A Few Weeks Ago: One of my closest friends, Adam Livingston, calls to tell me that he and his beautiful fiance, Kelsey Toohey, have decided to move their wedding up from October of 2013 to... you guessed it... last weekend (January 19th). Normally this wouldn't be an issue BUT they live in Texas and the wedding was in Houston. Houston is approximately 14 hours from Knoxville... Have I mentioned that I had the privilege of being a groomsman in the wedding? Well, I did so obviously I was going to be there on their special day! Luckily, I don't have classes on Fridays and this past Monday was a holiday so I had FOUR whole days to work with until...
Thursday: Katie "Ramrod" "BK" Reimold (who I had convinced to go with me by promising her that she could see some of our favorite Texans for the weekend) and I were planning to drive to Nashville for the night and leave SUPER early on Friday to head to Texas. But Mother Nature had another plan...
Friday: Due to the weather (and poor communication within the Education Department at UT) we didn't leave KNOXVILLE until 11am Eastern time. We made a quick stop in Nashville to eat lunch with my family and switch cars with my mama... she was gracious enough to trust me with her Altima :) Well after being in the car for WAY LONGER than desired we arrived in Huntsvegas, Texas! Okay, actually its Huntsville and its pretty much in the middle of nowhere BUT some of our favorite people in the whole wide world live there. I had called our close friends, Kahler and Katy Stone and asked if we could crash on their floor for a few nights, and they were more than happy to host. This is what we arrived to...
Saturday: WEDDING DAY. I spent most of the day getting ready for the wedding and it was SO WORTH IT. The ceremony was one of the best ones I have been to and the reception was an incredible time as well. I was so happy to see old friends and share in Mr. AND MRS. Livingston's special day...
Sunday: We were able to see some friends from camp and it was truly a blessing, despite the fact we only saw them for a couple hours. We did, however, get to spend the entire day with the Stones. If you know me well you know how special this couple is to me. We just met this past summer but the friendships will last a lifetime. I was reunited with my "partner-in-crime" Kahler... oh the stories I could tell (and probably shouldn't). But the picture below is a pretty great one...
Kahler: "I think these are BLACK labs.."
(you can understand the laughter that followed)
Plus I got to spend time with his lovely wife, Katy... who is probably one of my favorite cooks EVER (don't tell my mom or either of my grandmothers). We were WELL FED this weekend, no arguing that! Kahler and I also had dinner with a great friend and mentor that night... the one and only Chase Epps! Such a blessing.
Monday: Return trip.. we got up at FIVE IN THE MORNING to come home... LOOONG DAY.
So our "long" weekend break from school seemed extremely short. We didn't get to see everyone we wanted to or spend as much time as we would've liked but we will take what we can get. Gotta love Te-jas.
AHHHH! This is exactly what I want my return to be like! I want to crash on a floor with the stones and Hartley's and you! I miss you a ton! God is good! :)
ReplyDeleteyou forgot to mention that we woke up with you at 5am... just saying. :)
ReplyDeletethis post makes me so happy... and sad that y'all don't live closer.
be blessed, friend.