Last day in Indiana.

I'm sitting in my super cluttered room at my parents house (big shocker that it's the DAY before I'm moving and my room is still a wreck) and all I can see are clothes and boxes and suitcases. Moving boxes. I'm moving. 650 miles away. To Georgia. From Indiana.........Holy crap.

This is only the beginning. Oy.

I kinda never really figured this day would come. I've always wanted to move South but I'm starting to really question my sanity about making a 3 day decision to move so far away. Ha. I'm so thrilled and couldn't be more excited about all the new changes that will be happening in my life starting tomorrow it's just that I still feel like such a baby. I only feel old when I need to use the excuse that "I'm 20 years old and I can make my own decisions!" ...Well that has never rang more true than right this second. It's hitting me like a brick wall. But I know that God is ever-faithful and that there is more to this move than I can even begin to ponder.


"God is God. Because He is God. He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to."


Off for more packing and organizing (boo)..then Cheesecake Factory with my family! I'm so thankful for them. Please please continue to pray for me and my family during this huge transition. I am so amazed at how God has brought people into my life lately, you know who you are. I am forever grateful.


Leaving in the morning!! Driving like 7 hours then resting up for the last 3-4 hours Friday! This is crazy. I am crazy.

The times they are a-changin'...

Baby Beckham!

The crazy girl who's letting me LIVE with her. One of my best friends in the world.

Whew! What a crazy couple of weeks! I know I've already neglected this blog, but I promise I will be better, especially with what all is going on in my life right now. My birthday came and went (the 26th) and I swear they keep getting better. People always say they get more boring and dreaded as time goes on, but mine seem to get more and more exciting. Maybe I'll reconsider this thought in a few years! Anyway, it was spent with family and good friends..something that always makes me happy. The 29th of June I left for a trip to Atlanta that would really forever change the way I felt about the place I call "home." I went with my family to spend a week with one of my best and dearest friends Katie (while my parents stayed with the Kimmels) and Katie's husband Chris and their 5 month old son Beckham. It was such a good time and I met some really incredible people. I got to wondering about really making a big change and when my friend Mackenzie told me she was going to visit her new school Paul Mitchell, I decided to go along and just see what it was like. I ended up falling in love with the school and talked to them about enrolling. By then my wheels were already turning and I was wondering how I could make this work. For anyone who knows me, I've always loved Georgia and knew I would end up there..I just didn't know how abrupt. :)


Long story short, I ended up staying an extra 4 days and talking to Katie and deciding that Georgia is where I want to move my life and finish school in hopes of a career there when I'm done. I've never prayed more in my life than I did that week: for guidance and strength and most of all to prepare my parents' hearts for the news. I have never felt a peace like I did that week and I know it's God's will for me to be there. So I came home and layed it out for my parents. Gave them the news that it was where I wanted to be, told them about Paul Mitchell and let them know all the details. They were supportive from the beginning. GOD IS SO GOOD. Although a little reserved about how fast it was all happening, I told them school would start August 10 and that Chris and Katie had graciously offered me their guest bedroom and bathroom. They're truly the best. All my dreams are coming true. I'm sure it will hit me more once I'm there that visits to my family and friends from home will be few and far between but I really feel like God is leading me 650 miles away to a little town called Locust Grove, GA, and I couldn't be happier.


So this last week has been filled with organization, last minute doctor and dentist visits, time spent with friends and family and endless boxes!! (I never knew how much stuff I REALLY had until now...) I leave July 30th..only 9 more days!! I am flooded with so many emotions but HAPPINESS in the main thing I am feeling and I'm so thankful for God's faithfulness and the opportunities presented before me. It's gonna be a long and new journey but I couldn't be more ready! I can't wait to update a lot more and fill you in on my new life..Soli Deo Gloria!!