Frohe Weihnachten!

Christmas was on a Sunday this year, and guess what? I kinda loved it. Because we don't have any super young kids at our house anymore, there was no one busting down my parent's door at 5am begging to open presents. Instead, we slept in. And it was awesome. We barely dragged ourselves out of bed around quarter to nine so we could get ready for church (except mom, who was awesome to get up early and make cinnamon pull-aparts for breakfast!).

Church was the best today. I mean, it's always good. But today, it was especially cool. Both of the American wards combined with the German branch to have one Christmas sacrament meeting. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, I absolutely love it. I'm kind of a nerd, and I think languages are super cool. So when we all sing the hymns in our own languages and at the same time, I think it's pretty much the coolest thing ever.  The spirit was definitely there and it was such a great meeting.

So, this was the first Christmas that we didn't open any presents Christmas morning. We didn't actually start opening anything until about 1:30. And it was great! It was all just perfect. I love being home for Christmas! Being with my family is the best present I could ask for.
Merry Christmas!

Young Me Cracks Old Me Up

The Timeline.
This new Facebook timeline thing is actually a lot of fun. I'm going through all my old posts from over the years and just laughing at some of the things that were posted on my wall. Some were hilarious, others made me miss the past, and some I couldn't even remember what they were talking about. But then there were those posts that made my heart smile and remember that I have some pretty awesome people in my life. I just thought I would share a few of my favorites:


"Your Dad is hip girl." 
-Dad


"Amandaa, Ms. porter just called my house. I thought it was my grandma. It was awkward. That's all."
 -Emily 


"Amanda I am babysitting right now and this little girl.. I swear she is just like you. She totally has your freckles and everything... she is a hybrid between us. SO CUTE!!! Shes reading as I type this. OMG she is soo much like you. Gah." --Lauren 


"I found a certain note while cleaning my apartment...
"praying on our lunch at the BX. and falling in love with all the missionaries and then stealing the new missionaires sign. and stealing that rock. and drinking more orange juliu's than i can count. and staying up to watch the final american idol. and the birthday kisses for dallin. and the "amanlicia" cake. and "my heavenly father loves me" and ditching seminary all the time. and FIKI. and youth conerence when you found out someone had sex in your bed. and BOATS. and playing DDR. and me having my own spot in your bed. and you babysitting me when my parets are gone..." 

-Alicia

"I forgot to ask you today, are you guys moving or not? I hope not."
-Ryan 


"day 3: gym, hanging out & doner. i wasnt home allll day so my room is still a mess & its killing me! im watching friends for the first time in forever. the first few episodes kinda annoy me. rachel's voice is all "eeeeeee" you know? just a few updates on what ive learned from watching 'sixteen & pregnant': always date an older guy, make sure you live away from your parents in your own house & make sure you date a cute guy :)"
-Emily 


"Dear Amanda, 

1. You and your man are so cute! 2. I miss you more then anyone! 3. When you come back, we're going to see Michael Buble and we're getting back stage passes and we're going to kiss him. 
the end. love you! "

-Keely 

"I wish we could have shared that biggest 'I told you so moment' face to face."

-Emily 

"Geez! Jacob won't stop crying at night and all I can hear him say is Amanda!"

-Spencer

"The crash was on the border of Nevada and Arizona and NO that is NOT our church!"

-Alison

""Yellow model chick, yellow bottle sipping. Yellow Lamborghini, yellow top missing..."

"You better get this out of your system before your mother gets in the car...3, 2, 1 & no fro yo." :(
hahhaah"

-Emily

"So yesterday, i pulled out my yearbook to show my little sister someone i was talking about, and as i was flipping through the pages there were hearts Encircling almost everyone's heads and some of the teachers and a redheaded girl. Then she stopped talking to me, so she probably thinks I'm a lesbian. hahaha thanks. P.S. I am not a lesbian, haha"

-Jessica Vanderzwaag

"Hey Amanda, did you see the new regulations for children in safty car seats? Relax you made it by three inches."

-Grandma

"So I'm thinking that you've been gone for too long and that its time to come back to me:) what do you think?"

-Bryonna

Emily-"that looks like a good sledding hill."

Amanda-"you mean the mountain? i wouldn't do that."

"oh, look. 2 o'clock. he's cute." -amanda
"ohhhh, okay. at first i thought you were talking about that guy over there." -emily
"no, that would be like. five to 12." -amanda
"soooo, 11 o'clock?" -emily

HAHAHAHHAHAH (: (:"

-Emily

I love my life : )