called to serve: elder ashton kutcher hopper (:

well, the day has finally come.

i just got off the phone with elder ashton david hopper, who decided to grace me with one last phonecall before he left for his best two years in manchester, england. ♥  his plane is leaving in just a couple hours, so i thought i'd write about all our adventures together so i can be sure to never forget. (:

positive this is when our friendship secretly began.

(or in seminary. or swim team. or elementary... whatever.)

[senior ball. may 2009]

this summer, i started hanging out with a big group of soon to be missionaries. and yes, he was one of them.

[sprite pong. july 2010]

he is seriously *championn at beer pong* minus beer, add carbonated beverage.

[fanta pong. august 2010]

ashton = crazy butt dancer.  total of 10 people at the dance... he usually gets to be the star of the show. (:  this night also consisted for roller skating with his family.  i embarrassed myself by almost falling and taking out small children.

[fairgrounds dance. august 2010]

ashton is probably thee best at poker, just not the kind where you put the card on your head...

[poker night. september 2010]

ashton + paint + gun = ruthless.

[paint fight. september 2010]

we went on a late night adventure for hann's birthday...

no details. i must protect those involved.

[late night "adventure". september 2010]

out to dinner for hannah's 19th. (:

[outback steakhouse. september 2010]

amazing slumber in the fort that ashton built.

[epic fort building. september 2010]

best concert of my life, i bet.

[30 seconds to mars. september 2010]

ashton was nice enough to drive up from richfield to take me to the fall ball.

lovin' his red vans.

[presidential fall ball. october 2010]

he was also kind enough to help me out on true wolverine night.

welcome to the family. (:

[true wolverine bonfire. october 2010]

just another adventure that was part of our road trip. 

and when i say road trip, i mean ashton and borg stayed at my apartment for a weekend. yay... fun for me.

[laser tag. october 2010]

fearsome foursome (minus borg) on the night of ashton's farewell.

i believe this picture is perfect to describe how much we'll miss the kid.

[denny's run. october 2010]

looking back, all the times i got asked if ashton was my boyfriend make perfect sense!  we did spend a lot of time together, and now it feels really weird that he is on his way to england!  we became really close in the past few months, and i'm not sure what i'm gonna do with myself now he's gone!  i do know one thing, and that is ashton hopper will be an amazing elder and the Lord definitely knew what he was doing when he called him to manchester.  i know its going to be hard, but if anyone can handle it, its my best friend ashton. (:

"how lucky am i to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard?"

have faith. be strong. stay positive. return with honor.

...love you, elder hopper. see you in two! ♥