Fun Weekend!

So, this past weekend Josh and I headed to Oklahoma to visit our dear friends, Jeremy, Melodie and their precious little boy Holden.



We have a long standing tradition of visiting them in the Fall every year and them coming to visit us every Spring. It is always such a fun time sharing life with one another and reminiscing of our fun college years, or for Jeremy and Josh-Celina High School memories (they have been friends since the 8th grade). And of course, it was SO fun to love on Holden and smother him with hugs and kisses. He is such a sweet baby and it was so fun to see Jeremy and Melodie's excitement and joy of being his parents. So sweet!



So, here's what our weekend visit consisted of:

-Staying up way too late visiting :)
-Eating delicious meals prepared by Melodie-Josh is still raving about Melodie's granola recipe. So Yummy!
-Guys played golf
-Girls and Holden went furniture shopping-Melodie knew we were on the hunt so we went to Mathis Brothers, a huge selection with great prices and yes, they ship to Dallas :)
-Saw the movie "Fireproof"-this movie was produced by the same company as "Facing the Giants". It was such a great, honest movie and if you haven't seen it yet, you should definitely go.
-Went out to dinner at Yamato, a Japanese Steak Restaurant-so a little history here-Josh's and my first date was a double date with Jeremy and Melodie and guess what we did? Saw a movie and went to dinner at a Japanese Steak restaurant. What fun memories!
-And just enjoyed spending time together with such wonderful friends



We can't wait for them to come and see us at our new house next Spring.

Moving on up!

To Wylie, Texas that is.

We FINALLY received approval on our soon-to-be new home yesterday evening. This has been quite the process. I'll explain for anyone that wants to know. Otherwise, scroll to the bottom and check out the pics.

We placed an offer on this house over a month ago and it took them several weeks to decide. There were several offers and we were told that ours was selected 2 weeks ago. We were pretty excited but soon learned that now the Bank had to approved the offer since it was being sold as a Short Sale. So the waiting continued. We received updates, but each update told us, sorry not today, maybe tomorrow. Seriously, how long can they drag this out? And then, we received an e-mail last night notifying us that we FINALLY received the approval. YEAH! Okay, so enough about the grueling process, on to THE HOUSE!

It's located in Wylie, just a few miles from where we currently are living. It's about 1,900 sq. feet and has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It's only 3 years old and is in great condition, other than the fence that's about to fall over. We'll definitely have to fix that for Skeeter. :) It's in a great community that includes a pool, playground, basketball court and park. We have lots of plans, so we'll be getting to work as soon as we close. Painting, Flooring, Gardening, where to begin. We will close on or before Oct. 2nd, giving us a whole month before we have to be out of our apartment and no double rent and mortgage payments (something we specifically prayed about). YEAH! The Lord definitely worked out all of the details, it just took some faith and a little patience. Okay, a lot of patience. :)