Baby sitting!

Well. I think I should be grateful for my summer. And I'm going to be. I get to see Rob every day! Which is really the best part of my day. He doesn't know this, but I'm bringing him orange chickens from Panda for lunch. See? Summer isn't bad. It's a good thing.

So I went babysitting yesterday. And it was super funny... The four kids, who's names will be changes only because I think the mother would appreciate it, were very cute. Here are their stats and a basic outline of them.

• John -10? Not sure...sometimes he acted like he was three. But I'm sure he's nice to his mom.
• Iris -7. This I know because that is how long she had to stay in time out. She kicked her brother (John) for taking her toy. I don't think I punished him. Maybe if I had I would know how old he is.
• James -4. I asked him while he was telling me stories. He really is my favorite. He would sit on the counter and when I asked him what he was doing he said "Nothing. I'm just sad." He never gave a reason for being sad, he just was. It was so cute. And I got him to do things by using peer pressure. "Do you want to brush your teeth?" "No." "But all the cool kids are doing it! Do you want to be cool?" "Yes!" "So let's brush your teeth!" "Okay!" He totally forgot that he didn't want to do it in the first place.
• Luke -I'm not sure... When I asked him how old he was he said yellow...my guess is two. He just walked around and talked non-sense to himself. And when it was time for bed, all I had to do was put him in pajama's and tuck him in. And he stayed in bed without a fuss. It was beautiful. And adorable.

All in all, it was one of the better times I had baby sat. John is usually a terror. And during the day, he was. And getting him to bed took some lying. James was scared, so he sat by me in the hallway and read me stories until mom and dad got home, and John thought that if he pretended to be scared, he could stay up too. So I told him that if he stayed on his pillow for ten minutes, and was still scared, he could get up. Well, suddenly one minute turned to ten on my watch. "Emily, how long have I been here?" "Two minutes. Lay back down." Actual time elapsed: 5 minutes. "Emily, can I get up yet?" "It's only been five minutes." Actual time elapsed: 15 minutes. Now, lying to children isn't very nice, but he fell asleep after that. So I don't even feel bad.

Iris on the other hand didn't want to stay in bed at all. And after I told her not to leave her room again, she started finding creative ways to get off her bed. Like putting her pillow on the floor---when she thought I wasn't looking---and falling off her bed on to the pillow. I think she was trying to make me thing she had rolled off in her sleep. It didn't work, but it was really funny to watch. Really funny.

That's all the stories I can think of at the moment and I need to dry my hair so I can take said orange chickens to a certain someone!

Oh glum! Oh blah! Oh Summer of Death!

Well. My summer has amounted to a big heaping bowl of nothing.

wahoo.

I went to California the first week and it was *very, very* fun.

Pluto and I created the perfect Disney Picture and the perfect Disney Princess Face. Right there. Disney Magic baby.

Bri and I saved a small village from that boulder. We were rewarded with gold. Lots of gold. We are now princesses in their culture.

There are more pictures, but I can't figure this picture thing out.

I haven't done anything fun since then. Actually, that is a lie. Rachel (sister), Rob and I went to Chuck E. Cheese and got ice cream last week and it was a lot of fun. maybe i can post a picture...

Definietly can't.

Well the three of us got four-hundred tickets because Rob is super good at games and got the bonus on two games! Holy cow. We got a lot of fun stuff.

and I'm watching Jon and Kate+8...so i'm going to go. Honestly, it's the best show ever. it's adorable. I just...can't handle how amazing it is.

Oh my heavenly days!!! Part II

This is a documentation of after Robert opened his mission call...

SO! Afterwards, Robert, Devin, Jason, Kim, Callan, Deba, Alexis, Cameron, and myself decided we'd go up in the canyon and roast marshmellows! I was pretty excited! So Rob gave me his BYU sweatshirt and his Junior Mints blanket, we went to my house super fastly, and then we drove on up to a park in the canyon! We were not alone in our idea, for I saw some other Timp kids (track kids i think) dancing around a fire listening to Backstreet boys.

We walked around, looking for a camping spot for *ages*. It honestly took forever. We found a nicely seculded spot--it's nearest neighbors had their fire dulled to embers, but we were pretty sure they were making out...-- and we settled down. Well...some of us did. Devin and Jason ran off into the darkness together...we were uncomfortable. Just as Cameron and Callan were starting to put wood in the pit, the sprinklers turned on. And we ran...fast....

Finally we decided on the spot next to the track kids. We had pretty good background music.

So, as they (Cameron and Callan) were starting the fire, we stood and watched. They used newspaper to start it and then added the wood. (This sounds like stupid info, but it comes into play later.) As we watched the fire burn and get blown about by the wind, Jason decided to give us some wise words. "I'm going to make an analogy." he said, "The fire is a relationship, and the wind is a mission." I felt a little guilt trip coming; Rob and I had, of course, been holding hands. "Alright," started Jason, "So if the fire or a relationship is strong, the wind or a misson will only make it burn hotter. But, if it's weak, the wind will blow it out." Of couse, the way Jason said it made it hilarious. And everyone laughed and I appreciated it a lot. I thought we were about to get called out, but he was totally being the awesome Jason Rob is always telling me about.

Anyways.

While we were listening to Jason, I noticed that the little pieces of burnt newspaper would fly up as miniature fiery balls of doom, and to me who was wearing shorts, this was a bad thing. So I told them to stop using newspaper. And for a while it worked. But then the wind started blowning and the newspaper went with it. The only way thought of to get the newspaper to settle down was to put it in the fire! So a large section was balled up and put in. But not for long... The next thing we new, this ball of burning FLAME was flying through the air...TOWARDS ME!!!!!!!! It was like one of those ghosts on Mario Bro.'s, but made out of fire...and huge...and chasing ME!!! It was the scariest three seconds of my life. And Rob didn't even throw himself romantically infront of me declaring "Take me instead you fiery demon of death!!!" But what do you expect? ;)

Well. I'm being kicked of the computer. One of the many downsides of the computer being in mom and dad's room. If the want to sunday nap, I have to leave.