...and then there were six...

meet a boy. act silly. fall in love. fall away. grow up. show up. make decisions. make it work. say yes. say forever.

♥

seems simple enough. can't wait for my turn.

it really was the perfect wedding. no disasters, heartbreak, disappointment, or regret.

sure, it wasn't 75 degrees and sunny, but hey, rain on the wedding day is good luck, right?

i feel like weddings are successful when it's easy to see that a marriage will be successful.

syd and adam carry with them an obvious strength. both key children of our Heavenly Father. dedicated, independent, humble, selfless.

they put the Lord first in all that they do, and truly, that's the main thing that makes a marriage work.

proud to be related to such a force.

can't wait for my titan nieces and nephews.

best news of the day: they're moving here in a week. never been so excited to be a third wheel.

in other news...

i should get my call in about two weeks. strangely enough, the closer it gets, the calmer i feel.

it's an amazing feeling, when your expectations match reality.

it refreshes your life. clears your mind.

lets all kinds of inspiration pour through.

my gratitude to the Lord is overwhelming lately...just to be blessed with the opportunity to serve.

for the guidance i've received through the entire preparation process.

it's almost too much to handle. i don't deserve it.

..here's to the best 18 months of my life..

xo//xo

h

ps: the innocent sister i once had. now she's a smelly old wife.

bisous!

finished.

Oh hey, check it out, i'm a missionary...

...i wish.

BUT...my papers are 100% completed. Having that stress lifted off my shoulders is an amazing feeling. I nearly started crying at the dentist today. Kind of embarrassing, but kind of awesome. It's nice living in Provo...you don't have to explain yourself as much, especially when it comes to feeling the Spirit at bizarre times of the day. I hate that I don't keep a daily journal because the number of blessings I've received these past few months is astonishing.

Heavenly Father knows me so well. He knows what I feel, think, dream about...He knows what I want out of life, and what I think I deserve. He knows what I need, knows how to help, knows when I can stand a little struggle. He's definitely thrown me a few curve balls, but He understands that that's when I do my best learning...when I have to adapt and make a new plan.

I also gotta say how thankful I am for personal revelation. If i didn't feel the importance and need of me serving a mission, there's no WAY I'd be going. It's been such a steep climb to get to where I am...ignoring all of it would have been so much easier.

But I know I have to go.

I'm nervous for the unknown, but not at all fearful. That's what keeps me going.

We're down to 10 days til the wedding. BUT before we celebrate that, we must focus on the SOCIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR.

SIR DOUGLAS & HIS DAY OF BIRTH.

Trust me people. It's gunna be wild.

I can already see the scrabble chips flying around, frosting all stuck up in mustaches....

Go crazy baby.

Randoms:

-I hope my dress for the wedding still fits. I just ate a whole sea's worth of sushi.

-I wish I was Mary Poppins. I have laundry for days.

-Silent, unseen patches of ice seem to always find me.

-Kind of irritated that I got my facebook back. It's a joke.

-Jimmer

♥bird