And We're Off!

This past week of summer has been relaxing... too relaxing, in my opinion.  But the day has come!  Tomorrow morning, Sarah and I will roll out of Claire's bed that we have lived in over the weekend, try and put it back together as beautiful as it once was (sorry Claire), and then head out to Muskegon, Michigan with 7 other wonderful leaders. I am SO freaking excited!

This past week has been full of really cool things though!  Our first weekend out of school, Sarah, Jon, Collin and I drove up to Wisconsin to see our friends Taylor and Vienna get married.  We left Jon's house at an early 3 in the morning to get there on time.  Don't worry, we definitely got there on time.  We arrive approximately 3 hours early.  We got to greet Taylor at his own wedding!
The wedding celebration was beautiful.  I am so blessed to have been a witness to their unity.

After that fun little trip, I went home for the week.  It was so nice to not have anything to do!  To spice things up a little bit, I decided to switch my major.  This has been something that has been on my mind for the past 6 months now, but I only have given it any serious thought recently when I realized the daunting 2 years of education classes that were in my future.  After talking to a friend of mine who graduated with a degree in communications, I made the plunge!  I contacted my advisors and changed my classes.  Since it was a pretty rash decision, I prayed that God would make it very clear that this was the right or wrong decision.  A major change usually takes a couple of days at minimum - mine took about an hour!  So folks, I am now majoring in communications and am THRILLED.  I am so excited for my classes next semester... which I haven't said with real honestly since probably the 3rd grade.  So this is good.  This is right and I am PUMPED.

On Wednesday, I had a mother-daughter day!  It was really nice to relax and have lovely conversation with my mom.  We don't get to do that often anymore, and I really valued our time together.

This past weekend while in Cincinnati, I went to Aaron and Emily's wedding.  It was a beautiful wedding full of friends and laughter and just stunning beauty.  My breath was taken away numerous times at the simple genuineness of the coming together of friends to support some amazing people.  It was so much fun!  Plus there was delicious food and dancing to go with it (:

And now we head out on a completely new adventure.  The summer is beginning!

"Since we have now been justified byhis blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wraths through him!  For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 

-Romans 5:9, 10