"Where you are is not as important as who you're with."

I loved spending my Saturday morning catching up with Catie. I loved hearing about the exciting new things going on in her life--her new job, her new apartment, living without a roommate. 

I love that we both love Goodwill but decided it was good to just sit and talk. Even though Catie isn't in college anymore, I love how much she still cares when I tell her things going on in my college life. I'm so glad that we're friends. :)

 

I am so grateful that my brother Jireh flew to Indiana from Minnesota this weekend! Although we were only able to spend a little over 24 hours together, it was awesome. My brother is my role model for so many reasons. I love his heart to love others, his boldness to stand for what he believes in, and his hard-working attitude. But one of the biggest reasons is this...

When I asked him what he where he wanted to go and what he wanted to see at Butler, he said it didn't matter. The most important thing was getting to spend time together.

I loved walking by the canal and enjoying the beautiful color of the leaves changing and the reflection on the canal. I love the silliness that goes on when we're together...

Picking a huge pumpkin to carve,

Carrying the pumpkin on our 2.23 mile walk back to campus,

Naming our pumpkin Adriane, 

Trying to "outwalk" one another,

Showing off our best dance moves,

And laughing uncontrollably about my hiccups.

 I love not worrying about having to be somewhere. 

Instead, enjoying catching up with each others' lives.

I love being nothing but ourselves, honest and real.

Of course, good food is a must.

We couldn't have skipped out on the most delicious meal at Yatz!

I loved carving my very first pumpkin with my brother! 

I loved being fascinated with the stringy goop inside of the pumpkin. We made guesses of how many seeds were in the pumpkin. My brother guessed "200" and I guessed "182." 

Guess how many there were?

I loved baking pumpkin seeds for the first time and being so shocked that they actually turned out to be so so good!

After all our cooking and crafting, it was nice to sit and relax a drink from Starbucks. I loved talking about all the houses we've lived in, thinking back about how we used to sit and read together, and laughing at our old, quirky habits.

I love my brother SO much. Whenever we're together, I always learn so much from him.

I'm so grateful for cell phones. They make saying goodbye a little more bearable.

But still, I prefer saying "See ya later."