Merry LAST Christmas apart :)

I can't believe this time has come!

My package making days have come to an end.

Last Christmas, it seemed as if there would never be an end in sight, and all of a sudden it snuck right up on me!

It was definitely bittersweet putting this package together.

Though I have missed that sweet, cute, amazing, handsome, perfect in every way (haha sorry, not sorry) missionary of mine, I have really really enjoyed getting in touch with my crafty side and putting packages together for him. 

Of course it was much much more sweet than bitter when I dropped that box off at the post office stuffed to the brim. 

Oh, and get this!

The sweet man in front of me did a wonderful random act of kindness and paid for my package to be shipped!

Seriously?? 

Gosh, what a way to end my package making days :)

So, I got slightly lazy with this package.

I'll admit it.

Work has been killing me and everyone comes home for the holidays so I'm quite the busy bee.

Therefore, I stayed up into the wee hours of the night with work at 6 in the morning to finish that amazing Elder Moore's package. 

Reminds me of high school when I used to stay up until 1 in the morning making his locker decorations for Friday's game with a pep rally the next morning. 

I must really really really love him :)

So here you go my friends!

The last package in  pictures :)

(Which I almost forgot to take! What??)

Some moccasins to keep his feet toasty!
The shirts: One is for him to keep. The other is to start a mission tradition! The shirt gets passed on to the next Elder (or sister) that goes home. They sign their name and the years they were out and then it gets passed on until someone loses it or forgets haha. 

Tie shopping is my favorite sport :)

TREATS!
He requested that I stop sending him very many sweets after last year's Easter package butttt, these are minimal :)

The fillers.
Thank you dollar section. 

Winter essentials. 

Matching mugs for us to have forever :)
I kept the H and he as the A to remind us of each other during our last Christmas apart :)
Oh, and yes our initials are totally HA. As in Haha.

All put together!
They definitely shrunk the flat rate boxes.
Not too thrilled about that.
At least this was the last package!

I mean, how do you draw mistletoe anyways?

The face of a very tired, very excited Aleigh to send off the LAST package!!! :)

Well there you have it my friends!

Goodbye package making days!

I can't decide if you will be missed haha.

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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I've gone "batty" for him

How on earth are we already here?

We're in the midst of autumn and truly, I can't believe it.

I swear we were just getting excited about summertime beach weather.

(although let's be honest... it's beach weather year round in San Diego)

Before we know it we'll be sitting around the table eating turkey and sipping sparkling cider.

Then we will find ourselves rockin around the Christmas tree.

And before we know it, we'll be singing auld lang syne as 2014 rolls in.

Seriously though, where does time go?

I'm truly not complaining.

The sooner the holidays pass, the sooner I get to to begin my forever with the one I've dreamed about for as long as I can remember.

One day we will figure out an exact release date for that sweet missionary, one day..

Until then, I'll continue making him packages that I probably get more excited about than he does. 

I had been thinking about doing a Halloween/ autumn one for quite some time but couldn't seem to slow life down to actually put it together.

So, it was kinda thrown together.

But! It turned out much better than I thought it would :)

You better believe I listened to Christmas music and had my cookies for santa candle burning away the entire time I put it together.

Oh, and I cried every time "I'll be home for Christmas came on."

Can you guess what my Christmas wish is this year?

Yes, yes you can.

Anyhow let's get to the contents:

Alright, that's all I have for ya!

Now on to planning the next package :)

I probably won't miss my hand cramping up every time I write a letter. I don't think I'll miss crying every time I look at old pictures. I definitely won't miss that lonely feeling that just lingers everywhere I go.

But making packages, yeah I think I'll miss that :)

Here's to loving you through every season of life Hunter Miles!

Next season, you will be right here with me :)

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

P.S. Do you have any questions? Did you use any of these ideas? I would love to hear about them! Email me at: ajoy94@gmail.com. thanks!

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I scored big time.

Elder Moore has about 4 month left. 

Well who actually really knows how long he has left...

I don't.

I sure can't wait until we finally know a release date. 

Anyhow, he doesn't have very much time left.

That being said I decided I wanted to send a package for just about every reason my little mind can think up. 

Because well, he deserves it :)

Football season, as I have mentioned quite a few times before, has always been quite an exciting time in our relationship. 

He played football in high school, I was a cheerleader.

Whenever this time of year comes around we both get so excited and a rush of memories quickly come back to us. 

Hunter is really quite an amazing athlete. Football being his specialty.

We have hopes and dreams of seeing him in a cougar uniform playing in LaVell Edwards Stadium. 

The odds are looking to be in our favor :)

So, here's to football season!

The best season. 

I'm running out of cheesy sayings.
Side story: Sunflower seeds will always remind me of Hunter and Friday game days. Back in the day he used to always wait for me to get out of class. I don't have any idea how he was always the first one out, but he always managed to be there waiting for me. On Fridays I would see him standing there with his game day jersey on with one hand on his hip and the other on his backpack strap pretending to stare off in the distance. Ohh Hunter. I would play along and prance over in my little cheer uniform with my pony tail swaying from side to side. He would look at me and say in that tough guy voice: "sup baby girl" with one cheek stuffed with sunflower seeds. He would then wrap his arm around me and we would walk away together giggling. Oh game days... I sure do miss them :)

CougarADE!

If you know Hunter's family at all, you would know they are die hard Raiders fans.
Yes, Raiders fans.
A sweet, Mormon, practically perfect family of Raider's fans.
I love it. 

A Nike sweatshirt and this year's BYU game day shirt :) 

All things spiritual.
The stripling warriors thing is a temple recommend holder.
The standard of truth is quite incredible.
And the two talks can be found here and here

The Miscellaneous fillers.
The notepad had some cool encouraging quote on it.
A hacky sack.
That card is the best. "Who's counting?" Me! I Am!
Pictures in my matching BYU shirt and the shirt he gave me for my birthday :)

All put together :)

And of course, the decorated flaps :)

And there you have it!

This package is currently on its way to Ohio for my sweet Hunter :)

Feel free to use any of the ideas you please!

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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You Are My Sunshine

Once upon a time I met Hunter Miles Moore on a lovely summer evening.

One summer later the first kiss occurred.

One summer later he told me he loved me.

One summer later we swore we would do everything in our power to one day end up together forever. 

Summer is kinda a monumental time for us I guess. 

Therefore I decided it was only appropriate to let him know that the summer spark is still there, in a package :)

This package was very much summer/sunshine/beach inspired

...and I'm kinda loving how it turned out :)

The Conference talk "Catch the Wave" by Elder Russell M Nelson

The Hymn "Scatter Sunshine"

A Few pictures

And a darling card :)

Snacks are a must

so are the cheesy sayings ;)

GUYS! I realllyy limited the treats this time!

He is going to be so happy with me :)

Because a missionary can never have enough ties!

Toys!

(bubbles, water balloon launcher, water guns, flarp)

I just thought they were summer appropriate.

We will see if they get used, but if not I'm sure the kids of some of the families in his ward will love 'em haha.

I also found a little bottle and stuck a scroll in it with a little note.

There is also a picture of the two of us at the beach in it :)

The whole thing put together :)

As I was putting everything in the box I noticed this little guy hiding!

So it gets its own little picture :)

Of course the cheesy box flaps :)

Take any ideas you wish! :)

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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An EGGciting package!

Happy Easter Elder Moore!

Here it is, the last Easter package ever!

Kay, it't getting like realllyy fun to say "the last" for all the packages.

The second year may be flying by, but oh I am just so anxious to have him home!

(in such a terrified and excited way)

This time he told me he didn't want as many treats and more man food.

Blah, that's not as fun to make cute sayings for, but upon request, there is more "man" food :)

I was terrified for this day to come... and here we are

I think I am finally having "package making block"

That's why we stick to themes people, makes it easier.

But seriously, don't judge the ridiculously cheesy quotes.

Haha, yeah lucky for me there isn't another holiday for quite some time. 

Here it is!

This was way easy to make... if you need a little tutorial holla at me :)

On the back, my testimony of the Savior.
Yep, tears were shed.

Look! I'm getting out of the whole striped tie thing!
The paisley one just called my name.
Ps. I'm seriously gonna miss tie shopping when the man comes home

Caannndyy!

Seriously, I'm embarrassed that I posted this... at least I can't see you laughing right now.

How did I just think to send this??
I wonder where he puts his letters right now...

The gatorade takes me back to the high school days when I would decorate his locker.
Inside each Easter egg is sweet tart jelly beans and a scripture involving the Savior.

I'm always so amused at how much I can fit inside the box.

And there we have it!

I sure do love these packages :)

If anyone needs any how-to's or scriptures or anything, I'm always here :)

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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The day for lovers: in a package.

Some of us lucky ones get to spend Valentine's Day thousands of miles apart!

I'm one of those verryy "lucky" few.

Sending a package will have to due.

Neither of us have really been into the whole gift giving thing. It just didn't seem to matter.

A heartfelt note and snuggles always suited us best.

Its the little things, right? :)

This makes packages for my sweetheart quite fun to make, and a lott cheaper than stressing about some expensive cologne that he would probably wear a whole two times. I like the smell of his deodorant anyways. I always have. 

Getting crafty is one of my favorite things to do.

I was given a double dosage of the crafting ability because my school smarts lack.

Or maybe I just didn't apply myself, or I got distracted, or both.

Anyhow, I really love putting packages together.

One of my favorite parts is thinking of all the little sayings to attach!

So cheesy, so perfect.

I love imagining his reaction :)

When he comes home I'm going to be so sad I don't have to put packages together anymore. 

Since the sweet boy's birthday falls in the same month as the day of love, I killed two birds with one stone (is that right? I've never been good with sayings but I try anyways) and combined the two!

heerre wee goo!

Ties. A must have for a missionary.
And a box for both occasions :)

I'm a picture person.
Especially because we are thousands of miles apart and seeing each other's faces makes us giddy.

A few of my faves with scriptures on the back

Called to Serve CD by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!

20 little notes with reasons why I reallllyyy love him for my handsome 20 year old... in a week.

Truth. He is.

That baby was on sale at Deseret for like $5. Sweet!

The sayings on the box flaps :)
Second favorite part!

A job well done.

Oohh the goodies!!

Just some kisses from his one day Mrs. ;)

There we have it! 

Another package closer to seeing him again!

This time next year, I won't be making a package, I will be stressing about actually getting a real gift. 

Eh, we'll probably stick with the heartfelt note thing and most definitely keep the snuggles :)

All my love,

Aleigh Joy

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