WELCOME TO EMILY'S BLOG!!! :): 2 very fun family Christmas parties!!!:)

Baptisms for the dead weekend!!!:)

Hello everyone!!! I hope u all had a gr8 weekend last weekend!!!:) I just wanted to share with u all that last Sat I was able to go with the Singles ward for Baptisms for the dead and it was awesome!!!:) It was fun being and goin with everyone and goin to Manti was very pretty with all the fall colors the Temple looked really pretty in the Fall. While bein at the Temple I was able to confirm 20 people!!!:) I have never ever done that in my life and alot of the names were from Russia and Germany so that was really cool!!!:) Well thats about it and I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!!!:)

The Library's story time was about CATS!!! (October 1, 2008)

Hello everyone!! I hope that everyone has had a good day!! Today was a very fun day at the Library and I thought I would share it with u all:) every wednesday is the Library's story time and it was about CATS and it was very cute:). Lot's of kid's with their mom's came and Robin(one of the Librarian ladies) did the story time but I got to help!!:) anyways when I got to the Library Robin showed me these two most very cute kittens and one of them was white the other gray and I apoloigize that I don't remember their names:(. So when the kid's got there Robin read to cute cat stories I handed out these cute cat face paper for the kid's to color then after Robin got the kittens out and the kids loved it!! It was really cute seeing them with the kittens I got to help take pictures. It's really fun being at the Library volunteering cuz u can meet more people that way as well:) well that was about it!!

The Huckleberry Dowdle family tradition!!! (September 2008)

I thought this would be interesting to post. The Dowdle family has a tradition that we all love to do on special occasions it's with very tastey delicious Huckleberrys. Our Grandpa Dowdle (on our Dad's side) and some other family members will go to Idaho to go pick the Huckleberrys. When they find alot of Huckleberrys they will bring them home and our Grandpa will make very good tastey shakes out of them!!! Then our Grams Dowdle will make jam, syrup, or cobbler out of them it really does taste sooo good. The Huckleberrys are also from the state of Montana where u can get lots of great treats made out of Huckleberrys. If anyone is interested and wants to know where the location in Idaho to go pick or wants to know more details I would be happy to help!!!:)

Monday, December 22, 2008

2 very fun family Christmas parties!!!:)

Hello everyone,
How is everyone doin? I hope u all had a fun weekend!!!:) K last weekend was the most best funnest ever and I just have to put it up!!!:) It was a very fun full weekend!!!:) On Fri the last day of school was when we were gettin ready to head up N to our Oma and Opas family Christmas party and we didnt get goin till later in the afternoon cuz we were still busy gettin things wrapped up and put all together. So we finally leave and everyone was all totally excited!!!:) Haley, Josh, and Trevor drove up before us cuz we had to take two seperate cars and they still had some shopping to do. On the way up it was really bad snowing!!!:( But its really fun to look outside the windows u know to see the pretty snow!!!:) We always love to listen to Christmas music too!!!:) So we finally make it safely to our Oma and Opas house and everyone was already there and it was sooo nice and fun to be there!!!:)
We had our cousins from our Moms side who moved to Ohio and they were able to be there cuz they dont come very often cuz of being so far away but they werent able to stay long but it was still fun to be able to see them!!!:) The cousins from Ohio are expecting another baby!!!:) My favorite part of the party is hhaving our German Christmas dinner with the Rolladin that our Oma makes which is sooo very yummm!!!:) then we had our talent show which was sooo fun!!!:) Everyone did such a gr8 job!!!:) I sang from Sara Evans Go Tell It On The Mountain, Haley and Josh played Silent Night Haley played the Harmonica and Josh played the guitar, Mickey and Curtis played very good songs on the piano, then our little cousins sang cute Christmas songs our little cousin Sarah sang a Christmas song in Latin she did sooo gr8!!!:) Then our cousin Rach played a Christmas hymn and we all sang then we all sang Star Bright and Silent Night in German everybody did sooo gr8!!!:)
Then we opened presents we play a present game with the adults and have a White Elephant gift for the younger ones and it also sooo fun!!!:) That day was such a long fun day our party didnt get over till 1:30AM in the morning!!! So everyone was pretty tired!!! Our family was able to spend the night at our Oma and Opas house cuz then the next day was our Dads side of the family Christmas party. We also got to sleep in cuz we were all sooo tired!!! Everytime we stay up there our Oma and Opa always provide very good yummm breakfast and lunch its sooo fun being with both sets of Grandparents!!!:) On our way to our cousin Shans and Marks house my Mom stopped by her best friends house to give her a gift they always see each other once a year and before we left we got to see my Moms friend Kelly she is a really nice lady!!!:) So we get to our cousins house it was sooo good to be there and be with everyone cuz we dont see them a whole lot so it was very fun!!!:) Our family on my Dads side always make Clamb Chowder, and Potato Soup with other dips crackers and stuff it was sooo good!!!:)
After dinner we visit play with our little cousins all of our little cousins are sooo cute!!!:) Then we do our Stockings!!!:) I drew our cousin Mark(Shannons husband) and their son Noah drew me and Noah gave me a really cute Stocking!!!:) Thanks Noah Bear!!!:) The things that I gave Mark were my cousin Shan helped me decide so thanks Shan!!!:) Mark loves the People Magazine, Lemon Heads, Sweet Tarts, and games so I got him those and a cute card game, then a really cute Christmas Musical card, then my Mom got a few extra things for his stocking he loved it!!!:) Then my little cousin Noah gave me a Sparkling Cider drink that is sooo yummm!!!:), very nice lotion, a very yummm cocoa mix, treats, and a very nice cool lookin color heating blanket I love heating blankets they keep u wayyy warm!!!:) We all had sooo much fun and it was sooo much fun seeing everyone I truly have the best family in the whole world!!!:)
Then the next day was Sunday it was a very special day for us cuz we got to see The Morman Tabernacle Choir Christmas broadcast live at the Conference center!!!:) They did amazing!!!:) We loved all of their Christmas songs!!!:) We took some pictures there but I dont have them up yet but when I do I will get them up!!!:) Then after we went to our Oma and Opas ward Sacrament Meeting their Choir there did amazing too!!!:) We got to see some old friends there who are in our grandparents ward so it was good to see them!!!:) Then after Church we all got to have some of our German Christmas dinner for lunch that was sooo yummm we got to have it twice!!!:) Then we helped clean up, our Oma gave our Mom a cutest pirm ever!!!:) Our Oma also does hair she has her own hair equipment in their basement. Then we all got our things together then rested then it was time to go home:( I didnt really want to go home but I had to work. So that was our fun filled weekend!!!:) Also the whole time our Dad was pretty sick too we all felt bad but we still had fun:) Well I hope u all have a fun weekend!!!:)
~Emily~