Alive with Apricots

So I know the whole point of a blog is to keep up with it and show pictures and that just how it goes. My excuse: NO CAMERA. I felt as though I would be selling you all short without photos to back up by stories. And I only got my camera yesterday so all of the things are not photographed but life is a pushing along folks.

I have been doing a lot with the girls; parks, school, feeding ducks (which you can get a citation for now. WHAT THE??? ducks need to eat too IFPD) playing at Aunt Ashley's. We have had a blast. Besides that I am pleased to say that I had the privilege of going to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to see... DUN DUN DUH... Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Now all who know me and my weird quarks would know how much this means to me, but those of you who don't. Well this is big. I went with my friends Ben, Brittney and Gary. I must say it was a fabulous experience, not to mention how completely intoxicating Jackson is. There was this store that was full of oils. Yes all oils. Oils you use for everything; the smell when I walked into the store was AMAZING. All in all, the experience was lovely.

In other news, I have been reading. Just finished I Am Number Four , and I must say the book was better than the movie. On the complete opposite side of the novel spectrum, I have also been reading Tuesdays with Morrie. This book is a compelling tale of a college student and his favorite professor. The author Mitch Albom wrote the book about his experiences with his dying professor and what he learns from him in Morrie's last days of life. I am having a hard time finishing it just because I want to learn as much as I can. Here is a quote from book- is about trust falls and what you learn from them "Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too- even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling". There are so many things that I have learned from this book, but this is one thing that I personally know little about- taking a shot in the dark. I definitely encourage all to read this book.

Okay now for the cute stuff. Here are the first of the photos from my new fabulous Kodak EasyShare camera. I took the girls to my house today and they were just so cute swinging on the swings and picking apricots. I just couldn't resist the urge to break out the camera. I am not a take a picture for the heck of it kinda girl. That is why I have Alexis; she documents most of my life. Haha. But here they are!

 The girls really wanted to pick there own apricots, so here they are; washed I promise. I am not some heathen nanny. 

 Oh Kyra. That girl has a mind of her own.

 Her face is better than mine for sure.

 She couldn't figure out what to do with the seed. Her face shows her deep concern.

 Kyra couldn't figure out for the life of her how to get on that swing.

 Sisterly love right there. All the fun was over when Cassidy came swinging back and hit Kyra.

Those are the updates. Stay tuned for more...

HUNGER GAMES..booyah.

So the new trailer came out and I can't help but be excited... Please love this a little bit.

Here is to life as I know it

So I never pictured myself a blogger and I still don't really, but with everyone growing up and distances coming between us, I thought it was about time to give it a try. So here it is. The beginning of the blog. To start out let me explain the name of my blog. When I was a little little girl, I was nicknamed Emma Jean; not bad. There was also a rhyme that went with it. My dad would sing it to me - "Emma Jean the beauty queen, lost her pants in the washing machine". I remember hating it. Now I am embracing it; I would rather lose my pants everyday if that means it is going to make me laugh. So here is to laughing everyday.

 

Okay so here is me. In VEGAS. This was for my 21st birthday. Yes I turned 21 this year; the big 2-1. Me and my best friend in the whole world Alexis packed up and met her family in Vegas, and what a great time we all had.
Anyway, on a more recent note here is what I have been doing as of late. I went home for a month to party hard in California. I came home and right off the bat I was packing to go serve at the girls camp in our stake. It was a great week. I learned so much about service and love from those girls than I have in a long time. Despite the LICE epidemic. Yes. Lice. Even with that, the girls learned how to make the best out of the situation. Then I came home and ventured off to Bass Lake with the Cola Family. It was great to be in the sun and soak up the good life. Here is a picture of me and Ashlynn. She is planking on the raft and I am owling. We are pretty hip and happening.

After the lake, I just hung out with my family and then I headed back to Idaho Falls to start my nanny job and to live with my Aunt Ashley. It has been so nice to live around my family for the past week. I never really had the opportunity to live around my family growing up so this has been a lot of fun for me. I also started working this week. I have never been a nanny before so this was quite the experience. I have had to become reacquainted with imagination that is for sure. I have been thrown into the land of dolls and make believe; a place where I have not visited for a long time. I nanny two little girls Kyra and Cassidy. Kyra is 3 and Cassidy is three and we are having fun. I think that they were a little apprehensive the first day, but cookie monster cupcakes and one fort later, I was the their new favorite person. Here are the cupcakes!

I will be honest. Theses were more for me than they were for the girls. You can't tell me these aren't the cutest darn things you have ever seen in your life.
Well there is life in its most recent form. I am excited to be blogging and letting my friends and family know what is going on in my life. I am young, happy and excited about what life holds for me.