18 Months

Hello There Sammie Eleven Lovers,

My my my...

Has it been awhile or what?!

I'm almost ashamed that I haven't blogged in 3 months...

And that I left you guys hanging on the "Love Letters"

But the past couple of months have been cray!!

{You catchin' my lingo??}

So here is my update,

I'll start from the beginning;)

Five months ago
{during Fall Semester}
I was seriously considering going on a mission.

I had my interview ready to go,

Was already looking into all the cute missionary clothing,

And I was prepared to go wherever the Lord would have me go.

But through all the excitement and willingness to serve,

Something didn't feel right.

And so I decided to go home for Christmas and spend time with the fam and see how I was feeling after the break.

I continued to ponder about the decision through the Winter Semester,

And continued to prepare.

I realize now that I received my answer many months ago whether I was to serve or not.

And the answer was and is still no.

Although I have such a desire to serve,

I know a mission is not what I'm suppose to be doing right now,

And guess what,

I'm ok with that:)

Next,

I'M AN AUNT!!!:D

I'm pretty sure I have more pictures of my little Ellie then I do of Sam.
Ok...

Maybe not...
But little Ellie is coming very close to having more, hehe!!

{hint hint to my missionary,
you best be sending some more pics;)}

The Hawker Fam is quite obsessed with little Ellie,

And we are so so happy she is here with us:)

We are enjoying her to pieces:)
WE LOVE YOU ELLIE!!!

Thirdly,

I'm in the last semester of the Medical Assisting Program!

HOORAY!:D

This is partially why I haven't blogged in many months...

School seems to suck all the time you have in your life,

And at the end of the day when I had thoughts to blog...

Sleep sounded more appetizing,

Hehe:)

School is busy,

But school is oh so wonderful!

I feel blessed to be here at BYU-Idaho:)

But enough about me,

Can we talk about Sam already?!

Today Sam has reached 18 MONTHS!!!!!:D

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

WOW!!!

A month I thought existed only in other Missionary Girlfriend blogs is finally here!!

Folks,

This journey and adventure has been amazing,

And although I never want to wait for another Missionary,

I would do it again in a heartbeat for Sam:)

The last 6 months are here,

And I am beyond excited:)

I guess this is the time when I should start,

. Going to the gym and pumping some iron

. Familiarize myself on how to get ready for the day again
AND

. Start watching Homecoming Videos

{They used to make me sad when Sam had only been out for a few months, but time has changed, I think I would like them now;)}

The list continues on,

But I'll stop there for today:)

Can I tell you guys something?

I have learned a lot.

A lot about myself mostly.

I have lived my life these past 18 months,

I've gone away to school and started a career,

Learned how to cook,
{ok still working on that one}

Dated,

Gone through trials,

And experienced many triumphant moments along the way!

While things have changed with me though,

My feelings for my Elder Cannon in Philadelphia haven't.

With each day,

Letter,

E-mail,

And monthly countdown,

I love that missionary of mine more and more!:)

{Ok, excuse the mushy gushy-ness, I haven't posted in awhile;)}

 

But that's exactly why I'm still here.

My feelings haven't changed,

They have just gotten stronger for Sam.

The answer to a mission was no for a reason,

The answer to the few people I went on dates with, didn't work out for a reason,

Continuing my education and waiting is exactly what I'm supposed to be doing,

And I'm so happy to do it:)

So Elder C,

When you read this sometime down the road,

I hope you know,

How proud of you I am.

How much I have missed you.

And just how excited I am for these next 6 months:)

Let the countdown continue...

This Missionary Girlfriend is still waiting patiently for her boy!:)

I hope you guys have been keepin' it classy,

I know I haven't been here to much to remind ya;)

- Chels :)

Love Letter #6

Dear Sam,

Today I am chuckling to myself:)

I decided to go way back and read some of the old posts today,

And frankly I am glad you talked to me and wanted to be my friend way back when,

I promise I am into more stuff than just Taco Bell and PT Cruisers now;)

But today I stumbled upon this post...

This is where Sammie Eleven began all those months ago:)

It's fun to see all the memories we have made even though we are miles and miles apart:)

Happy Hump Day,

Half way through another week!:)

{our first picture}

From Rexburg to Phila...
ILY <3

xoxo- Chels:)

Love Letter #5

Dear Sam,

Today I wanted to share a clip from our favorite movie with you:)

I'm waiting for class to start and this is how I am passing my time:)

Watching Up and thinking about you:)

Friendships, love, and memories can last a lifetime if we lock them in our hearts:)

Thinking of you on this Tuesday:)

Keep up the amazing work Elder:)

From Rexburg to Phila...

ILY <3

xoxo- Chels:)

Love Letter #4

Dear Sam,

HAPPY P-DAY!:)

It's always SO good to hear from you every Monday!:)

So 10 more days till Valentines, eh??

I guess it would be appropriate for me to ask you now...

Cough Cough...

Elder Cannon,

Will you be my Valentine??:)

I would just like you to know,

Today I fell victim to the ice here in Rexburg...

Don't worry,

EVERYONE was watching!!!

{hahahahahaha}

But now I am safe in a warm building,

And this is what I'm currently doing...

Reading your e-mail over and over 15 million times,

And thinking about you:)

It's kind of become a usual thing on Mondays;)

Proud of you Sam!:)

Happy Monday!:)

From the tip of the iceburg to Phila...

ILY <3

xoxo- Chels:)

Love Letter #3

Dear Sam,

Do you know what today is??
If you responded with,

SUNDAY!:D

You are right!:)

But it's not just any Sunday...

It's FAST SUNDAY!:D

Which means it's another Fast Sunday down,

And we only have 8 more Fast Sundays to go:)
Today is a good day:)

I'm home in Blackfoot this weekend,

And I decided that it would be a good idea to catch up on your countdown that I keep here at home!!

Check it out...:)

I officially started filling in the "S" today!:)

More and more of the letters are filling up,

And less and less stickers are left to fill them in with,

I think it's pretty great!:)

According to the countdown you only have 268 more days to go!!

{Yes I am having a mini heart attack right now!!}

I'm so proud of you Sam!!:)

Remember before your mishy mish how we used to skype every Sunday??:)

Only 8 more Fast Sundays and we can do it again!:)

I guess you can say I'm pretty excited for that first skype date!:)

I can't wait to hear from you tomorrow!:)

Mondays a.k.a P-Days are seriously my favorite!:)

Happy{skype-fast}Sunday Sam!:) 

From Blackfoot to Phila...

ILY <3

xoxo- Chels:)  

Love Letter #2

Dear Sam,

Um...how do I say this without getting to crazy...

Cough cough...

HAPPY 15 MONTH MARK TODAY!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

Oh my goodness,

I seriously can't believe that today marks 15 MONTHS!:)

I am so proud of you Sam,

Phila is so blessed to have such an amazing missionary like you:)

Keep up the amazing work Elder!:)

I was thinking back to a year ago today,

Your 3 month mark.

This is the month I finally came out of my "depression coma"

{haha}

And realized,

"Hey, I can do this!!"

Most people say that time starts to go by fast at month 6,

But for me time started to fly at month three,

And ever since then it has been nothing but an adventure!:)

Look at us now,

15 months later:)

It's crazy how fast time seems to be going!!
{ok I'm secretly in love with how fast time seems to be going}

Well here is to another month down and 9 more months to go!:)

{cheers!!}

9?!?

SINGLE DIGITS?!?!

Are you kidding me?!

I wanted to share one last thing with you Sam:)

My screen saver from today...;)

I stayed up till midnight this morning,

So I could take a picture of this monumental moment!:)

{15 MONTHS}

This is what I do on the 2nd of every month,

I stay up till midnight and throw a mini celebration!:)

Today was no different,

Except I decided to jump on my bed,

Haha, it was kinda a lot of fun:D

How did you celebrate 15 months??:)

Happy Saturday Sam!:)

From Blackfoot to Phila...

ILY<3

xoxo- Chels:)

Love Letter #1

Dear Sam,

Four years ago this month I met you at a little church dance out in Snake River:)

Maybe I should be writing this love letter to Bridger,

We kind of owe him big time for introducing us that night;)

But...

I think I'll write this little love letter to you today;)

And tomorrow:)

Oh and the next day too:)

 

I kind of like the month of February a lot,

With all the love in the air,

I can't seem to get you off my mind.

And I'm loving every second of it:)

 

For today and the next 27 days to follow,

I'll be writing you little love letters here:)

I'm not sure if you will see these little letters sooner or later,

But whenever the time may be,

I hope you feel the love and gratitude that I have always had for you:)

 

Here goes the last February apart,

Shoot, I just got chills thinking about it, haha:)

Here goes our February Adventure!!:)

Happy Friday to you Elder:)

 

From Rexburg to Phila...

ILY <3

 

xoxo- Chels:)