Heading Back

My 24 hour travel journey has begun. I'm sitting in the Newark airport waiting on my flight to Hong Kong. 

Coming home is always so wonderful, and even though I was here for 3 weeks, I still feel like it wasn't enough time. We spent the beginning of the week in Chapel Hill while MP worked a few days. We made a pit-stop through Elon on the way up.

 It was just voted the most beautiful college campus and I could not agree more. 

 Of course, we stopped by our favorite local hangout :)

 We had dinner in Chapel Hill the next night with these kids and Katie was even "sick" on Tuesday so we could Spa it up here. I have great friends, don't I?

On Friday night, our friends, Amanda, David, and Caleb prepared a beer dinner for us. Check out their blog to read all about it. 

The menu was unbelievable and each dish was paired perfectly with a delicious beer.

It's such a huge effort to put on a dinner like this, and we are so grateful that we could experience it. 

 Thank you to our dear friends who made the effort to visit with us.
 Thank you to our families who were patient as we tried to squeeze everything in. We love you so much, and I'm already looking forward to the next trip back.
Now, I'm gearing up for 16 hours in the air...wish me luck!
xx,
Lauren

7 days left

I'm on week 3 of being back, and it has been BUSY!

 I was in Asheville 2 weekends ago to celebrate Josh and Devin. 

 My sweet parents made the trek with me, and we spent some time on Sunday taking in the mountain air. 

 We've spent some time with the Hendrix clan and are trying to get our fill of little Tate. 

 We've done lots of visiting with family. 

...and I'm enjoying spending time just hanging out on the porch. 

We made it to Greenville, SC this past weekend to see this cutie... 

...And, I'm now parked here, while MP is working the next 3 days. 

A far cry from HK, but I have no difficulty slipping right back into my suburban-girl shoes :)

xx,

Lauren

Back in the U. S. of A.

I landed Friday night in Cincinnati after 24 hours of travel and jumped right into a weekend of celebration. 

Zach and Emily were getting married and I just couldn't miss the festivities. 

 (p.s. Skyline Chili is terrible).

It was a lovely weekend and so great to see my dear friends. 

Unforunately, MP isn't coming into town until next weekend, so Caleb got roped into being my date. He did a fabulous job :)

 I actually had lots of good lookin' men taking care of me.

 Emily was stunning, and they both looked so, so happy.

I've been spending time in Charlotte this week and am off this weekend to Asheville to celebrate the soon-to-be Daniel's! 

More to come...

xx,

Lauren