July 9th was Shawn's 30th birthday. He made me PROMISE not to have a party so I agreed and we just went out for dinner. I wanted his birthday to be special so I called around and found this piano bar downtown Dallas that I thought would remind him of the piano bar we loved on our honeymoon on the Cruise. So we drive all the way downtown and get to the restaurant and it was a total joke. There was no piano that night, they informed me it had been moved to the next night and the food was horrible. It was pretty sad but of course Shawn didn't mind. For his birthday he got some camping gear (which we have yet to use) and permission to buy me an IPHONE 3G. He has been wanting to buy me one since he got his for his birthday in 2008 but I had a really hard time spending that much money on a phone so I never let him. So, for his birthday I finally let him buy me one. And let me say, it was the best gift I could have ever given him. haha! I love mine so much and I truly do not know how I ever lived without it.
The rest of July was spent mostly house searching. We thought we were going to have to wait another year before we would be able to buy a home but after talking with some different loan officers and real estate agents it turned out we were going to be able to buy one this year! So we spent most of July and August looking for the perfect home and we finally found it and closed on it August 26th.
It's a 3 bedroom 2 bath about 1800 sq ft home in McKinney about 3 minutes away from Shawn's brother Scott's house. It's absolutely perfect for us. I have a music room with my piano that I have been teaching lessons out of, Shawn has an office/study for him to do work in and Tozer has a great big back yard. It's been really fun decorating and figuring out where everything should go. Shawn has also really enjoyed doing the yard every weekend. Our mortgage payment is actually LESS than our rent was at the apartment so we are actually saving money, not to mention the investment we are putting into.
Our lease at the apartment was not up until October so we took our time moving into the house and didn't officially move in until September 18th. My parents came in town the weekend before we moved in and brought us a lot of furniture that we had picked out of storage including a refrigerator, two couches, and some coffee tables. The extra fridge my parents had was white so Shawn used appliance paint specially for refrigerators and painted it black so it would go better with our kitchen. It turned out great! Move in weekend went smoothly and there were really no major issues. My parents came in town again the weekend after we were moved in and helped us get organized. Shawn's mom Joyce came in town the first weekend in October to see the new place and to visit Scott and Amy and their kids. So much has happened in these last few months it's difficult to remember it all.
Tozer graduated from intermediate dog training in September. We were very proud of him and the trainer actually recommended him to take the "good citizens test" because he has great mannerisms.
Shawn and I went and saw one of our favorite bands Wilco play at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas last weekend. It was a really good show and it was great hearing their new album live for the first time.
The next day we went to The Texas State Fair for the first time for either of us. I had heard so much about it and was so excited to go and see all the animals and weird food. We ended up eating Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches as our "weird food". It was surprisingly really good but it made Shawn's tummy hurt afterwards.
Teaching piano has been amazing. I keep getting call after call from just word of mouth. I really feel like God has confirmed to me that this is what I am supposed to be doing. I might possibly be getting into a Christian school next Spring to teach lessons in the school so please pray for that.
Also, Shawn officially has a Texas State License!
OK I'm done now. Maybe since I'm all caught up I will start posting more often. God Bless.
-Emily
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