Airport Phone Call from Jared!!

Girls, today was the big day. The day Jared got to call from the airport! :)

I'd by lying if I said I wasn't totally freaking out. I seriously could not sleep last night. I woke up at 5:14, 6:30, 7:02, 7:15, 7:45 and my alarm finally went off at 7:55. I guess you could say I was like a child on Christmas Eve. The stressful thing was that I had to spend my morning studying for a geology final. My final started at 11:00 and his plane was scheduled to leave at 11:15 so I was hoping he'd call me before my test. I was freaking out because by 10:30 he still hadn't called me. Apparently Heavenly Father is still trying to teach me patience. Basically.. Just watch this video and you'll see :)

We only got to talk for three minutes because there were so many missionaries who still needed to call their families. But it didn't matter, just hearing his voice tell me he loved me was all I needed to hear :) I'm just so excited that he'll finally be in Italy! I feel like these past six weeks he hasn't even really been on a mission. I feel like the mission really beings when they start teaching :) I can't wait to hear stories about the people, culture, investigators, his mission president, the wards, the members, and the FOOD! I know he's going to put his whole heart and soul into serving the people of Italy. He already has such a deep love for them and he's not even there yet <3 Like I mentioned, he left this morning at 11:15 and flew to Chicago where he arrived at 3:15 their time, and then he had a flight to London at 5:15. So as I type this, he's flying over the ocean and will land in London at 6:50am and then he'll have one more flight leaving at 8:35 for Rome where he'll arrive at 12:05pm :) He's going to be one tired missionary.  I just love him so much and can't wait to begin the next part of our best two years :) 

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Merriest Christmas Ever!!

I will never forget this Christmas. It was the first year I actually "came home" for Christmas. It was the first year without my sweetheart. It was the first Christmas since I've lived in Utah where there wasn't any snow on the ground. It was the first Christmas I got to skype with him :) It was the first year where I wasn't too excited about opening any of my presents because I had already opened my package from him. And nothing beats his presents :) Basically... This Christmas was amazing. Here's a little view of it:

We got so much time to talk. I really am one lucky girl :) 

"Ok I'm gonna take a picture"

"Should I do this?"

"Yes. It looks great :)"

I opened this package in front of him over skype :) so he got to see my reaction. And let me tell you. I was freaking out. I got the one thing I've been wanting for SO long!! His name tag!!! I also got:

One of his ties soaked in his cologne <3

A memory card with 30 videos <3

An amazing light up glass keychain with our picture etched inside <3

A little scarf <3

A card with Hungarian money inside <3

And of course, an amazing letter <3 <3 :) :) 

I am in love with it :) and him :) he's seriously the best.

A few weeks ago Preston asked me to email him some pictures. So I said, 

"Of course! Here are a couple of my favorites. Am I allowed to know why you randomly need these pictures?"

"I just love you so much :) is that a good enough reason? :) Because you are the love of my life!! :)"

"Ok..."

But now I know why he needed pictures. For this :) :) ^^^ I freaking love it!!! Without fail, he gets me thee best gifts every year.

I wore the cologne soaked tie all day. Who wouldn't? You can't really see it but I'm also wearing his name tag <3

My sister gave this to me for Christmas. She knows me all too well :) 

Last but not least, the same sister gave this JB poster. I'm seriously so excited about it :D

Like I already said, I will never forget this Christmas :) Only one more to go before he gets home! And only 136 days till Mothers Day..... :) 

Here's a little thought on talking to him at Christmas. It was the best thing in the world. We weren't awkward, we just laughed and talked like he never even left :) And I mean waiting hasn't been getting harder as time goes on or anything. But it recharged my waiting battery 110% :) But for those of you who didn't get to talk to your boys, you are also lucky, in a way. I wouldn't say that I had a "post phone call crash" but as soon as hung up, a little piece inside of me felt as though I was back at the beginning. Cuz for those couple hours that I got to talk to him, it felt like he was home. And hanging up felt like saying "see you later" again. Of course I was still happy :) but it just made me miss him a lot more than normal. I'm fine now though :) In fact, I'm more than fine. I am so freaking pumped for this next year! I am so excited for the packages that I have planned :) I'm not worried that waiting will get hard during these next 14 months. Because I know it won't :) I'm living my life, writing him every week, praying for him every day, focusing on myself, and just having fun :) He's still on my mind 24/7, but that's just because he's always with me. Always in my heart. Which is why I feel like I can be happy, and enjoy everything that this next year will bring :) I just can't wait!!

Mothers Day Skpying!! :D

BEST. DAY. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me start by explaining how smart my missionary isn't. Haha :) Last week he told me he'd be skyping me (because his family doesn't have skype) at 10:00. He emailed his mom that same day and told her 11:00. And that he'd be calling.. not skyping. Weird. So his mom texted me yesterday and told me to come over at 11:00, even though I told her that he told me 10:00.

So I'm in the bathroom this morning getting ready to go over to his house (my stomach was flipping out) and I brought my laptop in just in case... And sure enough, my skype started ringing! I freaked out!! I only had foundation on, no eye makeup or nothin'. This was not how I pictured him seeing me. But I answered anyway and I think time stood still when I first saw him :) I was the happiest girl alive in that moment :) Then I told him I'd run over to his moms house. So I booked it over there and the skyping officially started :) 

Seriously it was amazing :) When I got there, his mom was in the shower so we got to talk for awhile :) It was not awkward at all. I don't think we could ever be awkward :) He was sooo adorable. He looked over to the window and said stuff like:

"You know what's cool? See this sun? It's the same sun shinning down on both of us :)" 

And... 

"I think about you every night at 10:30 and just dream about our future. I don't even have to try, it just happens :)" 

Haha :) he told me about this amazing candy bar that he discovered and I told him to send it to me in a future package, and he just said "Or we can buy one when I take you here :)" that works too :) Oh gosh we just talked about everything under the sun :) I asked him to speak in Hungarian so he recited the first vision. And man, it was so attractive :) 

After awhile his mom and sister came out to talk to him (his dad lives in Texas) and that took probably 30 minutes. Then they left for church and left me at their house with Preston :) Then his older brother came over and talked to him for like 15 minutes. Overall, the skype call lasted 2 hours :) It was just beyond amazing :) 

When it came time to say bye, we were like little junior high kids. I told him he'd have to be the one to hang up cuz I wasn't going to do it :) We probably said "I love you" 4 or 5 times before he eventually hung up :) I have been on cloud 9 ever since :) There's no doubt in my mind that he's the one :) 

Also, today is our 2 year, 10 month anniversary. He actually remembered too :) He said he was talking to his companion about it :) 

It's just been an amazing day! I can soooo get through the next 7 months until we will see each other again :) my waiting batteries are 1,000% charged!

I LOVE ELDER WRIGHT!!! <3

p.s. 32.7 weeks until Christmas ;) 

The Airport Call!!!! :D

It's finally 3:00 and I'm sitting by my phone waiting for Preston to call me from the airport :D :D I thought I had bad anxiety waiting for a email... This is 1000x's worse!! But I'm SOOOO EXCITED!

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Well, It's 3:54 now. The plane leaves at 4:45. And he hasn't even called his mom yet.... My happiness-high is starting to fade. He originally told me that he'd probably get to talk to me for 30minutes. Ya, that's not gonna happen. Plus, he can't call me from his layover in Paris because he didn't buy an international calling card. Lame!!! So I guess I'll sit here and wait...

10 minutes later....

THE PHONE RANG!!!!!!

It. Was. Amazing. We only got to talk for 10 minutes because they arrived at the airport late and he still needed to call his mom and dad. The only sad thing was that when we said bye, he said he'd call me back after he called his parents. But he never did... I also had so much more I wanted to tell him but we ran out of time. But it's ok! :) I'M SO HAPPY! I was so scared he wasn't gonna call. He sounded so amazing :) It was as if we never stopped talking. It's been 2 1/2 months but It felt like I talked to him yesterday.  I could literally feel how much he loved me :) I kept trying to talk about normal stuff and he'd be like "So, I think about you all the time" and then I told him how I really don't wanna date anyone, he was like "You really are gonna wait for me!! :) :) :) " He is soooooo excited that I'm going to China :) he said he likes it even more because it will prevent me from dating anyone :) Hearing his voice talking to me was beyond what I could have imagined. Seriously, my heart melted :) 

I am waiting for this boy! I am going to marry him :) He is growing and maturing but he's still the same Preston :) I know how much he loves me :) He makes sure that I know it too. When we were saying bye,  I said "Ok, I love you!" he said, "I love you so much Desiree" and there is no way I could ever love someone as much as I love Preston :) 

I love the fact that he is on his way to serve the Lord :) He is doing exactly what he's supposed to. He is going to be sooooo blessed and I know it will also make him a better husband :) The Lord can have him for 21.47 more months and then he's mine forever :) 

I love you Elder Preston Dale Wright :) :) :) <3

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