Spring time only makes me want Summer time

So, I haven't been able to post anything recently because of how busy life has gotten...and I hate plugging my iPhone into my computer to get the pictures off. So now that I've done that here is an update on what the last few weeks has looked like....
Here's the final product for my jacket! This is a tailored wool jacket, it has a lot of hand-stitched details like pad-stitching on the collar and lapel and the hem lining and jacket hem is hand stitched. This jacket would probably be priced around $400 roughly according to my teacher. I also received an A on the project, so I would hope it would be well worth the first 4-5 weeks of the semester.

After finishing my jacket, we went on Spring break to Port Aransas, TX which is off the southern coast. Young Life College rented a house on the beach! The week was full of fellowship, spikeball, and lots of seafood! There were 24 of us total staying in the beach house, although it was only sunny one day while we were there, we made the best of it. Everyone loved to grab blankets and hang out on the balcony! YLC is looking to do a similar trip in the years to come!

 This past weekend we had The Big Event at UNT, a campus wide service event for the area! My sorority was sent to pick up trash along the roads in Denton, sponsored by Keep Denton Beautiful. Although this is not the only thing we do, last year we were in charge of pulling weeds and taking out cactus in a local garden off Loop 288. Here's my family, my little sister Brooke (far left), my big sister Kathryn (next to me), and my twin sister Liberty (far right)!

 Lastly, this past weekend we had founders day for my sorority! We honored our 3 founders on Sunday where we gave out numerous awards and celebrated a pledge class from 1964! Proud to say that the Kappa Fam won first in grades for our entire chapter!

Outside of all of this, I have started a couple new projects that I look forward to posting in the weeks to come! Only one more month left of school! Another topic I wanted to touch on was Lent. My entire life I've grown up participating in Lent and it wasn't until this year that I truly understood and felt the desire to participate in this season. This year I have decided to give up my curling iron and straightener. If you really knew me, you'd know I've been attached to them since middle school and I hate when I have to wear my hair up. So, I had been praying a lot about what I wanted to give up when I suddenly felt convicted about wanting to only get up early to do my hair before class and then not leave enough time to spend with Jesus. My roommate gave me the perfect reason to participate this year as well, she said you should give me something up that is going to challenge you in your walk with Christ. Needless to say I haven't touched them for the last few weeks, which has been challenging but also a blessing because I have a lot more time on my hands, time that I have been choosing to spend with Jesus. Then over spring break, I felt like I was being convicted to give up my social media like instagram and twitter (I still have facebook). The mindless scrolling would take away anywhere from 20 mins to an hour from my day, which I have now devoted to spending more time with Jesus and being better about my class assignments so I don't have to pull any all-nighters. I'm not sure when or if I will decide to use them after Lent has ended, but I know that my desire to look perfect all the time has decreased and I won't be reaching for my curling iron or straightener as often, which I know my split ends will thank me for!

Happy Spring time, thanks for reading my blogs! Shout out to my sister Megan, she told me shes read all of my posts which made me happy to hear that I'm not just talking to myself!