Summer Wrap Up!

Let me fill you in on what went down this summer! 
One of the most fun things I did this summer was attend the School of Empowerment! This was hosted at Kings Park International Church in Durham and was an awesome three weeks! 

School of Empowerment lunch crew at William's Restaurant,, home of the best sweet potato fries!!

I grew so much spiritually and really feel like the Lord meet me in so many ways! God is so faithful! The months of April and May were pretty dry spiritually because of everything going on with my mom and aunt (mom= car accident, aunt =Diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called Wagoners disease. She was in and out of the hospital May & June and was actually at Duke hospital the whole 3 weeks of the SOE.) 

July 4th@Kenan stadium in Chapel Hill

I honestly wasn’t spending consistent time with Jesus at all! So I really needed this time with the Lord of refreshing! I learned more about the Holy Spirit, the Bible, and made incredible friends. These three weeks change my life, and deserve it’s own post one day!

Birthday Dinner at Mellow Mushroom! 28 is going to be great! ;)

At the end of July, I went to the mountains to Granite Falls to speak to a church up there that supports me! This was so fun! This church has supported me for a year and this was the first time I got to meet them! I stayed with the most awesome 75 year old I have ever met! It was such a blessing! I love the mountains and had fun hiking up to see some waterfalls with my friend Emily! Glad I was able to swing by and have a day with her family in Marion.

Catwba Falls

The first week of August I was able to go to the beach with my mom, sister, brother-in-law and sweet nephew Jack! This was so fun. I love the beach and being lazy! This trip to Wrightsville beach also included a mini day trip to see my sweet friend Jayme who just moved to Southport! Southport is precious! They were filming a movie with Hilary Swank so part of the town was blocked off! Pretty big excitement around those parts!

Out to eat at Provision Company in Southport with Jayme & Lily!

Carrie blowing bubbels for Jack-a-roo!

 Right before school started back, I moved into a town house with my friend Laura! Laura and Laura living together makes it easy for our neighbors to remember our names! ;) We did that on purpose! Honestly though, we feel soo lucky! The town house has everything we wanted: gas logs, two bedrooms each with their own bath, ½ bath downstairs, two story, (laminate) hardwood floors, patio, lots of storage, painted walls, nice safe neighborhood! Everything is great, expect we got the utility bill today for this month and it was $260! Shut the front door, no really you are letting the bought air out!! We will live with candles and windows open until we can figure things out! ;) So there it is! My summer wrap up! Can’t believe it has taken me this long to get back to blogging and I had so much to catch up on!! Hopefully more posts to come and not another blogging hiatus! 

Mom and I with precious baby Jack! :) Don't you love the Polo outfit I bought him!