a tribute to.

First and foremost, my BFFEEE (that stands for Best Friend Forever and Ever and Ever and Ever.) haha. My Fiancé, Caleb McLellan. "capital M-c capital L-e-l-l-a-n, get used to spelling that." yeah, i love him more than anything or anyone. oh my, so much to say and yet i feel like i just want to keep it all to myself. He's uh-maaazing... and he loves me! wow. I never knew I would be the one who was blessed with the privilege of have the most amazing friend in the whole entire world and get to spend the rest of my life with him. okay, yeah, this is going to be cheesy. but what do you expect? I'm in love. 

alright, alright, so he's a total goofball and we don't always understand each other. but what we lack in that we make up for in commitment, and it's a work in progress. i know we can only grow more and more and it's exciting! we're getting married the 7th of August and i'm already counting down the days. God has blessed us beyond measure and He continues to blow our minds with the grace He has pored out on our lives. he's a huge help and encourager, always there to pick me up and make sure I'm doing the best I can. and myyy goodness, he's soooo handsome.





Cara-Poo. where do i even begin? this girl is hysterical! what is the percentage of time spent together that we just sit there and laugh... for whatever reason. it's most likely something totally different from the time we began to the 5 minutes later when we finally catch our breath. speaking of which, she is a breath of fresh air. whatever we do it's just relaxing and a time to be ourselves and unwind. for the longest time we didn't even realize how good of friends we could be and i wish we could have that time back cause now we're apart and closer in heart but i wish we were together. she's going to be a bridesmaid! woohoo! i wouldn't of had it any other way. we just get each other... even when it makes no sense, you know? yeah, i know. 

She's been such an encouragement to me over the years and a huge blessing. life would be so boring without her laugh to make me laugh. 

"boys are whatever- God is forever!"

(sorry Caleb, i don't mean that first part now...)

uh-LISH-uh! oh, how i miss thee! let me count the ways... sitting with you every morning in 'dewotions', eating dön-shanks and drinking coca-cola that we had saved for those nights, having urgent heart-to-hearts right when i needed them, memorizing 26 verses in like 3 days but most the night before. oh my, talk about a best friend. from the moment we met each other we were addicted... always side by side. like peanut butter and jelly, pompom and homestaw, espresso and steamed milk (or in your case, just chocolate and steamed milk), left and right hand mittens? like Paul's greetings! grace and peace... it was obviously meant to be. i just miss being around you so so so much. you truly were my best friend those four, long, cold months in Germany. I don't know what i would've done without you, seriously! God is so good in the way He brought us together, if it weren't for the love of traveling you have and the island fever i had it would of been a lot harder for us to meet. but He knew. and you would of had barely any photo's of your first semester. (;

Jesse VK. oh, what a lovely lady. one of my closest friends through all four semesters. someone very close and dear to my heart. She has the most beautiful heart that encourages everyone around her. She truly lives out the Word and has an incredible heart that desires the Lord. She loves everyone around her, which astounds me! One of those kindred spirit kind of gals... we just get along with each other and it's a blast! whether we're having a heart to heart, a lazy day, or being mischievous... which we tend to be more often than not. God truly knew what He was doing when He brought her into my life. I admire her so and her thrill of adventures... haha. she is a treasure! a bwight and shoining staw afaw off in the darkest skies. 

oh, and she has the biggest smile... ever!

last, but not least, my sisters (Val Pal and Smereena). oh my, how i love them. they're my best friends because... they are my sisters and nothing comes between blood. haha. also, they love me so much... i know this because they've forgiven me time and time again. amazing, huh? we're each super different, but just enough a like to drive each other crazy. there's so much love and comfort in their presence with just enough teasing and sassy sarcasm. But above all they love the Lord. I know they will be here for me and i for them... although not always in the physical state. we're there for each other. Like Moses in Exodus 17, we can be the Aaron and Hur for one another in a sense. and it's a gift from God, everyone of my sisters.