This one's for you...

This is for all of you who:
Know that Dove chocolate does indeed fix everything.
Genuinely care about me.
Leave notes for me that you know I'll see that always always ALWAYS make my day.
Tell me that you love me unconditionally.
Say those profound things that I've heard zillions of times, but all of a sudden make an impact.
Understand where I've been and know where I'm going.
Can finish my sentences.
Can always make me smile.
Laugh at my (usually) stupid jokes.
Have told me that you're proud of me.
Know that there is a deeper meaning to Bubbles and Potato Salad. :)
Understand what I'm talking about when I say Potato Tots.
Compliment my cooking even when it's not the greatest.
Crawled into my bed with me when you knew I was crying just to give me a hug (just FYI, this only applies to Maci)
Pulled me onto their knee and held me while I cried.
Supported me even when I was failing.
Have lent me things even when it wasn't convenient.
Bring me down to earth.
Helped me separate Cross Stitch thread into the wee hours of the morning.


I LOVE YOU!
That is all :)

Pride...

So, the lesson today in Relief Society was about Pride.
I didn't consider myself to be a prideful person until today right at the end of the lesson.
It's not even super bad...and in some ways I still feel like it's okay, but nonetheless, it's pride.

I have a couple of friends here in the booming metropolis of Pocatello who like to make fun of Soda.
Because it's small...
Because the people there are just a tad "off"...
And I'm sure because they know it bugs me.
Most of the time I just go along with it, but a few days ago it started to legit bug me.

Today during church I was thinking to myself.
Why was I letting a joke bug me so badly?
Then I realized, it's pride.
I take pride in being from Soda, which is something I feel a lot of people don't appreciate.
I don't expect most people to understand why I feel so strongly about it,
nor can I fully explain why I do.

But the question stands....is this the bad kind of pride or the good kind of pride?

Who knows...maybe it saved my life!

I dunno what it is about Soda, but it seriously does NOT like me to leave.

I went back to watch the Distinguished Young Women pageant (which was AMAZING by the way) and when I was on my way out of town at around 10:30 I was caught in yet another snow storm much like the one I experienced the last time I tried to leave Soda.
This time, however, I did NOT want to get all the way to Fisher Road with Mystie, who can't drive a stick, and then freak out and have to turn around. Therefore, we turned around and stayed the night at Mystie's house.

We woke up around 7:30 this morning and decided to head out. We passed the golf course and were on our way when I saw Mystie reach for her phone.
Then it hit me.
My phone was on her dresser.
In Soda.
So, we turned around AGAIN to grab my phone.

Finally though, we were able to make it back to Pocatello.
I guess I will never know what would have happened if we hadn't turned around. Everything happens for a reason, right? So why did I have to leave my phone? Maybe a driver wasn't paying attention and would have hit us...maybe a herd of deer would have run in front of us...

I don't know why we had to turn back twice...but who knows...maybe it saved our lives!

We're such tricksters ;)

A month or so ago a couple of my roommates decided that we were going to play a prank on Ryan.
He had this Mustang calendar hanging on his wall, so we decided that we were going to replace it.
With this...

At first we all just assigned ourselves to be one of the Disney princesses.

I was Belle, Lyndsey was Sleeping Beauty, Mystie was Cinderella, Kenna was Snow White, and Megan was Tiana. 

Then we realized that we didn't have anyone for Ariel....

So we assigned that to Jim Misner :)

Then we all decided we wanted to write our birthdays in there...

Then we decided to write random holidays in there...

Then we decided that this would be an excellent way to get food regularly.

So it developed into a full-time work schedule.

These are a few of my favorite days:

April 8th: Derek's birthday. Make #14 cake.

May is when we have Finals week, so of course we have him making us food every day of the week!

Saturday is our celebration of the end of Finals Week, so we allow him to celebrate with us...

As long as he provides the snacks.

The rest of the days are mainly random holidays that we pulled off of Lyndsey's weird holiday calendar.

I think this is my favorite.

August 10th: Lazy Day (An actual holiday): Don't cook for #14

August 11th: Back to work~ We want Dinner!

December 31st: Thanks cupcake! See you next year!

I guess a good thing to mention is that none of these food days actually happens :(

But it's funny seeing a princess calendar hanging up anyway!

Best Saint Patrick's Day EVER!

Normally I think St. Patrick's Day is one of the most useless holidays ever,
but this one was different...

Lyndsey went out to check the mail in the evening and handed me a card.
That was exciting enough! I love getting mail.
Then I read what was written:

Leprechaun's Gold

The Irish are coming they will soon be seen

So keep an eye out for those dressed in green

Find a four-leafed clover and it should bring you luck

Then if you catch a small man he can't run amok

Keep a vigilant watch out for those pots o' gold

It could really help out the ole billfold

But we've got some news, which will make you fill richer

Than chasing rainbows and all that leprechaun's glitter

You will soon be recounting the family tree

As our number of two will soon equal three

Love Nathan and Rebecca

I thought this was the cutest way to announce another niece or nephew EVER!

I can't wait for October to get here!!!

Congratulations Nathan and Rebecca, you're going to be awesome parents!

I love you both so much :)

So it's a little slick outside...

It's been raining all morning and it made everything way slick.

The first words I heard when Mystie opened the door were, 

"Emma, quick! Get your camera!"

I don't know the whole story, but I think this picture tells it well enough.

It must've been one gnarly fall!

She had mud down her side and her back!

Oh yeah, and it was really really funny too!

Pie and Moustaches!

First of all, Happy Pi Day everyone!
This is quickly becoming my favorite holiday ;)
One of my good friends, Kyle, was feeling ultra ambitious today...
So we ended up making eleven pies.

Yes, you read that correctly. Eleven. As in one one...11...Once...you get the picture.

Here are a few pictures of our evening:

Derek was "Maria" today. Maria is their dishwasher.

Lauren and I took care of most of the pie fillings.

Mastermind and pie crust maker

As well as making fillings, I also rolled out lots of dough. I find that hilarious because I'm not particularly gifted at it...

Here they are all done! Melissa also helped peel the apples :)

Nice face Kyle ;)

Cheesecake, Lemon Meringue, Coconut Cream, Pecan, Apple, Pumpkin, Two Chicken Pot Pies, Fudge Ice Cream...thing, And I think there was another Coconut one too.

At around seven we took a break from our pie making and went to our separate FHE activities. 

Actually...I think I'm the only one who was in a different FHE group...lame.

Anyway, guess what the activity was in my group?

Yep, you guessed it. Pie making. 

I guess you could say that I'm a little pied out right now.

Cody cutting the Key Lime Pie. (Kinda amazing that they came up with ANOTHER flavor of pie that Kyle didn't eh?)

And this is what we did while we were waiting for the pies to be done. 

Yes, we made moustaches.

Jeffrey trying to look "subductive".

That's a direct quote.

He's kinda brilliant haha

This is Jim...affectionately called Jimberly. 

He will probably kill me if he reads this.

Overall, today was a good day! Lots of laughs and memories made.

I love Pi Day

♥

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