December 25-Christmas :)

Off to DC tomorrow. :) Only 12 hours there! And back...in 3 days. What a trip. haha anyway, what a wonderful Christmas. The Hendersons are amazing to say the least. We enjoyed opening presents, church, dinner, and games. Including an epic Phase 10 that lasted well into Monday morning. I loved it. I love them all! So giving and welcoming. I'm really going to miss this family when I leave on the 4th. Like a lot. I hope to see them all again!! Matching PJ's!

December 24-Syracuse, Indiana

As previously mentioned, I am on vacation. To where? Jenna's home in Syracuse, Indiana. Let's talk about Syracuse for just a quick second. It's TINY.
Jenna's mom, Esther, is so sweet, nice, giving, and amazing! Her dad, Tommy, is really funny and kind himself. And then there's....all other eleven family members living in her house too. Her house is cozy and cute.

Chicago :) Jessica's (Jenna's sister (my favorite sibling of her's shhh)) kids. Ava, Zyon, and Payton

Ava loves me :)

Leesburg, Indiana 

Leesburg, Indiana

Delicious!!!

Diner feel with good good food. 

Strawberry milkshake. My favorite!

Steak 'n Shake hats!!

Walmartians

More walmartians

Dart war!!

The playing field!

Central Lake

Loooove

Art

Pike Lake

Best dog ever!!!! (next to Ginger and Fergie of course)

There's Amish EVERYWHERE

Amish

I've never seen  a sunset without mountains before. Beautiful!

Oh and Happy Christmas Eve :) Love me and Jenna :)

December 10-Fa La La La La

The title of this post is due to pure lack of creativity. But I'm fizzing out of this year-long blog (obviously). Mostly because half of my pictures were deleted (Jan-Apr) Drives me crazy.

Anywho, I'm going to Indiana on Thursday...kind of terrified. Partly because I've never been on a plane and I don't want it to blow up and die, partly because I'm terrified of getting yelled at going through all the dang security, partly because I still feel slightly intrusive on the Henderson's Christmas...but mostly not because of that. I'm really excited to spend so much time with Jenna. Mostly/ally because I absolutely love her. And hopefully she'll put up with my "can we just sleep?'s" that I'm gonna might be saying but will try not to. I am excited though! Like really really excited :) Just because Jenna's gonna be there the whole time, and being a best friend, I know that she wants to make it a good trip for both of us. That's just Jenna for ya. :)

December 7-Don't Judge Me...

Yes, it's December.
Yes, I haven't posted in a while.
No, it's not okay to hate me for it.
Here's the sitch: I don't feel good. Some days I feel just fine, then the next day all I really want to do sleep. So I do. I sleep a lot. I've missed a lot of work and school. Which is lame, because I need to do well in school..and with both my parents out of work, I kind of need the money. Oh the drama...Ces't La Vie.

My poor skin right now.

Stuart and Brother McGuire gave me a blessing. I guess I thought it would instantly magically fix something or instantly magically make me feel better...but Seth says it's kind of like a super prayer, but still a prayer...meaning I just have to do what I need to and be patient.
Anyway, I have some pictures from the feel good days:

We went to the Twilight Premier as a group of die hard twihards. It was everything I expected it to be!! ...horrific.

The we're-too-good-for-you pose

First Real snow! And then it disappeared forever..

Jenna and I at Taylor's Turkey Bowl. He's real good at football!

Jenna eating a sweetener packet because she lost to ME in a little table game we play.

Thanksgiving!

One of the chefs :)

I made some pies. They were prettier last year...I blame Taylor ;)

Taylor's brother, Stuart, making breakfast in Rexburg...where we went.

Safari and King. My favorite animal and Taylor's. :)

ATTACK OF THE DUCKS

At a park :)

November 8-You Make Me Wanna Say I do. I do. I do do do do do do do do!

Every so often, Emily and I get bridal fever, as I like to call it. And we think about our dream wedding. It changes and morphs but it's always fun to do. I thought I'd share mine with you. :)

Firstly, I do not do not DO NOT want a church cultural hall stake center whatever reception. No sir. I'm not gonna have a basketball net over my head. It's not just because I'm picky and girly and "stuck-up," it's because  my reception is going to essentially be another ceremony. My parents can't come in the temple with me, so the ring exchange is going to be a little bigger than in some other weddings. I know that me getting married is important to my family, especially my daddy. And he needs to walk me down the aisle. I don't want it to outdo the ceremony that takes place in the temple or even compete with it, but it does need to be special.

NO SIR

This is my wedding board at the addictive and fairly useless site pintrest.com: Here Comes the Not-Yet-A-Bride
Also, Taylor surprised me with a trip to the cinemark, kettlecorn, and....Puss in Boots! It was way way cute!!

November 7-Here We Go Again..

Around the 7th of each month I have to get my blood drawn. I hate it.
Also, I'm ill.
I hate it.

November 6-Maybe We Should Kiss to Break the Tension...

Church church church. I like it. :) I like doing family history during Sunday school, but to be honest, I may start abandoning Emily for a different class. Like the normal class..or mission prep or something. I dunno. But yes, Taylor joined us at church today. I like him.
After church and family dinner and such, Holly, Mom, Taylor, and I played scattegories. It was fun.

Then, I got to see the much-missed and much-loved dynamic duo Sophia and Jenna. Jenna invited me to go to Indiana with her for Christmas and I am SO SO SO excited!! Really! :) :) Oh and we watched the Simpson's Movie which is the reason for the title of this post. (it's a quote)

November 5-You're the Smoke to my High

Taylor. He gave me the most amazing night ever. Really. He picked me up at 7 for our first him taking me out official date date...I guess. haha anyway, he showed up at the door looking so good in a suit jacket and tie, and gave me flowers :) :) They're beautiful.

little flower he made and put in his front pocket. He gave it to me later :)

Then he took me to dinner. Italian food. Mmmmmm :) It was fun and delicious. It was funny, because we were both nervous, even though we knew we like each other. Silly us. But right. Dinner. Delicious.
After, we went for a walk in this park by my house. It's a pretty park with a pond and a bridge and a little river. Anyway, as I got out of the car  he asked me if I was cold. I told him I was a little bit, and he gave me this green bag...You guys..he gave me a Letterman Jacket!!!! I've been talking about how much I want one for the longest time. Haha, I've pointed them out in every movie we've watched from Twilight rifftrax to Easy A. "Look, letterman jacket. I want one." "I'm gonna get a letterman jacket like that." "Ha! Letterman jacket! They're so cool!" and he got me one! And then he asked me if I would officially be his girlfriend. Now get this:
"If a couple was said to be "going steady," they would date one another exclusively and feel as if the other "belongs" to him or her. In this stage, there were certain customs that were played out by the two people involved. The boy was required to give the girl a token which was to claim her as his like a letterman sweater."
That was the custom of the 50's. haha I find it a little cool :)

He then took me to a movie (Time In) It was a little sad because I couldn't stop coughing (remember thursday? yeah. still sick) and I was afraid the whole theater would hate me. But all is well. We finished the night off my watching some tv and just hanging out. When I dropped him off at his apartment (we used my car haha) he told me to check the trunk when I got home. The surprises didn't cease!!!

He left me a cute little giraffe/pillow named Remy and a note

November 4-Fur Cute :)

I like taking cheesy cute pictures. Taylor likes taking cheesy cute pictures. The sum of those elements is cutesy pictures of us that resemble engagement cutesy pictures. hahaha it's awesome :)

My personal favorite, but SOMEONE *coughTaylorcough* is a hater ;)