One Month To Go :)

One month left till... 

* I marry my best friend

* I enter the temple

* I'm no longer Mom #2 

* I leave the nest and start living with Brett and not my family

* I go to Oregon Coast for one whole week with no worries

* I move to Michigan for 4 months

* Start paying for all my own things, bills, groceries, rent

* The best day of my life. 

   I can't even believe it that all these changes and many more will come in only one month. It's mind blowing. I can't wait for all the new and exciting things that will happen, but with that will come all the new challenges I have never had to face. 

I'm so excited about getting married and living with Brett for the rest of eternity. It will be such a magical and wonderful day and I can't wait to go inside the temple and make covenants with the Lord. 

   I'm so excited about being married and living on my own with Brett but with that comes saying goodbye to my family for a little bit as we move to Michigan for the summer. I'm ready to leave but at the same time I cant imagine living so far away I can't drive to see my family. Not being able to sit in my room with my siblings late at night talking and laughing about nothing. Not being able to come home to my mom's home cooked meals or not being able to hug my cute "little ones" (Sabrina, Priscila and Amon) when I come home from work.

That will be the hardest part. As much as I'm dying to leave, I'll be dying to come back whenever I can. Months ago when Brett and I planned to go to Michigan, it seemed like the perfect idea. A new adventure, something completely different from Logan, Utah. 

And please don't get me wrong, I' m still as excited as ever to be going to Michigan and living far away, but it never really hit me that I will be far away from the most important people in my life, our families and closest friends.

   It never hit me that I wouldn't be here for the Mud Run and the Brigham City Temple dedication, I promised to go to with my best friend. Or that I wouldn't even be in town when Missy  or Michelle came home.It never hit me I won't be here to ask Anna for advice and work out together and throw Mary Kay parties.

 It never hit me I wouldn't be here for Women's General Conference, a tradition that started two years ago in my family. 

It never hit me I wouldn't be here for all the summer birthdays in my family, and my little sisters first week of girls camp. 

I guess I never really thought of all this, I never really understood, Amon's urgency to have me stay home. I always thought, I'll miss you but we're not gonna die over it. And really, we're gonna be fine. 

   It will be the best four months. It will be such a growing experience for me and Brett and my family. It will be a fun summer filled with new fun things to do and promises. 

Life changes, people change but your relationship with the ones who love you will never change.  

It can change but that's up to you. I want my relationship to my family to change. I want to miss them and Skype them and have our relationship grow fonder while I'm gone. 

I want to come back to friends and family who have rooted for me and will take me back like we were just hanging out yesterday. 

 I want to become totally dependent on Brett and be totally united together with the Lord and have no one else to run to. 

I want to grow emotionally, mentally and spiritually by being away from everything I've ever known.

        I'm beyond happy with how life is unfolding. I couldn't be happier with the amount of support and love we have received from all our friends and family. I cant wait for the next step in life. The next adventure... and that's only ONE MONTH AWAY! :)