bikes, ponytails, and ladybugs...

This weekend Bekah, Kelli and I got together for our semi-annual "Beks, Bugs, and Ber" reunion! Since going to college, our girlhood trio has been limited to phone calls, 1 reunion in the summer and 1 between Christmas and New Years.

Bekah and I loaded up the car on friday afternoon after work to embark on yet another road trip. As usual, it started with me yelling at her for the amount of luggage she was bringing for a 2 day trip and suggesting we rent a U-Haul. Then we argued about directions, my driving, her music selection, and the way she started freaking out when it began raining.

We finally made it without Bekah's mouth being duct-taped this time! We even stopped by Wendy's on the way in so she could get her daily serving of ice cream.

As little girls, we would stay up talking until the wee hours of the morning whenever we got together. Well, as college graduates (or soon to be college graduates:) we had no problem crashing!

The next morning we leisurely got out of bead, made waffles, and left to explore uptown Charlotte. I brought my camera and got really good pictures of Kelli. (Bekah had a bad attitude about being a model:) We then walked around fun jewelry stores and came back to make homemade pizza and chocolate cake! Our evening ended with a sappy chick flick and wonderful laziness!

Being the analyzer that I am, I always find the relationship between me, Kelli and Bekah fascinating! I am the pessimistic, analyzing, planning, and sarcastic one. Bekah, on the other end of the spectrum, is the optimistic, free spirit, clumsy and genuinely blonde one. (despite Clarol:) Kelli seems to be the perfect mixture of the two of us. She is artistic but also level headed; creative but also analytical.

Being different is what makes us appreciate each other. Personality clashes are what we find endearing. As we have always said, life would be boring if we were all three "Ambers", life would be scary if we were all three "Bekahs", and life would be...well, contradictory if we were all three "Kellis."

While at times, we considered ourselves "the three blind mice," I can't wait to see how the Lord continues to use our friendship to both encourage and keep each other straight!