{disclaimer: this is a way overdue post, but we moved across town last week (more on that later), and i started yet another job this week (again, more later), so it's been a little on the crazy side around here.}
one of my favorites came to norman a couple weekends ago. katelyn and i were inseparable, basically living the same life, for 3 years. we were roommates for 2 of those years, both pursuing the missions concentration mdiv at truett, and we were in the same covenant group -- which we just found out means we can call each other "covenant sisters"... how did we miss that?! we tried never to take ourselves too seriously -- and decided no one else should either -- so you could typically find us having dance parties in the halls trying to liven everybody up (top 2 song choices: "god is enough" and "days of elijah" -- totally normal, right?). needless to say, the professors loved us. {of all our pics together, these 3 below are super random, but they make me laugh the most.}
then... we got engaged 2 weeks apart from each other -- to two guys that were also roommates. this, of course, led to lots and lots and lots of wedding planning together. then, we got married two weeks apart...
... and unfortunately, we hadn't seen each other since. 10 1/2 months without seeing each other, y'all. so what finally made us break the fast? none other than whitney houston herself. we had talked about planning a time to get together, but when we heard whitney's final movie, "sparkle," was coming out (also starring my girl, jordin sparks), it was game over. we had to see it together. so katelyn drove her little self all the way from lufkin to norman for a weekend of sparkle, tlc shows, long walks, and good food -- duh. (she did a much better job of detailing our #normannanigans weekend on her blog.)
we still live similar lives, just not in the same place. we're both trying to figure out the wife life, manage newlywed budgets, and work part-time jobs. we're both living in new places and making new friends. we're both wrestling with calling and gifts and ministry and how all this stuff we studied for 3 years actually plays out in real life.
thanks for coming, katelyn. i may or may not have cried a little when you left. i promise it won't be 10 1/2 months until chris and i come visit you, walker, and baby opal!
one of my favorites came to norman a couple weekends ago. katelyn and i were inseparable, basically living the same life, for 3 years. we were roommates for 2 of those years, both pursuing the missions concentration mdiv at truett, and we were in the same covenant group -- which we just found out means we can call each other "covenant sisters"... how did we miss that?! we tried never to take ourselves too seriously -- and decided no one else should either -- so you could typically find us having dance parties in the halls trying to liven everybody up (top 2 song choices: "god is enough" and "days of elijah" -- totally normal, right?). needless to say, the professors loved us. {of all our pics together, these 3 below are super random, but they make me laugh the most.}
then... we got engaged 2 weeks apart from each other -- to two guys that were also roommates. this, of course, led to lots and lots and lots of wedding planning together. then, we got married two weeks apart...
... and unfortunately, we hadn't seen each other since. 10 1/2 months without seeing each other, y'all. so what finally made us break the fast? none other than whitney houston herself. we had talked about planning a time to get together, but when we heard whitney's final movie, "sparkle," was coming out (also starring my girl, jordin sparks), it was game over. we had to see it together. so katelyn drove her little self all the way from lufkin to norman for a weekend of sparkle, tlc shows, long walks, and good food -- duh. (she did a much better job of detailing our #normannanigans weekend on her blog.)
we still live similar lives, just not in the same place. we're both trying to figure out the wife life, manage newlywed budgets, and work part-time jobs. we're both living in new places and making new friends. we're both wrestling with calling and gifts and ministry and how all this stuff we studied for 3 years actually plays out in real life.
thanks for coming, katelyn. i may or may not have cried a little when you left. i promise it won't be 10 1/2 months until chris and i come visit you, walker, and baby opal!
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