It's Not Goodbye...

Note: I will be posting about that wonderful day that was my wedding day but this is not that post :)

A Whirlwind.

That has been the best description of the last 6 months of my life.
It blows me away how much change has happened.

One change in particular has been at the forefront of my mind and heart for a few months now. It has recently moved from what was always a dream and hope and calling to a reality.
So Here's To The Birkenfelds 

Meet Brock

:)

This goofball has been so much more than a silly boy cousin to me in my life. I can remember him in majority of my childhood (mostly doing dumb stuff with my brother or playing video games) but he was there!

This man of God has been tightly knit and deeply involved in my life the past 7 years. He has been a safe place, a rock, a comfort and my spiritual father. I was blessed to have him as the gatekeeper of my heart all through college and well after. He showed me what I deserved in a man, how I should be treated and he helped my heart heal when I wasn't treated this way. He has seen me through it all. And he gave me a Joyful YES that I could trust to the man that is now my husband. 

Meet Meg

(What can I say...she's rarely found in a picture without her kids!:)

This woman of God, wife and mother of 2 has been such a sweet blessing on my life! I got to move to college station as a young freshman in college and not only get to know her but live with her and brock at the beginning of their marriage and my new independency! She has been a best friend, a sister and a mother to me in every area of my life! She has offered me a home, a hug, lots of laughs and a shoulder to cry (a lot) on! She has adopted me as her own and I couldn't be more thankful!

Meet Nash & Sawyer (sauce) :)

I am proud to say that I have gotten to not only be there the days that both of these kids were brought into this world but walk with them and watch them grow.

Nash: I have gotten to spend the last year cuddling with this sweet boy and watching him go through major milestones and without even knowing it he stole my heart! He has without a doubt strengthened and affirmed the desire in my heart to have a sweet baby boy one day!!

Sauce: No words could describe the love that my heart holds for this soon to be 3 year old! It has been a life changing 3 years with her in my life! Who knew a heart could care and cherish and love a little girl so much?! I have cuddled and loved on her, played imaginary games, sang to sleep, bathed and prayed over her. And lately...wept as I held her in my arms at 10:00 at night while babysitting! :) 

Needless to say...This family of 4 means the world to me!

While my heart is breaking to no longer have them as my safe haven in College Station and to be fighting the fight for the Kingdom of heaven here I will never be able to express how proud I am and how excited I am for their obedience to God to GO and to SHARE and their desire to look and be like JESUS! It's rare and it's beautiful. 

So here's a lookback on some good ole 'family' photos :)

wow...

Welcome sweet Sawyer

So...THANK YOU!!
Thank you for changing my life and being a HUGE part of who I am today! Thank you for guarding and protecting my heart, for showing me what marriage and parenting looks like, for holding me through my hurt and pain and for laughing with me in my highest moments of joy! I will never be able to tell you how grateful and blessed I am, how much I truly love you and how much I will miss yall!
But I didn't write this to say good-bye. It's just how I process and wanted everyone to know the world changers you already are!! I WILL see you in 'centwal asah' (as sauce would say) :)


Yall are my people, my family and my loves :)
Love you both to the moon and back!!

"How, then, can they call on the one they have no believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!!"--Romans 10:14-15

 ^{your feet are beautiful. :)}