First Package!

Well I tried to send out this package back in time for Christmas but things got crazy and so I waited and have finally finished it haha. I just love Pinterest though because it helps me with cute ideas :) Here's Wyatt's Christmas/Birthday/Valentine's Day package! I am seriously in love with it!

This is how it looks when completed! :D 

This was when I was starting to really freak out over how cute it was turning out! I painted the two long sides with yellow paint and then the shorter sides with blue (as you can see from the pic haha) Then I just did a strip of black paint and then painted some overalls on the little guys. I had to use the little slips of paper just so I could see if it was working out haha.

After a couple of coats for the overalls I made the little buttons and like a little pocket for the minions and drew their smiles and hair. I used stencils for the letters and the two stars and just used a round brush to make the dots. It's getting close to being done!

The final step! I cut out circles for the eyes from white paper and then used the black paint and a round brush for the pupils and then glued them on! :D I love this box sooo much haha!

What I put in the package:

I bought this back before he left. It came from the Cracker Barrel and that was when he met my grandparents on my dad's side :)

I put in 12 "Open When" letters! Here's the link to how I did those: http://missionarygirlfrienddiary.blogspot.com/2015/01/open-when-letters.html

This was part of the Valentine's Day card I made for him :)

I got this cute book from Target. It lets you even write some stuff in it about some memories, things you like about your loved one, etc. It was only a few bucks!

I sent him these little things :) The picture with the blue glasses, that is me and my best friend in the picture from spending a girl's night at Chuck E Cheese (I work there haha) and then the glasses was one of the prizes I got. 

I got him these two ties with messages on the back. These ties are great quality and didn't cost me an arm and a leg! I got them from http://www.cheap-neckties.com/ . Check them out!

 I also got Wyatt and his companion these matching ties! They are both from Orem Utah so I got the Provo Temple for them but they had a few others. I got mine from the BYU bookstore but I am pretty sure they sell them online at http://deseretbook.com/

I got this cute pillow off of Etsy! You can write your own message or have them write it for you! I sprayed it with my perfume haha and stuck a note inside of it :D

 These are just a few of the hearts I made :D I got the idea from Pinterest and I think they are super cute!

So I wrote 10 things I like about Wyatt on little slips of paper (and yeah...I hashtagged it) and put them inside balloons that I used to finish off the package!

I spelled out "Happy Bday!" on the balloons because his birthday is also coming up :D

Now it's all sealed up and ready to go! Get there safely package! I sure hope Wyatt loves it because I do haha! (Don't mind the awkward pen at the bottom of the picture) 

Open When Letters!

So I did these forever ago, but I thought I would finally put it up! I love "Open When..." letters! There are tons of different ideas and different ways you can totally do these, but they are just the cutest! So here's what I did for my "Open When..." letters to Wyatt :D I made all of my envelopes out of scrap booking paper and they turned out super cute and are a lot stronger than just regular paper.

1. Open Now...

Includes:

• One page note
• Three inspirational quotes
• A Tie 
• A map with his mission and where I am with a long distance quote that says, "Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but never in heart."
• An Inspirational Talk (The Divine Call of A Missionary by Elder Ronald A. Rasband)
• Handful of kisses
• A couple of pictures of me (Not shown in the pic above)

2. Open When...You're Having a Bad Day

Includes:

• 1 page letter
• 1 "XOXO" sticky note (you can find these at http://knockknockstuff.com/product/xoxo-sticky-notes/)
• 1 mini book ("How to be Totally Miserable" By John Bytheway...I know Desert carries these)
• 3 quotes

3.  Open when....Just needing some fun

Includes:

• 1 page letter
• 2 Sudoku puzzles
• 1 word search (of all my favorite things)
• 2 coloring pages
• 1 Crossword (all about us and the answers are in a little envelope)
• 1 Maze 
• Colored pencils
• 2 play frogs
• 2 toy flutes

4. Open When...You Need A Lift

Includes:

• 1 page letter
• 1 Uplifting talk (I used "Laborers in the Vineyard")
• A set of lyrics to a song we both like
• 1 "Sweet Talk" Paper (found at http://knockknockstuff.com/product/sweet-talk-nifty-note/)
• 1 mini envelope with balloons inside that have messages on them, also has a picture of a balloon that says "Let It Go"
• 2 Quotes

5. Open When...You Miss Me

Includes:

• 1 page letter
• 1 "Sweet Talk" Paper
• 1 "Daily Reminder That I Love You" notepad (found it at Seagull book)
• 1 Tie
• Lyrics to "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz
• Tons of pics of me

6. Open When...You're Angry

Includes:

• 1 page letter
• 1 "XOXO" sticky note
• 3 Quotes
• 1 Spiritual Talk (I used "Slow to Anger")
• 1 Mad Lib (I made mine at  http://www.projectlabyrinth.com/MadLibs/MadLibGen.php)

7. Open When...You're Bored

Includes:

• 1 page letter
• 2 Sudoku puzzles with the instructions
• 1 "His and Her Questions" (I filled out one and then left one blank for him to fill out and send back to me. Here's the link to it https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CVO-aLWrEITr1Xt4ETwGIBPbgTlDkpZhHDmIHH50WjQ/edit?usp=sharing)
• 2 Coloring Pages
• 1 Quotes

8. Open When...You Need My Love

Includes:

• 1 Page Letter
• Lyrics to "A Thousand Years"
• 1 "XOXO" sticky note
• 3 Quotes
• Heart Confetti
• Frog with quote (It was something to the effect of kissing enough frogs and finally finding my prince)
• 1 Tie (I followed a YouTube video I found on Pinterest...I don't know the link...Sorry!!! If you want to know though, comment and I can try to find it)

9. Open When...You're happy

Includes: 

• 1 Page Letter
• 4 pictures of the two of us
• 2 Quotes
• 1 "Sweet Talk" paper
• 1 "XOXO" sticky note

10. Open When...It's Your Birthday

Includes:

• 1 Page Letter
• Quote - "Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated!" 
• A few candles 
• 3 Balloons
• 1 Noisemaker
• 1 "Sweet Talk" paper
• 1 "XOXO" sticky note
• Birthday Confetti

11. Open When...You Want to Learn More About Me

Includes:

• 1 "XOXO" Sticky Note
• 2 Pictures
• 730 Facts About Me

(This one was a last minute one...I wasn't going to do it and then had the thought to do it. It means a lot actually because when Wyatt and I first started dating, he knew I had a wall and didn't want to pressure me into opening up to him, but he felt a little hurt that other people knew more about me than he did...so this was to show him that I trust him with every little thing in my life...past, present, and future!)

12. Open When...You're Almost Done

Includes:

• 1 Page Letter
• 2 Quotes
• 2 Uplifting Talks (I chose "Returned Missionary" and "Let Your Faith Show")
• 1 "High Five" paper (You can find it at http://knockknockstuff.com/product/high-five-nifty-note/)
• 1 Tie
• Star Confetti
• 1 Picture of us from when he opened his call!

I loved making these! They do take a lot of time but they are just so awesome and they are actually tons of fun to make! So worth it! 

Oh! And you can find some really good and cheap ties anywhere...I found http://www.cheap-neckties.com/ after I made these but their ties are so awesome and I'm in love with them! Also, the talks I sent to Wyatt, I made sure I read through them a couple of times and I even underlined and wrote notes on the copy I gave to him so he could know what I was thinking while I read it and we could later talk about it. 

Also, I used http://uptonogoodwithholly.blogspot.com/2013/06/open-when-letters.html as a guide for me, but I did some things differently, which is good because everyone's relationships are different! Hope you enjoyed this and got some ideas for yourself! 

A New Year!

3 months down!!!

So I'm super excited that I get to officially say that my missionary comes home next year!!! HOLY CRAP! That makes it seem like it's going so fast! I mean we're already 3 months down, past 100 days (Christmas was his 100th day!), and we're just about to step out of the 600's and also hit his 4 month mark!!!! WHAT THE HECK! Time is just racing by! It doesn't seem like a long time has passed, but at the same time it does. I've learned that time is a crazy thing haha.

Wyatt's new companion

I'm excited for the new year. I know it's going to bring a lot of changes to both Wyatt and I, but I'm ready for the new year with the man of my dreams! We've been together for just about 9 months (this week) and I can still say that he gives me butterflies just like he always has! I'm so extremely lucky to have such a great guy like him. He has loved me through it all and there aren't even words to describe how much I love that boy! I love that he talks to me with all the elders in his area. I love that they tease him about me. I love hearing the stories of them talking to him about me. I love that I'm still a part of his life even though I can't see him. Because he is still a HUGE part of mine. You don't have to always be right next to somebody to mean the world to them. (But being next to them is nice haha...and I miss it).

He's been out for 100 days!

A new year, brings new possibilities. Even though we are about 2000 miles apart...there are still millions of amazing possibilities for the two of us. I know we are going to grow so much this year and grow together. It's not going to be a perfect year, but it's going to be a year that I can look back at and be happy I made it through. It will be a year where I get to learn more about myself. It will be a year where Wyatt can learn more about himself. It will be a year where Elder Johnson and I will be able to grow closer to the Lord.


Here's to new changes, possibilities, friendships, choices, beginnings and much more! I want to use this year to better myself not just for me...but also for Elder Johnson! I want to be the future Mrs. Johnson that he would be proud to have! I am so proud of him and I am truly the luckiest girl in the world to have him by my side, always supporting me. Keep working hard Elder Johnson! Make this year the best year yet! It's our last and hopefully only full year apart from each other. Thank you for being my best friend and my support. I will forever stand by you, cheering you