A whole lot of nothing

I'm bored and I have some thoughts.

Here goes it!

Today we joined our checking accounts.

I also activated my credit card I've had for almost a year.

We're still pretty clueless about a lot.

Like taxes.

But that's okay because our parents do still exist and we have some awesome friends that help lots.

Our list of "to do's" gets longer by the day.

Welcome to adulthood!

I've recently discovered that listening to the same music I loved when Hunter and I were not married people makes me incredibly emotional. I would day dream about what it would be like to be a married woman and have my lovebug to snuggle anytime of the day and sometimes my heart would even begin to race as I wished for those dreams to come true.

All of a sudden I'm in the thick of it and living my wildest dreams, and well... it's pretty fantastic.

Remember when we were 14 and 15 and called ourselves "just besties" and only dreamed about waking up in each other's arms? 

Marry your best friend people :)

Decorating can be fun, and overwhelming. 

But mostly fun

I suddenly am 10 times happier living in Utah than I was two weeks ago just because there are curtains covering the windows, a new rug by the couches, pictures on the walls, and endless kitchen supplies. 

I think I might actually like it here!

The sun is also shining today so that could easily be adding to this happy streak.

Ask me if I still like it here when the weather decides to be bi-polar again and we'll see what I'm thinking. 

I've recently discovered a love for honey wheat pancakes.

I under cook them and make way more than I need to.

The leftovers go in the freezer so I can pop them in the toaster later on.

We also got a griddle as a wedding gift and I like making excuses to use it. 

I made some for dinner tonight because Hunter went to Ruby River with some team mates and he's the only married one so I wasn't invited since that might create some awkwardness. 

Whatever... I enjoyed my pancakes even though the smoke alarm went off.

I promise I'm a good cook!

I got a job!

I work at a day care, and it's hectic and awesome at the same time.

Some days we'll have 20 kids from the ages of 5 months to 5 years with only 3 of us older people and I kinda want to rip my hairs out when the older boys wake up the sleeping babies.

Some days the wee ones fall asleep in my arms and my heart melts into a giant puddle and I never want to leave them.

Not to mention it's at a hair/esthetician school where I get 50% off services.

Such as pedicures, eyebrow waxing, hair cuts... 

yeah it's kinda cool!

Hunter and I have a calling as primary subs.

We usually don't know which class we'll be teaching until we get to church.

I love it!

We've taught all different age groups and each of them bring new surprises.

Hunter likes the older ones best so far because he can actually teach a lesson.

I like snuggling the sun beams and playing. 

We make a pretty good pair ;) 

We've also already given a talk in our ward and another ward and that's pretty cool.

I like speaking more than I let on :)

I should probably clean up my pancake mess now.

I should also probably not have pancakes for dinner...

Well, that's all for now!

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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He Asked, I Said Yes. (The Proposal)

Well hello there :)

This whole being engaged and planning a wedding thing is a whole new world to me.

A couple months ago, I would have had each blog post planned and known exactly when I would post it.

Then planning a wedding in less than two months happened and suddenly this little blog of mine has become way less of a priority. 

Sorry about the delay, but I'm really really loving this time in my life :)

I can't believe it will be over in a little less than 13 days!

Alright, on with it:

So, Hunter is in Utah attending Brigham Young University and waking up at 5 in the morning almost every day for football workouts. It's still beyond me that he was on a mission like 6 weeks ago. 

I'm in San Diego planning our wedding, working, and getting ready to be a wife!

Yep, we're apart again. But what's new right?

So after the week of pure bliss, we had to leave each other again. 

As mentioned in my previous post. 

But, he came home to give me my sparkly ring about 2 weeks later :)

(by the way, it is a really fun feeling looking down at the keyboard and seeing my diamonds sparkling away on my finger!)

When the ring was purchased, it was quite a bit bigger than my midget fingers. 

So it all ended up working out because Hunter and I were apart while the ring was being sized.

We clearly were in a time crunch with the date we chose to get married, so we did pretty much everything out of order.

We've always been just a little different anyways :)

Most of the big parts of planning were out of the way, but we only had one weekend to get everything done that needed to be done together. 

Hunter came home on January 24th and practically right as his plane landed we were in the car on our way to get ourselves a marriage license.

That was an experience.

You will find all sorts of characters in a place like that haha.

I think half of the people were looking at us thinking we were babies and way too young to get married while the other half probably thought I was pregnant.

But $70 later, we were licensed to wed in the state of California :)

(You really have to pay for that? So stupid.)

We then spent the evening walking around downtown San Diego where we found the USS Midway where we went to our first prom together.

We even found the pier we slow danced on.

(and this time we realized how unromantic the atmosphere was hahaha)

Afterwards, we went over to my parents house for dinner.

It was delicious and it was a lot of fun spending time with them.

Once dinner was over it was time for Hunter and my dad to have their "talk."
My mom and I grabbed milkshakes as they discussed whatever they discussed. 

Luckily he survived, ha
So now, Hunter was officially able to give me my ring and the biggest news of our lives could finally be announced.
On January 25th we had a full day planned.
It was an interesting feeling waking up and thinking "Today I am going to officially be engaged. What should I wear when I get proposed to?"
Haha, like I said we do things a bit differently.
I knew Hunter would be proposing that day, I just didn't exactly know how.
So, we were off to Target and Bed Bath and Beyond to register for wedding gifts.
yes we totally did that before we were "officially" engaged but I already felt like I was :)
Let me tell ya, it was a blast having Hunter scan all the fun little things we needed for our first home together.
Well, I think I had more fun but he was a good sport :)
Afterwards, we went back to his parents house to quickly grab lunch before we headed out to the beach.
As we were on our way to the beach I had a little feeling in the back of my mind that he would propose there but I wanted to be just a little surprised so I played dumb haha.
Once we got there we laid on the sand and enjoyed Hunter's first time at the beach in over two years.
We walked down to the water to play around.
We were all smiles being in 75 degree weather in January at the beach together.
Then... I uh split his lip open.
Haha yes you totally read that right.
Hunter was standing behind me and I was holding his hands. In my head I thought, "oh if I lift myself up a little bit he can hold me." So, I jumped up (I'm a spaz) and my head hit his chin. He was smiling, so once my head hit his chin he bit his lip.
There was blood, and I felt like crying.
Lucky for me he is the sweetest boy and didn't make me feel bad for ruining all his plans.
Go me.
We laid on the beach together and I pretty much felt horrible, but being with him made it a whole lot better.
We decided to go to a few other memory spots once we left the beach.
We went to a park where we had a fun little date and reminisced on old memories. We passed by another park with even more memories. Then we went to a park that overlooks all of San Marcos and pointed out where our first kiss was, where we went to high school, my parents house, and his, and other spots that were memorable to us.
I was on the verge of tears thinking of all the history we have together and looking over the town where we made each of those cherished memories and fell in love oh so young.
(We always say that Tattoos On This Town is totally our song)
We talked about how far we've come and how much farther we have to go.
Then, it got better :)
We started walking higher up the trail when I heard Hunter say, "Hey Aleigh, Catch!"
I turned around to see him tossing me a football with the sweetest grin.
I almost didn't, but luckily I caught it :)
I quickly noticed that my beautiful ring was attached with a pink ribbon tied on the ball.
Then he ran up to me, got down on one knee, and asked me to be his wife.
 To be his for time and all eternity :)
My eyes got teary but I of course said yes and jumped into his arms.
Yes, kisses were involved after he slid the ring on my finger and we took a moment to look back at the city where I cheered him on several Friday nights as he led our football team to victory.
Back then, I had only dreamed of him asking me to marry him.
But that day, my wildest dreams became a reality as I joined his team forever and became his receiver scoring the most amazing man in the entire world to be with for eternity. (So much better than a touchdown haha)
The Lord just knows us so much better than we know ourselves.
Although it involved a bloody lip, he led us to that park to remind us of the amazing journey He has led us on.
He led us to one another and we quickly figured out we were perfect for each other, and now I get to say that I am marrying the man of my wildest dreams in the most beautiful temple in the world.
Nothing brings me greater joy than knowing I will be HIS Mrs. Moore and that we get to share eternity together.
I constantly ask myself how on earth I got so lucky.
I didn't know it was physically possible to be so passionately in love with someone and to be so completely happy.
The rest of the day I was giddy beyond belief.
He was too :)
We couldn't leave each other's side for more than five minutes without feeling like the other half was missing.
We were totally that annoying couple, and I'm so not ashamed.
Sunday January 26th Hunter finally gave his homecoming talk and I sat there amazed at what an amazing man he is.
He is so in tune with the spirit and knows exactly how to make sure there isn't a dry eye in the house.
I looked down and saw my sparkly ring on my finger as he was speaking and was suddenly reminded that that amazing man is mine, forever.
My eyes welled with tears as I once again felt like the luckiest girl in the entire world.
We had to say goodbye once again that day, and that was truly the hardest goodbye yet.
We both got quiet in the car on the way to the airport when the tears did the talking.
We spent a little while talking about our future eternal family and the happiness and joy that would bring us.
Then, it was time to say goodbye once again.
We blew kisses as I drove away and the tears leaked from my eyes the entire way home.
So it goes, we have been apart since.
Thank goodness for facetime and phone calls because truly, this is torture.
Somehow, the two years we spent apart were easier than this is.
But, I cannot wait to marry my sweetheart and never have to say goodbye for more than a few hours again :)

So there ya have it!
That is how we got engaged, and it was truly perfect in every way possible for us :)
I love Hunter with every ounce of my being and I am thrilled to be his wife!
Here's to eternity :)

Maybe I'll find some time to catch up on wedding planning now that we're getting married in 12 days!
aww music to my ears :)

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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Letter Days are Better Days.

Love letters make the world go round. Well my world that is. They appear in my mailbox once every two weeks straight from Ohio with words that make my heart skip two beats. This whole wait would have been much, much longer without the love letters Elder Hunter Miles Moore and I have been sending back and forth. Every time I see a white envelope waiting for me I get butterflies and I scream a little inside. An instant smile appears. The routine is the same every time: 

Tear letter open, snuggle in my bed, read, smile, read, cry, read some more, smile and cry some more, fall in love even more than the day before, put letter down, day dream, come back to reality, repeat. 

I have two binders worth of letters and emails that I will cherish for the rest of my life.

Though my hand cramps up, and my handwriting is pretty close to that of a first graders... It is so so worth it. 

Those love letters make any day a better day.

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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Country Fest!

This weekend I went to country fest!

A local radio station puts this concert on a couple times a year.

Although it really was tons of fun and the artists were great, I have no desire to go back haha. 

But if I do, I will sit down!

There were five different artists making a total of seven hours standing...

My feet hurt just thinking about it. 

I had beer spilled on my leg and my hair smelled like cigarettes by the end of the night.

You could say us Mormon girls were a little out of place...

It's a good thing we had each other!

...and that yummy fresh squeezed lemonade :)

Oh, and Josh Turner wasn't too bad of a sight either.

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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Conference Weekend

"Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith."

-Dieter F. Uchtdorf

^ I loved that talk. I just loved it so much!

This entire conference hit home for me.

I really enjoy conference usually, but this time, it couldn't have come at a better time.

And though I'm sure I'll be saying that for the rest of my life, I am so so grateful for every word spoken at this year's general conference.

I was able to attend every session this year.

A total of eight hours over the span of two days sitting in the conference center.

It was amazing. 

Being in the conference center with thousands of other Latter Day Saints was an incredibly spiritual experience.

I couldn't help but just look around as we were singing each congregational hymn.

I love being Mormon. 

And, I am proud of it :)

The weekend consisted of hearing amazing inspired words from the general authorities of the church and seeing (and meeting!) lots of great friends.

Remember sweet Morgan??

Well, I almost peed my pants as we were running towards each other meeting for the first time!

We both had plans to go to conference and that being said, we got to actually meet each other!

Like I said, conference could not have come at a better time!

She is a darling girl with such a sweet spirit about her.

We were able to attend the Salt Lake Temple (uhm gorgeous!) together with Emily and her family as well to do baptisms. 

Amazing. 

I could not have asked for a better weekend, truly.

(other than dropping my purse in the water at city creek and the maid throwing away my keys at the hotel... but hey, why waste my breath right?)

I already can't wait for the next conference.

Oh, and by then... my sweet Hunter will be home!!

The perfect bonus :)

Here's some pictures!

Because, I wouldn't be me without snapping hundreds. 

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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