SOPHIA CAME!!!!

My Best friend! Isn't she just pretty?!? Absolutely gorgeous. She came down from Idaho here to Utah for the Thanksgiving weekend to visit. Well, Saturday, she came and visited me and we had a great time:). We went out to a walk, played a game, created a new funky email... by the way, if you want to know it, it is uff.fionasdumplingsareveryhot.com- It's really funny! I wish that we could have a longer weekend so that she could stay longer, but it was still fun to have her:). Luv ya and miss you!

My Thanksgiving

For my Thanksgiving this year, my family and I drove down to Utah. We first stayed at our grandparents' house, but then our cousins came up. So, while they slept at our grandparents' house, we went to the Pope house. The Pope house is the house of my uncle's parents, and they don't live there all the time. Anyway, there are six bedrooms there, and so we all could have had our own room, but we slept together downstairs. On Thanksgiving morning, we went to Mimi and Papa's house (that's what we call Grammy and Grampa), and helped with the meal. We always have our Thanksgiving dinner early around 2:00, so it's like a lunch. Then we have a small supper, usually eggs and toast. 

Our dinner was sooooo good! This year, with the turkey, we also had ham! I love ham, by the way. Also we had mashed potatoes, and gravy, and yams, and corn, and peas, and stuffing, and butterhorns, and fruit salad, and juice! I loved this year's meal. After that, we had pie. And it was directly after it! We didn't even wait till we weren't full anymore! We just ate dessert! Then we played some games with our cousins.

So then we went back to the Pope house, and we slept. This morning, I went with my mom to help my great grandparents move to an assisted living place. I think it was pretty nice to see that they're going somewhere safe. I played some songs on the piano for them, and they loved it. They absolutely love listening to the piano, so I absolutely love playing it for them.

Well, that's been our Thanksgiving break so far. What was yours like?

Since Emma shared a scripture about Thanksgiving, I will as well. Philippians 4:6 says; Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  So just don't be worried about anything, but let God know about what you need, and he will help you.

My Thanksgiving!

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We went to some of our friends house, ate their and played games. I was oh SO full that I barley ate break fest the next day:). I really like this holiday over here because it's a time to remember all the things that your grateful for. I am grateful for my family and my friends, I am grateful for all the difficulties that make's me learn, I am grateful for a laugh and cries. I also really like the quote on the picture-"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." I think it's really important to remember all those things we have and see that we are grateful for all of that. Sometimes, I just say prayers where I don't ask for stuff, I just tell Him all the things that I'm grateful for. I hope you all had a very fun, cheerful Thanksgiving!

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Last night, my dad took me and my ten-year-old sister to see this movie!  I think the people who made it did a very good job, and they really did stick to the story from the book.  I enjoyed "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" very much, and I can't wait to see the second part in July! This movie ended just when Voldemort takes the elder wand out of Albus Dumbledore's grave, and then holds it up to the sky making a huge blue blast. I loved this movie! Some parts were taken out or altered a bit, but otherwise it really stuck to the book! I love it when movies do that! (Which, by the way, "The Lightning Thief" did not!)

Christmas Tree

Today our family went up to our cousins' house in Soda Springs to cut a Christmas tree! We went there hoping for some even half decent, and came back home with a tall beautiful pine. When we set it up in our home, we saw it was even a good six inches taller that our giant ceiling. So Mom and Dad spent quite a while making sure our tree looked perfect, and I think it looks amazing. 

Downstairs in the playroom, we kids get our old tree from so many years. It's not a real tree, but it does look kind of cool. It's a lot more full than the real one, and very dark green. Lorien and Livia put it up together all by themselves, and it looks perfect. 

I love having such a beautiful Christmas tree in our house!

"Thanksgiving" talk

Last Tuesday, I was asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting. This will be my first time, and I'll be speaking on November 21. Yesterday I finished writing my talk, and I must say I'm not so nervous about it now that it's written. I need to talk about Thanksgiving, so I'm talking on the holiday and the scriptural meaning. I hope it goes well!

Thanksgiving.................

Right now, I just can't wait for the holiday Thanksgiving because, well, for the food, but also that my best friend Sophia is coming here to Provo to visit. I'm so excited to see her and of course her family:). This thought makes me happy... I wish we could see each other more often, I miss you! Anyways, my family (this is Emma writing) is spending the holiday at our friends, the missionary that converted my dad to the church. We did this last year, so is kind of like a tradition. Can't wait to see you, Sophia!

Nanowrimo Young Writer's Program

I have now started a program called nanowrimo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month. That's November. In November, I'm supposed to write a novel with a certain word goal that I should try to write. My goal is 5,000 words, and I have written 1,450. I think it's a really fun thing to do, and I think you should all try it next year, since it's too late this year. If you're 17 or under you can to the young writer's program, but if you're 13 or older you can do the regular one with a goal of 50,000 words. Sound fun? I think so.

SNOW?!

All during school today, it snowed like crazy. Everybody was amazed at how much snow could be seen falling out the windows. But what really surprised me was how much snow was on the ground when we got out of school to get on the buses. Everything was absolutely covered in snow! And when I got home, I saw Livia and Ingrid had made lots of big snowballs and lined them up. Snow is really beginning to come down now, even though it's not winter until DECEMBER 21! What was the weather like where you live?