Valentine's Day and Exciting News!

This weekend we celebrated our first married Valentine's Day! It is not uncommon for Jason to send flowers to me at work for Valentine's Day, but this year he surprised me by having a beautiful bouquet of red roses delivered to school on Monday so that I could enjoy them throughout the week. I wanted to surprise Jason as well, so I had a dozen chocolate covered strawberries and half a dozen chocolate dipped cookies delivered to him on Saturday. Saturday evening Jason took me out to dinner to Eddie V's, a new seafood/steakhouse in the City Centre area of Houston. The food was was amazing and we had a wonderful date night! On Sunday, we were invited over to a friend's home for brunch in the morning and that evening we met two more friends at Alamo Draft House to see the movie "Valentine's Day". It was a perfect Valentine's weekend for both of us!

My beautiful Valentine's bouquet

However, as wonderful as Saturday and Sunday were, the best day of the weekend was for both of us was Friday. After a lot of thought and discussion, Jason and I signed the contract to begin building a new house!!! We have been going back and forth for some time now on not only when we wanted to purchase our first home but where we wanted to live as well. Jason wanted to buy a house right away and move to the Katy area of Houston where he grew up. I wanted to stay in the city for a few more years and eventually move to the Humble/Kingwood area of Houston to be closer to my family. In the end, we both compromised and decided to buy a home now but move to the suburb of Eagle Springs in Humble. With a lot of help and guidance from our realtor (and one of my best friends) we chose what we hope will be a perfect house for us to grow into. Jason and I are both so excited to start the building process on the home that we hope to start our family in and enjoy for many years! Here are some pictures of our new lot and community:

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Us with our "sold" sign on our new lot. We were lucky enough to get a lot on a cul-de-sac away from traffic instead of a main street.

Some pictures of our new community. We really love the family-friendly feel and all of the amenities such as parks, pools, walking/biking paths, playgrounds, athletic club and sports complex.