Jarhead & Bones: October 2013

One year already!?

A year ago today I drove my boyfriend to the airport and said a solemn goodbye as I send him off to Marine Corps bootcamp for three months. I knew I wouldn't hear from him for a few weeks and I would only receive letters until his graduation. I'm not going to lie, it was hard but not as hard as I thought it would be. I loved the experience, the rush I would get when I saw a letter waiting in the mailbox. The smile that wouldn't leave my face for days after I got a surprise 4 minute phone call on Christmas Eve. Not to mention the butterflies on my flight to San Diego for his graduation and that amazing moment when I first saw him. Since then we have made a lot of amazing memories. In this year we have spent a little over 5 weeks together and the rest has been made up of phone calls, FaceTime dates, pictures, and so much more. I am so proud of Payden and all of his accomplishments and I'm grateful for the effort he puts into our relationship and simply just making me smile. Here are some photographs and amazing memories from the past year.

(Our last picture together, letters that made me smile, on our way to pick him up and the beautiful temple!)

My first time seeing him on family day!

Graduation day!

Bacon maple bars on our sunrise date (with no sunrise haha)

Training, training and more training

The Lumineers concert with Keila!

Explosives, what else??

Camping trip with my best friend Geena

Our trip to Utah to surprise Geena for her birthday with a trip to Lagoon!

My adventure to Hawaii (6 months to the day since I'd seen Payden last)

More training

Saying goodbye to Gabe for his mission and one of the last pictures I have with Abigail before she moved to France.

The time I got to ride in a hot air balloon

This is a few hi-lights of the past year and it doesn't even scratch the surface on all of the amazing memories. I'm so lucky to have such great friends and family to support and love me and I'm so happy I had the opportunity to spend this year with Payden. Thanks for everything darling! I can't wait to see you in 11 days!

12:19 PM
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Not goodbye, only see you later

These past few weeks have been crazy and I've had quite a few goodbyes. My friend Zach just left for his LDS mission to Russia for two years and before he left I had the opportunity to photograph his family. See ya in 2, be safe Zach!

I got to go to a dance with Abby and Malorey which was great! Not to mention, my dear Abigail just moved to France to live for 9 months on Friday. I'm a little heart broken but she'll have so much fun and I'm so happy for her! Anyone want to donate a plane ticket for me to go visit? No? Okay.

(Me, Abby, Malorey)

Then I got to go scout locations downtown and take Zach's girlfriend, Kenzie to hike table rock with me. That was a reality check that screamed "YOU'RE OUT OF SHAPE!". I'm still feeling the hike 2 days later. We stayed up there until dark and got to look out over beautiful Boise and see all the lights. It was one of the most stunning things I've seen for a while. (I know that is a really bad edit)

This week I have been remodeling my room. My bedroom has been the same since I was 9 years old and I figured it was time for a change. Pictures on that coming soon! I hope you all have wonderful weeks and cherish the time you have with friends. Ta-ta for now (:

12:53 PM
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Birthday care package!

Birthday package

I. Love. Care Packages.

This is one plus to being a military girlfriend is I get to make lots of care packages. It was Payden's birthday in August and I've been making this box for him. Yes, I know it's October, he was out training with no address so you can't judge me for this being almost 2 months late. I just wanted to say I got the inspiration for this box from Hunter Kofford at her girlfriend blog over here.

Everyone gets a little homesick every now and again so what am I going to do? I'm going to buy you cheesy things that make you think of home. These consist of BSU shirts (although I'm not even sure if he likes the Broncos), a "beautiful" potato tie and potato key chain to bring back all those Idaho potato farmer jokes. Then I'm going to party here without you and take photo evidence to prove it. Then throw it all in a box and send it on it's way!

What's inside?

- Homemade white chocolate macadamia nuts

- A mix CD (because he told me he hates them)

- A framed picture of us

- 3 movies for when he's bored

[The Italian Job, 1001 classic commercials, & Beverly Hilbillys]

-Popcorn

-Waffle cones

- Hot fudge

- Sprinkles

- M&M's

- Candles

- Potato tie

- Potato key chain

- BSU t-shirt

- Letters

- Gatorade

Did I say I love care packages? Because I do.

Thanks for stopping by and tell me what you think! Happy Birthday dear! Until next time,

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My weekend

Yesterday my photographer buddy, Keila and I went downtown to have some fun. It was fantastic! We got a little lost and had a lot of laughs.

Yesterday and today have been General Conference for the LDS church. All I can say is it has been great! I love general conference and although it is almost over, I encourage everyone to go to lds.org and listen to the sessions. I know that after this weekend, my heart is full. Here are some of my favorite quotes: