up to sharing with you about our "psycho neighbor" tomorrow. Hope you all are well.

Love, Emily