Natalie and I were talking on the phone last night and I was seriously so tired right before she called me but then after hearing her voice she got me so excited! I was no longer tired. I love hearing her every second of the day. Every night I have dreams about her and we do crazy things together. :) The only thing that makes me sad is when I wake up and she isn't next to me. Last night I had multiple dreams with her and woke up this morning really excited that today is just going to be another day down and another day closer to never letting her out of my sight. 15 more days! I CANT WAIT ANY LONGER!!!!!!

-Cru Leavitt 

It stinks being away from this beautiful soon to be wifey of mine. I mean look at her! She is the prettiest woman I have ever seen. My heart just melts everytime I see her. :) I still can't believe she is crazy about me. I am so so lucky! I miss you so much. Summer is almost over. Thank goodness! 

-Cru Leavitt 

Dream

I had a dream last night that Natalie and I were on a couples edition of The Price is Right. We totally killed it and won so many prizes. Natalie couldn't spin the big dollar wheel so I had to help her. Ha 😂 We will make that dream come true one day! 

-Cru Leavitt 

Had another amazing institute class this morning. We read a talk that Elder Ballard gave concerning returned missionaries. He gave a lot of advice on what we should do to hold strong and to keep bringing forth people into the gospel. I really liked a part in his talk when he said "RM" doesn't mean retired Mormon. We still have a lot to do after our missions and are held to a greater standard than someone that hasn't served. We have a greater knowledge of the gospel. We spent two years and dedicated our lives that whole time day in and day out to preach/study the gospel. This talk really got me excited to do more with the ward missionaries and to keep reaching out to the lost sheep in the world. 

The missionary couple really hit the importance of marriage this morning and the fear that young couples have going into marriage. We read in Elder Ballard talk, "young couples have certain fears about marriage. Financially are we going to be okay? Is there someone better for me? All of these question come up when young couples contemplate marriage. I didn't know everything about my wife before marriage, and if I did I probably wouldnt have married her (joke) I know that when couples have the same spiritual goals personally and for a future family and will do anything to keep those goals and commitments nothing can come in harms way. Relationships are strengthened by the gospel. Read, pray, ponder, attend sacramenting weekly. These simple gospel principles will keep fear in the dark. The Lord will be bless you continually." 

I love that talk so much and started off this Thursday with a great spiritual uplift. 

-Cru Leavitt

NYC TRIP!

First I have to apologize because I haven't been updating our blog lately. Natalie and I have had a busy busy month of July. I went to Utah for the Fourth of July weekend and it was one of the best weekends of my life. I flew into Salt Lake and stayed there for a couple of days. Natalie and I camped out to save our spots for the Fouth of July parade in Provo. We pitched our tent and slept for a couple of hours until someone took over holding our spot the next morning. It was totally worth saving our spot for the parade. SO MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE! I have never seen a parade like that before and it was amazing to spend it with Natalie and her family. We are some watermelon and then got on the road to Kanab, Utah where my family was having our family reunion. My family had no idea I was coming to our family reunion so I surprised everyone there. We watched the firework show in the canyon of Kanab and Natalie loved it. She now wants to go to Kanab every year for the Fourth. Haha I love her for that. :) It was a very busy and event weekend. 

I then flew home on Tueaday and Natalie flew out to New Jersey on Thursday to spend some time out here with me. I was so greatful to have the opportunity to show her where I am living and what I am doing everyday out here. We went to New York twice over the weekend. The first time we went to NYC was on Saturday to meet up with a couple of Natalie's family friends. These people were so nice and so much fun! They live in Long Island and know the area pretty well so they showed us around. We were mainly in Little Italy and had dinner there. That place was simply amazing! It really felt like we were in Italy together. I wish it was Italy but definitely wasnt Italy. Natalie said it was pretty close. Hahaha we came back to NYC the very next day to shop and lay in Central Park. 2 trips to NYC with my best friend and nothing could've been better. We are going to have a lot more NYC trips together! 

I don't have a lot of pictures on my phone from the trips because Natalie has them all on her phone but once I get them I will post them. 

Going home!

Finally the time has come! I am at the airport once again and couldn't be happier! I am spending the weekend with Natalie and my family. I can't wait to see Natalie in about 8 hours from now! We are going to have such a good weekend. See you soon wife! 

-Cru Leavitt