It's Been 2 Years..

In the back of my mind, I've been telling myself I need to write this blog post. I just haven't been able to do it yet. Today is February 10th. Yesterday, two years ago, was the hardest day of my life. It has officially been two years since I said goodbye to love of my life at that time. I'm putting together some videos and thoughts because I can't seem to find the words to write. So be patient with me and I'll have a blog post coming up soon all about my feelings, and his feeling and where we stand right now. I want to thank all you girls for reading my blog and all the friends I've made because of these wonderful two years. I want to specifically thank my amazing waiting buddy, Jane. February 9th will always remind me of her and our little celebrations. I want to keep writing.. But I mustn't. I need to save it all for the future blog post. I just wanna end by saying I love all you girls. Keep waiting! And believe in good things to come :) 

Wanted - Hunter Hayes (I'm Obsessed)

I am a HUGE Hunter Hayes fan. I heard Wanted on the radio the other day but thought it sounded different. Ever since then, I'd been searching for the "Wanted Pop Version" online but hadn't been able to find it. Until tonight... :) Click on the link below and take a listen. I love the original country version. Don't get me wrong. But this version is starting to grow on me.

Wanted (Pop Version) - Hunter Hayes

My recent favorite has been Somebody's Heartbreak <3

And for all you MG's out there, I feel like this song down below is perfect for this time of year *cough* Valentines Day *cough*


Along with my Hunter Hayes fangirl moment.. Maybe you all don't know about some of his other amazing songs. Such as, Cry With You and Love Makes Me

I hope you all enjoyed this completely random blog post. Sorry it wasn't missionary related. But then again, it kind of was. A little bit.. Maybe?
Ok bye :) 

The Hobbit!!

This past Thursday night, we went to the midnight (technically 12:15) premier of The Hobbit! 

First, I made sure I had plenty of snacks to enjoy. We brought:

1. Homemade popcorn with white cheddar seasoning
2. Pomegranate seeds (healthy yet so yummy)
3. The best gummy bears in the world
4. Dr. Pepper (gotta stay away, right?)
5. Munchies (for Jared)
6. And some homemade cookies :)

Funny side story: I bought the gummy bears from Orange Leaf (a frozen yogurt place over in Highland) because if you haven't ever tried them, they're the best gummy bears on the face of the planet. The flavors are just so good. So I went to Orange Leaf and filled up a cup that's usually used for Frozen Yogurt. The girl working gave me a kind of funny look. But who cares :)

ANYWAY,

We arrived at the theatre almost an hour early. It was completely packed. Like, it was hard to walk 5 steps in any direction. We had to wait for a while.

We were super excited :)

The movie seemed slow to me during the first half. Probably cuz I was seriously about to fall asleep at any second. But then the scene with Bilbo and Gollum came and I was awake the rest of the time. If you haven't seen it yet, GO SEE IT! 

<3

Thanksgiving/Temple Square Date :)

Wow, I really need to get better at blogging. Like seriously...

I'm not even really sure what this post is going to be about. But it's going to be an update on recent events. Ok so I think we can all attest that November went by SO quickly. Along with the rest of the year, actually. Thanksgiving was awesome :) Except for the fact that the night before Thanksgiving, I woke up at 3am throwing up. No food for Desiree on Thanksgiving... But it was still a great day. Jared and I were together from that morning, until late that night. We started with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade at my house. Random Fact: Jared had never watched the parade before. And it's one of my favorite parts about Thanksgiving, so we had to watch it together :) Then we went to his house for dinner where I managed to keep down a roll. Then we went to his best friends house for another dinner. Then we finally ended up at my house for yet another dinner. 

We ended the night with Jared going off to work a long shift at Kohls for Black Friday (11pm - 12pm) and of course I still went shopping even with a 101.3 fever. It was worth it :)

<3

Last Saturday we went on an awesome date in Salt Lake. The date involved driving around SLC for 30 minutes trying to find parking. Jared got pretty frustrated. But seriously, I think everyone decided to go to Salt Lake that night. I felt like I was in New York City. 

First, we went ice skating outside at Gallivan Plaza :) 

My camera was being all blurry and stupid...

Sometimes Jared needed a break and had to hold onto the sides of the rink.

Haha no, he just thought he was being funny. 

After ice skating we stood in line for what felt like 45 minutes at Subway in City Creek Mall. Like I said, I swear everyone was in SLC that night... And apparently they all wanted Subway. After we finally finished eating, it was off to Temple Square :) The best thing about this date was the weather! It wasn't even cold at all. 

 We started at the Joseph Smith building :)

Then we just walked around the temple and probably provided way too much PDA for all the Temple Square goers that night..

What an amazing end to a wonderful night :) Being with my sweetheart at Temple Square during Christmas time. It doesn't get much better than that :) I feel like we've been together for such a long time. There's just something special between us where I feel like I've known him my whole life. Speaking of which, our 9 month anniversary was yesterday. We spent it eating chocolate covered oreos, more chocolate stuff, and watching Elf. I love him so much and every day I get to spend with him is such a blessing that I try my best not to take for granted. Since I've already done the whole "waiting for a missionary" thing, I know how much of a gift it is to spend time with the person I love. I would always say, "If I could just go back.. I'd really cherish my time with him". So that's what I'm trying to do now :) 

I put together a little video of random events that have happened since Halloween :)  

If the video decides to be stupid and not work.. You can just head over to my youtube channel at www.youtube.com/desimoore14 :)

JARED'S MISSION CALL!!

(I realize that I wrote about his mission call on my other blog and forgot about this one. So 
I copied and pasted my post from that blog onto this one :))

Yes. I put it in all caps because that's how excited I am. I'm trying to contain myself right now. Just watch the video and you'll see why :)  

His face is perfect :) He read it in his head before he read it out loud. I was like, "AH 
WHAT DOES IT SAY!!" But based on his face, I knew he wasn't going to Boise :)

I can't even describe how excited I am. 

For a lot of selfish reasons actually. Italy would have been my dream mission. I've always wanted to marry someone who went to Italy on his mission. Italian is my favorite language. I want to visit Italy more than anywhere else. ALSO, I know the mail system in Europe isn't too bad so that's just a bonus ;)

He's so excited, and I'm extremely proud of him. I think it's funny because I'm the one in the relationship who loves old cultures, buildings, cities, anything in history really. He's the one who is all into modern anything. And now he's going to one of the oldest cities :) I love it!!

 He was so happy :) 

January 16th, 2013. 

Want to know something so weird about that date? Get this, it's the day before my first missionary comes home. Weird right? I think Heavenly Father has a sense of humor sometimes. I don't think it's all that funny though. 

Anyway, I was expecting him to leave in like November. But I'm so excited we get to spend the Holidays together :) We've only been dating for 8 months. So I'm glad we get more time together. But at the same time, I wish he would just leave sooner so he can come home sooner. 

For anyone who doesn't know, I've had a missionary before. Almost two years ago this same thing was happening. It's crazy though how different it feels this time. I like it :) 

I'M JUST SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

Rome, Italy Mission.

January 16th 2013

Elder Jared Lee Burnham

<3

MG Christmas Wishlist Part 1

This Christmas, I want a ton of MG stuff.. I kind of love MG apparel. So here's the start of my Christmas Wishlist for this year.

1. A map locket with Rome on the front

2. A Rome, Italy neckalce

3. A girl on the MG facebook page makes these. I really want a blue sweatshirt with white writing :)

4. I love mugs. I pretty obsessed with them. So I don't think I even need to explain myself here. But in case you can't tell, it's his Italian name tag on a mug :) don't judge me..

5. New iphone case :) 

If you are curious as to where I created/saw any of these items, check out my pinterest here and you can click on the pictures :)

A Ring? What!!? :D

Yesterday, November 5th, was mine and Jared's 8 month anniversary :D

We had this awesome date, but I'll just cut to the chase. He gave me a "promise ring"!!!!!!!

 But here's the thing. I made promises to Preston (my first missionary) that I didn't keep. And I felt completely terrible about it. So I'm not going to make that mistake again. I've told Jared before that I can't make any promises while he's gone on his mission. Anyway, this is how it went :) 

We drove up to this beautiful lookout over the whole valley. I thought we just went up there to talk or cuddle like we usually do. But then this is how the conversation went:

Me: *looking out the car window* It's so pretty up here! *turns around and looks at Jared as he's holding the ring out*

Jared: "I know I told you in the beginning of our relationship that I'd never ask you to wait for me while I'm on my mission. But Desiree, will you wait for me?" 

Me: "Are you serious?"

Jared: "..."

Me: "I'll wait for you, as long as it's in the Lord's plan for me :)"

I learned that hard way that sometimes we make plans for our lives that aren't what's really best for us. God know's what's best for us. I don't want to be 100% set on something and then realize it's not for me. So I consider the ring a "remember him" ring :) I seriously love it though. It's gorgeous and exactly my style. He knows me too well :) And I love that he WANTS me to wait for him. Because I WANT to wait for him.

<3

In other news, our 8 month anniversary was definitely one to remember. While I was at work earlier in the day, he kept texting me saying how he's been anticipating this anniversary for a while, and how he was so excited for it. In my mind I thought, "Why is this one so special? It's just 8 months..." but now I know why :) Before he gave me the ring, we went rock climbing.

 And then he took me to my favorite place. Zupas. I'm seriously addicted to that place. Then we went and saw this movie!

K I'm not even kidding. This movie made me cry. If you haven't seen it, go see it. 

And then after the movie is when we drove up to the lookout :) 

I just want to say, I'm a happy girl :)