following grace

since moving into my own place and starting a full time job being able to go home and visit my peeps has been super rare so it was super nice to be able to get away from work and life in VA to spend 10 days in Florida with my favorite people.   We started off our vacay in Orlando where we hit up Disney for a day and spent the next morning in Downtown Disney.   Stephen had never been to Disney so it was so fun to make his dream come true.     then on Monday, we packed it up after lunch at the Rainforest Café and headed down to Sanibel Island. One of our favorite vacay spots, which we hadn't been to in 8 years so it was much needed.   We just spent the week on the island touring around spending days on the beach and at the pool and just relaxed it was so so nice to be on island time and the perfect getaway for our little L family.   our 2nd full da...

  although school has been out for about a week now it is still so fun to look back and think about all the chaos, and craziness that I survived the last few weeks of school.   it was such a wonderful ending to a wonderful year and I'm forever grateful for the memories made amidst the absolute insanity we call finals week.   So here's a little look back at some fun moments wrapping up the school year.. last day of classes. acting crazy with the roomie after cleaning our room for days on end, until it sparkled. slipping away with friends to pamper. signing the lease to MY FIRST PLACE. having our last prayer group together of the year. saying goodbye to the best English class ever. getting brave at the salon, and going for some bangs! enjoying our last convo of the year. and my last required one as a residential student. slipping away to my fav local coffee shop to hear a good word and drink...