BTHO Bama!!

beautiful bethany len

fun-loving. brave. fearless. beautiful. sweet. busybusybusy. 

pretty. fair. smart. wild. free. precious. loving. funny. curious. sassy.

bethany len.

i love you, sweet baby.

you keep me on my toes and make my heart melt all at once...

i love being your mommy!

my "people"...and an amazing trip.

last year, I went on this trip, that some of yall thought I was crazy for going on, because I had never "met" any of the girls in person before. They were just "blog friends".
Well last year, I went...and came away with a deep love for these amazing girls.
really, i LOVE them. they are like my family.

We do life together on the daily, through massive amounts of texting,
and sometimes skyping or face-timeing.
They have been there for me this year, throughout all I have dealt with and faced.
They have been a foundation for encouragement for me and are the most life-giving group ever.
When something is happening in my life, they are at the top of the list of who I want to talk to...
about the good and the bad.
They are my people.

Well, obviously because we can't stand not seeing each other, as soon as last year's trip to NY ended,
we were planning this year's...to Seattle!
I cannot believe it has already come and gone.

danielle, kara, hannah, carina,  jami, esther, leslie, and aly
are the ones I got to hug tightly this past weekend.
(And we dearly missed heather and steph, as they couldn't come again this year.)

I can't wait to share more with you.
SO much has been stirred in my heart after being with these women for 5 days.
But first I had to share like a million pictures with you.
sorrynotsorry. :) Enjoy!

I cannot express how blessed I feel to have this group.
I feel like it is so rare. Or maybe its not, and maybe I just feel extremely lucky.
But I am constantly blown away at the blessing these women are in my life.
Who knew that through blogging and tweeting...I would meet some of my very best friends.
God is SO wonderful!

I love you girls. :)
(and now I'm gonna go cry, obvi.)

the trip I have waited forever for....

resting, chatting, giggling, crying, and sharing life.

That's what i'm doing this weekend.

with some incredible incredible women.

you might remember when I went on this trip, last year.

Some of you even thought I was crazy for going...

I went with my "blog friends", 9 other women who I had never met in person.

But it was a testimony of the Lord's creativity in connecting hearts and making friendships...

and one of the best trips I have ever taken.

well...we did it again!

And it seemed like a LOOOONG year, waiting to be reunited with these precious friends.

We text literally every day, and have been dying for this trip to be here.

And it is!! 

(not everyone is in this pic...we still had two more to pick up from the airport.)

kara, hannah, carina, leslie, jami, danielle, esther, and aly are all here!!

So so thankful for these women.

They truly are some of my very best friends.

I will write about them more someday soon. :)

if you dont know my friends...you need to. 

you will be SO so blessed!

PS.

If you have Instagram and want to follow our trip...

check out the hashtag #seattlecamano

making my heart happy this morning...

this sweetness!

I LOVE how B wraps her little legs around her big sissy to dance!

these two little girls are so good for my soul. :)

(I shared this video on Instagram too...if you aren't already following me,
come find me @heyitssarahlowe !)