The Beginning of the End

I don't know if I'll get a chance to post again before senior year starts. So here's what happened this week.

-I got my senior pictures taken

-I got a package from Aaron!! Pictures below

Camo hat! He said "The hat is because you look crazy cute in my hat :)"

I got really realllly excited when I saw this on my front porch on Thursday morning :):)

Some things for me to scrapbook. Missionary journals, MTC ID, tickets and boarding passes

A Polynesian lava lava 

Two necklaces. The green one was given to Aaron at the beginning of his mission and you are to give it to one person you are very close with. The dolphin one is made of bone and apparently is really rare to find for a girl. 

Australian flag! Now my wall is all foreign ;)

I explored with some new music this week (Old to others, new to me) and I found some really awesome songs. Brace yourself, there are a lot of songs.

My cousin Jeremy passed away this week as well. I don't wanna write too much about it but we are gonna be down in California next week for the memorial service. We love you Jeremy!  

My Last Piece of Bliss

Right now I'm really missing the touch of your hands. The warmth that radiated from your heart to my heart. The simple touch that gave me butterflies. I miss how we just went together perfectly. I miss my best friend. Having someone to talk to at any time of day. I miss hearing how much you love me, cause letters aren't the same. I miss the slight pain I would get in my cheeks because you made me laugh and smile so much. My abs would be sore by the end of the night. As sad as it is, I miss you tickling me and me fighting to get away. I miss your tight hugs and the way you could throw me over your shoulder. I miss the feeling of your fingers struggling to get to the tips of my hair. You would apologize every time. I miss the reaction I would get when I wrapped my arm around your arm an hugged it. I've never seen someone try so hard not to smile :) I miss how much you loved having me in your arms. The way you would hold me and protect me. I miss how you would never let me down, not even for the smallest thing. I miss driving all around town with the windows down and a good country song rolling to the summer air. I miss spending time with you up on Larch Mountain and all the things we talked about. We always had so much to say. I miss having you look at me right in the eyes and still loving me at the end of the day. I miss the days that you would call and say "10 minutes" and I always freaked out because I never thought I'd be ready. But I always was, and you were so amazed. I miss spontaneous hang outs and long talks on my porch swing. I miss how before you left every night you would ask "Can I have this dance?" even if there was no music. I miss serious moments like when you left for Idaho, Jersey and your mission. All you did was hold me and that was all I ever needed. I remember crying and you held me by the shoulders, looked me in the eyes, wiped a tear from my face, smiled and said "Belle, please don't cry anymore." I miss how you always knew if something was wrong and we could talk about it. I miss the hint of old spice I could smell in your truck. I miss holding hands and just being ourselves. I miss the sound of our laughs erupting after something funny was said. I miss how after every embarrassing thing I did you would follow it up with ":O that was the cutest thing I've ever seen!" I'm sure I turned red every single time too. That was happiness. I miss you and your love. I miss my constant friend, my supporter, my everything.

The Nine Values

Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice & Accountability, Good Works, Integrity, Virtue, and Patience

For a while now I have wondered why patience is not one of the values they teach young girls in church. Patience has a lot to do with how you handle things, what you do with your time and how you choose to react to certain struggling situations. Patience is definitely something we all have to work toward, it's not as easy as it sounds. I think I have a pretty good idea of patience by now. But that doesn't mean I can't become more patient. I've learned that a lot of times patience just requires you to keep your mouth shut so you don't say something you will regret saying. Being patient is probably one of the hardest things to do, but it always seems to pay off.

Yesterday was Aaron's six month mark! Really, it went pretty fast for the most part. The first 2-3 months were killer though. I think summer made the time pass really fast which is a good thing. I think the longest part of his whole mission will be the last six months. The next year will be good, considering it's senior year. I'm so excited to be at the top of the high school and just breeze through the year. I miss him so much! Gahh.

I'm soo in love with her dress!!

Love him!

<3 

Sometimes...

Small town <3

Castle!