Facetime

She'll prolly kill me for this.

Maybe not.

Oh well ;)

Jenna and I.

Communicate in many different ways.

Let me tell you.

Heytell,

texting,

FB,

Twitter (Sometimes)

Voxer,

and now Facetime.

Hahahahaha

I would try to tell you our conversation.

But there's just no way.

It's too funny.

Anyway,

I love Facetime with my best friend.

Only Roommates

Tonight I went out to dinner with my roommates from Snow :)

It was so fun and much needed.

I miss these girls far too much.

We have way too many hilarious memories,

and I grew to love each and every one of them.

I really miss all of our good times at school,

but now that we're growing up we get to

make new memories and share our lives together.

Love you girlies :)

Andrew's Home!

My cousin Andrew got home from his mission today. My mom and I went to the airport to greet him with family and friends. A lot of his mission companions were there, as well as his former mission president. It was so exciting! My aunt asked me to take pictures for her, so I did! :) It's such an exciting moment and I took a lot of photographs :) Plus, I felt super professional ;)
Thanks dad for letting me use your camera.

He served in Guatemala, Guatemala City North for 2 years and 1 month. He chose to extend because he felt that Lord needed him to for whatever purpose. I'm so proud of him and all that he has accomplished. He really is such a great person, and I've loved reading about him and his mission. He definitely went through trials, but the Lord blessed him right away. I'm so grateful he made it home safely, and his family is sure happy to have him back! :) Congratulations Elder Bronson!

Welcome Home Elder! :)

Now I have something funny to share.
As my mom and I were walking out to the car, I started to grab my keys and realized they weren't with me. Then I started to wonder where I had put them, and I knew I didn't give them to my mom. So I look at her and said I couldn't find them, she started to freak out, and I said, "I bet I left them in the car." And she said my name the way she has since I can remember, and as we approached my car, we saw it... sitting there, locked and.... running. Yep, I left my car running, and locked in the parking lot at the airport for over an hour. The only resource was to have a police officer help us! The airport ended up being an epic fail (not very nice people) so my dad had to drive clear out here to give me a spare key! :) Needless to say, my mom and I enjoyed chips and a treat for a snack, and waited. Here's the funny video :)

My 48th Letter

"I'm doing really good babe! :)"

"Thank you for sharing those scriptures with me! Lately I've been much better at keeping a study journal. If I have a topic to study for something, I write it on the front of a page, and I keep a list of scriptures that I come across that I like on the back of the pages. I've got a pretty big list!"

Babysitting

I love my nephew :)

So stinkin' much.

Taking care of him on Monday's

is like my favorite thing ever.

And watching him grow is wonderful :)

He's hilarious.

He just grins all the time.

Shouts really loud.

Walks really fast,

in circles around the house.

Picks things up and always

wants what you're eating.
Oh and he loves Scooter's bed.

But he's a stud :)

This is Evan playing peek-a-boo!

Single Digits!!

That's right people,

9 MONTHS LEFT.

Can you believe it?

Cause I cannot.

I'm so stinkin' excited. I'm starting to get really anxious. I don't know if that's because it's so much more real that he's coming home in just 9 months? I don't know! I'm just crazy excited! I hope these next 9 months fly on by like that have for everyone else! :) It feels like forever, but looking back, it has gone fast, but surely it has taken it's sweet time! Gosh, I just miss my sweetheart. I cannot wait to hug him again.

Ahhhhh :)

Come home safe and soon babe ♥

Date 3

The title makes me laugh because I checked us in at Chili's and put "Dinner :)" and my best friend commented, "you mean, date." - Hahahaha :) Love you Jenna!

Anyway, did I ever tell you about Boston?

Hmph. Prolly not. Whelp, here it goes :)

I go to Institute Thursday nights and I take a class from Brother Andreason; it's the New Testament class (2nd half.) Well this particular Thursday happened to be a bad day for me, so I was feeling mad and pouty and decided to sit away from the class (for prevention of keeping the Spirit away with my madness) and sat in the back by the wall. This boy wandered in a little after class had started, but I didn't really pay much attention.

After class he turned to me, shook my hand and said, "Hi I'm Boston!" With a friendly, and warm smile, and I responded, "I'm Ashley!" And he said it was nice to meet me. After which Brother Andreason walked by and said, "Welcome Home! It's been a while." Then he turned and looked at me and said, "Ashley, do you know Boston? He just got home from his mission yesterday." Insert immediate jaw-dropping moment. I just basically freaked out and asked him if it was weird that he was sitting next to a girl, the day after the mission which he responded with yes. He decided to stay after and hangout with me and get to know people and the Institute. We played Volleyball and ate some food. When it was time to go, he asked me some questions to get to know me and then offered to hangout sometime since he doesn't know many people around here.

Well, a few weeks went by and he took me to Wendy's after Institute one night; it was so sweet. He asked if I had eaten dinner, which I had, but I didn't want to lie so I said yes, and asked him if he was too. He asked to grab a bite with me so we went to Wendy's and I just got a frosty, which he so kindly paid for without telling me. We just chatted, laughed, and asked each other "get-to-know-you" questions. He asked for my number because he finally got a phone, and asked to go out again sometime, to which I agreed. He was such the gentleman and gave me a hug and even opened my car door.

Well, fast forward to this past Thursday, my friends and I went out to dinner. And Boston went to dinner with his friends, and we planned to get together again some other time. We scheduled for that Saturday evening. We were going to go bowling but it ended up being super busy so we decided to go grab something to eat at Chili's! :) We waited about a half-hour which consisted of "get-to-know-you" questions and then we sat at a table to big for us. We laughed and joked, and told stories, and asked more questions. He didn't each much (wasn't hungry) and I tried something new, that I actually like :)

Overall it was a fun evening, and Boston is such a great person! Thanks pal!