O N E W E E K

So.....I leave in a week to serve the Lord as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints....to Edmonton, Canada...not a big deal, right? 

ACTUALLY IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL!  

I'm so excited, nervous, happy, sentimental, crazy, anxious, stoked for it all!!!  It's happening so fast, I can't quite handle it.  Oh I'm just so excited.  It's FINALLY happening. 

If you have any questions regarding my religion, beliefs, or what missionary work is, click here for my personal profile on our church website, or here for an overview of the LDS church.

Also, this past week I made the last decked out package I'll ever make for my cute missionary!!!  WHHHAT???  Crazy, right?  He'll get home about 10 months before I do, so after that, the package making/decking out/sending will be his job. ;)  

His birthday is early in August, so my mom's going to send it for me after I leave so it gets to him around his birthday. :)  

I'm actually REALLY proud of this package....since he's been gone, I've come into terms with the crafty side of myself.  MISSIONS ARE MIRACLES I TELL YOU!  

Without further adieu, here's the package:

 

Simple directions for the package:

Cut out 13 (or however many you need) triangles of the same size, and write the letters on them..super easy, right?

Next, cut the ribbon so it reaches across the package (it's really up to you how long you want it)

Hot glue the triangles to the ribbon.

Next, get your scrapbook paper and cut it to the dimensions of the inside flaps of your box, and hot glue them to the inside (I wouldn't risk using glue sticks, they don't seem strong enough)

Lastly, I hot glued the ends of the ribbons to the OUTSIDE of the flaps.  (I tried to glue them to the inside before gluing the scrapbook paper, but it DID NOT work, but maybe I'm just not that talented hahah)

Contents:

I did a little "party in a box" type thing, so I got...

Cake mix

Frosting

Candles

Foil cake pan (like $2 at maceys)

Tie

And a special present I got for him (Canada T-Shirt) cute, right? :)

SUPER easy package.

On another note, I'll be posting on here probably once more with info regarding my mission address, email, blog and the like.

I hope you all have a fabulous day! 

brookelle

one year.....WAIT WHAT?

Guess What.

This Thursday, April 10th, Adam will have been out for a whole year.

A YEAR!

I don't think it's quite hit me yet that I've been doing this whole waiting thing for a year.  It feels like yesterday that I was freaking out over his one month mark.  Boy am I glad those days are over!

Anyways, for his year mark and Easter, I'm sending him a package!

I'm pretty proud of it to be honest.  My creativity skills have definitely improved since he left.

It was both his and his companion's year mark, so I sent double the goods.

Contents:

Cadbury Eggs (of course, it's Easter)

Reese's Eggs (ditto that^^^)

Missionary Peeps (here's how to make them)

President Uchtdorf's "You Can Do It Now" talk (here's the link)

Tie

CD full of church songs

and a little "Easter Egg Hunt of Christ's Last Days"

I got the Easter Egg idea from another blog!  You can click here for the details and templates!

I also got the missionary peeps idea from the same blog above.  Kayci and I made some sister missionary peeps as well to send to some sister missionaries who are out in the field right now!  Here are some pictures:

 Thanks to Kayci for helping me with these, they actually turned out!

It's so crazy to me that Adam's been out a whole year.  I'll see him in less than two years by the time I get home from my mission!!! :)  We'll know for sure exactly how long it will be on Thursday night when I open my mission call.  

Happy year mark to my best friend and his companion! :) 

xoxo

brookelle

valentines shmalentines..

Soooooooo Valentines Day is this week!

Don't worry, I won't bore you with all that mushy stuff like true love or kissing or holding hands or getting flowers or heart shaped chocolates or having a romantic candle lit dinner with a handsome boy. 

Who needs mushy stuff anyway?

I just wanted to post about my Valentines Package to my favorite missionary, and now District Leader! (he's been out 10 months today, btw)

I wasn't planning on going all out, but that's when I realized that since I made his Christmas package all cutesy and such, I couldn't let him down with just a plain cardboard box.  So I just put this together real quick, taped up the box and sent it off to North Carolina!

I gave him a tie (of course, he's a missionary, duh), a T-shirt for pdays, and of course Reeses (don't worry, I got the heart shaped kind.  I'm not that heartless).

I also had an abrupt realization today while complaining about not having a Valentine here.  Most people complain about not having someone to go on a cute date with on the blessed V-Day, but really, it shouldn't be a bad thing.  Once you get married, you have the rest of forever to have a special someone on Valentines Day.  But you only have a few more without one.  

I know that was quite a stretch, but desperate times call for desperate measures, right?

Anywho, I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day full of chocolate, chick flicks, and all that other mushy stuff that comes along with good ol' February 14th.

xoxo

brooke

A Much Needed Break

Hello friends!  Tonight, I'm blogging because this wonderful Christmas break is coming to a close.

It's a little sad, but I'm actually pretty excited to get back to school and do something with my life.

I have this issue with breaks..I love them, but after a few days I get extremely bored, and I feel like I need to be doing something.  So it's relieving a lot of stress knowing that I'll be back in the school grind in a couple of days.

I guess this is the part where I tell you all about the crazy things I did over the break..so 1 2 3....GO!

Throughout the first part of the break, I got to work at the job I have missed so much this past semester!  Seeing my little babies (or not so little anymore) was seriously the greatest thing.  Over the Summer, I worked as the infant teacher at Kids Count Daycare.  It was really hard, but oh so rewarding. I have come to know that you truly do come to love those you serve.  

My awesome cousin came up to play basketball against Springville, and I got to go watch him play!  This kid is one of a kind.  Not only is he an amazing athlete, he's an incredible person as well.

I love you Joshy!!!

(aaand he likes to pretend he's taller than me)

 

During the break, I got to get back to my old bookworm habits.  Need I say more?

I sent an adorable package to my favorite missionary....

Aaaand I got one as well.  :)  

I was able to spend some quality time with these beautiful sisters of mine, and we got our annual Christmas Jammies!!!

Photobombed by a moose ^^^

We're really good at playing toy kitchen.

We also have really intense Hungry Hungry Hippos tournaments.

Aaaand Sophi ended up being on the nice list after all..:)  

I've loved being able to spend so much time with my family this break!  It's nice to have that reminder of what really matters in this life.  It's so easy to get distracted by worldly things that in reality, don't mean anything.  I'm so blessed to have such a supportive and loving family, because when it comes down to it, that's what really matters.  

Now it's time to get back down to Ephraim and show Snow College who's boss!  :)

xoxo

brookelle