So I went back and read some old posts...I used to be pretty entertaining. What happened???? So this is my attempt at writing a good blog post. Please bless.

Let me tell you about my break! It started out with Senior Ball. I went with Andrew Olsen and it was a party to the max! Seriously best date ever. Hands down, no questions asked. We partied in Riverwoods, I got 3 gum balls for one quarter, we discovered Narnia, shared awkward date stories (I won :)), and had NERF wars!!! Of course then we played it Hunger Games style. Best. Ever. So you saw the picture of us with our guns, and here are some more pictorials.

I'm really super asian...It's fine.

For more pictures go here.

Sunday was the peaceful passing of my Grandma. Busy, crazy day.

Monday was time for singing at the Food and Care Coalition again! There was this little boy who just came up in the middle of one of our songs. Didn't sing, but just stood with us. He was ADORABLE. And also his Dad filmed us so...it was pretty dang cute.

Then on the way home, Eva's mom decided that she loved us all a lot and she bought us frosty's from Wendy's. That was a good time.

That afternoon Rian, Eva, and I went to Andy's for some Castle watching. That was fun...and then Andy kicked us out of his house. :)

I think on Tuesday I made a million cookies...yeah. That sounds about right. I delivered them on Wednesday. Those two days were mostly just cleaning, getting people from the airport, preparing for the funeral.

Thursday was the funeral and our "White Family Christmas Party". Such a fun day full of family.

Friday was "let's try and recover from the tornado that hit our lives" day. And I did my Christmas shopping...sort of. Friday night I was feeling kind of low. I just wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit and it just didn't feel like Christmas.

BUT

Saturday was AMAZING. CHRISTMAS EVE!!! We woke up early that morning and went and cleaned the church. Then I delivered some gifts and we went to IHOP for breakfast. :) Then I got ready for the day and finished all my Christmas shopping. Ashlee, Keri and I spent some quality time dancing and singing in the bathroom. :) Then that night we had our beautiful candlelight dinner with our finest china...and pizza. :)

AND then it was CHRISTMAS!!!!

I could not sleep all night. No matter how old I get, I still can't ever sleep on Christmas Ever. The morning was great. We opened presents, had breakfast, all that jazz. Then we went to church. :) I sang my first solo in church. It went okay, I felt like it could have been better, but nobody cares because it's Christmas. :) After church we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Erdmann in Mapleton. After, we came home and had a nice Christmas dinner and visited with some family.

This past week has been pretty chill. I've really just been recovering from life. I keep thinking that I really need to do something with people but...sometimes you really just need to sit down and do nothing. I really needed this week to recuperate and prepare for the crappy next couple of weeks that I'm going to have. Hate end of term SO much. :)

So...that's about it! I love Christmas, I love these weeks, I love sitting around and wearing sweats, I love family, and I love.......other stuff! Woohooo!

Peace out!

Partyin partyin....yeah.

Lately..

Today has been a very long, emotional day. This afternoon, the funeral of my dear grandmother was held. I love that lady. I'm going to miss her a lot. This day has been full of tears, but it has also been full of so much joy. I'm so grateful for the knowledge that I will see her again. I know she is hard at work and so so happy. I'm so glad to be surrounded by so many family members. I've never felt this close to my family, especially my cousins. It's amazing what things bring people together.

This week has been so crazy. I've love seeing my mom with her siblings laughing and having a good time. My uncles CRACK ME UP. Seriously, I wish I had recorded their entire stay! I came down on Monday morning to see this:

Me: "Are you guys wearing the same shirt?"

Uncle Bob: "Don't even look at our pants."

Me:"...How embarrassing..."

Ken's on the left, Bob's on the right. These two are so funny. I've never stopped smiling since they've been here. And of course I had to take a picture of their matchy matchy outfits!

The whole family is gathering tonight for our annual "White Family Christmas Party". I think it's fitting that it should be held the same day as grandma's funeral. I'm excited to be with my family tonight. I sure do love them. :)

That's about it for now. As soon as Christmas is over, I'm hoping my blogging will be a little more exciting and not as...melancholy? Anyway, Merry Christmas!!

Oh...and enjoy this picture of me and my hot date at Senior Ball. Thanks Andy!

Till We Meet Again...

This morning I woke up. And put a bow in my hair. I'm still working on it.

I went to choir practice. Sang my solo.

And then I went to see Grandma White for the last time. Ashlee, Keri, and I sang "Silent Night" to her. Her favorite song. It's so interesting how someone's last breath can be such a struggle. I wasn't there for her last breath, but it was close. She held on for a very long time. She was stubborn to the end. Vocal too.

Grandma taught me how to be sassy. She taught me that if you just close your eyes, eventually people will just get mad at you and ignore you in the end. She taught me to be strong. She taught me how to worry. She gave me a great love for "Laverne and Shirley". She always called and asked about my life, she helped me realize how important each and every person is. She taught me how to enjoy what you have.

I said my goodbye to her on Friday night, and gave her a quick kiss today and said "I'll meet you there."

No matter how many times I complained whenever I had to answer the phone when it was her ((the conversation was bound to last 2 hours)) or how many times she scolded me for wearing blue jeans, no matter how many times she told me that my hair was ugly and that even after I'd cut 6 inches off it wasn't enough, I still love her. And someday I want to be her. I love you Grandma. Give Grandpa a big hug and kiss for me. Tell him Happy Anniversary. I'm glad you got to go home for Christmas.

I'm grateful that I took this picture when I did. I'm thankful for the sweet promptings of the spirit that told me to take it on Thanksgiving. I like this picture too Grandma. I like it too.

"I'm starving and I have 3 tacos waiting for me..."

Haley Wawro. CRACKS ME UP.

Sometimes we have 7 million Christmas concerts and people like her keep me going. :)

Good news folks!!! It's Christmas Break!!!! Huzzah! I'm so happy. No tests, no dumb people, no drama...wait. probably drama, BUT no dumb teachers! I just can't believe it!

My sister's been bragging these past couple of days about how she's done with school and I'm not but...well..let the picture do the talking.

Real cute Ker, real cute. You kind of look like this friend of mine..

See the resemblance? How embarrassing...

This is how I celebrate my finals :) Christmas sweaters and a messy room :)

Merry Christmas!! Happy first day of break!!

Salt Lake City

You know that moment when you're just about to sit down and write a good old blog post and then someone texts you and says you have rehearsal? Yeah. Me too. It happens to me all the time. My life these past couple of weeks has been CRAZY! Have you ever seen a wazooo? Because I'm pretty sure my life is one. Just saying.

However, exciting and fun things CAN happen in a wazooo. Happiness does exist there! Happy wazooo was discovered in a little city I like to call Salt Lake. It is tradition for A Capella and Chamber choir to go and sing at Temple Square every year at Christmastime. This year we sang at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, the Assembly Hall, and the North Visitor's Center. Our first performance was a little rough, but our second was brilliant and by far my favorite. The Assembly Hall was built by the pioneers when they first came to Utah and it is gorgeous. It's old, but that makes it even more beautiful. The acoustics are prime and the spirit is so obviously present there. We sounded marvelous. There was a man sitting right in my range of vision who obviously had a mental illness; but each time we would start a song, his whole countenance would light up and he would sing along and smile. That to me was beauty in and of itself. I love the power that music has and I'm thankful that I have been blessed to be able to share that power with people.

Salt Lake, while spiritual was also very funny. And stupid. And dramatic. And hilarious. So I've come up with a list of things I learned.

Lessons Learned in SLC

1. Skanoodledoodle = scratching someone's arm.

2. Abraham Lincoln is a hobbit.

3. Andy is a confederate....or a Nazi.

4. Rian DOES like boys.

5. Lights off = scratchy business..

6. Dead Andy = Woody.

7. Ultimate bus game = Boggle.

8. Never assume that members of the opposite gender are the hungry ones. Because then all the men run across the street with 3 seconds left on the crosswalk and leave all the girls behind and they all split up because they assume that the other party is hungry and then they never get back together and they all get very confused.

9. RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE!!!!!!!

10. Silent Night gets pretty scratchy when used as a love song..

11. Mary, Joseph LEND YOUR AID.

12. "Ginger's rule!"

13. No lying on holy ground. :)

14. Always wear black shoes with black dresses.

15. Always wear pants under dress...especially in winter.

16. The Relief Society Building is NOT open to visitors.

17. Always stalk brides on their wedding day.

18. Never wear heels...ever.

19. Haley likes corn bread...not rolls. Deal with it.

20. Ignorance is bliss.

Basically it was a party in the wazooo! Can't wait for next year!

This pretty lady is my Grandma. Frances Mae Meidlinger White.

I love her. A lot. She's crazy :)

This was taken on Thanksgiving this year.

Lately

Maybe I'm a slacker...or maybe I'm just super busy. I'd like to think I'm the latter of those two :)

On Sunday, I woke up and put a skirt on. The hem was falling out so I taped it up. I'm pretty tacky. Sometimes you just don't have time, so you tape your skirt. It's fine.

Monday was back to school. I only barfed a little bit. I didn't actually do my math homework...but it's okay. I think I rehearsed on Monday...I'm not exactly sure. Chances are highly likely. Then maybe I rehearsed some more on Tuesday...This is rough. I have been so busy the past week, I really actually don't know what's been going on! And right now I'm pretty low on sleep, so it's not really helping.

BUT

Let me inform you of some VERY exciting news. On that day called Tuesday, I passed my driving test!!!! WOOHOO!!!! SO happy! So on the day called Wednesday, I got my license. :) Huzzah! I am very happy. Also on the day called Wednesday, my show opened! It's called "Rented Christmas". It's basically the cutest show ever so please come and see it. I have a show Saturday at 7, Monday at 7, and Tuesday at 8:30. It's really cute and pretty funny so..I'll just see you there!

Another very important item of business, my house has grown a mustache. Just for "No Shave November". Except that's over so maybe....Decembeard??? Or..Janbeardary? ((Kuddos to Carly for those cleaver themes:)))

Also...I have this friend named Haily. Haily Michelle Leavitt. I love her so freaking much. She's in my P.E. class and I could not survive that class without her. The definition of a smile is Haily Leavitt. It's impossible to frown around her! She lets you vent about all you issues in life and gives great advice. And she tells you things about her life and she just makes you feel good! Together you learn to have patience with other people. And some days we don't want to exercise. So we sit on the bikes and listen to music and talk to Taylor about baby names and all talk about how our parents met and how they were proposed to. Haily's parents win ((In Disneyland WITH a Mickey Mouse bandaid.)) how can you beat that??? Anyway. Haily likes mustaches. So my house always reminds me of her...but without the mustache...? Yeah.

So...That's my life. Once again, I had so many clever things to write in this post but...they are gone from my brain.

Peace. Love. Marry....Merry Christmas. Happy Christmas? Feliz Navidad....Nazi...dad...NOPE!

k bye.

Thanks! Giving.

Well folks, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Barry Manilow woke me up this year. At 7:45 to be exact. He tends to wake me up with his beautiful singing now-a-days. Mom and Dad get up early and exercise in the morning in the garage. Guess whose room is right above it? Yeah. It's mine. But it's okay, who doesn't like to wake up to Barry anyway?

I headed downstairs to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Turns out the parade doesn't actually start until 9, but I found a channel that was showing it live and stayed there. I didn't really realize this until AFTER Daniel Radcliff performed. That's fine. A little upset about that though. The day progressed. We prepared food, took chairs and tables and dishes and decorations to Julie's to have Thanksgiving over there. Basically 6 hours of preparation for 1 hour of eating. I guess it's worth it though. It was really nice to be surrounded by loving family members. I love after everyone's done eating and you all just sit there and talk for 3 hours.

I got numerous mass texts from my friends this year. Here's my dilemma. If we were really friends, can't we just assume that we're thankful for each other? I mean I appreciated the whole...2...personal messages that I received. Those ones were really nice. And I even enjoyed the "Happy Hanukkah" message I got. But really, if you have to send a mass text to me to tell me that you're thankful for me..that's just rough. Tacky maybe? Don't think you're a bad person if you did it, just you know...don't fill up my inbox next year okay? I think we love each other enough :)

After we left Julie's, Ashlee, Keri, and I stayed up until midnight to do some door busting at Macy's. That was pretty awesome. I didn't have any money so I didn't get anything but it was fun just to be there. Sort of. But really, who doesn't love seeing 50 women flock over a table of boots, sending boxes flying, hitting each other. It's pretty fun. Ashlee and Keri went back out at 4, but I decided to stay and get some sleep. Good choice for me.

Today Mom and I put up Christmas. I love Christmas. I'm so happy that I can finally celebrate it without being persecuted.

So my Thanksgiving was pretty good. Minus some rough patches.

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas...All that jazz.

Take This Survey!!!

So...this is for my government class. Take it so I can get 50 extra credit points okay??

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L76YG37

This cool kid.

So...you've met this kid before. His name is Andy. Andrew Christopher Olsen. You see, normally I just tell you about the crazy fun times that I have with him (they usually involve Haley and Rian as well) but today this post is all about him. Today Andrew became a man! This day officially marks the day of his birth 18 years ago. Woohoo!

Andy is basically the coolest person I know. He's the only guy I know who can ride a motorbike on public streets in Shakespeare period clothing, and not look gay. He's really fun to be around and he's super intelligent. Ask him any question and he'll answer it. I swear he has an answer for everything. Plus he's super good at explaining things. If you don't get it, he'll break it down nice and simple for you. He's really good at being a friend. He knows what that means. He shares his greek yogurt with you and his neosporin. He knows 13 million songs and has all of their lyrics memorized. He's a fantastic dancer (captain of the ballroom team) and is a good sport even when he has to be paired with me during the 'Master of the House' dance in Les Mis. All in all, he's just a good kid. He's a great friend...even when we have super awkward times in our lives....But I'm glad to know him and just want to say Happy Birthday Andy!

Santa..Awkward..Redbeard

So yesterday I was at Robert's with Ashlee and Keri. You'd think that we'd learn to be civilized in public by now....but we're just not. Especially when two of us really need to use the restroom. Finally we were finished in Robert's. We were waiting in line at the cash register and there were two very sweet looking old ladies in front of us. It was at that moment in time that I forgot my manners (which I usually do. I'm beginning to wonder if I have any.) and burped. Loud. SO EMBARRASSING. The sweet old ladies WERE NOT amused and promptly left. Sorry! So then we turned around to look at one of the store's many Christmas displays and found this.

I'm on the naughty list!! I'm sorry Santa! This is rough. It's a good thing that Santa checks his list twice, because I'm positive he's got it wrong. Or not. Maybe I like being on the naughty list. It makes me feel like a cool rebel or something. Either way, awkward times.

Speaking of awkward times....my life is just one big huge awkward experience. But seriously. Nothing I want to say EVER comes out right and it usually comes out as something super not okay. Rough. Even more awkward though, I started this blog a few years ago right? But only recently started updating it. Well, it seems I've started a trend among my friends. It started with Andrew Olsen. He got bit by the blogging bug. Then Christian Wawro thought he would be funny and copy and paste Andy's blog into his own. Then one day Haley Wawro was like "Hey Emily. Help me make a blog." So we made one for her too.

So now for the embarrassing part. It seems that Andrew thinks that I'm "copying his blog" or something. The real problem is, he doesn't know that he's actually copying mine. I know. Super embarrassing. Here's the thing. I was about to make a post about how I went through my box of letters that people had written me, and it turns out, just before I posted about it, I saw that Andy already had! Awkward. So instead I decided to post my favorite song and explain that I was having writers block. What do you think Andy's next posts were? 1. His favorite song lyrics 2. 3 of his favorite songs and an apology that he was having writers block.

So who is at fault here??? Clearly it isn't me. Then he wrote a whole post about accusing me when I've already accused him! And then he calls me 'Erdface'. What kind of name is that?? Whatever Redbeard. Whatever.

So a blogging war has begun. I'm not sure what these battles will consist of exactly....but I'm going to win. So there.

Natalie Weiss "Quiet" at OFFLINE

Today I really don't know if life is good or bad. It happens. I go to school, I go to rehearsal, I come home, I facebook stalk, eat food, do homework, read my scriptures, go to bed, wake up, and start all over again.

Have you ever heard this song? It's kind of describing my life right now. But not. It's not describing my life NOT in a romantic way, but with people in general.

Listen to it. It's beautiful.

I wish that my creative juices were flowing. But they're just not. I think they're all gone. Non-existent. I wish more was going on in my life that i could tell you about, but it's not. Really, I'm just learning a lot. Sunday was such a good day for me. Everything I learned on Sunday is continually running through my head and I'm adding things on it and thinking of new things. It's really great, but a bit energy consuming.

Speaking of energy consuming, this weather is really sucking the life out of me. I NEED it to snow. Right now. It's fine, just one more week and I'll be feasting on turkey and potatoes. Thank heavens! I am so so thankful for Thanksgiving and the time off of school that it blesses me with.

Well...that's all for now. Farewell!

11/11/11

On 11/11/11 at 11:11, I was in the 11th grade. In choir. We stopped class to party.

At 11:11 pm, I slept.

The end.

Life is Beautiful

Life is beautiful. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have a calling in this church that involves me going to "special needs mutual". Basically every Thursday night I go and work with a group of awesome kids who have special needs. Some weeks it's tough. I get tired and frustrated, but then I have a night like tonight and it's worth it. Tonight we had a talent show. Each youth prepared a small talent to share with the group. I have never been so touched. Hearing a young man sing clearly "I am a Child of God" when you've never heard one word come out of his mouth, or learning of a girl who put a 1000 piece puzzle together in a few hours, upside down, or watching an elderly couple struggle to take care of their son who has special needs, or watching your best friend with cerebral palsy run a race. Life is beautiful. There are so many things I take for granted. I am healthy and alert and have so many talents. I am so blessed. I have a wonderful family a home, food, clothing. I'm getting a great education. Who am I to complain?

Life is beautiful.

I am a Child of God and he has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home, with parents, kind and dear. Lead me, guide me, walk beside me, help me find the way. Teach me all that I must do, to live with him someday.

Did I make everyone in the car listen to Christmas music while roading today? Yes.

I love Christmas. Get over it.

NO. This is not an app. These are our normal faces.

American Gothic?

Sometimes I come up with brilliant blog posts in my head and then I actually get on to post them and my mind goes completely blank. Maybe I'll just make this the most random post ever.

Night on Broadway.

This Saturday.

7:00 p.m.

Orem High School

$5

Go. I'm singing "She's in Love" and "Marry the Man Today"....I promise I am capable of singing songs that don't involve men.

Sometimes I find these pictures on photobooth. And I post them.

So...that's all I've got. Maybe someday I'll write a real post.

Marathon Blogpost

So...just a warning...this blogpost is long. Feel free to just scroll through the pictures and try to guess how my week was.

Item #1: I PERFORMED WITH THE YOUNG AMBASSADORS!

Yeah. No big. Every year at our school they do a workshop and a performance for us. This year, in order to get more people to the performance, they added some of the students into the dance and I was one of the lucky people who got to join!

This is me and my partner Timmy Tim Tim Tim. Or just Tim. He's Australian. Be jealous

And this is Whitley. She taught us the dance. She is SO cute and SO nice! Love her.

And...this is the gang. Minus Rian, Georgia, Hannah, Mason, and Joe. Please ignore the awkwardness of this picture.

It was such a fun time. The good times were certainly rolling. Pretty sure every single one of us went to the bathroom before we performed. It's fine.

Item #2: First fire of the season :)

Last night we had the first fire of the season in our fireplace. It was supposed to snow all weekend. Yeah that didn't happen. But it's still cold so we built one anyway. :)

My dad bought these HUGE marshmallows the size of my face and we roasted them last night. It was kind of like chestnuts roasting on an open fire....but not. This is the best s'more of my life. Nutella, Peanut Butter, and Marshmallows. Holy love.

Item #3: I watched The Wizard of Oz for the first time..ever.

I told my mom I'd never seen that movie. Her response? "Oh Emily, I've failed you as a mother." So we watched it. Strangest movie of my life. Pretty sure if I'd watched it as a child, I would have been scared out of my mind. But I guess for being made in 1939, it was pretty brilliant. Judy Garland is amazing. That's all

Item #4: I braid Amy's hair in choir and it turns out super cool.

That's about it! Please enjoy this sunset. :)

OH and apparently it's "No Shave November". It's a good thing I don't go around kissing boys, because it would definitely turn into "No Kiss November" for me. Good thing I don't have that problem! Or maybe this really is the schools way of trying to get rid of teenage relationships. BAHAHA! Probably not. Actually...if you are a man...I'd totally respect you if you grew a mustache. That would be pretty cool. And ladies...please don't join in on this event unless you plan on covering your legs all month. That's just gross. Nobody wants to see that. So...go facial hair?

Oh Hey

So...life is really cool these days! Mr. Miller is in the hospital, I have study hall instead of AP Bio, I actually do my homework, AND I'm just a little bit cooler than everyone else. Today was possibly the best day of my life. After rehearsal, Andy, Rian, and I just stayed in the drama room talking. About what you ask? O.N.G.?

"Olsen Needs Girl?"- Me

"NO!!!" - Andy

Then Rian and I play with the remains of fabric rolls. AKA GIANT TOILET PAPER ROLLS. Holy love. We go on with our frolicking and discussing. Andy was saying something really funny and we laughed, but when we stopped it turns out that our drama teacher, PAM was laughing to. Just sitting in her office. For sure she heard the entire conversation!

"Pam! Have you been listening the whole time???"

"How could I not!!"

Love that woman.

"So...how about your..O.N.B.?" - Andy

"...Olsen..Needs....BOY???" - Rian and I

Insert laughing for the next 10 minutes.

"It's Operation New Girl you idiots!!!" - Andy

"Oh..."

We continued the conversation. It came to a silent pause. Pam yells from her office, "Love the awkward silence!" ...What the Pam???? Yeah. Still listening. Then she came out and said, "So...are you guys just waiting for the cows to come?" Yeah Pam. That's what we're waiting for. Then she comes out and says, "I need to tell you about my cowboy boyfriend!"

"Pam...what???" Was our reply.

"It's important! I almost married him!" Okay. That's fine then. Then she told us a story about her and her cowboy boyfriend and cows. Cute? Probably not.

So basically I'm dedicating this post to Andrew Olsen and Rian Shepherd. They are the coolest people I know. If you ever need a laugh, go see them. If you need to cry, go see them. If you need Pam to listen in on your conversation, go ask them to join you. If you want to talk about the most awkward experiences of your life...the want to hear them and share more with you. :) If you think you have cute children stories, theirs are probably cuter. If you think you love them, I definitely love them more. And if you talk to them, you'd better invite me.

"Hey Emily, who're you crushing on?"

"...Did you just say...?"

"I need an underwear belt!"

"O.N.G"

"O.B.G"

"O.B.G.Y.N?.....NOPE!"

Let's...let's just..let the good, good times..roll....

DONE

I survived the end of the term. PRAISE. Not as happy with my grades as I wish I was. Lowest grades in Miller's class. Duh. I transfered out of AP Bio and got yelled at by Miller. He made me cry. Yeah that was super cool. Love it. Turns out he's in the hospital today though. I hope I killed him...probably not though, because that would mean I committed murder which is bad.

Last week was crazy. Mom, Dad, and Ashlee all left on Wednesday, the same day as my choir concert and YA rehearsal AND they day before my huge Bio final, Gov final, and the day before my reading pages were due. Rough. BUT I survived and I am done :)

This weekend was fantastic! I stayed with Carly Friday and Saturday night. PARTY. Friday we auditioned for our schools "Night on Broadway". Our version of She's in Love from The Little Mermaid totally kicked butt! We rock. Then Carly and I wanted to sing a duet so we prepared a song from Aida only we changed it last minute because they had too many ballads. So our audition was rough, but we still got in! Both numbers! So excited!

Then Carly, Haley, Rian, Andy, Christian, Ian, and I were all at the school and we decided we wanted to party. We agreed to watch The Quest for Camelot at my house. But only after Haley, Carly, and I went to the Leavitts ward's Halloween party. Yeah. We went trunk or treating. Best. Idea. Ever. We saw Mrs. Mohlman? Yeah..probably. Haley and I laughed for an hour. Then to my house it was. We party. We're cool.

That night I went home with Carly. She sleeps weird. Probably we have issues sharing the same bed. Sometimes we sit in bed talking and sometimes someone text me at 1 in the morning. WHAT THE??! This person.

Saturday we went to Curtis Liddiard's baptism. He just moved here from Ohio and they both made the wonderful decision to be baptized. It was such a spiritual experience, one that I am so glad I got to be a part of. Then Carly dropped me off and I cleaned my house. Then she came over and we sat in our sweats and ate lunch and watched Castle. Holy love that episode was so good. That night we wanted to just continue our sweat, sitting, movie business. Instead Adam made us go to a stake dance. That was a rough experience. There was just some tension. So I sat outside while Carly and Adam worked it out. Andy came and sat and talked with me so I didn't have to sit by myself. He's a good kid.

Finally we went inside and I unthawed. I have good friends. People make mistakes. But I'm glad when my friends make mistakes because it helps me realize that they're human too. I like it when people are human.

Sunday Carly's mom made us German pancakes :) They were super delicious. We went to Adam Schreadel's farewell. He's going to be a good missionary. Then Carly took me to my ward and so I could hear Alex Peacock's homecoming talk. I love missionaries :) After, Keri and I went to visit Grandma. Love her.

Then I went to back to Carly's and had dinner and read scriptures and spent 3 hours looking for a Halloween costume. No dice. Finally she took me home and we actually read our government book. When she left, Haley called me and we talked for 2 hours. LOVE that girl. We kept saying, "Okay we should go now...wait, did I tell you about this!" It was great.

All in all it was a fantastic weekend. Love Carly. Love all my friends.

Sorry this post is lame. I just had to get through the week and the weekend before I can move on with my life.

Peace. Love......Yeah.

Who needs cows?

I'm in the middle of homework. But I'm taking a break. Let me tell you about Friday and Saturday of my break.

Thursday was a really fun day. I went to Andy's house to help him make cookies for his Eagle Project. Nobody showed up for a million hours so we watched Homestarrunner and talked about Cup Noodles. That was good times. Sometimes I'm a jerkface...

Jennie, Julie, and Christian finally showed up and we got into some intense cookie making business. Those cookies were so good...pretty sure I ate half of the dough.

THEN, we went and sang at the Food and Care Coalition again. Thursday's experience was a lot better for me. I decided to take the initiative and go talk to people. It was so cool! All these people were so happy to have us there and it was just so interesting to talk to them. I was talking to one table when one man spoke up and said, "This is my wife!" gesturing to the woman next to him. He then proudly held up his left hand, showing his ring finger and continued, "We've been married 17 years!"

"Wow!" I replied. "Has it been a happy marriage?"

"Oh yes! I pick on her, she picks on me..."

So cute. I loved that so much. That couple is going through a hard time right now, but they are still so in love. I want a love like theirs someday.

Then it was time to go home. Sometimes....6 people cram into Adam's grandma car and you are stuck on University Avenue for many hours. Solution? Chinese fire drills, talking to people in the cars next to you, and taking pictures of the semi next to you. Yeah..I'm really glad I made it home in one piece.

That night, Jennie, Eva, and I went to Macey's for some girl time and some delicious ice cream. We started to wander about the store, eating our ice cream, but we got a little bored. It was then that we decided to play my new favorite game. This game is called...ERICKIDMAN. What you do is go around the store and turn things upside-down.

This picture describes my life in the last 4 weeks....

Then we found a picture of Eva. I'm so upset that she didn't invite me to her wedding!! But hey...at least it's in the temple right?

"Eva! Hurry up!!" - Me

"I'm sorry, I was just tipping some tuna." - Eva

"...Who needs cows when you can tip tuna?" - Me.

Saturday was filled with homework. I switched every half hour between AP Bio and Reading Pages. GAG. Yeah..I'm only at 350. It's fine. Saturday night Haley came over. We "watched" Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Powerpuff Girls, ....Two Fat Ladies... Then Andy came over. And we watched Wait Until Dark. LOVE that movie. They didn't. Stinks for them!

Anyway...Let's just pray I survive this week. It's end of term and my Mom and Dad are going out of town. PLUS Ashlee's going to see Daniel, so I'll really be a lone ranger. Sigh. Only 2 more classes of Bio. 2 more horrid tests in that class. I can do it.

Also.....this person really picked the wrong week to be playing games. Am I over exaggerating? Probably...but seriously. Just be yourself! Ugh. Hate my life.

Peace.

Fall Break Part 1

Apparently when teachers told us we were going to be on fall break, they actually meant that they were going to let us be home-schooled for the weekend. Basically I'm up to my eyeballs in homework. But I'm taking a break (a real break) and writing on this loverly blog. I actually have been partying all weekend, which means I'm cramming all my homework in today which would explain my bitterness.

ANYWAY.

Thursday was great. I slept in and took my time eating breakfast and stalking people on facebook. Then I pulled on a hoodie and sweats and settled in for some reading. I'm reading Three Cups of Tea for English.

It is supplying me with only 300 pages of my needed 1000. And I'm only on page 130. Great. Actually I am hating reading it because the whole book is a lie. It's this guy building all these schools in Pakistan, but it turns out he didn't even build them. Basically he's a liar face so...this book isn't great. Also he can't hold down a girlfriend.

Then I decided to actually get ready for the day and Carly picked me up and we picked Amy up and all went to Carly's house. We made brownies and possibly put an entire bottle of oil in...it's fine. Then we watched Psych. Good times.

At 3:50 we went to the school to meet up with our fellow choir members to sing at the Food and Care Coalition in Provo. It's a place where people who are struggling can go and have a nice sit down meal as well as buy some groceries at a reduced price. It's a really nice institution and we got to sing for them while they ate. It was really fun.

After that I just went home. And blogged. And felt bad for not doing homework. Felt bad about life. And then went to bed. Woo hoo.

Thus concludes part 1 of my break. Don't worry. Friday was much more exciting. For now I have to dive back into that pile of homework I was talking about. Sigh.

WEDNEDSAY

So...It's fall break. So even though today was Wednesday, it acted as a Friday. Well today was the last football game of the year. In order to celebrate this madness our school had a tailgate party followed by what we call the "Color Fest". Color fest is where they have a bunch of yellow blue chalk (Orem High Colors) and you throw it at each other. Up people's noses, down their throats, in their ears, etc. It doesn't really sound that fun. And it's not.

Carly and I weren't planning on going. But Adam Leavitt used his boyish charms...and made us feel guilty...and made us swear on our lives that we would go. So we did. STUPID.

We tired to leave. Multiple times. NOBODY WOULD LET US.

So we went and threw chalk at each other. I got chalk on my face, in my mouth, up my nose, in my lungs. Yeah. That was fun. Then Carly had to sing the national anthem for the game. Problem being, the bass didn't show up! So I go around finding a man that could sing bass with them! It was super awkward.

"Hey Braden! Can you sing the National Anthem...?"

"Yeah.....why?"

"Can you sing it for the game...like right now?"

"By myself?????"

"No! With people. They need a bass...can you sing it?"

"Uh...I...guess.."

We ran to the booth. The already found someone. Awkward. Thanks anyway Braden. THEN just as they were about to sing, the real bass showed up. Idiot.

They sang and it was great. Problem. Apparently I got chalk in my lungs....so now I sound like a chain smoker. It's fine. We went to the game, awkwardly stood there for a few moments and then said, "....let's go home now."

So we did. We came to my house and wiped chalk off our faces. And arms. I blew my nose. My boogers were blue.

After we got all cleaned up, we decided that we wanted ice cream. That happens a lot. So we went to Iceberg. Except they were super low staffed like always and we waited forever. And we started to play this game that we stole from Johnny Peay. It doesn't have a name, but you hit something and then point at whoever you are playing with. It started when Carly hit the table and pointed at me and then we kept thinking of something cooler than the other person to hit. So Carly went up and hit the cardboard cutout of Frankenstein. Then she thought it would be really funny to hit the soda machine. So she did....and practically broke it!!! The whole machine went "lsdkfja orijefli". Just like that. We laughed really hard.

Seriously it took them half an hour to give us a shake. A SHAKE!!! Problem being, we saw it sitting on the counter...melting! And it took them so long to get it to us. Rude.

Then...Carly had a voice lesson from Mr. Keyes. I went with her. She pulled into the driveway and the bottom of her car scraped the sidewalk. Being Carly she said....something really funny. ;)

Mr. Keyes baby was sitting in on her voice lesson too. Then he got fussy and Mr. Keyes said, "Hey Emily, want to hold a cute baby?"

I shouted, "YES!!" And I held the baby for a long time. He's cute. Then he got a little more fussy and Mr. Keyes took him for a bit and asked him if he needed to poop. Then he handed the baby back to me. AFTER HE ASKED HIM IF HE HAD TO POOP! 2 minutes later...the baby pooped. In my hand....thank heaven's for diapers. THEN Mr. Keyes took him to his wife.

Mr. Keyes gives us vocal baptisms.

After her lesson, we decided to write Adam hate notes for making us go to color fest. So we pulled over on the side of the road to write them. It was great. So of course we wanted to deliver them, but we knocked and his little brother Aaron answered the door very seductively and his lowest voice said, "Adam's not here." Pretty sure he raised his eyebrows too. OH man! Too funny. Well we debated leaving the notes with Aaron, but then found out that Adam was on his way home so we were going to just come back. Well after the door was shut, I realized that I had to go to the bathroom SO BAD!!!! Seriously I was wetting my pants. But, we'd already left the Leavitt's and couldn't awkwardly go back to use the bathroom, so we decided to go to the park!

Problem. The park bathrooms were closed. And then we got yelled at by 3 twelve year old girls who asked us for drugs. I slapped my bum at them. Finally we went back to Adam's house. Aaron answered the door again, and I blurted out, "I really need to use your bathroom!!!"

His response? "Adam's using it..."

NO!!! So I danced until Adam was done. Finally I felt relief. Then Adam read out note...s. And he laughed. Then his mom read our notes. She laughed. Then we sat on Adam's couch and we all laughed really hard for a long time.

Adam said, "I really need to climb a tree....Emily? Do you climb trees?"

"I've actually never really climbed one before...except for when I was little, but that one was on the ground....wait."

So we went to the park and played lava tag. I stink at that game. It's fine.

Then Carly took me home. We're really cool.

Basically it was a fantastic night. Strange and long and so funny. Good times :)

Amy Alysse

This one is for my girl Amy. Amy. Foxy. Dymock.

You've seen this picture before, but that only tells you how much I freaking love the picture and this girl.

We sit next to each other in choir. Sometimes she makes me laugh so hard that I wet my pants. ....It's fine.

"Aut de cresis....."

"Sors in manis..."

"Andy...is that a booger?" "...AHHH!!!"

"Just watch Aaron Nelson when he sings!"

"Hush, hush....hush, hush..."

"Watch his triple chins jiggle..."

"So I swim next to her and go 'la la la la la' ...NO BOYS CAME!"

"I love your last name! Can I have your number?"

We share grapes and carrots in choir. Sometimes I spit in her face. Sometime I fall off my chair. You know...Amy doesn't even really sit by me. But she comes down and sits next to me everyday. Because she loves me that much. And I love her. She's a beautiful dancer. Go facebook stalk her. She always is smiling. Someday...I want to be her.

Love you Ames!!

Rats and stuff

Did you know that snakes eat rats? They do. Mr. Miller has a snake in his classroom. Tuesday, we all sat in his unbearable class and Hunter Kofford spoke up and said, "Mr. Miller, can we feed your snake?"

Mr. Miller replied with, "Do you have a rat?"

Hunter said no. She did not have a rat. I guess it just wasn't on her to do list this morning. I got a little sad, but then I came to a great realization. I raised my hand. "Mr. Miller.....can Carly and I go get a rat to feed to your snake?"

He said yes. But he said we had to pay for it. Then we tried to get class donations. Turns out high school people are poor. Finally Mr. Miller just handed us a 20 dollar bill. That was pretty cool. So Carly Lewis, Katie Abbott, and I went to Petco and bought a rat.

It didn't really click in my mind that I would be feeding the snake a real live rat. Stupid, but my mind just doesn't work that way. I almost cried as I bought the rat. I'm pretty sure we practically killed the rat by simply taking it back to school. Do you know how hard it is to keep that thing steady??

Then we went back to the classroom. Mr. Miller dumped the little guy in and...the rest was history. Possibly the scariest, saddest, funnest thing of my life.

Problem Being...Big Cup Noodles.

That. Is big cup noodles. So be Shakespeare.

Let me tell story to jyou.

First. I talk in incorrect language because of Nate Harper. When you drive on bus for very long time, Nate stand in back of bus and be stand up comedian for 45 minutes. It funny. Then you spend rest of Shakespeare talking in accent. You not really sure what accent be....but you speak in it. Then you call it "Nateharper". Problem being....you can't let go of it after Shakespeare.

This be Nate. This expression sum up Nate life.

Nate is cool.

So...We go on bus on Wednesday. We drive for many much hours. We go to St. George to see Little Mermaid. Problem being...it gets rained out. We get back on bus. We drive back to Ceder City. Nate does stand up comedian for 45 minutes. We laugh really hard. Haley says, "People no realize, we this funny EVERYDAY!" That funny.

We get to Abbey Inn. It rain. It cold. It fun. We make chant for room. It go like this, "Hummmmm....pbpbbpppbp...bleep blope bleep bloop....and a shake and a spear and a shake and a spear and a shake and a spear and a shake and a SPEAR!!! (Take note. It spells Shakespeare. Not Shakespoon. Also you have to shimmy....)

Haley and I go jump in puddles when we are supposed to be in bed. We get wet. We not go to bed. We talk about boys. We go through room and talk about love life.

*Hey. I think they are lo-ers.* (lovers said in accent. In case you not get that)

Next day it be too cold to practice in Abbey Inn parking lot. Katie's grandpa be bishop in St. George. He let us use church to rehearse. So we drive to St. George again. We rehearse for many much hours. I rehearse whole time with dirt on butt. I wearing black pants. Awkward. We have pizza for lunch. And carrots. Andy asks me if he can sit by me. I eating carrot and choke while trying to say yes......awkward.

We go home later. I sleep on the bottom of bus on way home. I wake up cold and confused. Then I want to go swimming. Eva and MIKELA convince me to eat first. I go swim. Then I shower. Then I have intense rehearsal with Adam Leavitt. It be good. I want to cry. We go rehearse more.

This be Adam Leavitt. Also see picture of me kissing him below in previous post. This picture not photo shop. (Neither is kissing one...) He is coolest person you ever meet.

That night I sleep in Ashlee's room. She be nice sister and help me get good night sleep before I perform. She make me happy. She let me cry in her room. We perform ensemble scene next morning. I get nervous and don't feel pretty. Jana does my hair for second time and tells me how beautiful and talented I am. She make me feel good.

This be Jana. Mostly I love her.

We go perform ensemble scene. They lose registration so we perform at 9:50 in morning. The no have ballots for us so they make us start over. Nate farts backstage. It smells. That was the last thing I thought before I performed.

I talk normal now. Or at least try.

The scene goes pretty well. We feel happy. We are really really really cold.

We watch the scene after us. Much Ado About nothing should never be done like Jersey Shore. Girls should never pull potato chips out of their bosom on stage.

We go home. Andy gives me Greek Yogurt and Neosporin. We sit and eat yogurt. Then we listen to Relient K and bond. It be really good time.

This be Andy. He be mysterious. And cool. Cool and mysterious.

That night everyone be angry. We go to tech olympics but group of us too angry and tired to cheer. We sit.

Adam apologizes to me. We walk around parking lot. We walk until 11:00 at night. At that time we run into Carly and Andy. We all sit in parking lot and talk until midnight. It be REALLY big cup noodles. We go back to rooms. I take Haley's hand. We lock ourselves in bathroom and talk until 2 in the morning.

Haley be prettier than all of us. I love Haley. Haley make life better. Haley and I conclude we need to be better friends.

Next day less awkward. We go to rounds. Before Awards Ceremony we talk again about cup noodles. Conclusion? No resolution. (If you are very very confused about "cup of noodles" right now, then you should be. And you are not getting an explanation!)

We drive home. It be loooong bus ride. Adam sit in bathroom whole way home. I lay on floor in front of bathroom. He crush my face many times. We talk. He gives me analogy about bunnies in room. It tell him analogy about putting pants on. He doesn't get it. Everyone just thinks he no have pants on....awkward. Story of my life.

Yesterday Carly and I work things out.

Carly be hot.

Things better now. Lots. We cool. I'm cool. Also Amy is cool. She picks up hot men....or they pick her up. She gorgeous.

I took this picture....both boys felt VERY awkward about it. This be Kennen, Amy, and Andy.

Also I love Rian. She is cooler than the world.

We re-enact Titus. Creepy.

I also saw my bestest friends Olivia Petty and Brian Johnson. I no get picture. I no get picture of lots of things. But it be okay.

1st place in Minstrel

1st place in Duo/Trio Dance

2nd place in Ensemble Dance

1st place in Duo/Trio Scene

3rd place in Ensemble Scene

3rd place in Sweepstakes

Shakespeare was super fun. It was different, but we had a good time. Mostly I love everyone in this whole world and I love having fun with them. They make me happy.

We have good time. Chapter of Shakespeare? Done. End Scene.