I've always wanted a pet hedgehog...well, at least since I was 10 and had to did a report on it for school. But...I didn't realize they cost $200. That's kind of a problem. So, I suppose my thinking was a hamster is the closest thing to a hedgehog that I could have...interesting, right?

I'm sure I read at least 20 books on hamster care that were all pretty much the same. Besides requiring that I get a huge $100 cage and 25 accessories, they all definitely made it seem like any noise next to the cage would stress out my hamster and it would die.

But anyways. I went to the pet store still deciding I wanted one, despite those intimidating books.

Long story short (seriously, I think I took at least 30 minutes to decide which one I wanted), I picked out a male panda bear hamster and named him Gus-Gus as soon as I got in the car.

 

This picture turned out kinda weird. lol

Don't ask me how she captured me in that awkward stance, but that pic is weird. lol

Once upon a time... ;) A girl named Emma volunteered herself to make a garland for her family's Christmas tree and, thinking herself a genius, decided that putting pine cones on the garland would make it ever so much awesome-er. So, that's what she did. Little did she know that such an awesome idea would cost so much. In the process of trying to thread the string through the pine cone, in all clumsiness, her hand slipped while pulling on the needle and....well, I don't need to get too detailed. Let's just say that she has a big cut on the side of her thumb.

                                                              The End.

Yes, guys. This is a true story. I didn't know at the time that awesome ideas can sometimes turn out to be painful ideas. :P But, hey! It still turned out epic.


Moral of the story: Don't EVER think that just because you came up with a good idea it won't hurt later. ;D ALSO, make sure your dad kindly offers to drill holes through the the pine cones BEFORE YOU SLICE OPEN THE SIDE OF YOUR FINGER. Might be a good idea.

Some awesome things I did this month:

1. I finished all of my Christmas shopping (yays!)

2. I made a Christmas garland that turned out super cute

3. My mom and I got the whole house decorated! I'm super happy cuz it feels like Christmas and it's super cozy in the house. :)

4. I took a lotta cool pics and edited them

5. I played piano for two nursing homes

6. I mixed up cut-out cookie dough at 11:00 pm.

7. I am currently working on a song with my church's choir for Christmas and it's going well so far. ;)

Not very awesome things I did this month:

1. I kinda sliced my finger

2. I cleaned

3. I cleaned some more

4. And....I think I did some more cleaning.

5. After that, I think I tried to stay caught up with my school. WHICH IS LIKE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

6. I spent an awesome afternoon with my real sister-in-law, and my two "fake" sisters-in law. It was very fun until we started watching Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Please do yourself a big favor and NEVER WATCH THAT MOVIE. EVER. We died because of that movie's ridiculousness. It was terrible. We actually quit half-way, deciding that watching "Hercules" (for the first time) might be better - thinking anything else would be a better choice than our first one. Apparently, we were wrong. In my opinion, it was just as bad as our first movie choice. lol Mann....that afternoon we were WAY too crazy. And weird. Also, my fake sister in law, Hannah, is now my arch enemy. Because of the video that she won't delete. That kinda sums up our craziness for that afternoon (and I will be a nice fake sister and not even mention the brownies we tried to make that turned out to be kinda like the consistency of chocolate syrup.). :D

That's my Santa Clause snowman, I'm so proud of it!! :)

Sorry for the bad quality pics (the two above), it wasn't very good lighting. And it was just a cheesy phone cam. :/

Those (above) my friends, are what I call AWESOMENESS. :) If you can't tell  from the pictures, They're basically a really cool DIY that a 2-year-old could do. Well, maybe add a "0" after the "2". They are actually kinda tricky to make. BUT... Once you get the hang of wrapping the string around the balloon, you will be a pro at making these. :) The colorful-ness is the balloon part, and wrapped around the balloons is the string. The string is soaked with glue-spray-stuff that the balloons were soaked with, also. After you wrap the string around you spray the glue on it one more time, and then sprinkle the dry glitter. Once the string has completely dried you pop the balloons inside (with a NEEDLE?! ;P).
And whala! You have a cool looking ornament, or decoration, for whatever you feel like using it for. :)
They don't look that cool in the pics because you can't see the glitter that well, and they aren't sprayed with the final glitter spray yet.

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Oh my goodness. How on earth does he dare to be so cute?! :D

Yep. Selfies with your younger bros are always awesome. :) Really bad quality, crazy selfies with Rosie are the best. ^_^ Anyway, that's all for now folks! :) I just got a request from my daddy to make hot chocolate (yum!!)....so that's what I'm going to do. Liam kindly delivers a message from dad: Dad says if no one makes him hot cocoa right now he's gunna die. So....can you make some hot cocoa for us? ;)

I LOVE FALL. Fall is a time for pumpkin pie, taking pictures, and just plain ol' fun. In the end it always ends up being my favorite season, it's just SO pretty!! So now I would like to show you some fun things that I do/have done, in fall.

I carved a pumpkin for the very first time with Lucas. It turned out super creepy but I still think it's awesome. XP

I know. His face is hilarious. XD

Also, I might be painting my room soon! Yay!!! So if it ever happens I will be sure to post on that next. Until then.....

--Emma <3

TODAY IS THE DAY. Today is the day when I go outside and realize that it's too cold to go barefoot, when I realize that summer is over,  and when I realize that snow....

....is on its way.

"When did this happen? Where was I when the leaves fell off my favorite tree? Was it really two years ago that I was in my very first musical? Where is time going?" As I am trying to think about how this could happen, how I already have a brother married, how it won't be long before I am the second oldest in the house, the realization of many things come to mind. People grow up. People get married. People go away. I realize how important it is to make good memories and to have people to make memories with. I am so thankful to have friends, family, and most importantly, God.

I know it's a little early, but for Thanksgiving my "what are you thankful for" is this: My amazing friends with whom I have shared so many wonderful memories with. My family, and my relationship with God. Without the latter, my life wouldn't be worth living because He is what living is all about.

I haven't posted in more than half a year...and this is an attempt to show you what I have been doing for the past few months. But, this won't be an awesome update, because I really haven't been doing anything.