Happy 23rd birthday, Katie!!!

 Happy 23rd birthday to my gorgeous and extremely talented sister, Katie!!! 

You are so beautiful--inside and out. I am SO extremely proud of the godly woman you have become over the years. So thankful that I can come to you for anything, whether it's to talk about my day and pray together or to break out in song and have random dance parties while we're baking in the kitchen, you're always there to encourage me or just laugh at my craziness. ;) 

I'm so blessed to be your little sister--I look up to you so much and I know that God has big plans for the rest of your life. Keep trusting Him and never stop being fabulous. You can do anything you set your mind to...I LOVE YOU!!!

xoxo,

Hello Monday {North Carolina}

{Hello Monday}

Hello airports and going through security.

Hello loads of luggage everywhere you turn and lots of people heading in all sorts of directions.

Hello four plane rides across the country.

Hello new experiences.

Hello gorgeous blue skies and pretty white fluffy clouds.

Hello meeting new people and saying goodbye to 22 new sisters from all over the country.

Hello quiet time on the plane as the sun is setting.

Hello long quiet moments of thinking about how awesome these last few days have been in Washington state.

Hello much needed sleep and watching the city lights from above in the sky.

Hello North Carolina--Oh, how I've missed the south.

Hello sweet family waiting for my late flight to come into town and lots of hugs.

Hello home sweet home.

This post was inspired by Lisa Leonard. If you want to participate in {Hello Monday} too, then please give credit to Lisa in your post. She is the first one to start this weekly blog series.

"I'm coming home, I'm coming home, tell the world I'm coming home..."

Oh goodness.  How I've missed you all.  I'm flying back home from Washington state right now and I finally have a chance to breath, be quiet, and just process all the wonderful things God has done in the past few days.  I am seriously sooooo blown away right now. These past few days have been absolutely incredible and I am so thankful I was apart of the Delight retreat this year. It's been a life changing experience for me and I can't wait to share with all of you how God moved in such big ways through all the girls. It was so awesome to watch Him at work!!  

On an entirely different note, I am dreadfully sorry that I didn't warn anyone (again) about my "departure off the blogging world"...school has pretty much taking over my life lately.  Life of a college student, ya'll. ;)

Anywho, it's definitely not been my ideal situation and I can't tell you how much I've missed writing and sharing all the things God is doing in my life with you all!! I've had major projects due and assignments to finish before the semester ends so I've really been trying my hardest to focus on finishing with good grades.  Never fear though, beautiful people. There are only 9 more days until summer break starts and I'll be back to blogging!!! I couldn't be more excited.  

So there you go.  An extremely brief update on what's been going on with me, but I have to sign off now because we're about to land in Minneapolis and I have to catch my next flight to North Carolina! Look forward lots and lots of posts in the near future lovelies.  See ya'll very very soon. ;)