Chris First Visit Part Two. Temple Square!!

Have you ever tried parking at Temple Square? I wouldn't recommend it. We had alot of trouble finding a place close AND we had to get cash to park there, which if you know me I dont carry loose cash around, and I dont think they would take Canadian money. :) Anyways, so we get to Temple Square and it is just absolutely gorgeous. Chris and Jenny looked like such tourists snapping pictures. They both got some good ones. We decided to go to the top of the Church Office Building, which was really cool. You could see the whole Salt Lake Valley. Then we went to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I didn't know that building used to be a hotel one day. I guess you learn new things everyday!!! We decided to go into the North Visitors Center where they have alot of pictures of the Savior and the big statue of the Savior is in there as well. We also went on a small tour about families there as well. One of the missionaries had a really thick southern accent, she was from North Carolina. Then we got hungry so we went to the Gateway Mall to eat at Costa Vida.

Chris First Visit Part One... The Airport!

Sorry it has taken me so long to blog about Chris' first trip, I've been working nonstop and havent really had time to sit because I've been cleaning the apartment for my new roomates to move in, in my spare time. Now I've got some time, I'll blog about his first trip.

I was really nervous to get him. I had all these feelings of, 'What if he doesn't like me?', 'What if I embarrass myself and he doesn't wanna be seen with me?', 'What if I don't like him?' Finally the day came and the night before I woke up every hour cause I was so nervous/excited for him to be here. I got up and got ready for him to come. I thought I looked good, didnt have my contacts but I thought I still looked good. I took off and picked up Jenny. The entire drive up she was psyching me out and making me even more nervous. We went to her work first and I took a tour of that. Finally, we were off to the airport to get him. He called right as we were pulling in. He got there before we did!!!! He said he would just wait in the bag claim till we got there. I parked the car and we went in the airport. As we were going down the stairs, Jenny was like, 'Em, what if he's that guy! Or that guy!!! He's like a mile away from you!!!' Got so nervous. Finally we saw him. He looked so chill and I felt like such a spaz. My heart actually jumped when I first saw him. I went over tapped him and said 'Hey!' Thinking to myself, 'What, no hey good lookin? Hey Chris? Just hey!' But thats all that needed to be said. Jenny stood close by as we had our first awkward hug, it was only awkward because he had his backpack on. :) So then we walked out to the car and went to Temple Square.

Yep! 5 Days!

HAHA!!! Chris is coming in 5 days! Well... technically 4 cause he'll be here early on the 7th! Can't even tell you how nervous/excited I am! We're going to have a good time! Trust me, I'll be blogging about it and taking lots of pics of us for Facebook as well. I am just so happy that I have found someone who really makes me happy. He's so nice to me and I don't know what I would do without him. Ok, Emily breathe!! I'm so nervous! Ah!

UPDATE, The Better One!

Ok, so the last update on me sucked. Sooo..... you get another one. This one is more updated I guess from like 2 days ago cause alot has happened to me in just 2 days.

I went to work on Thursday. Had a long shift and did cashier training then was thrown on a register. THANK GOODNESS I worked at Babies R Us, so I knew how to run a register, cause it was pretty hard. It was a lot of getting used to but after about a constant hour of ringing people up I got it down pat. After that they had me put out some stickers and that went by pretty fast cause before I knew it, I was going on my lunch. When I came back from my lunch, I did recovery which was to find things that were out of place and put them back in their place. Then we did returns and then it was time to go home.

Had work on Friday, got there and helped another new girl put out some fall candles and then later got my own project of putting out some other candles on another aisle. That took me about 3 hours to do, then I went on my lunch and came back and did another project, recovery, returns, then home. I really like it there, its going to take some getting used to but I do like it. I have a full work week next week with almost 30 hours so that will be good.

Chris is coming earlier than expected!!!! YAY!!!! He's coming in 13 days. So August 7!!!! YAY! He's on a direct flight from Calgary to SLC and will get here pretty fast (only a 2 hour flight). We've decided to go to Temple Square and check stuff out there. Then we're going to my parents and spending the weekend down there. Then Sunday he leaves. :( But then he's coming back on the 21st again!!!

So thats what I'm basically doing, Working and talking to Chris. :) Things are going better than they were. My car has been acting up so I've been using my mom's car. Lets hope it can get fixed. Jenny has been busy so our schedules have been kinda mixed up and we haven't been able to hang out much but I still always want to. Guess we'll figure something out, right?

I love my life right now and how I know I want to change to be a better person and do whats right and hang out with the right people. But things are going good. :)

Complete 180

Lets hope I can do this. I'm trying to live my life a little bit differently than I have the last year. I am 21. It's time to grow up, right?? I got the job at Michaels. (Thank goodness!) I've moved home for awhile, been here about 2 weeks now. I love being here and closer to the other kids. I still have gotten to see Kaylin too but not as much but I've been playing with Kolby, Mad, Hi, and Caleb alot more. Which is good for them. They haven't got to see me that much. I've realized that being home and always around family is good. I'm not sucked into the ways of the world and I'm more at peace. I love that.

So I'll be working at Michaels part time, and might still keep trying at Albertsons and maybe work 2 jobs for a while. We'll see what happens. It will be good to have something to do besides sitting on the computer or watching TV all the time, then I can have money for me to play around with again.

I've met a guy... HAHA... Things kinda ended suddenly with Dave but its for the best. He was supportive of my decision which was good. Anyways, back to new guy... I guess I technically havent *met* him, we've started talking online. Our relationship has blossomed into something great. He's called me every night since we've talked and we talk online alot still as well. Only sad thing is, he lives in Canada! At the end of June he put in for his passport and just this last Monday we had, he got it!!! Finally, he can come meet me!!! But he's not coming till the middle of August! :( A whole other month before I get to see him??? What am I going to do??? HAHA! We will still talk every night and still miss each other like we do. I'll try to keep you posted on me and what I'm doing alot more. I always get after my sisters for not updating as much just cause I want to see pictures/videos and stories of the kids more often.

My life is just starting to turn around and be better. I have a good job, a great family, awesome friends, amazing guy, and my loving most perfect Heavenly Father behind me. I want to change this time! I dont want to ruin anything I have anymore! I WILL BE HAPPY! Someday...

Life has been tough this last month.... time for an update!!!

WELL...... the last month I had was a crazy one!!! On the first day of June, I got fired from Babies R Us. It was a hard thing for me and I've been jobless ever since. I tried looking for jobs but didn't really try looking hard enough. Today, I got the motivation I needed, my mom threatening to take away two of my most favorite things...cell phone and her car back. I was devasatated. Never had I thought in one day I could have lost it all. From this day forward I have to prove to her that I CAN and WILL get a job and she WILL be proud of me again. I prayed alot today too which that hasn't been on my top priority list either but I prayed and I asked Heavenly Father to let something happen to get me to get a job. About an hour later, I got a call from Michaels and have an interview set up for tomorrow at 3pm! I applied at 7 different places today which include, Wal Mart, Shopko, Aeropostale, The Childrens Place, Motherhood Maternity, Archivers (scrapbooking store), and Deseret Book. All fun places to work!!! So if any one of these called me back I would gladly take them. Lots of tears have been shed today but my main goal is to make her happy and proud of me again. I don't need friends or any BOY (which that gets me in my most trouble anyways) to make me happy just as long as she is completely happy with what I am doing that is all that matters to me right now. I know she will read this and probably still have some steam coming out of her ears but I still love her and I want her to know how lucky I am to have a mother like her. Who wants nothing more than for me to succeed and be happy. And I want nothing more than to do that for her. I love her more than anything in this world and want her to be proud of me. I can't say that enough but I so do! For the last year she has put up with ALOT of my crap, and I never once stopped to thank her for being by my side helping me become a better woman. She is my hero and my best friend. A true woman of faith, virtue, knowledge, divine nature, good works, integrity, self worth, love, charity, and most of all her testimony. I'm crying as I type this because if you all knew how much she has gone through you would have given up on me a long time ago, but she never did and I hope she never will. MOM, I want to be your little girl. I want you to see the light I had in my eyes back. I want you to be proud of me and I want you to be involved in my life. I've messed up big time but I want you to know that I am so sorry for ever hurting you or disappointing you in any way. I'm gonna grow up now, ok? I'm 21 years old, its about damn time I do. Thanks for opening my eyes to see what a screw up I've been this last month. I'm gonna rock that interview tomorrow. :)

JENNY LYNN OSTLER... MY BEST FRIEND!

Well, here I go again blogging. I thought a few months back that I blogged about Leah Miller one of my best friends that I should blog about Jenny, my other best friend. Here we go, J.O. this is for you! By the way, I went and took all of these pics from my tagged pictures on Facebook, went and edited them on picnik.com, and then posted them all on here. These are just all of the many pics and many faces and adventures that Jenny and I went on. And all the songs are songs we have listened to in the car or at her house and just aren't as fun to listen to with other people. Its a pretty random playlist but I decided to put them on here. Have fun!

Shotgun Shooting with friends!

Jenny really brings out the best in me! I mean, by this goofy smile I'm sporting, you can tell we always have a good time. One of my best and favorite memories was playing Phase 10. I always went to her apartment with my game on but she always beat me. Guess she was "more lucky" or just a good player. But I loved going there and playing Phase 10 and just laughing and talking about our eventful days or sometimes uneventful. I always know that I can have a good laugh whenever we are together.

Isn't she beautiful?

This picture is one of Jenny's favorites. It always makes me laugh when I see it. She is a goofball at times. WELL... lets introduce you all to JENNY LYNN OSTLER if you don't know who she is. Jenny is from Alpine, Utah where she currently lives until the fall where she will move back to Provo to go back to her second year at UVU, still studying Psychology. She works at a place in Salt Lake City called OKManufacturing. She has 4 sisters and 3 brothers. She is 3rd in line and is a good example to her younger siblings. She graduated from Lone Peak High School in 2008. She has a lot of friends and people really dig her bubbly outgoing personality. She is honest and caring and would give her life for anyone. I love her oh so much!

Dancin' on tables was always a good time!

Throwing the Deuces!

I'm Ben. She's Jerry. We are a team. We go together like PB&J. Our personalities are so similar but different. I think that's how we get along so good. I can be myself when I am with Jenny. She brings out this side to me that I don't have to pretend to be something I'm not when I am with her. Who wouldn't want a friend like that?

Just Being Silly!

4-Wheeling in Oak City! Yes, she came to Oak City. She surprisingly LOVED it! I mean who wouldn't? :D

Jenny, J.O., JenJen, Jerry, J to the O, I love you girly! I know I haven't been the best of example to you the past few weeks but I just want to let you know that I love you and I care about you more than you even know. You've taught me more about myself than I would have ever known about myself. Thank you for always being there for me and showing that you care about me. I couldn't ask for a better best friend and I am so glad I have you to help lift me up and make me smile. You're the best Jenny O!

Remembering...It is Memorial Day after all....

For the past few weeks, I've reflected on my life and what I've done to make me who I am today; and when I die that the people I want will remember what a good person I was because of the choices I made. Today was a good day to think about those who've made a legacy for me to live up to and also just a day to remember those who passed on that I once cared about so much.

I thought a lot about my grandparents. I didn't get to know my grandpa Christensen very well because he died when I was only 5 years old but I know that he was a great man and loved his family very much. My grandma Christensen passed away a week after my 18th birthday. I have many memories of her and keep them close to my heart. She loved to quilt and has made me a lot of quilts throughout my lifetime. She had the kind of attitude that you always wanted to be around and always had a good story to tell or wanted to hear a good story so she could tell someone else. I love and miss them both dearly.

One person that has stuck out a lot in my mind today that I just cant get out of my head is my ex boyfriend Craig. Craig died on February 4, 2009. He was battling addictions and just couldn't be saved. I had a lot of firsts with Craig and as much as it didn't end so good, I sometimes miss all the fun times we had together. I remember our first date, he took me to see Baby Mama at the theater. I remember he was so shy that he didn't hold my hand until about 15 minutes left in the show. We continued the date at my apartment and watched Bourne Ultimatum. The next day he was my boyfriend and I was really happy about that. We dated for about 4 weeks and I decided I needed a better guy. So I told him I never wanted to see or talk to him ever again. He agreed and as bad as it sounds I got my wish. Sometimes, now I wish I could have been there for him and been a better example but other times I know that he is in a better place. He had a good heart and I know would give it to anyone if they asked for it. His smile lit up a room and he knew how to make me laugh.

I hope that one day when I've passed on that those who knew me are happy they did and those who didn't wish they did. I live my life one day at a time and see many trials but I'm learning to be big and make big decisions. A smile goes a long way and this whole getting up an hour early to do hair and put on makeup thing has boosted more confidence in myself than anyone could imagine. Or maybe cause when I do get ready I have a hot guy telling me I look beautiful but still. I'm the most happy I've been in a LONG time. And I don't want it to stop. MY LIFE ROCKS!

Wont Let You...

With that, I've felt like I've been this case that everyone wants to work on and help out. If my life wasn't bad enough I have you on my case wanting to know every detail and then trying to help. What I hate more than someone saying "they completely understand and know what I'm going through" is someone who thinks they can help by controlling what I do and how I live my life. I've gone through all of this before with people trying to control my life so that I do all I can to be how they want me to be so I can fit in with them, and I'm not about to do that all again. Like it or not, I am who I am and don't want to be changed to be like you and don't especially appreciate these trips of guilt I've been put on. I do listen to everything you've said to me and all the advice and your insights on things, but you can't change me. I can't be like you so stop trying to convert me to be like you. I haven't completely given up on myself as much as you think I have. I'm not selling myself short or settling, I'm TRYING! Is that so bad? To try to find out who I am and why I'm here and what I'm doing with my life? Is there something so horrible with that, that you can't grasp or understand? Of course I'm going to have my struggles and heartache but thats something we all go through at one point in our lives. I haven't lost faith in what I believe in, if I did I wouldn't be trying and going to church every Sunday I can. At least I have that. I've lost a lot of things but no one can take away my faith and what I know to be true. Can't you just understand that I need to experience things on my own and make those mistakes for myself? I'm the one doing the action and I will be the one reaping the consequences later on. I've kept this in for so long and I wont let you think you can control me anymore. You DON'T understand what I'm going through, you're not in my shoes so stop pretending to be. Let me find out who I am and then love me for who I am and stop trying to change who I am and what I do. You say you'll love me for whatever decisions I make but when I make the one that YOU don't like I feel like your love only decreases and I become that psychology case. No one wants to feel like they are some sort of "case" to their friends. I want to be myself and have you love me for who I am and what I'm trying to do. I'll figure it out someday. I have the faith that I will and so should you. Quit thinking I'm going to change overnight, this life isn't easy, I'm figuring that out more and more everyday but things only become lighter when I'm myself and doing what I love doing. Is that so wrong? I don't think so.

UPDATE!

Hey! I'm updating my blog cause Mom has been hounding me to update! So I'll update you on whats happened the last few weeks and what's going to happen in the weeks to come.

Last weekend, we had family pictures. I think they turned out good. Dad and Mom wanted to do them outside but the sky had a mind of its own and decided to dump water all over the state of Utah that day. Luckily, the cheerleaders at the high school had their fundraiser which was family pictures (how ironic). So we go in and they had an opening to we had 10 big people and 5 little people get their picture taken in white shirts and jeans.

I've been going home a lot lately because of conference, Easter, and mission homecomings. Its been nice to be home and stay more than one day. My parents and my relationship has become stronger and I feel like I can be more honest with them and not hold back like I had been.

For the last two weeks on Fridays-Tuesdays, I've been staying up WAY past my bedtime. 'Did Em get a new job is that why she's been staying up so late', you ask? HAHA no, that would be a miracle haha. But I've been talking with this great guy that I met online. That is the time he works and pretty much the only time he can really talk. So every night starting at 11pm, I am on Facebook chat well into the night. There have only been 2 times in the whole 2 weeks that I've stayed up his entire shift talking to him. (Shift ends at 7am) But so Dave and I have established that we like each other and things are going great. Who knows where this relationship will take us but we both are still in the "getting to know you" phase so thats just what I intend to do.

The next few weeks are going to be spend working my butt off to get money saved for summer. I plan on going on a lot of trips with Dave and other friends so I'll need that money to play. I'm moving to Village on the Parkway this Thursday, in two days, and dont have a lot packed! My roomates have told me they are leaving but they haven't started to pack. Let's hope I can get all or most of it packed tonight and tomorrow and work and hang out with Jenny and Dave inbetween it all too. BUSY BUSY! But I love it!

Is that a good update Mom? :D