The one for celebrations.

A couple of celebrations have happened over the past several weeks and they are all worth mentioning on my sweet little blog.

 Celebration #1: Some weeks ago my sweet roomie, Liza, celebrated her 22nd birthday!  She spent her birthday  weekend at Windy Gap and then came home to balloons, chicken casserole & a couple gifts relating to her beloved tea.

 

Liza is fun.  She loves trivia, useless information & figuring stuff out.  So we decided to create a small scavenger hunt for her birthday.  At each clue there was a small gift & then her final clue lead her back to our house where me & my other 2 roomies set up "Joby's Spa".  We wore black tanks with black leggings.  We put on Spa Pandora Station.  We spoke softly and catered her to a homemade facial & pedicure.

 Celebration # 2:  I love me some blonde boys. I've been sitting for a family of two blondes for almost 2 years now.  It is the same family that lost their dad about 3 weeks after I started sitting for them.   I have grown incredibly close with my boys (& their mom) && love them all something fierce.  This semester has been a little different from the past three... as I only sit for the younger, Will.  Well John, the older of the two, has struggled a little more with the loss of his sweet dad.  Through hours of prayer and advice, his mom decided to send John to a camp to help little fellas, like John, have deep-seeded issues that they can't seem to bring to the forefront.  Therefore, John is gone weeks at a time.  From me being at home this summer and then John leaving for camp, I hadn't seen the boy in 4 months!!   I was getting a little stir crazy to see my little genius.  Finally, when I was back in Raleigh, it was one of the weekends that John was allowed to come home.  We set up a date to have lunch together && it was the best lunch ever!  I picked his sweet little brain & found out that at his camp, he is completely in his element.  Camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, bonfires, outdoors galore! 

After lunch, we had a bubble blowing contest & a mini photoshoot in my car.  What a celebration that hour on Friday was.  I've missed him too much.  I love my sweet John.

 Celebration # 3:  My dear friend, Amelia, is getting married!!!  Over Labor Day weekend, I shared in a Bridal Shower for Milly hosted by her sisters & it was so much fun.  We ate at the 4th Street Filling Station & celebrated our girl with cake, gifts & laughs.  I am so excited to REALLY celebrate her in a couple weeks! :)

 

 

My life is so blessed with opportunities to celebrate with the people I love.