yep. it's Christmas.

IT'S CHRISTMAS! IT'S CHRISTMAS! MAY I SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS? IT'S CHRISTMAS!

I NEED TO TAKE OFF CAPS LOCK BUT I'M JUST TO DARN EXCITED!

okay. i am calm. but i just love christmas more than anything. it makes me happy and full of joy and candy. and when the house is trashed from presents and wrapping paper.

So here's how the day went. i woke up at six AM to my brothers screaming at me. i ignored them and went back to sleep for ten minutes. then Camden screeched, "WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU EMMIE!"

so i ran upstairs and laid down on the floor. and mom told me to go look at my stocking. and guess what was in it? yep. sparkly red rainboots. which is cruel, because my mom told me that i was not getting rainboots or any surprises this year, that i picked out all my presents. and i BELIEVED her!

so i freaked out and put em on because they were that cute. then it was the usual madness. then i went to church, all in my new stuff. and the YW sang and a bunch of other people for Sacrament. and it was really really good.

and then we got home, played our new kinect for a while and went to Grandmas. presents, breakfast, craziness. and we've been home since two and i took a nap and played with my new makeup and tried to put on fake eyelashes (FAIL)

oh, and just to let you know, i got two pairs of rainboots, oxfords, lots and lots of socks (yahoo!), makeup, bobby pins, sweaters, a pretty fancy black dress, red pants, fifty bucks, skirts, a cute shirt, Inception, Blind Side, candy, and us kids got a new computer and a xbox 360 with kinect and a few games.

best christmas haul EVER.

so merry christmas you grand readers!

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Sing a song for the glorious season!

 actually, it's frozen outside. no snow. and this means that Utahns will not have a white christmas. which sucks.

but, just for a holly joliday update:

this christmas season has been grand, but EXTREMELY busy. we've been redoing our basement. the whole thing. kitchen down there, living room, bathroom, my room, playroom, boys room, laundry room. it's complete chaos down there and my new room is a disaster because i don't have a dresser or vanity. and i can't use the bathroom down there because there's no water on!

but it's also been one of the most eventful of my life. we've been doing all the traditions, and i've actually made a lot of new friends. and it's been a blast full of laughs and fun. and little christmas presents:)

and another bad thing: i've been adding to my christmas list every day. it's really random and it doesn't make sense to anyone but me. and i haven't shopped for my siblings yet. I'm such a bad person...

and I have SO MUCH to do. it's freaking me out! i have to memorize my english thing, do biology homework, shop, clean my room, put a christmas package together for Nikita, make presents for my YW leaders, give other people their presents, make cookies, paint, and a million other things.

ahhhhhhh!

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but don't let my Scrooge-ness let you down. I'm still happy. i love being busy, it just catches up to me super fast. I'm still in a happy holiday mood. I listen to christmas music while i do everything. i'm really having a happy holidays.



but before i tell you my random christmas list, i have to tell you a funny story.

last night, i was at Carli's with melany. and we were watching the greatest youtube video ever. and it was funny, because Carli was laughing, i couldn't breathe and Melany was screaming, "TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!"


now for the list:

a costco little mirror thing

itunes gift cards

books

amazon gift cards

rainboots

dresses

socks

tights

shirts

skirts

more socks

more itunes

new case for my iphone

umbrella

hats

thankful. gobble gobble.

I know it's the day AFTER thanksgiving, but I can still blog about how thankful I am. and then blog about insane Black Friday.

so i guess I'll go in a list.

I'm thankful for:

The Officers and Mr. King. They are my family at school. We yell, we giggle, we laugh, we feel sad and we love each other. I love all of them and they are always the best part of the school day for me. When I'm having a suckish day, I'm waiting for seventh period. I love you guys so much it's probably not exactly healthy.

my family. we are weird. we fight. we yell. but I love them despite all the bad things. I have a mom who is my best friend and puts up with my teenager-ness. I have a daddy who loves me despite my sassiness. I have a sister who is a ham and who is my little friend. I have two brothers that drive me crazy sometimes, but are also loving when they want to be.

my grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.

Katherine Johnson. She is also my best friend. We are completely crazy, but she listens to me and I love to listen to her. She is too boy crazy for words and too spazzy for words too. But she is the sweetest girl alive and I love her so much.

my ward and the gospel. I love my ward so much I can't stand it. especiallly the mia maids, because we're all so close. and i'm grateful that I have the gospel in my life. without it, i have no idea what i would do or who i would be.

my friends at school. i love them very very much too.

being weird.
pumpkin pie.
books.
pinterest:)
modern family
netflix
cute shoes

word.

now on to Black Friday!

so yesterday was pretty grand. i woke up, watched the parade a little (Ingrid Michaelson. yesssss) and then we went bowling. i lost. but that's okay! because it was a blast! and then we went home, I watched some Psych and then Grandmother's house! and we ate and had a blast.

then we went to Wal Mart at eight thirty! and me and my mom stood by this purple jeep for Elysia for two and a half hours! and we met a super nice guy next to us who was freaking awesome. we made up a strategy with him. we got the top two and the people on the other side got the bottom two jeeps. but about ten minutes before we could grab them, this one dude wormed his way in the line.

then, me and my mom had a tug of war with him! and the nice guy told us to hold onto his while he pullled on ours. and he ripped it right out of the other dude's hands! too bad jerkface! should've waited! And then the jerkface tried to steal someone else's jeep! so our nice dude went and yelled at Jerkface for us.

and then the nice stranger and his cute wife went in line. and we didn't even know this awesome dude's name.

I love nice people like that. Grandma had one to help her get a jeep for Amber, and Amy had one to help her get barbies for Maryann. Nice people give me hope when everyone is having freak out attacks. seriously. we heard someone across the store scream, "GIVE IT TO ME!"

people are crazy.

now I can play Christmas music without feeling guilty:)

fra-gee-lay.

i'm excited to watch this!

never gets old:)