Colorado...

I had a VERY close friend get married in Colorado and it was also a good chance to see and say goodbye to some great friends! I got to see friends that I haven't seen in years, the wedding was amazing and I made many new great friends! There is a family there who have impacted my life in huge ways and have become so precious to me over the years and it was such a blessing to be able to spend time with them, although, there were some tears saying goodbye :( I've come to realize that friendships are something that I really value. I've also realized that I have a lot of great friends in Colorado so this trip was really special to me - to connect, reconnect and say a good goodbye to many friends :)

Precious Friends...

Lucy and I :)
Jenny and I :)
Stacey and Kyle
Clearwater Gals - Helen, Stace, Jenny, Me, Ivey, Claire, Dana and Lauren!
Helen, Vic, Dana and Claire - miss em!
The Beautiful Bride and I!
Clearwater friends reunited in Pcola! haha. Ivey and I

North Carolina Road Trip...

If you know me really well, you know that I love my bed! My bed is really the only nice thing I own and well, I think it is the most comfortable thing on earth :) As you know, I'm leaving for 2 years and won't need it (sadly, I can't take it with me - believe me, I would! :) I've wanted to give it to Tommi and her husband and the only way we could get it to NC was to drive it up. So my roommate and I set out a week and a half later with a trailer (with my bed) hitched to the truck and drove the 13 hours to North Carolina! I had a blast and made a lot of unexpected new friends through Tommi and her husband! It was a great time of fun and fellowship and I am so glad that it worked out that way! (Although, I'm still a bit sensitive about giving up my bed...haha) We didn't run into any problems with the drive until the last 7 hours! We were pulling out of Athens, GA and as I glanced in rearview mirror and noticed the trailer was completely lopsided! Yea - one of the tires on the trailer was totally flat! Thankfully, Tommi's father in law was there to help us - it only took an hour or so!! haha!

Funny Story: We stopped at starbucks on the way back from North Carolina to caffeine up after we got the tire changed. As we walked out to the car - I grabbed the keys and attempted to turn on the car. The key would not budge! We sat there for 20 minutes and tried over and over again to start the truck - no such luck! After a few more minutes, I looked at the keys closely and noticed that my jump drive was on there. I dug through my purse and pulled out another set of keys - yes - the keys to the truck! Yes, I am a big dork and didn't notice we had been trying with the wrong keys the whole time BUT I would like to redeem myself (or try to) with the fact that the keys themselves were exactly the same along with the keychains on the keys! The only difference was that I had a jump drive on mine and Ren had a grocery store card on hers! You can laugh at me - its okay - I laughed :)

Ren and I at the Marine Corp Fair - on the zipper :)

Watch out - this could be trouble :)
Precious - Tommi and Micah
My favorite Pic - Ren, Tommi and Myslef
Ren + Vic + 6:30a.m. + a flat trailer tire

Boston!

My friend, Tommi, and I went to Boston at the end of April/beginning of May, primarily as a fundraising trip - but we managed to have some fun too :) Tommi is from Boston and has a lot of friends/supporters in the Boston area and I had the opportunity to meet many of them. Tommi was the person who discipled me all through college and taught me what a real relationship with Gd looked like. All of the people that I got to meet in Boston knew me from Tommi's emails and have lifted me up all through my college years. It was the neatest thing in the world to be able to go back and say, "Thank you for lifting me up. You have been a part of my walk with Gd since you started to lift me up years ago and the Lrd is continuing to use your pryers!" What a joy it was to meet everyone! Boston was a great trip and I am more than thankful to have met everyone and to see Gd's faithfulness!

A sweet group of new friends :)

Yup, Tommi - with her highschool jacket on with her Michael Jackson Album. No words.
Tommi and I!
Boating :) It was chilly
Driving? haha
Plymouth!
This is Plymouth Rock (or the version of it I got) Sad :(