Six Flags Magic Mountain

Hello hello everybody!! I'm back home from Tahnee's house and I miss her and Spencer very much. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! but I am glad to be back to my other dork sister and mis padres (my parents). I missed them all very much but it was definetly a wonderful vacation. And it only got better. yesterday, Wednesday, July 30, Maia, Brent, Hannah, Tahnee, and Spencer and I went to Six Flags Magic Mountain. It was so much fun. I really had a jawsome time. My top three (in order) Tatsu, X(2), and Batman. I loved it there so much and I cannot wait to go back. one thing for sure is that Seth would love it there. Hahaha, It was not a cool day out in the hill-y desert. A warm 95 roughly and the whole park is on the hills. So it was a constant up-down-up-down walk and it got to be very tiring, but still fun. We bought a picture of the 6 of us on Goliath, Tahnee thought we were literally gonna pose *What a dork* Later in the evening, there was a Batman stunt show so we went and saw that. Brent, being the moron he is, waved both his arms in the air trying to get picked when the anouncer was picking someone for something. And of course, he was picked. He must have a vibe around him or something that makes people pick him. Well, I guess I should leave some for Maia to write so I'll go. Plus, I don't know what else to write haha. Except that my mom, the bestest in the world bought me a digital camera, so now I can keep up with the pictures on this thing. Later Guys!!

Vacation at long last

Well, here I am. Little ol' me, on my vacation with the bestest older sister ever (Maia, no worries you are the bestest OLDEST sister ever) Tahnee!! I'm hangin out down here in beautiful San Clemente with their cat, Imo at my feet. I've loved my stay down here and I hope Tahnee and Spencer know bout that. I may still be here, but so far I've been to the pool in their community and we went down to the beach, but the best part has been that I've been having TAHNEE'S HOME COOKING. That's right. Tahnee's cooking. now, there is no need for sympathy from anyone, because it is very good and delicious. They have their little place decorated so cute, it is very homey. Well, on Wednesday I will be returning home after our trip to Six Flags Magic Moutain! YEAH! So, when I come back home I'll talk more bout my trip with Tahnee then our trip to S.F. Later!!

Baptism (but not for me, silly!)

Today, Wednesday, July 16, I had the wonderful oppurtunity to go to the Redlands temple and do baptisms for the dead. It was an amazingly spiritual expirience. The spirit was so strong there, that I could not speak more than a whisper. Truly wonderful. And it was very fun. Not a 'YA-HOO! W00TNESS BABEH!!' kind of fun, but more of a 'wow... really? wow...' sort of way. Make sense? Hope so. Don't know how else to put it. =p For those of you that have not had the blessed oppurtunity to do Baptisms for the dead then I am truly sorry. It was wonderful. Every person has a different feel and perspective on 'Spiritual'. My feeling of it was... well... VERY difficult to explain. I absolutely loved it and hope to go back and do some names for my own family. I could sit here and type allthedaylong about my trip, but I don't feel I should. Because it's a time that people should go through personally, and not feel it through the words of someone else. So I will leave this topic at that I loved this whole experience, I hope to do it in the near future again, and that I hope all who have done it before have had as wonderful a time as mine.

**UPDATED JULY 16** Music added. Turn up your speakers! But give it a min

Promo!

Hiya! Sorry, I know that I haven't written in a very long time... I feel bad. LOL. So anywho, I promised pics and the 411 on my 8 grade promotion. Weeeeeell, I will post those pictures up here in a lil' bit, but for the time being, you'll have to deal with just the information. =D First off, I was so very glad to get the whole thing over with. The practices we were brutally forced to participate in (while the 6 graders put up chairs ;p) outside in alot degree weather and NO CLOUD COVER. Not fun. Not to mention for a total of 3 days tthen the actual promotion. But anyways, I'll get to the good stuff. The actual promotion itself was very fun. Both my sisters showed up (Maia and Tahnee) with their husbands (Brent and Spencer), my nieces and nephew and of course my parental figures. The field was packed with families. It was very nice. There were 3 teachers that were calling the names of the students to walk up to the stage and shake hands with the prinipal and some other important people (I assume they were important....?...). The teachers were Mr. Stowe who was my Algebra teacher, Mr. Tollhouse who I didn't have, and a female teacher that also I didn't have... But I cannot remeber her name. Sorry. Anyways, they had the students seperated into three groups by order of their last names. My last name is Emmons so I was in the first gruop. We faced towards the third group. So now that I think about it, the three groups together formed an I shape. Once they called us up we walked to the staage, shook hands with the Principal while looking at the camera and throwing them the fakest, cheesiest smile we have. Then we continued our way down the rickity creaky ol' cheap stage and shook hands the other somehow important people, then walked down the straight down, wide-stepped, freakishly far steps to continue our journey on SOLID GROUND! WOOHOO! then we made our way across the other two groups who were patiently awaiting their names to return to our seeats. And we practiced 3 days for THAT. I know huh, silly. After every group, a student gave a speech. All of them did a fantabular job. After the promotion was just as fun. After giving hugs to all my friends, I headed home with my sisters and my parents, and changed out of my dress. Then I got my promo gifts. Hannah, Kirstine, and Seth all made me sweet little cards. Maia and Brent bought me a box of mouthwatering, delectible, chocolate truffles by Choxie, and a card that specifically stated that Brent picked it out. Hahaha. Only you, Brent. Then Tahnee and Spencer gave me a pair of pink Rainbow Sandals!! W00t! Then my mommy and daddy took my family and me to whatever retaraunt I wanted to. So I picked El Torito. Yummeh. I don't remember what I ordered, but it was very delicious. Then we headed back home, I threw everyone out and went to bed. 'Cuz I was going to Knott's Berry Farm for the 8 grade end-of-the-year field trip. And that was a blast also. It was a lot of fun, and the whole trip is somewhat of a blur- maybe because it went by so quick because I was having fun... IDK. But when I got home, I was welcomed by the best mom in the whole wide world. I told her about my trip, then we walked into my bedroom. And there was a brand new, still-in-the-packaging- Wii staring me at the face. I was very excited. My mom bought me an extra Wiimote, Mario Kart Wii, an extra steering wheel for that, WiiPlay, and obviously the WiiSports which comes with the Wii. Now, I know that Maia will be reading this, then she will call Brent over to read it, laughing all the while, then they will give me a call and start teasing me about it... So don't worry you two, I'm prepared for what you guys will say. LOL. But I love that present, I love it very much. I really enjoy my new Wii, and it's a lot of fun to play. There are so many little features on there (SHUT UP BRENT) and they are all very fun to go and figure out, and play. Well, before I kill my hands, I'm gonna run. But I do promise those pictures! Latah!

**UPDATED July 9, 2008... Pics added**