Dear Mr. Herrey,

I feel like I do a lot of these kind of blog posts, addressed to Joel. But, that is ok I think :) 

Well Joel, I am so extremely lucky and glad to have married you!! I love how much you respect me. I love how you tease me. I love how you hold and comfort me when I am homesick. I love it when you buy me flowers. I love that you work hard for our small family, even though your job gets stressful. I love how concerned you are about me. I love how you encourage me to be healthy. I love praying with you. I love your attitude and optimism to live life. I love how you leave me in a room and force me to make friends. I love how you cook for me. I love that you bring out the best in me. I love that you are never far away from a good laugh. I love the fact that we email to keep in contact everyday (anyone else do that?? haha!). I love how well you get along with my sisters, and treat them so well. I love how you make me feel loved :)

All in all my love... I am incredibly happy with you, and I wouldn't want to live my life with anyone else. You complete me in everyway, so thank you for loving me.

Out on a date- celebrating our wonderful two months being married!

Goodbye Sweden! We left for our honeymoon, and as you could tell I was freeeezing.

First night in Malta :)

Malta!

Scuba diving... I LOVED it :)

These next few pics we bought a dinky disposable camera, and this is how the pictures turned out haha!  Doesn't even do justice for how pretty it was! Trust me :)

Married Life :)

Hmmm where on earth do I start??!

 Life is just great. I absolutely LOVE being married to Joel! (I know everyone says they love being married, but I REALLY REALLY love it!!!) A short run through of our wedding week: I left Sweden Wednesday, June 13th early in the morning with my family! We wanted to head down a day early and stay at the guesthouse, so we didn't have to rush and get ready in the morning and THEN drive 3 hours to the temple! Getting 8 girls (including me) the day of and then traveling? Kinda ridiculous we decided. We arrived in Denmark early in the afternoon and just relaxed! It was so crazy the first week after my family got in Sweden, we hardly had any alone time to relax. My grandma (who just turned 80! She is simply amazing for traveling!!!) and aunt had arrived, everyone was safe, all luggage was on time... it was nice to be together :) 

I was verrrry determined to sleep the night before my wedding day, so I stocked up on sleeping pills. I think I fell asleep while my mom was painting my toe nails? Sometime around 11 pm :) 

I woke up at 7:30, and was all ready by 9:30. Then my family woke up around 10 am haha!!! I was doing my sisters makeup and hair that morning... It was the best decision ever to leave a day early! I wasn't as stressed ;)

Anywaysss. We were sealed for all time and eternity at 1:30 in the Denmark temple, and it was such an amazing day. We were SO happy everything turned out so well!!!! After we took pictures at the temple, we headed to a castle in Denmark that was simply stunning. I felt like such a princess haha! While we were taking pictures... Joel suddenly looks at his watch and realized we were going to be an hour late for dinner at our honeymoon hotel/spa! We were supposed to get there at 7... and arrived at midnight. Because we got lost in Denmark. Haha oops. Luckily Joel's mom knows the cook there, and asked to save us some food! 

Our "first" honeymoon was at a spa treatment place! It was completely perfect. We had our wedding on Thursday, and the reception Saturday. We just relaxed, and had an appointment to have a full body massage.

The reception... was absolutely beautiful. Everything was put together so nicely, I couldn't have asked for anything better!! They wanted to surprise me with the decorations, which was quite nice. Little did I know they had looked at my pinterest account and got ALL the ideas off of it! How many girls can say they got their pinterest wedding??? We were treated like royalty :) There was music, speeches, games, and tons of laughter!! One of the games, Joel and I had to stand up (while everyone watched us) and switch one shoe. Back to back, we held up the shoes so everyone could see, and answered questions! Like, "Who is more baby hungry? Who will do the dishes? Who will wake up with the kids in the middle of the night?" And we had to raise the shoe to who we thought fit the answer. And I couldn't see Joel ;) It sure was a LOT of fun!! Then the point came where Joel had a surprise for me! I about died I was so surprised. His dad wrote a song in Swedish to Joel's mom (which is one of my ultimate VERY favorite songs) and Joel sang it to me! He  had been giving me excues as to why he couldn't sing it like, "It was too hard..." So at the reception he jokingly says (to everyone) "Well Mollie, it wasn't really hard ;)" This was the point where I had to control SO much composure not to start bawling and completely break down infront of 200? people. 

HERE is the link to the song!!

After our reception we were home for a week and spent time with my family, since it was their last week in Sweden :( We spent midsummer with them and just relaxed! Then it was time to say goodbye. Man, that was hard. I had to keep on reminding myself that I could skype them, and I will see them again soon. We had a quick goodbye, and that was nice. The hardest part was realizing I won't see my sisters grow up... That felt like a giant punch in the gut. Thankfully Joel has made the transition to moving here quite easy, and very natural.

Well, that pretty much sums up those two weeks during our wedding!! If you would like to read all bout our two week honeymoon to Malta, read Joel's Blog! You can find it HERE

Stay tuned on more updates about more of our adventures ;)

Gettin Married! Soon :)

I am getting married in a day and a half... where did all the time go?? So many things have happened. Along with cars breaking down, being late to the airport.... of course all this would happen right before I get married ;) I have actually been quite sick today! Not fun. Hopefully it gets better tomorrow. Well I guess I had BETTER be better tomorrow! ;) Joel's cousin? (I think) was in a wheelchair in the temple and rolled him out in a wheelchair because he was THAT weak! That had better not happen to me. Good thing I'm getting it all out a couple days early then eh? :)
We are leaving for Copenhagen tomorrow morning, and spend the night in the "temple house". My aunt and grandma arrived today! SO comforting to have them here! My grandma just turned 80, and she looks amazing. Sure doesn't look it! She likes to ask people how old she is, just for fun ;)
We got a mini van for my family to drive, and the wheel came off!! Then my family got lost.... and somehow we are all surviving! And everything is working out perfectly. Everyone's planes came in safe, and no luggage was lost. All of us have been so luck and incredibly blessed! That is really how well things have been working out ;)
Somehow I managed to pack all (or most) of my things in about 5 check-in suit cases. Moving across the country and ocean ain't easy! The tick was to have my family share suit cases, so that gave me an extra suitcase for every pair that shared. Then when my grandma and aunt arrived today, they brought even more stuff!!! Holy cow I packed a lot. Oops.
Well... when I post next I will be a married woman. Peace!!!! :)

Imma Leavin!

Is it weird I am more scared of riding on a plane than moving all my stuff to Sweden, getting married in Denmark, moving in with one attractive Swede, and saying goodbye to my family... Scratch that. I probably don't comprehend how hard that will be. I mean, it was hard saying goodbye last year for three months! This time will probably be a bit different.
Anyways... I'm attempting to start packing. "Attempting" I mean... it is hard to decide what to pack! Everyone asks if I have started to pack.. and I say "Kinda.." I've narrowed out all the crap I don't want! That's a good start, right?? :)
I talked with Joel today, and we are freaking out. I mean, we've been apart for six loooong months and now the time is finally here! We are almost reunited. I will only have to skype him five more times, then I am DONE. No more reserving my days from noon-4! Not that it was bad... just hard haha. I told him to make sure someone is recording him while he is waiting for me at the airport, because I am sure he will be jumping up and down like crazy!
The other night I had my first nightmare about flying over to Sweden. I wasn't nervous last summer because I was with my friends, and they are great with directions and knowing where they're supposed to be. I am really so nervous for that, I can't think of anything else! Flying by myself has me so antsy to just get there. If anyone reads this.... do you have any advice to make traveling easier? I can't stop thinking about finding my way around an airport by myself.
But of course... I can't wait to start this new adventure with Joel :)

Hmmm....

I've decided to do a random blog post... even though no one can read it anymore...... gahhhhh. I was really getting so creeped out, it was time to make the blog private. If you would have seen where I was getting all my views from, you'd be creeped out too.
Well! I am currently trying to get all my crap together for the big move. I leave the United States on May 31st! In 18 days. Basically two and a half weeks. I think it's all coming together! My goodbye party is this weekend, kinda weird. I mean, it's hard.... in the past I feel as though I've always blown off wedding receptions, but now that I've seen how much work it is to put everything together, I'm determined to go to every single one!! Haha but no, really. This goodbye party is a little different than a reception though for a couple reasons:
A) My fiance will not be there. We didn't want him spending $1,500+ to come here for one week, and then fly back with me... when I'll just be seeing him a week later.
B) I'm moving to SWEDEN for heaven sakes. This will probably be the last time I see a lot of people for a few years. Hence the name "goodbye" party....

Trying to put this all together sure has been interesting! I'm excited to see how it turns out. This is the last week of my job nannying, and my party is this weekend. Super crazy how little time I have left!! Also my car broke down. Great timing! Now it is my sisters job to deal with it :)

Well I believe that is all for now!! :) Sorry it's a small post, but whatevs :)

Creeped Out.

Well. I'm afraid the pageviews on this blog is getting slightly creepy. Thus resulting in me wanting to reeeeally make it private. So I am!! If you'd like to still read, let me know :) Peace!

Dear Love,

     I am incredibly blessed to have met you. The chances of you being born in America and your family moving back to Sweden... Then me traveling to Sweden and randomly meeting you at institute?? So random. 

     Loving you has been completely natural! With our long distance relationship we HAVE to communicate. In fact, that's all we can do! And we have been able to trust each other and build a strong relationship that way, having to completely cut out the physical part. When we get married... we would have been apart physically for a grand total of 9.5 months. Physically we've spent... 6 weeks together :) And that seems to amaze people! I don't even think about that being a short time. I've never truly understood the statement, "When the relationship is right, you know." BUT I happened to meet you. Then I understood how people can get married so quickly! Everything felt so whole and complete. I finally met someone that accepted ALL my love I have to give.

     I absolutely love how much you care for people. You are always friendly, even if you are having a hard time. 

     I also love your eyes :) you have the light of Christ in your eyes, and the pureness of your soul shines through.

     I love when we are skyping, and you want to hurry and look something up on the internet. While you are concentrating, you stick your tongue out and randomly bite your lip. 

     I love it when I say something, and that word reminds you of a song. THEN you randomly burst into song, and it takes me a few moments to realize what I said to make you sing. 

     I love how well you know the scriptures... you are constantly teaching me something new about them!!!

     I love how much you respect me, and support/encourage me to do things I believe in. 

    When I am having a bad day, you know how to lift me up when I am down. 

     I love it when you call me beautiful, even if I don't believe you. 

     I love how you inspire me to become a better person.

     I love your family, and the love they show towards me. I feel oh so welcomed into your family, and I haven't even (physically) met the majority of them yet!!! Ok. Soooo I probably haven't met about 98% of them. But still :)

     I love how well you get along with my family. You fit in perfectly!!!

     I love your patience. I always tell you a time I will be ready to skype, and I'm usually late. Annnnd you're always sitting there patiently waiting for me :) 

     

Well my dear Joel. I can NOT wait for June 14th :) You mean the world to me!!!

Moats & Boats & Waterfalls

Just a quick update:

My WHOLE family bought their tickets to fly to Sweden for my wedding!

MY RESIDENCE PERMIT WAS FINALLY ACCEPTED!!!!!

I can now live in Sweden, or anywhere in Europe. (picture me joyously prancing through a wild meadow)

Announcements are officially ordered! Soooo if you'd like one, leave your address! ;)

4 more weeks of this blasted math class. I can do it, right??

Work is going great! The hardest part for me is getting there. I am NOT a morning person. Once I get there I have a blast, and it doesn't seem like work! Playing with two cute kids all day sure has its ups and downs for sure!

This is where Joel just booked our two week honeymoon! Malta. CAN'T WAIT.

This is my ultimate new favorite song. I listen to it a million times a day. Promise.

PS- you only need to listen to the first 5 minutes... the rest is just talk :)

TICKETS

No.... I did not receive my 5th (?) speeding/wrecking/ horrible-ness ticket.

MY MOM BOUGHT AIRLINE TICKETS FOR SWEDEN.
They leave June 4th, and get back to the states June 26th. When am I traveling over to see my wonderful fiance? You must be asking. Well. Just a week earlier than my family! All by myself. And that scares me. I mean, if you know me.... you know I have no sense of direction. After living in Logan for almost 3 years I got confused driving on main street. MAIN STREET. IN LOGAN, UT (this was just a few months ago...). Yeah... and I'm moving to Sweden. And I don't know Swedish. Luckily I lived there for 3 months, so I know the general direction. I think.
Buuuut anyways back to airports and such. Hopefully this will be the first and last time I fly alone! Joel had BETTER be with me for all the rest (and I know you are reading this Joel... so food for thought dear :)). I have no idea how he got here in December, but then again he's a pro at flying. When he was on his mission in Norway they had to fly around a lot! So he knows how to work the system I suppose.
One thing I find interesting is my one way ticket costs 3,600 dollas. And then my round trip costs 1,300 dollas. Interesting. I guess I will be buying a round trip and cancelling the last few flights! There is my update for the day :)

Joel as a young whippersnapper

He is too cute:)

PS- I still haven't heard anything from the Swedish Migration Board. This girl is getting incredibly anxious!!

Marrrrriage

Isn't life just full of surprises? Lately life has been hard. Real hard. I feel as though everything happened all at once! Marriage plans were at a halt, Joel was having a hard time with Thai boxing decisions, we were BOTH sick and missing each other so much, I started a new job that I'm still ( attempting ) getting use to.... The worst was being at work, and knowing I couldn't talk to Joel that day, when we needed each other the most.
THANKFULLY we are past those weird/horrible/smoldering/lonely weeks and we moved on together! It was hard, but we made it though. I feel as though that is the hardest part about long distance.... not being there for each other when needed the most.
Right now we are planning on getting married on June 14th in Denmark ( where the closest temple is ;) ).

A few weeks ago our plans changed. You see, physically Joel and I have only spent 6 weeks together. Crazy? Yes we are... about each other ;) hahahahaaa.... Cheesy, but true. If our relationship wasn't right, I wouldn't be doing all this. Anyways, I visited the Swedish Consulate for an interview (I had to so I could have a residence permit to live in Sweden). Pretty intense, I'm not gonna lie. She is now going to send off my information, and the Swedish Migration Board in Sweden will see if our relationship is legit or not. The only thing the consultant is concerned about is physically how long Joel and I have spent together. There is a chance that it might not get accepted. And I have NO idea where we would go after that. I'm currently still in the process of waiting for an answer, I sure hope it comes soon! The consulate told me the migration board has to realize soon that online dating is acceptable, and it works out. Instead of JUST looking at how long we have physically been together. The consulate gave us a fantastic review, so I hope the board bases their decision off of that :) I have a good feeling about my application being accepted, and we are still planning on the wedding in June.

I have a job! As I mentioned. I nanny two kids: Jaxon, 4 and London, 2. And MAN are they cute! With LOADS of energy. I paint, dance, sing, play house, run from monsters, go sailing, eat, and color everyday! We could probably do all that in half an hour, that is their attention span. And that is my job :) Don't get me wrong, it is hard! Being their nanny I try to teach them and have fun as well. I was thrown into these kids lives (they just had their nanny of two years leave... imagine how hard of a spot that is to fill??) and trying to learn all of their quirks and habits has been interesting. It all ranges from little things  like cutting their bread and how they get dressed in the morning. I heard that nannying could be a good thing, so I could see how parenting is and such. My mom joked that it would make me wait a while to have kids! If anything it gets me excited, quite the opposite ;) I'm excited to have my OWN kids to take care of, not someones kids. But don't worry, Joel and I will wait until the time is right! We still have a while.

Here are some pictures we took while painting! Quite the experience :)