Two months is hard to sum up in words, so to make things as cliche as possible, I'll let pictures do most of the talking for me. (Which will most likely not do so, considering my tendencies to ramble...so this post will probably be way longer than I intend it to be)
Most of y'all know my obession with wedding photography. I was given the awesome opportunity to shoot a 50th wedding anniversary/vow renewal of a couple that means the world to me: Frank and Joan Anderson. They are my third set of grandparents and I would be lost without them. I can only pray to have a marriage as loving and Christlike as theirs.
I went to Prom with my best friend, Joshua Broom. It was great and we were in a group of over 20 people, which was entertaining, funny, and took forever to take pictures...but no complaints from us! Afterwards we headed to my sweet friend Conrad's house for a night filled with smores, laughter, and even a hula hoop contest!
I was given yet another reason to believe that God is for me and with me, in my hobbies just as much as my everyday life: I was given the opportunity to shoot for a Priscilla Shirer simulcast held by my church's, First Baptist Church Biloxi, Womens' Ministry. The food was great, the decoration was beautiful, and the wonderful sisters in Christ in attendance were encouraging and excited to be there...which made for an awesome weekend and I felt so blessed to be a part of it!
Princess Party!!!!! Erin Bristol held a slumber party at her house for the Royal Wedding..complete with fancy hats, princess rings, tea tiaras! It was so fun to watch a commoner become a princess..even though it cost us a nights' sleep. The night was filled with talks of wedding dresses, boys, and prince Harry. We're girls, what can I say? :)
NEW YORK!! Naturally I loved it. Being a southern girl, the constant movement and conversation among pedestrians took some getting used to, but Abby, Molly and I loved the city. Our wonderful daddy treated us to a trip for our sixteenth birthday. For those of you who know him, you know that he took on a "conquer New York" attitude. Which was awesome considering the three of us knew nothing of the magical place. Every meal was amazing, the sights were beautiful, there were tulips everywhere, every corner and block had it's own story and personality...I was so inspired and awed. My favorite parts? SoHo, Harlem, Wicked, and Central Park :]
For a 16th birthday present, my mom also took us on a trip. Over Mardi Gras break, we went to Universal. Can you say HARRY POTTER WORLD? It was dreamlike. Being the Harry Potter freaks that we are, the three of us walked around with expressions of pure joy on our faces. It was only the four of us, no five and two year olds to lug around. We missed our little angels like crazy, but it was really nice to just have the four of us...no plans, no schedules..just doing what we wanted when we wanted. Best trip ever.
The best thing about living on the beach: being able to go any time you want completely free. The beach days we have are always different and always the best days. Yay for summer!
So, I hate it when people gush over (or even talk about for that matter) their girlfriend or boyfriend in cyberspace. It is a huge pet peeve. But since this is for friends and family, and since some of you may be wondering who in the world is that long haired guy in my pictures and according to my relationship status on facebook is the person i'm in a relationship with, I figured you deserve to know the story.Yesterday, I got back from a trip to visit my boyfriend, Randle Milliken. He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. How we met, some of you might ask? Two years ago, I went to a summer camp with the junior high of our church. I had been to Centrifuge the summer before, so when we arrived at this smaller-scale summer camp in Alexandria, LA, we weren't sure what to think. The Lord quickly humbled our hearts. This camp changed all of our lives through the amazing worship, bible study and recreation led by staffers that genuinely cared about us and our growth. Coming to a smaller camp gave us the opportunity to have a closer and more intimate camp experience, and it changed all of us. Being triplets, my sisters
and I turned quite a few heads and drew a lot of attention at this particular camp, which was something we take with a grain of salt...if I wasn't a triplet and saw three girls that looked alike, I'd probably be interested in getting to know them too, so we try to keep a good attitude about it, even though we think of our situation as normal. Anyways, many of the staffers got to know us and after the summer ended kept in touch with us. Randle being one of those individuals. It wasn't untill a year ago that he even entered by mind as something other than "the guy from Clear that danced randomly a lot and who i'm kinda friends with." On a Mission Tour trip to Dallas, we were scheduled to stop in Shreveport for lunch. At the last minute I remembered that's where Randle lives. I called him to tell him and he showed up at the mall we stopped at. To say "things just clicked after that" would be an understatement. He almost couldn't come, and I almost didn't call him. Neither of us can explain why or how feelings came out of a wierd series of events, but we are both thankful for that day. We sought counsel from adults around us and searched the Lord's heart for answers: we didn't know if it was just what we wanted, or if it was God's intention for us to meet and one day be together. Though off and on again since then, the both of us are still chasing after the Lord's heart. We are praying that we will be the encouragement to the other to love and serve the Lord better through every passing day. The only way we want to stay together is if we continue to love Him more than anything in our lives and find ourselves loving and serving Him better together than apart. I ask whoever reads this to join us in prayer as we constantly fight against the norm--a relationship centered in selfishness and worldliness. We don't know what the Lord's plan is for us, but all we want is to chase after Him today, and trust Him for tomorrow. Being in a relationship that is truly, without a doubt focused on God is so different from what I'm used to seeing...there are no secrets, there is nothing to hide. We just want those who see us to see Jesus. I stayed in Shreveport for about eight days, staying the night at my new sweet friends' Katy and Erin's houses, spending time at the church his mother is the Children's Minister at and who also treated me as one of their own church members, getting to know his family, meeting people that over the past year have become just as much my friend as those living in Biloxi, and enjoying each other's company. While there, several people both of us look up to and love greatly approached us separately, telling us how happy they are that we are together and speaking of the prayers and love that they will always surround us with. It was so encouraging and definitely an answer to prayer. Please continue to pray for us! I'm blessed to have such a cool person in my life.I knew it...this post is a novel. But after a few months of silence, I have an excuse to write a lot, right? In the next couple days, I am going to share what God has been putting on my heart, and the awesome opportunities He has put into my path for the next couple months. I'm super stoked.
In His Love,
Wesleigh :]
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