The Life of Emma

Hello fellow oxogen consumers,

Just as I started enjoying driving, I recieved my first trama. It is quite trajic. Very trammatic since I am trying to become the worlds finest driver! So here is my story. I was driving down Main street for my second time. My mother was in need of doing some grocery shopping at our most local store. I thought I was turning into an entrance that came later when my mom yelled "TURN TURN TURN!!!". I reply "Wait, not this one." but with the confusion of the moment I said "OKAY!" and then proceeded to turn............... Well the turn was to tardy and I plundged for a cement barrier (just barely taller then a curb). So yeah

Well my slave driving sister is having me go paint. My mom is changing the whole house to prepair for the exchange student!!!! Woot. So I will continue my story at a later date.

LOVE EMS
Spelling: 7

8D

Dearest blog readers,

This is Laura, once again.

I am supposed to be making dinner for my younger, incapable-of-cooking-for-themselves siblings right now.

But I'm not.

Instead, I am writing this post.

I am writing it because my dad just got home from work and I am intentionally avoiding him.

I'm not mad at him or anything...

It's just that my dad thinks I wear too much makeup around my eyes, and today I kind of overdid it. So, if he sees me then he'll give me a lecture about how makeup is evil and I'm an evil person for wearing evil makeup.

So I'm gonna hide down here until he and my mom go to ***** on their date. (I will not disclose my location, just in case creepy people are reading this. lol)

btw, I do have too much makeup on.

If a normal emote looks like this:

:D

Then my makeup right now makes the emote look like this:

8D

I look like a panda bear lol

So, tomorrow is exciting because of the ******* **** temple groundbreaking and because Ri and Ems are getting their Japanese people! And it's 31st day! But not just any 31st day... the best of them all! Harry Potter's birthday!

Happy birthday Harry Potter tomorrow!

XD

or, XD

lol

My parents should be leaving for ***** soon, so I'd better go make dinner for the incapable children now.

Have a wonderful day!

Make a new friend!

Share the gospel!

Give service!

Don't almost drive into a big metal pole! (that's what I did yesterday...)

<3

Laura

your favorite Leatherette

who looks like a panda right now.

A really hot panda. jk lol

8D

What Time Is It?

PUDDING TIME! And also… ADVENTURE TIME! :B

Today I babysat for my cousin. I love my little cousin once removed! Except sometimes she does not listen… That’s to be expected with little kids. My patience is always tried. lol I am trying to be more patient, though. P: Emma, I commend you on your patience. You are an amazing young woman. Laura, I commend you on your ability to be logical and also reassuring! You are also an amazing young woman. Mariah, I commend you on you—oh, yeah, wait—that’s me. I commend myself on my fine sugar bread making skillz. ;3

I went to my friend’s cosmetology class to be a model for waxing. One of the first things she said to me was, “You’re lucky! When I came in they waxed my armpits!” I almost died because I did NOT want that happening to me! They just did my eyebrows and upper lip (yeah, because I have a luxurious stallion of a mustache >_>? C: ). It was fun. Didn’t hurt as much as legs (OLD FAITHFUL GEISER, THAT’S A PAIN I WON’T FORGET).

So… I shall leave now because my mom plans on making our whole family “intense-clean” as I say, because we’re thinking of our future Japan-child. :D

Much internet love as is possible,

Mariah

AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Guess what!!! Guess what, guess what, guess what! GUESS WHAT! This is the best news EVER!

MY MOST MAGICAL MYSTICAL MAJESTIC SHOES CAME!!!! I LOVE THEM TO DEATH. Step one: Retrieve shoes................................ CHECK
Step two: MAKE THEM BLING!.................(in progress)
Step three: Conquer the world...................... Shall be able to once step two is finalized! Muwhahahahahahahahahahaha
WOOT!
Love
Emma the shoes lover!
AND SYTYCD is on tonight!
And MUTUAL WILL BE WONDERFUL
I LOVE WEDNESDAYS!!!!

Spelling: 0!!!!! YAY! None! Zip! Nada! Awesome day even though my body really hurts.... long story.

Cute quote: Cinderella is proof that a pair of shoes can change your life!

Coming Soon! :D

Hello,
I would like to ask you some questions.
Are you a fun loving youth?
Do you enjoy life?
Do you hope to make the world a better place?
Do you love to make others smile?


If you said yes to any of the questions:
Then you should join We Are His Hands
We Are His Hands, is a service group committed to bettering our community. We are looking for wonderful people, who share our joy of kindness, to join! Now that you have read this you are obligated to join.

If you said no to all of the questions:
Then you should join We Are His Hands because you are in ardent need of it.
We will help you find the joy in this wonderful world. You must need some love and kindness if you said no to all of the questions, and we will give you the guidance so you can have your self actualization. The self actualization that you do LOVE SERVICE!


WE THREE CAN'T AGREE will keep you updated on the ongoings of this life changing matter. What we can promise now is that you will learn the fun of service and build strong friendships as we all serve the world! We shall keep y'all posted!
Love,
We the Three Who Can Not Agree

(as written by Emma)
Spelling errors: Cinco

Monday......

Hello,
Monday madness.
That is all I will say.
Emma Rose
Spelling errors: 1

Swimming+Sleepovers+Service=Summer

The other day Laura, Emma, Teyler, and Shelby and I swam the whole length of the day (really like, two hours) and before that Emma took Laura and I driving!  What a swell driver she is. :D Swimming was fun except for Emma’s little trick she likes to pull on “new people”. New people like me! We found a dragonfly that was really cute but had broken it’s wing. :( It won’t live without a wing, but Emma is sad and wants to raise it back to health. I think it could be done, but may not be. Hopefully, though.

After that Ems, Laur, and I decided to have a sleepover. It was super great. We made the cutest cupcakes!

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The next day Laura had to leave (sadness!). Kemyla came over and we did service for Emma and her parents! It was really fun. We painted, cleaned, and also we delivered cupcakes to great people! It was awesome. We’re doing service a lot more now for a new service club we are starting. It *may* be called Youth Getting Involved!

Have a spiritual Sunday!

-Mariah

Robert, along with All-Star Allison, performs a contemporary dance to Fix You by Coldplay....

Robert, along with All-Star Allison, performs a contemporary dance to Fix You by Coldplay....: "Simple Description"

Kent, along with All-Star Neil, performs a Broadway dance to Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, M...

Kent, along with All-Star Neil, performs a Broadway dance to Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, M...: "Simple Description"

Billy and Lauren put on their boogie shoes as they perform a jazz routine to Boogie Shoes ...

Billy and Lauren put on their boogie shoes as they perform a jazz routine to Boogie Shoes ...: "Simple Description"

Hello!

Just saying a few words before I leave to Drivers ed. It is 6:30......
(This is Emma!)

So I was so very excited to watch SYTYCD last night, but I was deeply disappointed. LAST WEEK WAS SO AHHHHHHHMAZING. What happened? Maybe I was expecting too much because this week really let me down. Well I will forever save last week dances because they did change my life.
Love Em
Spelling 2

To watch the ahhhhhmazing dances from last week visit www.fox.com and find the SYTYCD episodes! Then you can watch the last weeks life changing dances.


The ones I enjoy: WATCH ABOVE LAST WEEKS PREFORMANCES! Just some of my favorites

SAFETY DANCE OF MY LIIIFE

So you amazing readers who are amazing, ever heard of the Safety Dance? I just found out Glee did it! Can you believe it?

And here’s the original.

Which is better?

--Mariah

GUESS WHAT!!!! :D

Dear fellow permit holders,
I HAVE GOTTEN MY PERMIT. (woot.... ehh actually I don't really care). I am now elderly. So I went driving, I received a headache. Driving is not as fun as my mom made it out to be, rather there is too much multitasking. I thought I was a good multitasker until I got behind the wheel. I would get distracted by the speed-o-meter thing (I don't know any car slang). My mom told me to stop counting the numbers on it. Ehh driving. Can I just have a hired chauffeur? Do chauffeurs come with limos? Just kidding, sorta, not really. I guess I have mixed feeling about this whole driving career.

COLDPLAY!!!! Tis wonderful! May be to your surprise, but one of my mom's favorite groups is Coldplay. I love the song Fix You, yet Mariah that reminds me of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! :D Just last Wednesday on SYTYCD an AHHHHHHMAZING BEYOND BEAUTIFUL DANCE WAS TO THAT SONG. It made me cry and gave me chills. GO WATCH IT! Ahh I just adore SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Oh and today it WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY! That means Young Women's and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!!!!!!!! WOOT! What a wonderful world!

Goodbye,
Emma Rose

Thank you for all your votes, I fulfilled your wishes I received the permit. Yet for that 1 lone person who picked "Hug a ton of boys" there is no hope for you yet. I do not know any boy to hug and I am not like Laura who hugs EVERYONE.

Spelling mishaps: nine.....






What is truly stunning about the dance is that both the choreographer and the boy dancer have moms going through a hard health time. I think it is so breathtaking how you can describe life and feelings through music and dance. It gives the whole world a chance to relate to each other when we watch and participate in cultural activities. It creates a feeling that we all have the same dreams, worries, and joys and connects us as one people.

Watch it -------->

Head to fox.com and find the So You Think You Can Dance Link. They will have all the previous episodes!!!!!

Magical Wonders

I have found the magical wonders of Coldplay, Marina and the Diamonds, and Styx! I have been on www.pandora.com, which is a great site that sets up a free radio site for you (and any others if they are interested in your likes) based on what artists you like, genre of song, and other things you like. I like many more bands because of that website! It’s way cool.

I am loving Coldplay’s Fix You. My favorite at the moment by Styx is either Show Me the Way or Renegade. Marina and the Diamonds: I Am Not a Robot. :D These are so great!

Just sharing the awesomeness.

Signing off so I can have pizza,

Mariah Elena

HELLO BEAUTIFUL WORLD!

Hello,
This is the always happy Emma! Who is in love........ Yes I am in love, I am in love with So You Think You Can Dance or known as SYTYCD by its beloved watchers!!!!! WOOT! This show has giving me a life. It is my hope for my Thursday nights. I have mutual on Wednesday so thanks for the blessed and wonderful technology I am able to watch it all on Thursday! I FEEL SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO WATCH THIS LIFE CHANGING SHOW! Oh and if you offend SYTYCD it is equivalent to puncturing my soul. SO yes you must love it. I command you to! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D It has also blessed my life for an awesome idea for a new pair of shoes for me. Dontcha want to see them..... Well they are a secret so you will have to wait until school starts!!!!!!!!
I LOVE SYTYCD!!!!! IT IS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMAZING!!!
LOVE EMMA THE LUCKY WOMEN IN LOVE WITH SYTYCD!
Spelling error: 1 see how SYTYCD can change your life. It makes me spell like a spelling bee champion! LOVE!!!!!

I'm such a gringo...

Hello, people of the world!

And perhaps the universe, if aliens exist and have tapped into our internet!

Wouldn't that be so cool!

What if that guy friending you on facebook is actually an alien?

Okay, I'll stop now, just because you're begging.

Once again, this is Laura.

btw.

It has been decided. Mariah's nickname is spelled Ri. Not Rye. But say it right. Or I will hit you. jk lol

I am very excited, because our Japanese girls are coming soon!

Actually, I don't have a Japanese girl, but Ri and Ems do, and they're coming soon, and we're gonna do tons of fun stuff with them! Like, we're gonna go to a Benton Paul concert with them, which was very fun the first time and shall be even more fun with our Japanese friends!

So, I went to the regional dance the other day, and it was super fun because I got to see lots of friends that I haven't seen all summer! Regionals are fun, and I'm super glad that Riah came with me! Now we just need to convince Emma...

So, I found this blog a few months ago, and I think it's really cool and funny.

It's called "Stuff White People Like," and it makes my day every time I read it.

It's a big list of, well, obviously, stuff that white people like.

It is one of my favorite blogs, second only to WTCA. (we three can't agree)

Here's the link!

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

^^^Click me! You know you want to! ^^^

But reading this blog makes me feel like a total gringo, because I'm white and I like lots of these things.

And then I look in the mirror and see that I'm super white and not tan even a bit!

lol

I wonder how many of these things Ri likes... she's not all white.

btw, I'm not a racist!

Oh, and speaking of the regional dance and race and stuff, at the regional my sister and I convinced these guys that we are black and white twins, even though my sis is just adopted. They were so confused... it was hilarious!

Well, I am going to bed now.

I need to catch up on sleep because I was super sick yesterday and slept all day, then I couldn't sleep all night long.

It kind of sucks.

So, I'll post something later!

Have fun reading all the stuff that you may or may not like, no matter how gringo you are!

Comment!

Subscribe!

Have a marvelous day!

<3>

The reply of Emma about Laura's dilemma

Dearest friends,
I most ardently dislike procrastinating. It is one thing that I shall never do. Not getting my permit does not mean I have succumbed to this awful habit. Rather I wish not to grow up. (So yes Mariah and Laura are now deemed elderly. So HA!) Yet this coming Wednesday, in driver's education, I shall be taking a test. If I am to pass this test I will be able to get my permit. So do not fret, I will get my permit, unless I happen to fail the test.
Just briefly I will answer my opinion to Laura's dilemma. I personally believe that Mariah's name should be shortened to Ri, with the spelling like so, for it would help end world hunger by not using the world Rye, which is like the bread. Which could make people hungry thinking about her name....... and such. For the children! :D Yes, I am practicing to enter a pageant. Okay, maybe not but I like to answer questions in that format!
Well farewell my dearest friends,
Emma, aka Ems, aka Em, or as in fourth grade M&m (pronounced like the chocolate delightful candy).
Misspellings: 5ish......

Learner's Permits!

Hello, once again!
This is Laura!
And I would like to tell you something very dear to me.
I would like to imform you that you, our blog readers, are my favorite people ever.
Why? you might ask...
Because anybody who cares enough about Mariah and Emma and me enough to read all the useless crap we write on here has to be pretty awesome.
So, just for future reference, if you are reading this, then that means I love you a lot. (in a not-weird way... lol)

So, I have had my learner's permit for almost a month now.
And I am very good at driving.
My sister says that I am terrible at driving, but I have never listened to her and do not plan to begin now. Because I know better.
I am an amazing driver.
I drove to ***** and **** *****, (names of cities withheld so then creepy people don't find out where I live and kidnap me...) and I drove super fast and in the dark!
I am an awesome driver.
Except I am really bad at steering. (because I'm used to steering 4-wheelers, and you don't have to steer them as much)
And one time I ran a stop sign.
And I always forget to signal before I turn.
And I get really scared whenever someone drives behind me.
And I speed a lot. (A LOT!!!!) (but don't tell the cops lol)
And I always forget to bring my permit with me when I drive. (don't tell the cops that either)
And I almost hit a dog and a family of raccoons.
But, besides all that stuff, I am a marvelous driver.
And I can drive a stick-shift. :D
btw, Mariah and Emma are a year older than me, but I got my permit before they did!
Mariah got hers the other day, but Ems hasn't gotten hers yet.
EMMA -- IF YOU ARE READING THIS, THEN GO GET YOUR PERMIT!! NOW!!!!
lol procrastination is bad.

I have a very important dilemma.
A very personal, emotional dilemma that will affect my entire life and thereafter. (jk lol)
I am going to share this dilemma with you, and hope you can help.
So, we call Emma "Ems" for short, and sometimes "Em".
And Emma sometimes calls me "Laur". (not sure how I feel about that one... XD)
And we often take of the "Ma" in Mariah, leaving us with just "Riah".
But, recently, I (maybe Emma too, idk) have been also removing the "Ah" from Mariah. That leaves us with just "Ri".
So, here is my dilemma.
How the heck do I spell that?
Do I spell it "Rye", as in the bread? Because that would have the correct pronunciation.
But I could spell it "Ri", as in MaRIah. But, according to the Engish language, that should be pronounced as "Ree".
So, if you would, please help me with my traumatizing dilemma.

We need to advertise our blog more.
So then lots of people read it.
Maybe I'll post the link on Facebook or something.
But not right now, because this post kind of makes me sound like a retard.
I'll do it later, when Ri/Rye and Ems post something interesting.

Have a marvelous day!
Give service!
Give hugs!
Don't procrastinate!
Get your learner's permit!

<3>

Me Sweet New Deals

Today I went shopping with my sisters! It was woooonderful! Although my sisters dragged me into Victoria’s Secret and made me buy underwear and when I picked some out the one with money said they were granny panties and I do not care because—well, nevermind. Then we went to Wet Seal and I found a cute pair of flats for only $6! Yeah, $6! Yeah, that’s right! What? Duh, $6! Didn’t you hear me?

As we were waiting for my sister with money to get done trying on glorious outfits, I got bored. They only had one chair, man! So I sat on this wheely thing real low on the ground. As I sat, I made my shoes “fly” on the little stretchy strap that holds them together.

I told my sister the following story:

These are my flying shoes! This morning they woke up from their bed on the wheely thing and flew. They flew and flew and fleeeew! (I proceeded to make them fly towards my sister) Then they saw me and spoke to me! *high voice* “Buuuy meeee! Buy me!”

To which I replied sadly, “I have no income.” :C

“Talk to your sister, Katelyn. She has aaaaall you neeed!” So I did just that and that’s how I got here today.

The END! She thought I was crazy. Not crazy… Just eccentric. WHUT, YEAH. THAT’S HOW I ROFL

Love, Mariah

Driver’s Ed, Just Like Emma

Emma I must agree with you! I was getting on (this is Mariah, readers) and I thought I would leave a thought about Driver’s Education. Let me just say, my eyes are getting deep, dark circles underneath them; my shoulders are slumping, my arms are drooping, my body shudders at the thought of the homework. My legs do not work anymore, they just drag as I pull myself up every morning. I cannot move my hands after the long hours of writing down answers to the long worksheets. Once, as I stopped that night (early morning, really) I could not pry my white fingers off of the thin pencil.

All through the night I toss and turn, dreaming I am in a driver’s course dodging cones and belligerent, creepy teachers. I dodge one bright orange cone—ORANGE FOR WORK ZONES AND ROAD WORK. The color changes faster than I can spit off the answers. BLUE—SERVICES AVAILABLE. BLACK ON WHITE—REGULATORY! I get caught up in the dangerous maneuvers I need to make and can’t dodge the teacher anymore. He flies like an evil Superman to my car, proceeding to hand me an assignment… 19,832 problems long.

Hahaha, just kidding. It’s sort of boring and long, but it’s fine.

Love,

Mariah

Listening to: I Will Survive, by Gloria Gaynor

Driver's Education

Dearest Internet users,
Drivers education is bad for one's health. While this is sincerely a joke, I will tell you the reasons it might mess up your bodies condition. First, you must arise early enough to make it to the class and 7:00 in the morning. Well in all, that is the only reason I have concerning drivers ed and health.
I am so glad I was able to inform you of this matter,
Emma

*sigh...*

Hello, once again, dearest bloggers across the world!

This is Laura, your favorite Leatherette! (just thought you needed to be reminded haha)

I haven't posted here in a few weeks, and in the meantime, Mariah and Emma have become the super-bloggers. >:( So, I need to reclaim my position by posting a TON of stuff.

So, the other day, I found out that people actually do read this blog! That makes me very happy inside, knowing that all my hard work is being read. So, if you are reading this, then IOU one great big hug. (unless you're Emma, because she won't let me hug her.)

In like an hour, I'm gonna go to Emma's mutual! It's going to be so fun! I love mutual! And church!

btw, Emma did AMAZING on her talk on Sunday! It was very well planned and spiritual and it made her sound like a freakin' genius! I used to sound like a freakin' genius way back in the day when I skipped kindergarten, but now I'm not smart anymore...

So have a wonderful day!

Have a wonderful life!

Read the Book of Mormon!!!!

(and, just for Emma...)

Don't ever eat water!

Eat a lot of chocolate!

(haha, inside joke... don't worry about it)

>

Your favorite Leatherette, always and forever

REGRET

Dearest followers, (why haven't I used that before? Or have I? (I don't know)))
EHHHH.... now I feel bad inside. So much so that it lead me to feel guilty for wanting a guinea pig. I honor my hamster too much to want another critter. SO I have concluded to not want a guinea pig. Now I want a FISH! I need it for life preparation!!!! Wouldn't you agree? :D
FISHY FISH FISH FISHY! SPLASH
EMMA!

I LOVE Guinea PIGS!!!!

DEAREST GUINEA PIG LOVERS!!!! OF THE UNIVERSE!
I am in desperate need of a guinea pig! YO QUIERRO MUCHO! I REALLY WANT ONE. Yet of course my mom's clause.... "if you get another pet I move out". I dearly respect her wishes... but I have this deep longing for a guinea pig. Did you know that they are not nocturnal! :D You can play with them when you are awake! Well I requested my wanting to my dearest mother. Guess what she said, well there is no need to guess, you know the answer. Well after a good discussion she said I may if I shared it with my friends! So I thought yay! We can have two animals to trade, but she knows how I think. So she added "You can only have one sharing animal at a time". So that ends my hope for getting a beloved guinea pig. BUT THEY ARE SO CUTE AND CUDDLY! Well, I am not sure if I should say this..... Well if in the horrid misfortune that our dearest beloved amazing hamster..... you know.... goes away... I CAN'T say it, it is to sad to think of such. Well I need to, this is what I need to say: I VOTE WE GET A GUINEA PIG! There I said it. Such a traitor, I know. Yet I DON'T EVER WANT OUR ADORABLE HAMSTER TO GO, SO NEVER MIND THIS WHOLE PARAGRAPH.
Love Emma
now feeling unloyal to Mr. Dumbledore
I DO QUITE LOVE OUR HAMSTER.

My Beautiful Hairclips!

Lately I have been intensely crafty… And I LOVE IT! :D <—Emma’s emoticon in celebration of my craftiness and her wondrous talk!!!

I just used old fabric I had and bunched it up, sewed it in place and added a button and/or leaves. :) It was soooo fun! Afterwards, I secured a bobby pin on the back for the clip part.

Now I have time to worry about Driver’s Ed. :I

Love,

Mariah

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Dearest chocolate eaters,
I have officially finished writing my talk. It is signed, sealed, but I am not so ready for the delivery! WISH ME LUCK!
Love,
Em

Spelling errors: Uno

NERVOUS MAKING!!!

Dearest deary,
I AM SO VERY NERVOUS!!!!! I have to speak in a few days! SAVE ME! I AM SO SCARED! I don't want to have another nervous break down.
LoVe
eMmA

Books.... For real

Dearest people,
This is what I was trying to write yesterday, when I forgot my thoughts.


Books.
I love reading books! In reply to Mariah, I most ardently loathe books that are disappointing. When I read a book I expect to get some growth and learning from it. So let me correct myself, I don't love reading any book, I love reading GOOD books, that change my life. At camp we were talking about books that we fancy. I told how I enjoyed reading "To Kill a Mocking Bird". My friend disagreed with me. So I told her she read it wrong. Everyone laughed, but I was serious. Haha. Reading requires more then taking in words to your mind. Reading is an interactive action. One should read, process, analyzes and try to get the whole story. Yet on the other hand, no one should put too much thought into it, for it can lead you to get a wrong message. My mom once told me a story. The author who wrote "The Giver" kept receiving fan mail about the ending pf the book. They believed that the end of the book signified death, or something. He would reply that he had not meant to have that connection at the end, which they had come up with. Sometimes I think people think to much for other people. Yet then again reading is also a personal task. Some people may get something totally different out of a book then another. So in all, read and ponder books until you feel you have gotten what you wanted from reading. Does any of that make sense?

Now I am not saying that my friend may not like the book. Just sometimes I wonder if she read it again, trying to get the true story from the words, then would she maybe like it as I liked it?
Well I am speaking on my soap box again!

Well, very well then, I am done!
Emma Rose

Errors: Six

BOOKS

Dearest world....
From outer space you can see your wonderful blueness, I love the water that belongs to you.
Love Emma


Can you tell that I am tired! Well I am. Squirrel. Lol. Typing, fun to do.
Goodnight!

Happy Thursday!

Dear Emma and Laura,

I never thought I would see the day that I blog more than you guys do! ;D

Love, Mariah

So today I went to the dentist. :I Boo. But I have clean teeth! C: And they did give me a tooth brush. Then the dental hygienist thought I couldn’t hear her (I was listening to music) and started talking about how her hubby was stung on the bum taking the scouts for their swimming merit badge. I tried not to laugh, but the corners of my mouth twitched a little. It was also funny because the dentist looked slightly uncomfortable.

I also read a book titled How to Say Goodbye in Robot, and it was very disappointing. I read the first 100 pages then read the end. The end was not satisfying at all, either. Now if I want a satisfying book I shall have to go to Harry Potter or Hunger Games, it seems. Or Uglies. “Whatev”

Your captain signing off,

Mariah Elena

Mariah’s Innermost Thoughts

Hello people of the world!

I am scared for the future. Are any of you? But at the same time I am not scared at all! I am so excited because I know if I hang on to what really matters I can be lifted above the filth and meaningless heartache that we find in this world. I can hang onto Christ’s hand and he can lift me above it all, then set me down in the place I should be. :) I like to think of that place as either the temple or the celestial kingdom and I will be oh so happy! Sometimes it is hard to really believe it can happen, and I doubt because of all of the temptations, lies, and foolish, carnal things in this world. But then Heavenly Father sends something into my life to remind me He’s not forgotten me and I better not forget Him, unless I want my hand to slip out of His. And that’s not what He wants! He wants to slip me right down to the Celestial kingdom and then dwell with me there and raise me up to be just like Him and my elder brother! But the way there is through my elder brother. I can only dwell with Heavenly Father through the Savior and through the atonement. To become one again!!

It’s so weird how things on this earth seem so hard to put away. I mean, we all have ‘favorite sins’ right? Something we feel like we couldn’t live without? In EFY once we talked about it. He said something like, “Ever notice how when we repent we put all of the things we can give up on a sort of table for Jesus? Like, ‘I’ll give all of this up!’. But we think He won’t see the thing we’re hiding behind our back. ‘Oh you can have all of this on the table, but this thing behind my back? Oh no… But look at all the other stuff!’ It just doesn’t work that way.” I can’t remember it all word for word. I think it may have been Hank Smith from Utah (You go Hank from Utah! Mmmmhmm) speaking… Anyway. We can give it up. I struggle with the internet. Seems weird, huh? It takes up too much time in my life. I used to go on deviantart.com all the time! Now I am totally stopping because some people post disgusting “art” and there’s no way to guarantee I won’t stumble upon it. It seems so hard, but it’s so easy! Boo for Satan and his filthy little whispered lies.

Its also weird how I can start out talking about something that seems like it could not be gospel-centered, but I end up talking about the gospel. Guys, everything is centered on the gospel. EVERYTHING. So don’t you make fun of me for bringing it home. :)

So I shall see ya’ll later!

Emma, I am so glad you had a great time! And I am glad you are home! Let’s get our permits A.S.A.P! :):):)

-----MARIAH ELENA!-----

HAMSTER TIME!

Hey!
It is July! Do you know what that means? Hamster month for EMMA! Well I have been reading furiously lately, with all the spare time of summer. I got a book at 6 o'clock yesterday and I am on page 215.... I LOVE READING! Oh AND I cleaned my house! :D While unpacking from my amazing trips!
Well have a splendid summer,
EmMa
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