These past couple of weeks I have really been missing my lovely family and friends. The people that I miss most are people that live so far away from me, in America and Australia. I find it really hard being so far away from people I love, this is something that I have just had to get used to though! I am going to post a few photos of some of the people that I am really missing right now.
My lovely Nikki. We met nearly 6 years now, when my sister and I were invited over to spend the summer with them. For those of you who don't know this story I will fill you in now because I love sharing this story! My mum's college friend, from Australia, was teaching in Germany and he had got in contact with her and spend a few holidays with us in Scotland. While Peter was teaching in Germany he met lovely Lori who was from California. In October 2003 Peter and Lori got married in Weem Church, Scotland. At this beautiful wedding we met Tim and Margie Allen and were able to spend a bit of time with them. Much to our surprise, in November that year we received a letter from The Allen's inviting us to share the summer with them. This was the first time that we met Nikki too, and I have to say that we were a bit aprehensive about it! It would have been a really long 6 weeks if we didn't get on with each other!! Thankfully, within about an hour of meeting each other we hit it off. I love spending time with this girl. We have spent, 3 summers..or 4 summers together. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend the weeks leading up to her wedding with her. I loved being able to share her excitement as the days to the wedding got closer. And the best part, I got to stand beside her as she married the wonderful Zach! I am looking forward to living closer to this girl one day soon. I miss her lots.
Tim and Margie Allen. I love these two, and miss them lots. They encourage me daily and I just love chatting with them. Margie makes me laugh SO much and I love spending time cooking and singing and dancing with her! Tim loves taking the "mic" and does this any chance he can get, and there are lots of opportunities to do this with me! But I do love him for this. I have been lucky enough to make many memories with this family and they are very dear to me. I have laughed lots with them, and cried. I am very thankful that God brought this family into my life. I can't wait to be living in the same country as them.
My boo. Last summer I had an absolute blast with this lady! She is hilarious. We have lots of funny memories that no one else understand, which makes them funnier! We managed to carry on laughing with each other, even though we are in different countries, through the wonderful Skype. I am her "imaginary friend", everyone thinks that she is just speaking to her computer screen!! I can't wait to make more memories with her, we are already making some plans!
My wonderful family in Australia. In 2008 I was lucky enough to get to spend a few months with my family and really got to know them. I love them dearly. It has been great getting to know my cousins and become close to them again. I really miss not living near them and not being able to meet up with them. But I am thankful that we can keep in touch through email and I know that when we do see each other again, it will be a great day! It has been wonderful spending time with them in the past few years and having lovely memories to look back on and smile about. I hope there will be many more to come. Tom, we will always be in the "McKenzie Middle children" club. I miss you all so much.
So, these are some of the people that I am missing right now. There are more but I think this post is long enough, and I'm not sure if I have the patience to wait for more photos to upload.
I can't wait for the day that I see everyone again. I am praying that it will be sooner rather than later. I love you all dearly. You are all such a blessing to me and I am very thankful for you all.
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