6 Months!

As of yesterday, Griffin and I have been dating for 6 months. As Griffin would say, Woot! Woot! (No lie he really does use that phrase on a regular basis, and not just in texts but in real life.) This really has been the best six months ever. Sure it has been hard to be away from him, but I am amazed at how much we have grown together even though we are so far apart. He is someone I can see myself with forever. I'm so lucky to have him. And now that it is nearly August, we are in the home stretch! Before I know it, Griffin will be showing up at my door. That will certainly be a joyous day. Here is a picture that shows how excited Griff is:

In other news, tomorrow morning I will be moving out of Rexburg. I have been here for three years and it has been really awesome. I know a lot of people complain about living here, but I have really enjoyed my time here. I am so glad for the events that brought me here. I loved my classes, teachers, friends, ward, everything. Its been great, but it is time to move on. I'm moving to Spokane, Washington and no one could be more excited about that than my sister. lol. (She lives there and can't wait to do tons of fun stuff together.) I'm excited too though. I'll be sure to write more about it when I get up there. Wish me luck for the drive (and attempting to fit everything I own in my car). School starts at the beginning of September so get ready for updates from the life of a grad student.

Baby lion!!!

I feel like I say this all the time, but I really do have the best boyfriend ever! He is very kind and so very thoughtful. I'm am just so lucky to have him. So if you haven't caught on, holding out hope for a baby lion for my birthday paid off because I got one! And look at how cute he is. Today I was just about to leave for work when someone rang the doorbell. I answered it and it was the mailman with a package for me from Griffin. It was a good sized package but really light so I had no idea what it was. I ran around trying to find my scissors to open it and when I finally did I was so excited to see this little guy! I was just so happy and of course cried so much! It is just the cutest gift ever! I'm pretty sure this separation from Griffin is slowly killing me, but it will be nice to have something to cuddle up with at night. It was just so precious of Griff to try to make my dream of having a baby lion come true. He says that he has something else to send me for my birthday too so I'm super excited to see what that could be. But for now I am very happy to have my very own baby lion. :)

P.S. For this post and all of its cuteness to make sense you need to have read this previous post. Specifically what is listed as number five. Also if you know of my obsession with baby animals then you won't be surprised at my joy. lol.

Griffin has really let himself go...

So the other day I received this picture of Griffin on my phone. I was rather confused (obviously) and when I asked for an explanation he told me that he had let himself go. ha ha.

In reality there is an iphone app that apparently can change pictures to make the person look overweight. Griff went on to inform me that he doesn't think he would look good as an overweight person. ha ha. He's just always full of surprises.

The joy of the zoo!

So I guess I should make a post about my birthday. Unfortunately I did not receive anything from the birthday list that I posted on here, but I am still waiting for Griffin to get around to sending me his gift so there is still hope for that baby lion. But despite that I still had a great birthday! To celebrate I went to the Idaho Falls zoo with my freakin best friend Court and her sister Clara. It was so great because I love animals! Especially baby ones. It was a really warm day and lots of the animals were out for us to see. Here are a few pictures of the fun.

Court and I are really twinners. Clearly we were separated at birth. Tragic.

This donkey was really dirty, but super nice.

Obviously the best part was this precious baby zebra. What a dream!

There were so many cool monkeys that liked to interact with us. This one moved around in such a sweet way. It was amazing to watch.

Then to finish off the day we went out to eat at Panda Express. So awesome. Pretty much the best way to ever spend a birthday.

As another birthday/fourth of July celebration I went down to Utah to visit my old roommate and dear friend Michelle! It was so awesome to see her and her family. It was a wonderful four days filled with parades, fireworks, barbeques, 5ks, swimming, and catching up on life. She truly is amazing and anyone who knows her is so lucky!

Thanks to everyone would made my birthday awesome and sent me lovely birthday wishes. :)

So glad June is over.

So June was like the longest month of my freakin' life! But now it is over and July is going by at quite a nice pace. July 11th marked 3 months since I have seen Griffin. :( It has been a very hard three months but Griff and I have grown a lot because of it. It is so great to see that our relationship has progressed and grown even though we are apart. I love him so much and I know that he really cares for me. I can feel that even though he is so very far away. We still have about a month and a half to go before we get to see each other, but I actually feel like I can make it. I just can't wait for summer to be over so I can spend some time with Griffin. Of course we still won't live in the same place, but at least we will be able to visit each other.

Here are the kind of picture messages that Griff sends to my phone. lol. He would not be happy if he knew I put these on here, but he doesn't read my blog so I don't have to worry about it. ha ha.

The first picture is his shaggy hair that has been growing since December. The next one is a picture of his new haircut. I kinda miss the shaggy hair, but he is still as cute as ever! Also Griffin does not like to smile for pictures. lol.

Also, I just recently wrote in my journal and read a lot of old journal entries. It was really great to get to see the trials I overcame and see how I have progressed and learned so much in the last year. It was interesting to read about my worries and now realize that those worries are gone. Last year at this time life was really hard and I was extremely unhappy, but I am so happy right now and so proud of myself for making it through so much. I am also grateful that I keep a journal (even though I don't write in it a lot and it often is nonsense). I have gained a lot of insights while I write in it and when I look back at old entries.