Oh, Hey Washington!

I realized last night that in the past 3 months I've been in 9 different states. (MA,NH,MN,ND,SD,WY,OR,WA,CO)

So, I mean, that's sweet. 

My life feels a bit A.D.D lately.  Runnin this way and that way, visiting these people, those people coming to visit me....

I only wish my life could always be like this!

I guess it would get exhausting after awhile, but I'm enjoying the ride while I can :) 

Last weekend I got to go to Washington to visit my boyfriend, Josh.  Best. Weekend. Ever.  I'm warning you now, I'll try to keep it to a minimum, but there might be a bit of eye-roll-inducing sappiness ahead.  Don't say I didn't warn you.  

I'm a lucky girl :) 

But really, I couldn't have imagined the weekend going any better! So fun to hang out with him in his hometown and meet a bunch of his 'people'.  Met his parents, grandma, a bunch of friends, his Godkids (that made me super cute crafts...) people from his church, etc. etc. etc.  Got to see where he plays softball, where he works, where he plays pool, where he rides his motorcycle, where he....well, where he lives.  You get it. 

P.s. I got a ride on his motorcycle! Never been on a sport bike before.  Not a Harley, but...it was still fun :)

Crafts from his Godkids :) 

On Saturday we drove to Oregon to visit my grandma, (who had a stroke last year and isn't doing very well) my aunt, and 3 cousins.  SOOO good and fun to see them!! We watched my 16 yr old cousin play some basketball, then we went to their house for awhile where my grandma was.  I got to talk to her a little, definitely hard to see her like that--not the same grandma at all.  But she recognized me by name and I got an "I love you, Kirsten" when I left.  Tears? Yep.  

And when we were giving them goodbye hugs my aunt told me she approved of Josh :) She got to meet him before my parents even have!! So far, so good ;)

After he picked me up from the airport we ate at a Mexican restaurant and had fried ice cream!

Don't worry, he shared :P

The night we got back from Oregon we met up with my best friend from MN, Danielle! She's been in Seattle for training before she moves to Alaska for 6 months and then HAWAII!!! Fun to see her, even if just for a couple hours!!!

Was super weird for me to be with the two of them at the same time though...my worlds were colliding.  Life is weird.  But great.  In a weirdly great way.  

But it really was an awesome weekend.  And it was brutally, depressingly hard to come back to Colorado again. (Who thought I'd ever say that??)  But they have GREEN TREES, and LAKES and MOUNTAINS in Washington! Colorado has 100+ degrees days for weeks on end, and lots of brown scenery and hardly any lakes.....but I guess we have mountains and lots of sunshine.  And I do love mountains.  And sunshine. It's okay, Colorado, I still love you, but I'm sorry if you and I end up being more of just a fling. 

Snoqualmie falls.  We got soaked.

I feel like we spent half the weekend driving around in his car.  Good thing he has a nice car ;)

Long distance relationships...wouldn't recommend them.  But he makes it worth it. [Aaaand, there's the sap :)]

Anyway, there are some interesting potential career happenings for both of us on the horizon...so we will see where the Lord leads!

This season of life is interesting.  I feel like I'm running at 100mph, but like I'm also having to be super patient.  I honestly don't know how people who aren't Christians get through life.  I'd be a wreck if I didn't have faith that God's got it all planned out.  I'm not good at not knowing what's coming next, but I do know that He is always faithful and has perfect timing!  

Life is truly an adventure and I'm loving every minute of it :)