My camera is fixed! Now my posts will be REALLY exciting! (to me at least..) :)

Merry Christmas!!!! (EVE!)

we spent our Christmas Adam hanging out with Heather and Maryjane. Dallin politely played taxi, while Heather courteously bought dunch (lunch and dinner). Emily attended a Christmas party and watched "Forever Strong" (she also HIGHLY recommends it to anyone and everyone). Now Emily spends her first few hours of the greatly anticipated Christmas Eve by blogging and sewing buttons onto pillowcases while Dallin catches his z's. Merry Christmas Eve!

{picture taken before Dallin fell asleep, obviously.}

You know when you've anticipated a great week and as the week passes you continue to hope for really great, super days, and although the week is only 2 days from being over, and you haven't witnessed one of those days yet, you continue to hope and wish for it??

I'm having one of those.


...and yes, I am willing to let you help. These are the things I'm sure would get these last two days to fall under the "really great, super days" category..
1. Flowers (any kind, but I'm loving RED right now..)
2. Ski passes
3. A really fuzzy blanket, a dark room, and no noise for at least 6 hours.

feel free to call or email me to let me know you will be giving me any or all of these things, or if you don't want to go to the trouble of that, just drive all the way out to my house in the snow that won't stop falling. {I love the snow, LOVE LOVE it, but on a day that I'm supposed to be going on errands, it's making me nervous, and slightly grumpy.}

treasures in my pockets

Last night when I got home,
I was changing into my pajamas and out fell a
yellow crayon!
I'm not really sure how it got there.
I have never had something that random
fall out of my clothing.
{I don't remember it getting in there,
but it wasn't too hard to figure
out where it came from.
When Dallin and I were volunteering,
one of the little girls dumped all the crayons out.
She was sitting on my lap. :) }

Tonight when I got home, I was changing into a skirt
to go to the temple with Carrie, and
out fell a
green pea!
{again, not exactly sure how it happened,
but at least this time I remember losing
one green pea while eating them for dinner!}

I wonder what cool treat I'll find tomorrow...!

Happy Birthday to me! I just wanted to say thanks to my friends and family who made my birthday special this year. I know this is late, but like I said, most my posts will be for awhile. My birthday was perfect. I was able to see Twilight with Teresa and I loved it. After the movie Dallin took me on a romantic date to "The Garden Restaurant" in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and then we walked around temple square and looked at the lights. It was such a great night and Dallin really put a lot of thought into it. He knows me very well and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you Dallin!

GoodBye Gamma

Sad, Sad, Sad day. I went to my last Gamma activity last Thursday. I acted weird the whole time. I know I did. It's mostly because I've been in denial this whole semester that my time here is almost up, and now it's here and it hurts. I don't understand how my path doesn't continue with my Gamma girls. I have made so many great friends, and I am very sad to be leaving it all behind. I have loved every minute of Gamma (except maybe some of the stressful officer meetings, ha ha.. but seriously). I hope next semester I will be able to get some time off of work and make it up to Salt Lake on a Thursday night to see all my best friends. Thanks for everything you have given me Gamma. I have truly learned a lot, and I am very grateful for all the experiences I have had and for everything I have learned. I will miss the Spirit residing in our Thursday night meetings as we passed the little angel figure around the circle and discussed our blessings with each other. I will miss the ftgots and the hilarious embarrassing stories. I will miss knowing everyone at the institute and feeling on cloud 9 when I receive 10+ hellos on a swift walk to the Gamma room. I will miss the retreats, especially the one in Midway. I will miss the exchanges (but not really..). I will miss my amazing, and devoted advisor, Debra Hunter, she is a truly amazing woman. I will miss having my Thursday nights planned for the whole year. I will miss that part of myself that I know I will be leaving behind. Gamma is such a blessing in my life. I am so sad to be leaving. I hope I remember my experiences always, and that my experiences remember me.

Although I..

went to bed at midnight and woke up at 6:50am ish

-and drove to Provo and back
-and panicked about a sister in a car accident
-and washed sheets from 2 beds
-and picked up a niece from the hospital because ANOTHER sister is sick
-and bought ingredients for a pie
-and went to three grocery stores looking for a rolling pin
-and did 5 loads of laundry
-and made 25+ phone calls
-and played mom all day
-and studied for a final (while baking the pie)
-and didn't sit down at all, except for when in the car

I am still awake. Today I learned that it's important to have a plan, but it's more important to be flexible if the plan does not work out. It's more important to help someone else out, than to check off an item on your to-do list. It's more important to say I love you, than to feel regret if something happens. It's more important to wear a seatbelt, than to harm yourself or someone else. It's more important to rely on God than yourself.

Today was a DAY! One of those one days, where you remember why you love your family, why you say your prayers, and why you help those in need. One of those days that reminds you what is most important.

Here it is 1:30 am, my alarm is set for 7:30 am, and I am uploading pictures because I can't sleep. These pictures were taken at the Hammond Christmas Family Party on Saturday night December 6. Enjoy!

Grandma Mable, Beautiful Mother, Lovely Sisters

Grandmother and 9 Daughters

Mother, Brothers and Sisters