We were married at 6pm Friday Aug 24, 2007 at the Officer’s Club on Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland.
We then honeymooned for a week in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
After returning from our honeymoon we moved into our first apartment together! It was a small one bedroom apartment in Waite Park, MN. The only furniture in the whole apartment that hadn't been given to us was our $30 night stands. We lived there from September 2007-February 2008 while Sol finished his last semester at SCSU and Lacey worked as an assistant in the Ortho-Neuro-Rehab Unit at St. Cloud Hospital.
In January of 2008 after Sol graduated and interviewed for several jobs, we weighed our options and took a leap of faith and we both accepted positions at Nephropath in Little Rock, Arkansas.
At the end of February United Movers came and packed our small apartment into a tiny section of a semi. We actually moved into our apartment in AR on March 3, 2008. It was a slightly bigger two bedroom apartment close to our new workplace.
In September 2008, after settling into southern living, Sol gave into my pressure for a 'little one'. While I was away on a business trip, Sol rescued a 6 week old male Yorkie. We named him Butters after the Southpark character whose personality he shares. Throughout the early months we both wanted to give him away multiple times but we always ended up saying to each other "but he's so cute!" Everyday when we come come and he greets us we are very thankful we kept him.
Sol started grad school in the fall 2008 and I followed suit in Spring 2009. As if new jobs, a new state, a new pet, and grad school were not enough change to our newly married life, we took on another challenge and purchased our first home 'Friday the 13th' of March 2009.
The house was a foreclosure that needed an update from the wallpaper-loving days of the early 90s when it was built. Before we moved in with the help of friends and family we ripped out every inch of carpet, had new carpet put in, laid tile, laid hardwoods, and painted EVERY room.
After over a month of cosmetic changes and LOTS of cleaning we moved into our first house on April 25th 2009!
Since moving in we have done even more, repainting the master bath, entry, and office. (pictures to come soon) We have purchased living room and bedroom furniture too. We still have more projects planned that include replacing countertops, replacing worn bathroom floors, and painting the exterior of the house.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more updates on the latest and greatest in the Horn house!
