Life Update :)

I have been in college for two days and so far i love every second of it! I never realized how fun school is when you are in control of when and where you go! now if you had asked me 2 months ago I would have burst into tears but I think I'm gonna like this college thing :)

first official college selfie :)

Ryan got home from Guatemala on Friday at 1 am and I picked him up from the airport despite the fact I had to be at work at 5:30 that morning, but what is sleep anyways! And we didn't do much Friday but Saturday was the first day we got to spend together! I forgot how much I love that kid! Our adventures included a 5 hour morning at MCC with an fun lunch, an ALS ice bucket challenge, a trip to Wal Mart, and my favorite part of the day when we dropped of  food for the Sisters in our YSA ward and what was going to be a quick stop turned into a 2 hour visit. I love the Mesa Temple with all my heart and I snapped this picture and when I look at it I feel the peace and love it brings into my life! How grateful I am for my parents and their choice to be sealed 25 years ago in this beautiful place! I know sometimes family drive us crazy but I can't imagine eternity without them! The words to my favorite primary song go through my head every time I'm there "I love to see the temple, I'll go inside someday to covenant with my father I'll promise to obey.." I can't wait for the day when I do get to make those covenants. #ilovetoseethetemple

Happy Happy Days :)

You know those moments you have in life that when they happen, you know in that instant you will forever remember that moment?

in the last 2 days I have had so many of these moments. I know God is aware of me.

Tuesday night my immediate family and I ate dinner together for the first time. The love that I feel for my family is so strong, and as Ellen and Eric are getting ready to move to California in two weeks, I can't get enough of our family time! and I seriously apologize for the love fest but hey I wanna document while I have the time.

and going back to my post about being patient and relying on the Lord's timing, I have seen my life come together in the last 2 weeks and the blessings that I have received, like a full ride academic scholarship to MCC and classes and work that worked out perfectly, I know God's plan for me is greater than I will ever know. I can't wait to see what this next year brings!

 

here are some pictures from the last couple of days

 

 



2 years: Coming to a Close

August 8th, 2012

The first day of Junior year. All kinds of emotions come with a new school year, but I remember this first day so perfectly clear. My family and I woke up at 4:30 am to get ready and do what was one of the biggest sacrifices (for me) and  drive the long 20 minutes to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. I has stayed up til 1am talking to and packing with Ryan. Never in the year prior would I have thought that sending my brother off on a mission would be so hard for me. Over the course of my Sophomore year, Ryan became my best friend. My friends were all trying to find themselves and in this process, I was a forgotten cause. I remember coming home one day and crying so hard that it gave me a headache. I was heartbroken, lonely and just wanted someone to be there for me. Ryan came home and when he found out I was crying he came in my room, gave me the biggest hug, cried with me, and told me he would always be there for me. This promise, my friends, was upheld in everyway! He took me, his sophomore sister, to Senior hangouts and game nights and introduced me like I was a million bucks! We stayed up almost every night until 2 or 3 in the morning just talking and telling jokes (only to be ended by a very tired mother, who could hear the laughter even though we thought we were quiet :) ) We jammed to every and any song in the morning going to school and had random dance off with other drivers, even if they didn't realize :) We had become so close! When he got his call on June 6th, and read "Dear Elder Hunt, You are called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. You are Assigned to labor in the San Diego, California Mission. You will serve for a period of 24 months and are to report to the Provo MTC on August 8th. You will be preaching the gospel in the Spanish language." I was beyond excited for him! Later that night I got to thinking, that was only 2 months away! So we partied all summer, Eric came home just 2 weeks before Ryan left, they both reported, and then it was August 8th.

After having a friendship like that it was  so so so so soooooo incredibly hard for me to say goodbye. When we got to his terminal, he started his goodbyes. I was already welling up with tears. I was the last one in the circle of goodbyes, and for about 30 seconds al I did was cry while we hugged, and then he told me that I was gonna be alright and that he was too. We waved goodbye, and then I went to school. Longest school day of my life.

We wrote back and forth many times and the first 6 months were filled with tears and missing him (yeah I know kinda selfish) the next 6 were a little easier and the so were the next, and these last 6 months have taken eternity to get here.

Today is August 3rd. by this time Tuesday he's gonna be here.

Like I said earlier I didn't know that when he made his sacrifice, it was a sacrifice on my behalf as well. I have tried to be patient ( some days better than others) but  these 2 years are up and I can't wait to have my best friend back in my life.

 



See ya soon Elder Hunt :)