Today, June 21st, is my brother's 24th Birthday! Happy Birthday big brother! It's funny. when he moved away, I never thought that I would miss him. When people would ask me "Are you going to miss your brother?" I would immediately say "no way!". But boy was I wrong. I miss him like CRAZY! I have considered many times moving up there just so I could be with him. I love visiting him and just being able to hang out with him at his apartment all day. Sometimes I wish he'd move home, but I know how much he loves it in Cincinnati. I just hope he knows how much I love him and how much I miss him.
Went to Ichthus this past weekend. For those of you who don't know what Ichthus is, it's basically a christian woodstock. It's a 4 day music festival with all kinds of different music. I'd have to say that my favorite performer was LeCrae. He's a rapper. He was so fun to watch and had such good Godly lyrics and when he spoke it us, it wasn't a "preachy" type of speaking, it was just like he was talking to us. I also really like Franchesca Betestelli (probably spelled wrong, but I'm too lazy to look it up), the Afters, THE WEDDING, Sanctus Real, and Casting Crowns. I went with the Smith family (Scott, Joannie, Robert and Christian). I just love that I'm basically a part of their family because I'm always around them. It's nice to have so many people at my church care about/for me, even though I have no family there myself. 
(This picture was taken with Joannie's iPhone and we were able to send it and have it appear on the two big screens next to the main stage. We're basically famous!)I'm ready to get my life in order. I freaked out last week because I couldn't find my debit card (for the second time in 2 months!). Luckily, it was in my car, where I thought it was the whole time, and I found it while I was cleaning. But still. I'm so over not having my life in order and not organized. It's hard though, because I'm so busy with work and other things, that when I have some free time, I'd rather spend it napping or doing something else that I love to do rather then clean and get things organized. I need to learn how to balance these things in my life. I'm ready for that.
And now I'll leave you with some sweet lyrics from LeCrae:
"People get it living for a job,
Make a little money start living for a car,
Get em a wife, a house, kids and a dog,
Then they retire, they living high on the hog,
But guess what? They didn’t ever really live at all,
To live is Christ, and that’s Paul I recall,
To die is gain and for Christ we give it all,
He's the treasure you’ll never find in a mall,
See your money, your singleness, marriage, talents, your time,
They were loaned you to show the world that Christ is divine,
That’s why its Christ in my rhymes,
That’s why its Christ all the time,
See my whole world is built around Him,
He’s the life in my lines."
-Don't Waste Your Life
