Hymnbooks (the way they smell).

It's that time again!

Ya know, the time when I take a bunch of selfies on my macbook and send them to the missionary boyfriend on the flash drive. 

To check out last edition of this bad boy, 

you may click HERE if you so desire. 

But this time around it went a little like this:

And then I tell him how grateful I am for his fabulous missionary service and all that jazz.

Hey, don't forget to write him if you feel so inclined!

He may not have time to write back but I'm sure he'd love to hear from ya!

Elder Curtis Daniel Killpack

New York New York North Mission

700 White Plains Rd Suite 315

Scarsdale, NY 10583-5013

SEE YA IN 298 DAYS, CURBS.

XXX

The Harlem Shake.

A few of the missionaries from the NYNY North area do the Harlem Shake.

Other than that, I don't really think a caption is necessary. 

Enjoy!

An update on the boyfriend.

Awwwww look at him.

Doesn't this just warm your heart?

Elder C's trainee, Elder Ritter.
They are BFF's.

Found on the Subway.

*melt*

He has less than a year left. 

LESS THAN A YEAR.

When did that happen? 

Happy National Best Friend Day!

Did you know June 8th was National Best Friend Day? 

I did!

And so to celebrate, I sent the boyfriend some pizza! 

SIDE BAR: Dominos is awesome for this kind of thing because if you order with a card, they don't require the receiver of the pizza to have the card with them when it is delivered. So thank you, Dominos! 

It was kind of stressful because I was working that night and I had to time it accordingly to when Elder Boyfriend would be in his apartment + the delivery time but right before I went on set, I submitted the order and hoped for the best! 

A couple weeks later, I received this picture taken the night of June 8th. 

He got it! 

Oh, I was so happy.

And look how cute he looks! 

Happy National Best Friend Day, Curbs.

Love you long time.

the return: josh and brit

So guys.

I like to watch homecoming videos sometimes and I can't help but shed a tear or two whenever I watch them.........

However, this particular one made me SOB.

Like the gross kind of sobbing.

It's just so sweet.

Sheesh.

Less than 100 days until we reach the one year mark but who's counting?

(Me. I'm counting.)

Tonight, I really miss my boyfriend and wish I could get his advice on some things.

He always knows just what to say. 

Foxy and Killer

One of Elder Boyfriend's first companions was named Elder Fox, a ginger who was also from Utah! Their companionship has been over for quite some time but I recently connected with Elder Fox's girlfriend who, drumroll please, is also from Utah. Hip, hip hooray for Utahns!  

One thing I learned was that Elder Fox called Elder Boyfriend, 'Killer' and Elder Boyfriend called Elder Fox, 'Foxy'. Hilarious.

Here they are rocking the glasses I got them for Halloween.

Don't they just look stunning?

the letter

This was taken about two weeks before I wrote the letter.

During my senior year of high school, I had to take World Civ which was more or less humiliating because most people in that class were freshmen but of course, I put it off too long. But it actually turned out to be my most favorite class taught by my most favorite teacher. I loved it because she taught with such passion and she actually cared about the world's history.

As if she wasn't perfect enough already, before the semester ended she had each one of her students right a letter to their future selves. She promised she would mail them to us in two years. Well folks, it's been two years and my mama forwarded it to me since I had it sent to my home in Utah.

For the life of me, I could not remember what I had written so I was super excited to read it! It starts off with the following:

Right now, I'm not entirely sure where I'll be in 2 years. Perhaps I'll be attending UVU still. Are you in the nursing program? Because the 2 years younger version of you hopes that you are! 

Oops.

The first day of UVU with Keke.

...Dano just got home from her mission! Katie is dating Daren and I have a feeling something is going to come of that. Mark my words! 

Dano right after she got back from her mission.

Okay. Daren and Katie started dating two weeks before I wrote this and were engaged 6 months later. I THINK THE UNIVERSE OWES ME LIKE $100 (or something). I totally called it that they would get married! Boo-yah.

The Lifferth's.

 And then I wrote this which I honestly have no recollection of.

An idea I had the other day for the summer of 2012 or 2013 is that you should go work at Disney Land! Curtis will be on his mission and you need something to keep yourself busy so you should consider it.

WHAT THE WHAT?!? I did not know that I had actually considered it before I applied one year later. How did I forget that? The point is, I think it's actually cool that I actually achieved one of my goals. That's very rare for me so it makes me quite happy.

I also talk about Curtis a lot (duh). Gosh, I was so scared for him to go on his mission. And though it has its good days and bad days, it's survivable, past self.

A greenie Elder Boyfriend

So if I could, I would send a letter to my 17 year old self (it was written the day before my 18th birthday) and it would go a little something like this:


Dear 17 year old Alex, 
Right now you live on your own in Florida where you work in the entertainment department at WALT DISNEY WORLD. Also, Curtis has been out for 263 days as of today and guess what. It's okay. You're doing fine. And so is he! Life is good. Don't worry so much about the future because everything works out in the end. 
With deepest sincerity, 
20 year old you
PS Tonight you will be going to see Tangled with Curtis and it becomes your new favorite movie. <<< I remember that date like it was yesterday, you guys. One of my favorites. Have fun!  

20 year old self.