i wish i could get on facebook at work

No, not because i am THAT obsessed with what a few friends and a hundred acquaintances are up to...but because my profile contains all of my *pictures* of the friends i love and i would love to show you! So, that title was actually a trick.

What i really want to talk about is not facebook, but how THANKFUL i am for my {amazing} friends.

This weekend i went to the mountains with some of my {favorite} girls in the world. This past April, Eternal (my church), hosted a silent auction to help raise money for the Guatemala trip i went on this past summer. Diana won a weekend {away} in the mountains! So about 10 of us girls went on up. We had an amazing time.

Here are some highlights: (hopefully i will have pictures to share later, once my computer at home is fixed :)

1. we made an amazing fire without the help of any boys!

2. we sang and worshiped together. i have missed that.

3. i got to actually hang out with kylie and heather!

4. amy lost her footing and was drug about 15 feet by the ridiculous swing

5. there was a river that flowed behind the house...the image of seeing that river by the light of the moon and stars will never leave me.

6. we played hilarious board games

7. i got to spend quality time and pray with my favorite amy coccia

8. i got to spend time with lauren dean...i have been wanting to do this for a while because i think [she is just precious!]

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Amy and i drove back to town Saturday night so we could go to worship on Sunday. Amy was playing, so she had to get back, and i have just MISSED worship! Being out of town is not conducive to regular church attendance. It's definitely {not} about attendance for me, or my church for that matter... i MISS my wonderful community when i spend a lot of time away from them. They are my heart.

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Sunday my dear friends Jonathan and Lizzy surprised me right before church was about to start! They were coming into town from Hilton Head for Melissa's baby shower that afternoon, and decided to come early for church. I was startled by Lizzy's voice whispering in my ear, "is someone sitting here"? I yelped. I was SO surprised! After church Lizzy, Jonathan, Josh, Maria, Niles, and I went to lunch and then to the baby shower in Charlotte. At the baby shower the {903 Girls} were together again (minus Julie), and had a great time.

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I LOVE our group of girls from college...they're more like sisters. i don't have a sister and they are the closest things i have to that type of relationship. We are all so different but come together so well. Lizzy's baby shower is in 3 weeks and Julie is coming into town for it!! i couldn't be more thrilled.

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So this weekend i was reminded of how {blessed} i am by my friends, old and new. You ladies and gentlemen have NO idea how much i love you all, and how i wouldn't be able to make it in this cold world without your friendship.

God is good.