Pictures of my new hair cut and look for the Holidays!!!:)♥

Hello everyone,
How are u all doin? I hope all is well!!!:) I got my hair done for the Holidays by a friend of mine and our Grams Dowdle her name is Marcea she lives in Elsinore Ut and she does hair sooo gr8!!!:) Marcea does our Grams hair every Sat and I thought I would try her out so I did and she did gr8!!!:) Well that is about it so everyone have a gr8 rest of the weekend!!!:)
~Emily~

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~

What I love about Christmas!!!:)♥

Hello everyone,
Hey its me again!!!:) I hope u all are havin a great fun day!!!:) I have been wanting to put up a post about my faveortie thing about Christmas but havnt been able too so now Iam!!!:) What I love about Christmas is Everything!!!:) I love spending Christmas with Family and Friends, Decorating, The Music, The Movies, Food/Treats, Shopping, Giving Gifts, The True Meaning of Christmas, The Christmas Carol, The Nativity, Snow, and also doing our fun Family traditions and they come from our Moms side its really special to do those around Christmas!!!:)♥
The Traditions on my Moms side we also do traditions on our dads side too!!!:) Our traditions come from our German Grandparents They are from West Germany but now they live in SLC thats where are traditions come from is from them. The first one is we have St. Nickolas on Dec 6th the night before u lay out ur shoes, our Oma and Opa give us these very good yummm Swiss Chocolate advant calender, at our fam party on our Moms side our Oma and Opa make this very good yummm German Rolladin Meat its is my fave!!!:), then our Oma and Opa gave everyone of our Aunts a Candle advant from Germany it has four candles and u light one up every Sun in Dec and u sing a song in German, then u either have Hot Cocoa or Parol, and our Oma and Opa make this very good yummm German bread to go with it, and there is this pickle ornament that comes with a story u hang it on the tree and everyone tries to find it and whoever finds it will get to open a gift. They are my faveorite things ever!!!:)
On our Dads side we draw names and we use stockings to put our gifts in I totally love doing that it is sooo fun!!!:) Then on Christmas Eve at home we will watch the Christmas Carol movie with George C. Scott in it who plays Ebenezer Scrooge, have our dinner also while we are watching the movie and every year I learn different things from the movie that is really touching♥, then after the movie we each open one gift we also draw names too. Well that is about it and I wish u all a very fun safe Merry Christmas!!!:)♥
~Emily~

TWILIGHT!!!:)

Hello everyone,
I hope u all are doin well and being safe in this crazy cold weather brrrrrrrrrr!!! But it is very pretty outside isnt it?:) Its been awhile since Ive put up a post. Today I went to see TWILIGHT with my parents today which was a lot of fun!!!:) I do like goin to movies in Richfield or any other place too but I really do wish that someday at the Reel Theater will get new movie seats it is sooo uncomfortable!!!:( Also some of the seats are already getting torn apart but we still like the Reel Theater the people who work there are really nice!!!:). But we still had a fun time!!!:) What I thought of the movie I thought it was really cool and interesting!!!:) I loved all of the Characters, the story, the relationship between a vampire and a human, and the scenes. I really liked the scenes where Edward saves Bella from the van, Edward is showing Bella in the forests the things that he could do, and also the fighting scene they were all really awesome!!!:)
I have been reading the TWILIGHT books I really do love the stories and the author Stephanie Meyer is really creative!!!:) I finished the first one now I have started reading the 2nd one New Moon and I cant decide if I liked the book more or the movie??? But I would look forward in seeing the 2nd movie too and hopefully it will come out soon!!!:) Well that is it for now and I wish u all a very fun safe MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!:)♥
~Emily~

GIVING THANKS!!!♥

Hello everyone,
Wow!! I cant believe it is almost Thanksgiving!!:) I hope u all have a very fun Thanksgiving tomorrow and a safe one!!:)♥ I have been doin a lot of thinking about how thankful I am for things and would like to share it:
1. GOSPEL
2. FAMILY AND FRIENDS
3. GETTING A LONG GR8 WITH OTHER PEOPLE
4. DOCTORS/MEDICINE
5. FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/CLOTHES
6. MY GERMAN HERITAGE
7. THE BOOK OF MORMON
8. PIONEERS/CHURCH HISTORY
9. EARTH
10. THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR
11. MUSIC
12. LOVE
13. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
14. SHOWERS
15. ELECTRICITY
16. TECHNOLOGY
17. CHURCH MOVIES/MOVIES
18. CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS
19. FREE AGENCY
20. THE CHRISTMAS STORY
21. ANIMALS
The list could go on and on but its good for now!!!:)♥
♥Emily♥

Hello everyone,
How are u all doin? I hope all is well with u all!!!:) I just wanted to share with u all about a very good book that I checked out from the Library that I just got done reading the book is called When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Cival War Diary of Emma Simpson this woman is from Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864. This woman shares her experiences from the Civil War which is very interesting but it is a sad book. Emma Simpson is living with her mother cuz her father and her brother Cole had to go off to War and fight but her brother is brought home in a coffin cuz he got killed so her father still remains fighting. The Simpson family and other families have slaves with them cuz it was during slavery time too. The slaves that the Simpson family have with them remain loyal to them and the family treats them with respect which is very good cuz some families did not treat their slaves good and the slaves did not treat them with respect either.
Emma Simpson talks about how things used to be before the War started. Emma and her mother got to go to Richmond to visit her Aunt Caroline and Cousin Rachel and her new baby cousin name Elizabeth and when her aunt introduces a very handsome young man name Tally to Emma but he goes off to fight in the war too but writes to Emma the whole time. Emmas mother taught school to the to their slaves kids so that they could learn how to read and write I thought that was very cool and great service:) Later their aunt Caroline, Rachel, and baby Elizabeth came to their place to come and live with them. Anyway she explains that things used to be very happy before the War started like everyones family looses at least one family member, talks about how there is no men around cuz there all fighting, the Yankees come and invade the cities their place got invaded by the Yankees, a lot of home got flamed and the Yankees stole things from their homes and ruin everything. Some of the slaves betrayed their families to Yankees, a lot of the slaves ranned off. The Simpsons slaves still remain and did not abandon Emma which I thought was really cool. Thousands of boys who fought in the Civil War were between agaes of twelve and sixteen. There were at least three million who were slaves. In three days of fighting at Gettysberg there were over fifty thousands casualties. Almost five thousand soldiers were killed or wounded that day. Anyways I just thought that was very interesting but sad book. Even though it was a long time ago I did not like how the people treated the blacks as slaves even though some families treated them well but some did not u know? It still was wrong. But Im sooo glad thats all over!!!:) Abraham Lincoln was the one who eneded the slavery!!!:) Good for him!!!:) Im just sooo thankful for our freedom and to have the Gospel and sooo glad that we were not born at that time cuz we could of been u know? But we arent. Well thats about it!!!:) I hope everyone has a fun Thanksgiving next week!!!:)
~Emily~

Hello everyone,
Here are some late Halloween pictures and Im sorry they are late!!:( This picture is my Dad and Jake on Halloween. Jake is dressed up as the Joker from the Dark Knight and our Dad is one of the Hole diggers. Great Costumes guys!!:)

This is our little brother Jakob who is dressed up as the Joker from the Dark Knight!!:) Our sister Haley was the one who put together Jakes costume which was very creative!!:) Our Mom and Jake said that there were not ANY kids dressed up as the Joker so Jake was the only one