"I have found the one whom my soul loves!!" Song of Solomon 3:4

Have I mentioned that I am getting MARRIED?!!!

 Well, In 10 months and 25 days I am marrying my best friend/ the man that have prayed for my whole life!! Trevor popped the question May 31, and I haven't stopped smiling about it ever since! I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am!! The Lord has blessed my relationship with Trevor since the very beginning- when I was so hesitant to let someone love me. The Lord is so faithful when you trust in His plan and His timing- seriously, He is! I felt like my time would never come, because I was 19 and had never had a boyfriend and never been kissed (which is silly now that i look back on it, but it felt like a huge deal at the time). Holy moly was I wrong. Little did I know, the Lord was (and still is) molding Trevor Brown to be my husband. A husband that loves Christ FIRST. A husband that is so kind, patient, loving, honest, generous, selfless and so much more than words can express. The Lord was also preparing my heart to be a Godly wife to Trevor. He was teaching me to love who He created me to be, so that I could love Trevor well. How cool that the Lord was up to something so big when I least expected it?! I am so thankful that I waited on Trevor, and that Trevor waited on ME. I pray for the journey that's ahead of us every day. I pray that the Lord will use us, as a team, to do big things for His kingdom. I'm excited to see what He has in store for us!

(I had a death grip on his knee the whole time haha!)

Oh and other big wedding news: I got my wedding dress today!!!!!  I ended up getting the first one I looked at/tried on! How does that happen?! I tried on just about every style they have out there, but kept going back to this one in particular. It is totally different than what I ever imagined myself wearing, and I absolutely love it!!! SO.EXCITED!

July in a nutshell

I so enjoyed the month of July! It was filled with some of my favorite things: birthdays, alot of time with friends/family, and traveling. The month started out with several birthday celebrations. I love celebrating sweet friends' birthdays, and helping them to feel extra loved on their special day!

Happy Birthday to McLean!!

Happy Birthday to Katie!!

Happy Birthday to Carrie AND Sarah!! (Yes, Bekah and I do match. Totally by chance haha!)

I am SO thankful for these sweet friendships! So glad they were born :)

Next, I was off to the big apple with the Browns- my soon-to-be family! They are SO.MUCH.FUN to travel with! They don't miss a thing. Ya'll, we even had an itinerary for the trip, so that we didn't forget to do/see something. I'm tellin' ya, this family is so fun! We had an absolute BLAST! I am so thankful they let me tag along on this family vacation. I am one blessed girl to have such sweet future in-laws!! I cannot wait to become apart of the Brown family :)

I took over 400 pictures on this trip! So I'll spare ya all 400, and just show you a few of my favorites..

We stayed in Times Square- loved all the action & people watchin' here!

Top of the empire state building-Does this even look real?! 

Top of the Empire State Building

I have a new love for Broadway plays! We saw Sister Act & Lion King- so.much.talent!

Radio City! Going up to the top of the Rock

Grand Central Station- literally

Chinatown purchases! This wasn't my favorite place- they took us in the back of these massage rooms, through a door, and then locked it while we were in there looking at the purses. A little bit too sketch for me!

 The Brown family & me before the Lion King! :)

The girls!

Subway!! I thought the subway was the neatest thing. I am excited that Atlanta has a smaller version, so I can use it next year!

Carriage ride through Central Park for breakfast

Times Square at night is beautiful!!

Ferry Boat ride to the Statue of Liberty- the weather could not have been any better for this!

Love this of Trev and his sister, Kelsey!

I love this city!!!! Isn't it so beautiful?!

Today Show with my sweet sister's sign!

Cirque du Solei- neatest show ever!!! Those people are so stinkin' talented!

Carlos Bakery! We had some delicious pastries that morning!

Trev and I :) View of NYC from New Jersey

Jumping pictures resulted in alot of laughs! Love these people!

Then we had a few days in Knoxville to relax, catch up on some sleep, squeeze alot of hours in at work, and pack before we were off to Hilton Head with my family!

We were able to meet up with sweet friends (Taylor and Stacey) to play some putt-putt. I won't tell ya which couple won ;)

Trev & I after my birthday dinner :) So thankful for everything he does for me!

My sweet little cousin, Bennett

Bennett LOVED getting to hang with Trev for the week

The boys

My sweet brother, Charlie! LOVE this boy so much. I cannot believe it is already time for him to leave for college NEXT WEEK! AHH. Knoxville will miss him alot (mostly me!)

Love my sweet Pap Pow! (I didn't get a picture with he and my grandmom, but they are both SO wonderful. I am so blessed to have such wonderful grandparents that have been so involved in my life!)

What a beautiful reminder of God's unfailing love for us!

Trev is a rockin' gift-giver!!

My family! :) I am so blessed to have such a loving family.

Old Oyster Factory for the grand finale :)

The Baine girls! Love my mom and sister!

Well that's a wrap folks- that just about sums up my July! I am so blessed with the life the Lord has given to me. Seriously. I find myself on my knees thanking the Lord over and over again for surrounding my with such loving, encouraging, and patient people. I am so undeserving, but so grateful.

If you are still reading this, I am impressed! I will do a better job of keeping up with this more often so that my whole month isn't thrown in here altogether :)

-C