Off to College and Turning 18!

Rachel's wanted to go to Grand Canyon University ever since her older sister started attending there! She's been looking forward to this adventure for the last several months!

There are advantages to going to the same school your older sister just graduated from - aside from knowing your way around the campus, the majority of Hannah's apartment belongings were passed on - a couch, entertainment center, television, dishes, pots and pans, and a lot of other things that make setting up a bedroom at college nice and comfortable.

We spent two days moving Rachel in to her apartment on campus, getting her room all set up, and doing odds and ends the next day, out to breakfast for her birthday, grocery shopping, final tweaks needed on electronics from Dad, etc. 

We went to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants for her 18th birthday. As hard as we tried to be in celebratory moods, it was difficult  as we knew when dinner was over, we'd be taking her back to the campus and saying our goodbyes. 

We are so very proud of her decision to go away to college and have that experience. Looking forward to all the Lord has in store for her in this new adventure!