New In Life

Buckle up. This is going to be a long one. Because I'm going to share allll my feelings, because I've had a lot of those things this week.

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LIFE EVENTS

Air Force : Welp. If you follow me on Instagram you will have been bombarded with pictures and crying emoji's and know that Trevor left for Basic Training in San Antonio, TX. He had to go up to Hill AFB in SLC for "Out-Processing" the day before and we decided it would be better if he just went up there himself. The only ride he could find was the Sunday before. So we drove him to my Sister-In-Law's parent's house (who he got a ride with) and dropped him off. It was so hard. I always pictured the goodbye as him leaving me at the house but I had to be the one to walk away. Ughhhhhhh. I was very emotional as you can imagine. Luckily we were able to call each other and FaceTime while he was up in SLC.
Then on Wednesday we were able to FaceTime in San Antonio while he was at the airport before he checked in. That goodbye was soooo hard. This may embarrass Trev but I rarely see him cry, so to see him cry this time was even more heartbreaking. Saying goodbye to him and knowing I wouldn't be able to hear his voice for a month and not seeing his face for 7 weeks just broke me! People try to tell me "Oh.. so and so had it worse.." I don't care. This sucks so bad. Trevor is literally the only person I can spend 24/7 with and not be annoyed. I miss him so much it hurts. I've been okay. I'm not like moping around being depressed but inside it hurts so bad. I just can't fathom that he won't be home for 4 months. Ahhhhh.
So I've watched a ton of YouTube videos on what goes on in BMT and there are awesome videos for every week of training. So I knew some things that were going to happen. I knew I was going to get a call from Trevor at some point after he got there and I knew I would get a postcard with his address on it. So the morning after he left I get a call from him at 5:30 in the morning! What the crap! I knew the call was to give me his address so I had a pen and paper ready. He said "Hello, I'm okay. Here is my address... I have to go. Love you bye." It was very mono-tone and very scripted. I knew that was going to be the case but it was so hard to hear that and not be able to talk to him at all! He sounded a little stressed. Then I got a postcard with his address a few days later. But they were different addresses! So I sent him one from the first address and then once I got the postcard I sent them to that address. I just figured I wrote it down wrong since I was half asleep since I was getting a call that early in the morning.
Okay enough dramatics haha! Now for some happy news! I got my first letter today! And I'm so annoyed! In his letter he asked questions that I had already talked to him about and just things he said made it seem like he hadn't received any of my letters. So I checked the address on the envelope and it's a different address! What the crap! So I doubt he's gotten any of my letters.. so sad. Hopefully he gets them eventually since it was only the unit number that was wrong.
In his letter he said that he was made Academic Advisor, he said, "I make sure everyone knows everything we are required to know and test them and help people who don't know the information." He told me what goes on day to day and it sounds pretty intense! He said he has been going and going since the second he got there. This made me laugh though.. "Since I have been here I haven't had any issues with sleeping. If anything I've had more sleep ha!" He's so cute.
Getting his letter today really energized me. It makes me feel better and that I can do this! As long as those letters keep coming hah! Miss that boy like crazy. I can't wait for his graduation! I keep watching YouTube videos on it and I'm so excited to see Trevor and just enjoy the experience of it all!
*Update : I got another letter! Thanks to Informed Delivery I saw that I had another letter coming! Once I got it from the mailbox I couldn't wait to open it so I opened it while I walked back home. His letter had me smiling like a fool all the way down the street! haha. I love him so much. But he had some exciting things to write! Here are some excerpts.. "So from my last letter I received two more jobs! PT monitor & Beast Monitor! PT monitor - I help all the guys that aren't doing well on PT and I lead all stretches & exercises for the flight!" "Beast Monitor is the Dorm Chief (Flight Leader) during Beast week & when the DC isn't there! It's an important part!" "My MTI said I have a good shot at getting top PT Male in BMT. That's out of 800 people.""I upped my pushups & sit-ups to about 500 a day so I can get it!" He's so cute. I'm so proud of him! Surprise surprise on getting the PT Monitor haha.. He sounds like he is doing really well though! As of today (Sunday) it is WOT 3 and on WOT 4 he gets to call home! Yay!

The Gospel : Man am I grateful for my Heavenly Father! Just with everything going on (and a few others I haven't written about..) it's been so nice to know that I can turn to Him. He strengthens me so much. Whenever I'm worried, scared, lonely, or whatever it may be I know He is always there for me and that I'll be okay. I honestly could not do any of this without Him. With all the craziness of this world going on it makes me so grateful to have the Gospel in my life. Something to hold onto. I love this Gospel so much.

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FAMILY & FRIENDS

Laura : My beautiful bestie got married! She married this guy named Jake and we all love him so much! It would be pretty hard to find anyone who deserves her but he comes as close as you can get! They are seriously perfect for each other. Jake and Trevor get along super well so Laura and I always say its a dream come true! I had the honor of being Laura's maid of honor and I may have teared up when she asked.. I was so happy for her and the sealing was so sweet. She was the most beautiful bride and her wedding was equally as beautiful. But their exit was the best by far! We all lined up holding sparklers while her older brother let off fire works! Then they rode through the sparklers on his dirt bike in their wedding clothes and all! It was seriously so awesome. I love them and am so happy for them!

I stole this from someone on Facebook! And if it looks like I'm standing super close to Laura it's because I am! The photographer kept scooting me closer to her! Now it just looks weird!

Emma : Poor girl has been so sick. She's got the nastiest cold. She is such a sweet girl. Even though she feels terrible she is still so sweet and happy. I love my little sidekick.
*Update : Evelyn & I got sick too. It's been so rough. Thank heavens for my parents!

My Mom : My mom and I have started the KonMari Method on her house and we started with her clothes. So far she has gotten rid of 6 HUGE bags of clothes and we aren't even done! She is doing SO good!

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ENTERTAINMENT

YouTube : I haven't been watching a ton of TV lately and have just been watching YouTube! In the off chance that someone reads my blog I thought I'd share a few of my favorites! One of my all time favorites is The Anna Edit. I love her aesthetic. She has the cutest home decor and clothes. She does the capsule wardrobe and it's my favorite! She loves organizing and minimalism so I absolutely love watching her videos which are so well done! I also religiously watch Clean My Space because they have such great tips! I also love Freddy My Love. Even though our sense of style is completely opposite I love watching her videos. She loves all things pink and I think her clothes are so cute but I tend to go for more.. black. Haha! If you like luxury then Lydia Elise Millen is the one to watch! She has such a cute personality too so I really enjoy her videos. Some other favorites are Zoella, Lily Pebbles, Kristin Johns, and Nastazsa.

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WHAT I'M LOVING

Skincare : Since I talked about some skincare last time I figured I'd add what I've been loving lately because I'm obsessed! I got a sample of the Algenist Power Recharging Night Pressed Serum in my Sephora subscription box (I love this box so much! Definitely the best beauty subscription box there is!). Whenever I get an item that interests me I look up the reviews and the reviews were amazing for this product so I was interested to try it out. It comes in a little tub and it looks like a balm and when you put in on your skin it melts into a serum formulation. It's super cool. I used it one day and I could see results! One thing I've been trying to figure out is my skin pigmentation and when I used this I was so shocked that I could see a difference to it already! So I tried it for the next two nights. I was so excited to check my skin out in the morning and on the 3rd day of using it I was so shocked! My skin looked so good! And the texture is like baby skin! I'm amazed. So if you struggle with pigmentation or texture to your skin then check this out! I'm not sure how it fares with acne but someone in the reviews said it helped theirs. The kicker is that the full product size is $95!! Ughhhhh. So if you need help in those areas and don't mind forking over your life savings then try out this amazing serum!
*Update : I haven't used this for awhile and I can tell! I've got to start using it again to save my skin!

Our Wedding : The Ceremony

This was such an exciting day! It started at 5 and I was so nervous the whole day. I had my friends and bridesmaids there to help me get ready. Everyone left early except for me and some of my bridesmaids, and all that was left was my friend's car which was very old and beaten up. We thought it was hilarious that I was driving to my wedding in that car! Can you imagine? We passed some boys in a car next to us and we all waved and I was obviously in my wedding dress and veil and they were like what the heck!? It was such a funny car ride. It made my nerves go away. 

Right when I got there they started the procession. I'm glad it was so fast so I didn't have time to get nervous! I was so happy to be married to my best friend! Trevor was so cute and teared up a little bit. Also, I put his ring on the wrong finger! It was so funny! Of course I would do that. Although we didn't get married in the temple, we tried to make the best of it and it was still an extremely happy day!

The wonderful Jostlyn Stilson took our ceremony pictures.

Getting Engaged!

So I'm going to do a photo dump here on my blog! Since this is my makeshift journal I wanted to include the pictures from getting engaged, engagements, bridals, wedding, etc. I also wanted to take them off of my Facebook. I don't know why.. I swear I'm OCD a little bit. I have a lot of old memories on my old blog so I wanted to put some on here. (If you want to check out my old blog click here)

*Here is an excerpt from an old blog post. #lazy
Trevor asked me to go to California with him and some friends and I told him if I go I will NOT go on the Tower of Terror and he agreed. So we get there and our friends say they want to go on that ride and so I assume Trevor will say.. "Oh no..we'll sit this one out.." Oh no. He begged me to go on it and our friends kept saying that it would "change my life" so I decided I would go and I seriously almost backed out. I was so nervous! Little did I know he was extremely nervous as well! I went on that ride and I LOVED it! I was laughing and having such a good time! I went to look at the picture and I laughed looking how ridiculous I looked and I turned around to show Trevor and I couldn't see him and all I could see were my friends with their phones pointed at me. I then see Trevor on one knee in front of me holding the box with my ring in and he is asking me to marry him! Of course I said yes! I was soooo shocked! I had no idea! In the picture he was holding the box with the ring in it! So adorable!It was so fun being in California! I seriously miss that place so much! And to get engaged at Disneyland! Or I guess it's in California Adventure? But I think it's a perfect place to get engaged (I know.. SO many people get engaged there) because who doesn't love Disneyland!? The happiest place on earth!

Breanne Came To Visit!

Is this an oil painting? NOPE just the beautiful Arkansas countryside! 

Some of these photos were taken with Breanne's phone so they aren't the best quality but I was super impressed by the quality of the camera on her phone!

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Breanne came to visit! It was SO nice having her here! Especially because Trevor has been going to Alabama every weekend for training! I was pretty excited when I found out she was coming! She wanted to surprise me, but Trevor kind of dropped the ball on that one. ;) Unfortunately she came Thursday night and left Sunday morning so we only had 2 full days but we made the best of it!

I took her to Eureka Springs for her first day and she absolutely loved it! More than I thought she would! I seriously am going to take anyone there who comes here because it's so cool! My brother took me there the first time I came! It's just a quaint little town and I love it. So we explored around until the late afternoon (because I can't drive at night very well! My eyes are going SO bad!). When we got back into town we went to the amazing outlet mall we have here. I love it!

The next day we went to another mall and Breanne got some really cool stuff! I was slightly jealous! Then we went to Crystal Bridges which is an amazing art museum! This rich lady built this museum and bought all this art and made sure that it was free for the public! So nice! There are a lot of Norman Rockwell paintings there like "Rosie The Riveter"! Then we went back to the outlet mall (We like shopping, okay?). Then went out to eat and hung out! It was so nice just to hang out with a friend!! I'm super grateful for Breanne and glad she still likes to hang out with me and likes me enough to fly all the way to Arkansas!!! So any friends who want to come visit me you are certainly welcome to! Ask Breanne - Arkansas is cooler than you'd think!

Saturday in Kansas City!

One Saturday Charity and I decided to go explore the city. She found an awesome little area that was definitely a hidden gem! I honestly don't know how she found it. The houses surrounding are so amazing and beautiful and the little stores are so adorable! We went into the first store on the corner and had a (overpriced) macaroon! Although it was super delicious. Then we went around the corner and Charity bought some bread from this awesome bakery! I felt like I was in another country stepping inside their store. We kind of wandered around the area for a bit.

Then we decided to go to the heart of Kansas City and went to this amazing farmers market. Oh my gosh. Everything is so fresh and so cheap! We stocked up on some much need fruits and vegetables (I spent $8 on two bags full!) and dropped them off at the car. Close by was an enormous antique/thrift shop so we wandered around there for bit and played dress up in all the old outfits!

After we headed over to this butcher shop that has a food truck next to it. Charity's clients told her about this place and boy are we glad they did! It definitely was a place where only the locals would go. We ordered this sandwich and it was nothing like I've ever tasted before. So delicious!

Then we met Trevor at Ikea and we bought Emma a high chair! (I love it. It's so cute and cheap!). It was such a fun day and I was able to see more of the city! I didn't like it the first time I went through but now that I've seen more I actually really like it! I can't believe how much stuff there is to do here. It makes me excited to try new things!

Day at the park!

My friend Courtney and I took a walk and hung out at the park. It was hot, but we had fun catching up and talking about our adorable babies! Her little boy is the cutest!

Courtney had to go home and make dinner, and Trevor showed up at the park after practice so he took some pictures of Emma and I. I don't have any good pictures of us, so these were definitely needed!