Blogiversary

Monday is my one year blogiversary. I must admit, I enjoy blogging a lot more than I thought that I would. It's so neat to look back over the past year and see all of the places I've been, the things I've learned, people I've seen and how I've grown.

Believe it or not, here are all of the places I've been in the past year - Orlando, Florida; Galveston, Houston, Amarillo, Dallas and El Paso, Texas; Kansas City, Missourri; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; New York City, New York; and Taipei, Taiwan. (I provided links so you can read about the adventures you may have missed out on!)

Some other big changes include a job promition to Director of Media Relations, moving offices from the Harrison House to Packer, moving out of my apartment and into a house with a new roommate and my family moving from Canyon to El Paso.

I feel like this past year I have grown a lot in my relationship with the Lord. I'm learning more about who God is and how He loves me. I'm also working on figuring out His plan for my life. That's definitely a process that I know will continue the rest of my life, but God's given me a new confidence in who I am in Him, which has really changed my perspective.

Lots of new people have come into my life - new friends, a new pastor in my church, a new president at my school, a new Sunday School class.

Not to mention I joined the Quarter Century Club in November - being 25 has rocked my world! I'm in my mid-twenties. Whoa.

It's definitely been a pretty big year in the life of me! Thanks for being a part of it! I look forward to the next year of blogging - sharing about my trips, my thoughts on God and life in general, updates and just for fun stuff too.

So, here follow me as my Tales of Wanderlust continue...

Mom's Birthday Celebration in Lubbock

This weekend I went to Lubbock to see my parents and to celebrate my mom's birthday. On Saturday morning, Mom, Dad and I drove to Whiteface to see my cousin Sarah, her husband BJ and their new little baby Ben. He is such a sweet baby with some really great parents! It was fun to see where the Brooks live and to get to meet this precious new addition to the Lowrie family!

Then that afternoon we went to Mom's favorite restaurant, Outback Steakhouse, to celebrate.

Dad headed back to Canyon and Mom and I enjoyed hanging out, talking, playing games, swimming, and watching a movie. It was a lot of fun to have some one-on-one time with Mom! This morning we went to church at FBC Lubbock (my papa's old church) and for lunch we had a surprise treat - my sisters Jamie and Madie met us on their way back from Rock the Desert with their friends. Here's a picture of the group at lunch - celebrating Mom's 49th bday (see the #49?).

Me, Jamie, Kalyn, Kade, Josh, Mom, Bailey, Danessa, Cristal and Madie

Fun weekend! Happy Birthday Mom!