Balloons!

 It was my birthday and I got balloons! I love balloons. We did a little "photo shoot" (with this awesome photographer! =) - here are the pics!!!

Happy Sunday!

xoxo,
Emily

new year's eve

New Year's Eve was a blast. We took pictures. We wore hats and ear muffs and screamed "HAPPY NEW YEAR" to every car that drove by. I beat everyone at Wii Jeopardy (THIS IS A FIRST!!). We ate cake. Store bought cake. Yes, it was amazing. Oh, and let's not forget Catch Prase! =)

Here are some photos from our evening.

Happy 2013!

( FYI, I just typed 2012, haha =)

kryn's birthday

today is kryn's birthday. i am thrilled because i get to go hang with her and give her her birthday present (which i am so excited to give her)! and we get to take stupid photos (which we may regret later and wonder what we were thinking)! and we get to laugh insanely! and that's the story of our lives. a little like last night....

and this was one of the "good" ("good" as in one where it didn't look like i was eating my ice tea straw) ones. i know you're scared. anyway.....

i have known kryn since i was like three or four. we watch baby shows and think they're hilarious. we ride on many kiddie rides at legoland.

we do the silliest things together. we make "commercials" for the tidly bear. (beware, i do look scary in this video - what a surprise! =)

yes, we make videos like that. we also make no sense.

we sing to another friend in the car and basically drive her crazy (secretly she enjoys it - we hope). we scream (ok, maybe it's just me) wildly on baby roller coasters. kryn also broke her glasses on one of those coasters and couldn't see for the rest of the day.

we laugh together. we laugh when we're happy. we laugh when we're sad (just ask our volleyball coach!). we laugh when we are tired. basically we laugh ALL THE TIME. we laughed when we lost to a volleyball team that we all thought we should beat. everyone else cried...but we laughed. we sobbed when we got in the car, but together we laughed. (this is not posed. and yes, we look like strange hamsters. and yes i chewed on my straw....as is probably obvious since it is flat.)




we sing justin bieber songs even though we think they are weird and we also sing oldies songs. interesting combo, we know. but who said we were normal?

basically kryn is awesome and i love her and cannot imagine life without her and really do not want to. happy birthday, kryn. 


xoxo,

chip around (code name used for bowling.)

The First

Hello!

So sorry for not posting....been busy. I don't have time for a long post right now, but I just wanted to let you know that last night my team had our first volleyball game! AND I GOT TO PLAY THE WHOLE TIME! But that's probably because one of our players was sick (please pray for her) and the other was busy (and she is probably our best player). AND! We actually won! YAY! Even if we lost two players. Even if we looked like Cheetos in our socks. And even if we were so nervous and confused we could barely get lined up on the court properly.

 I served and actually made is over the net (and one time almost hit my grandma - obviously, that was out). After the game we went outside and talked. Some of us screamed. Amazingly, I did not join in. =)

Our next game is on Friday....we've been told that they are a much harder team. Let's hope not! 

GOODBYE FOR NOW!

I Feel Honored

Hello Everyone!

I just wanted to say that yesterday I certainly felt honored - I received a blogging award AND an email from a sweet girl named Alyssa.

First, the blogging award. Emma-lee from In Real Life awarded me the Liebster Award...according to Autumn, that is a German word that basically means "sweetheart". Thanks so much, Emma-lee!

I have to write 11 Things about me....

I listen to music a lot - and usually only on shuffle.
I like rain.
I squeal and talk to myself when reading books that have romantic things in them.
I could have cried in UP and really hate that movie. Sorry.
I am impatient.
I used to think that I could fly - when I was like five.
I get sunburned easily.
I love getting emails from followers (ok, who doesn't?!)
Would you laugh if you said I want to learn guitar? 
I am a perfectionist.
I haven't practiced piano today...or flute....oops. (update: i practiced piano!)


I have to answer some questions...here they are!

1. // What's your favourite colour? Purple!
2. // If you could go anywhere right now, where would it be? Hmm....I have no idea!
3. // What time is it right now? 8:05 pm
4. // How tall are you? Not sure exactly.
5. // Do you prefer a thrift store or a retail store? Retail store (usually). 
6. // What is your favourite movie? National Treasure, Star Wars, Soul Surfer...I can't pick one. =)
7. // Board games or card games? Like, neither?! I don't know; I like spoons, I guess (I've only played it once, though).
8. // What's your favourite scripture verse? Well, I have lots of favorites. Um....here are a few: Matthew 25:21, John 16:33, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Psalm 138:8....I can't pick.
9. // Who is your favourite artist/band? I LOVE Britt Nicole, and really like Jonny Diaz, Matthew West, and Tobymac.
10. // Coffee or tea? Coffee probably - unless it's iced tea.
11. // How old were you when you went on your first roller coaster ride? I was nine. I acted like I was going to die on it - and it was only Thunder Mountain at Disney. Last time I rode a roller coaster (years later) was back in February at Legoland...those were funny. We rode them so many times we basically got bored of them.

Here's some people I tagged:
(I would tag Emma-lee, but she said no tag-backs)

Kryn 
Alyssa
Brooke
Cindi

Ok, I think I'm supposed to make up 11 questions for ya'll to answer.

1. Do you play an instrument?
2. Do you play a sport?
3. Have you ever been ice skating?
4. Can you blow bubbles with bubble gum?
5. What's your favorite Bible verse?
6. Do you sing?
7. Hot ice cream or cold apple pie?
8. Dogs or cats?
9. Converse or flip flops?
10. Dresses or skirts?
11. Computer or cell phone?

Now on to the email. Thank you SOOOOOOOOO much, Alyssa, for that wondeful, sweet email! It means so much to me. (And thanks for the blog button help). I love hearing from my followers. Thanks again.

Gotta go!

XOXOXOXOXO,
 ~emily~

Late Fourth of July Post

  So, I meant to post on the Fourth....here is a picture I was going to post on that day.


Sorry for not posting earlier!

Yesterday was swim team (aka torture - just kidding). We have a swim meet tomorrow. Not super exciting, huh? Swim meets are pretty much hot and boring (except for your races, which last for a minute or less - they can be scary =). Maybe I'm wrong, considering that I've been to only one swim meet. The fun things were getting to hang out with Kryn and getting to go get ice cream afterwards....plus, we got to have a sleepover the night before. The rest was full of sitting and being nervous. And getting sunburned. And forgetting to put your goggles on (don't judge me, please).

ANYWAY.............

We are also babysitting and my cousin and his wife are coming over this weekend. OH AND NEXT WEEK IS OUR CONCERT (remember I said I was in band camp?)!!!!!!!! SCARY. I like the flute and it's nice that it's quiet...if you're with the band and you mess up, nobody notices. =)

Yesterday at practice we had to do WAY TOO MUCH butterfly. Well, we attempted to do it. I pretty much flailed and somehow made it to the other end of pool without drowning.

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. I certainly did! My family and I went to my friend Brooke's house. My other friend, Andrea, and her family came, too. It was soooooooooo fun! We played in the pool, launched rockets, set off fireworks, and played with sparklers and pop-its. Oh, and did I mention, Andrea showed Brooke and me how to do cartwheels and handstands? I failed miserably with the cartwheels, and I (think) I sort-of-kind-of-maybe figured out the handstands....ok, not really. =) Anyway, it was great. Now I have tons of bug bites.

Here are a few pictures from the Fourth. Most of the others were of us goofing off - you probably don't want to see them. They were only slightly scary.

Hope your Fourth of July was as great as mine! Be sweet and comment - and don't forget to follow my blog! THANKS!

~ Emily ~