Me at age 2. I was Raggedy Ann and my cousin Tyler who is 5 days younger than me, was Raggedy Andy. :)
Happy Halloween!
Growing up I LOVED Halloween! I mean, what little kid doesn't? I loved getting to wear my costume to school and walk in the Halloween parade, and then after school my brother and I would just sit around in our costumes waiting for it to FINALLY start to get dark so we can go trick-or-treating! :) And we'd come home with so much candy, we never even ate it all. Nowadays, I never do anything for Halloween. At my age, the only thing for me to do would be to dress up as a "sexy ________" (fill in the blank with whatever you want lol) and go to some party where people think it's cool to get drunk and I'm just not in to any of that. I have no desire to dress in a skimpy outfit and do something I know I would regret. Call me lame, but I just miss the days when all Halloween meant was I got to dress up as a princess and go out with my neighborhood friends to get candy. So this year, instead of partying like most people my age, I'll be home passing out candy to all the little kids in their cute costumes :) Happy Halloween!
Me at age 2. I was Raggedy Ann and my cousin Tyler who is 5 days younger than me, was Raggedy Andy. :)
Me at age 2. I was Raggedy Ann and my cousin Tyler who is 5 days younger than me, was Raggedy Andy. :)
Our Trip
So grandma and grandpa are gone now :( But we had so much fun and did so many things! I'm just going to do this in list form, because it would be way to much to write everything out lol.
In Wilmington we:
Went to the Cotton Exchange
Walked around downtown
Battleship tour
Carriage ride tour
River tour
Airlie Gardens
One Tree Hill Studio tour
Burgwin-Wright Mansion tour
Saw "The Secretariat"
Had Kilwin's ice cream...twice
We stayed at Middleton Plantation for a night, which is right outside of Charleston, SC.
In Charleston we:
Did a carriage ride tour
Harbor tour
Nathaniel Russel Mansion tour
Aiken-Rhett Mansion tour
Walked around downtown
In Beaufort we:
Walked around downtown
Shopped
Carriage ride tour
Verdier mansion tour
In Wilmington we:
Went to the Cotton Exchange
Walked around downtown
Battleship tour
Carriage ride tour
River tour
Airlie Gardens
One Tree Hill Studio tour
Burgwin-Wright Mansion tour
Saw "The Secretariat"
Had Kilwin's ice cream...twice
We stayed at Middleton Plantation for a night, which is right outside of Charleston, SC.
In Charleston we:
Did a carriage ride tour
Harbor tour
Nathaniel Russel Mansion tour
Aiken-Rhett Mansion tour
Walked around downtown
In Beaufort we:
Walked around downtown
Shopped
Carriage ride tour
Verdier mansion tour
Grandma & Grandpa
I am so excited! In about one hour, my grandma and grandpa will be arriving here in Wilmington to visit me! I can't wait to see them! They're coming over for dinner tonight, and then we'll spend Thursday, Friday, and Saturday here in Wilmington, and then Sunday we're going to Charleston, SC for a couple days, then Beaufort, SC for a couple days, and then we'll come back to Wilmington for a couple more days until they leave on Sunday the 24th. I'm so excited to see them, and to travel a little bit and see some cool things :) It's going to be so much fun, and I'm sure I'll have tons of pictures to blog by the end of the trip!
God's Will
"Then they asked him, 'What must we do to do the works God requires?' Jesus answered, 'The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.'"
- John 6:28-29
I've been thinking a lot about God's will lately. What's God's will for my life? Was it God's will for me to come here? Is it God's will for me to stay here? Is it God's will for me to move back home? Can I screw up God's will for my life? How do I know if something is God's will? So many questions, and it left me feeling so confused and frustrated. Then I began to realize something- God's will is simply for us to believe in him. To know that he is Lord of all, and to put our complete trust in him. To live every day for him, and for everything I do, to be for his glory. No matter what city I live in, what job I have, who I'm friends with- as long as I'm living for God, I am in his will. I don't know where I'll be 10 years from now, 5 years from now, or even 6 months from now, but I know that I believe in God, and I trust him, and in the end, that's all that matters.
- John 6:28-29
I've been thinking a lot about God's will lately. What's God's will for my life? Was it God's will for me to come here? Is it God's will for me to stay here? Is it God's will for me to move back home? Can I screw up God's will for my life? How do I know if something is God's will? So many questions, and it left me feeling so confused and frustrated. Then I began to realize something- God's will is simply for us to believe in him. To know that he is Lord of all, and to put our complete trust in him. To live every day for him, and for everything I do, to be for his glory. No matter what city I live in, what job I have, who I'm friends with- as long as I'm living for God, I am in his will. I don't know where I'll be 10 years from now, 5 years from now, or even 6 months from now, but I know that I believe in God, and I trust him, and in the end, that's all that matters.
