love this season

me and my sister by the reflecting pool

me and my sister and dad

my adorable nephew cade. who is celebrating his first christmas with us

me and my mother

the tree inside the joseph smith building---its probably one of my favorite trees ever.

so christmas is pretty much my favorite season ever...like everyone elses right? this past week for a couple days the family and i went to salt lake and went shopping and looked at christmas lights at temple square. it was alot of fun. christmas eve i worked all day and then had a christmas party which is always fun, where we watched sherlock holmes before anyone else. woohoo. jk. alot of my friends and i exchanged gifts and i am probably the easiest person to shop for because i like everything and am happy with whatever...well my friends know me really really well and i got quite a stash...101 dalmations and aristocats to help with my disney collection...500 days of summer, big fish, harry potter and quite a few others plus tons of bath and body works stuff, socks and other stuff so overall i would say it was a great party and a great day..love my life

xox e

...//2009\\...

so this post is a little early but i am sure i will only add and add do it.
it has not hit me yet that christmas is in a week. and 2o09 is over almost. so the yearly re cap.

January

in january i brought in the new year at the theatre(suprising huh)

i started day and night school at pmts

i was chosen to go to sundance film festival for paul mitchell and help out in the VIP tent

i passed my written and my practical state boards

{{February}}

february was non eventful. i went to school 55 hours a week.

March
On March 2 i officially graduated from Paul Mitchell the school.
2000 hours later, tons learned and amazing friendships formed.

I moved back to wyoming to work at the theatre.

i also saw a good friend who i hadnt seen in 7 months.

april

spring break at nicks is always the best.

MAY

taylor swift concert=amazing.

June

Jamin and i hang out pretty much everyday
dancing in the rain.

my beautiful fourwheeler comes into my life

more parties at nick

i became a manager at the theatre

July

My beloved harry potter comes to theatres.

more midnight movies and hp adventures

August

my 20th birthday.

jamin moves away:(

slip n slide adventures

start of wwcc business major

September

more school.

miley cyrus concert=]

October

haunted forest in utah with luke

halloween at work

the birth of my beautiful nephew cade.

fun visit to colorado springs

November

thanksgiving with the family.

start of the holiday season:)

DECEMBER

christmas shopping.

fun times at home

fun christmas adventures

sledding

oreo pumkin shakes.

this yaer has brough on many adventures. some good some bad. many wonderful friendships made and some gone a little bad. overall the year was amazing.

nutcracker and winter adventures

{The pictures are out of order but i will caption them}

so alot of you know i have danced my {{entire}} life, well since about the age of three.

and i danced the Nutcracker Ballet for about 8 years.
it was a huge part of my life. once you start you are family.
last year for the first time i watched this beautiful ballet. being a performer in
it, i never had the opportunity to watch except for proffessional
productions. i miss the 30+ hours a week of
practices, and the bloody blistering feet
and all the fun all of us girls
used to have. i will always be apart of this family of dancers which makes
up for not being able to perform , but i would still love to be up
on that stage to packed audiences and i will always be grateful
for the Tag for instilling her love of dance in me.

so for the real story. andrea meghan and i went twice. we became known as the frizz fan club. frizz is a girl i have known for quite sometime and gave her that nickname that i hear people use all the time now. nutcracker is crazy, you get so many gifts its like a mini christmas(not what christmas is about though) anyway so to show our support to our fellow dancers meghan and andrea bought these straw bundles.. which is rather hilarious because we were known as the comedians so people laughed.
next adventure...luke and i (after sledding) decided to enjoy the town of green river at christmas...love this small town for all the christmas decorations and town unity. anyway so there is this huge circular field as you are driving into town and they decorate it all nice and pretty and it has at least a foot of beautiful untouched snow. so me and luke decide to go to the very center where this light cone christmas tree is and take pictures. the snow is no longer untouched but has ours and only our footprints. the very first picture would be my name in the snow in this pasture. when you drive over the bridge it is on display for the entire town to see that that pasture is mine and my bff lukes.

this would be me andrea and meghan the first night of nutcracker we went

this is andrea and i the 2nd time we went with actual flowers we got for frizz

the frizz fan club is what we are known as

this would be luke and i in the pasture. this is on the fence enclosing it.

this would be us sledding before luke and i went on an adventure. we all went sledding at the high school and it turned out to be really fun.

ahh the stress

2 blogs in one day. blogging seriously just releases stress(lame i know) but i love it even if nooone reads it.

this week has been super stressful and with finals and work i am happy to be finally done with school. its been a great semester..alot has changed..some good, alot bad but i have learned from it all...so here is a list of the things i am greatful for in life that have definately been great this week, semester and year.

*old friends- the ones i can talk to, the ones who know all about me, the ones who support me in everything.
*new friends-i have met some amazing people this year and hope to keep them around forever cause it seems like they have been here all along
*my own warm bed- i love my bed. not only is it mine, but it is warm and i love to curl up in my pillow and blanket nest.
*my parents. they supported me through everything and they let me live in their house when i need too.
*my sister- not only is she my best friend, she is my other half.
*blogging.
*my wonderful hair school friends who got me through my education and life in provo.
*life itself. love it
*the trials in my life who make me who i am now.
thats all for now. more lists later
xoxoem

the office

yes this is a post all about the office. if you have not watched last nights episode you probably should because it is hilarious. although slightly sad about david wallace haha..but anyway its still funny and probably one of the best of the season

textity text

ok so lately i have had this recent obsession with outerware...

maybe because its so freaking cold outside..who knows.. anyway on one of my friend julees blog she had these amazing gloves where the thumb and pointer finger unfold so you can text.. well i am in wal mart today and low and behold these magical little things i would like to title texting gloves. best 7 dollars i ever spent.

rules of life

so moving to provo and going to hair school and being on my own for two years was tough...i learned alot of stuff.. and i thought i figured myself out..then i move home.. i guess i was wrong..so much has happened so i compiled a little list for myself and others so here it is...there are kinda alot but i dont care

Rules of life..by emily brooke harding.

1. Life, it goes on.
2. Promises get broken
3. Everything happens for a reason
4. Smile it will make everything better...sometimes
5. People are mean. get over it
6. Count your many blessings
7. live, laugh, love
8. People will let you down.. dont count on them to much
9. every minute you spend upset is 60 seconds of happiness you will never get back.
10. Pretend everything is fine because eventually it will be.
11. Regrets=there are none
12. Everything has a lesson to be learned from it
13. Reward yourself every once in a while. you deserve it.
14. Friends are amazing
15. Family is even better

the list will keep growing but for now this is plenty...

thanksgiving, black friday, and me the movie critic

ok so thanksgiving was an eventful holiday in my house. erin and todd spent it with us along with my aunt and uncle and their kids. it was alot of fun and great food. i had to work though so that sucked but time and a half is always good...i love thanksgiving because it makes you realize how much you truly have, and as i am pondering what i am thankful for on thanksgiving i realized why does it just have to be thanksgiving in which you are super thankful for everything. i am so thankful and happy for all that i do have. a couple weeks ago in conference a lady spoke on happiness and how people always say if only i had this or if only this would happen then i would be happy, but thats never how it works so i am trying this new thing to stop worrying so much and to just be happy and thankful for what i have now. and i realize how very blessed i am.
i had quite the epic black friday..jamin and i decided to go shopping but we both knew if we went to sleep that night we would not wake up in the morning in time to go shopping so we pulled an all nighter and watched new moon and then went to wal mart at 4. we thought they started selling stuff at 4 but no turns out we were an hour early. well in that hour epic things happened. i didnt know i could be hit so many times in an hour. first some lady runs into me with her cart. the next a guy pushes over a clothing rack on me and another guy runs a card table into my head. it was great but good thing though we went so early cause i got ten movies for 2 dollars each. a blu-ray player regularly 300 for 118 and a new gps cause my old one sucked...i got some pretty sweet loot that i am excited for. we also went to my other favorite store-hastings where i purchased the rest of the gilmore girl seasons that i didnt own and a ton more movies and on the bottom of my receipt total savings:300 dollars!! LOVE BLACK FRIDAY!!

MOVIE CRITIC TIME: ok so if you have not seen the blind side you are seriously missing out. its one of the best movies i have ever seen in my entire life and i have worked in a movie theatre for 4 years...thats a ton of movies..i guess its the oscar buzz right now and i hope it wins. Sandra Bullock-who is one of my favorite actresses- is AMAZING. she portrayed leigh ann touey perfectly and i just love it. i have seen it four times now and still get chills. if you are looking for a heart warming movie this is it.

NEW MOON...of course. look at those abs. taylor lautner can take off his shirt any time. new moon was ok. the acting is terrible but its just one of those movies you still love.

the many things i am thankful for...

The many things i am thankful for..in no particular order...

my best friend luke who will always be there to go on a fun adventure. we are crazy together and i dont know what i would do with out him.

being a member of the church. i do not know what i would do with out the gospel in my life. it has been there for me countless times and has helped me through the worst of the worst situations. missionaries also for their strength and support.

My best friend nicky. nick has been there for me through it all he pretty much knows everything and i love him to death for all he does and goes through with me.

my gorgeous sister meghan. this girl is my best friend ever. you mess with her and you mess with me. hands down i will be here for her no matter what. i love this girl to death

MY JOB. my job is amazing. it can be stressful and i cannot stand some of the employees at times but it is seriously such a blessing in my life and i love it so so much


all my amazing friends. i could not live without them. i love my friends so much.

My nephew cade/family. i love my family more than anything and of course we fight and do not get alot all the time but it is family and what are they for. i love them. my nephew cade i have seen a total of three times but i have loved this little boy from the first time i saw his picture. he is so precious and innocent and free of the troubles of the world.

LIFE. i am so greatful i am alive and here. i love life so much.

..NoVeMbEr..

ok so time is seriously passing by so fast.. i cant believe its already november. i cant believe my nephew is already a month old too.. not much has really been going on except work and school...

this would be me frizz and maddison at the heyday concert for lukes b-day(above). Below is lukes birthday party at his house.

Cade

this is cade my nephew.. i finally got to meet him last week at about three weeks old..and i barely got to see him at all because i was at school and working and everytime i came home the family didnt leave him alone.. thats ok though at least i met him

halloween..finally...

me and karen were cats...ok so i recycled my last years costume...its fine:)

HALLOWEEN!!

ok so halloween was kind of not exciting..i worked all night but we did get to dress up and i got to wear jeans to work which never happens so yay for that.. after work jonathon and i planned what we call at the theatre "scare night" for those of you who dont know the theatre is haunted. genuinely haunted..want to hear some crazy stories..just ask.. any way so i mass text everyone i work with and tons of people show up.. except it took over an hour to get started because people were annoying and wouldnt let us start..anyway it was a great scare night we "saw" lots of sweet things and it turned out pretty well for having so many people there...i hope jonathon is having a good last few weeks before he leaves on his mission..

haLLoWeen fUn

HAPPY HALLOWEEN..ALMOST!!
so last year me luke and his sister laina started this tradition of going to the haunted forest in utah. it was so much fun last year this year we had to go back. it was seriously so much fun and this is one of the best haunted houses "forests" i have ever been too. this time i didnt get scared really but it was alot of fun. and we invited veronica "frizz" to go with us and laina invited her friend ashley who pretty much drove me nuts the whole time but oh well what can you do. anyway frizz and i used to do ballet together and this was a fun weekend just for us to catch up especially after not hanging out and seeing her in so so long. any way friday we went to the DI-lukes favorite store and before that our traditional dinner at los hermonos. it was so weird being back in provo especially since i had not been there in forever. we only stayed an hour but i want to go back. after all that we went to the haunted house and then stayed at his aunts house. the next day we were supposed to go to lagoon frightmares except some people wanted to shop more which is kind of understandable seeing as we are from wyoming but still. so that night we went to the mayan resteraunt which is one of my favs ever and then to nightmare on 13th street which is supposed to be the number 1 haunted house in america...LIES! but it was still way fun. anyway it turned out to be a great weekend an i am excited for halloween.

me and laina posed by this last year in the exact same way.

us with the ghost buster who was there last year and remembered me! i mean who could forget me but still..jk he really didnt but we remembered him

all of us

me and the biff luke...why my hair is blonde...idk?!

cade stuart toolson

aunty em

World meet cade.
Cade Stuart Toolson
10-13-09
4:30am
9lbs 1 oz!! 22 inches!

Cade is my beautiful new nephew. i havent even met him and i already love him. he has red hair like me and erin:) and he is HUGE.

MILEY CYRUS!

this would be how close we were

you could send in texts to her and post them on the big screen...meghan sent in probably 50

in front of our seats

go ahead make fun..but it all started in june when miley announced her tour dated..i sat online the day the presale started and searched and searched for the best possible seats..needless to say i dont think i did to bad..second row on the floor...we could see everything. poor her thought because she was sick and ran off stage and had to keep taking breaks and stuff but it was still so so amazing.. i just love her..

..colorado springs...

so i pretty much do not like blogs without pictures but i seem to have misplaced the camera cord..anyway...

this weekend i went to colorado springs to visit jamin and see if i like it because that is where i want to move. i LOVED it. the weekend started out pretty bad when i got in a car accident but i was not going to let that ruin the weekend. we had dinner at this really good mexican place qdoba..which is kinda like cafe rio in the ordering but different food..both so good though.. the next day we shopped and stuff and looked around town and i got the tour and i looked at different salons and i pretty much love it.. i still need to figure out the details with moving but yep i have figured out my life.

time flies

its so crazy how fast time goes by. i was being a facebook stalker to myself and looking at everything from high school and all the old friends and yeah.. i would pretty much give anything to go back to high school and i know i cannot and if i could it would not be the same but seriously how have i already been out of high school for this long. like its crazy. i have done so much but have still so much left to do. from graduating hair school to going to real college to everything. i am ready to leave the bubble of gr/rs and see what i can do. i have always had such i aspirations for myself and always have had the outlook of go big or dont goand yeah. so now i am sitting here waiting for my sister to have my nephew..tonight/tomorrow.. my guess is 9-27-09 at 1:05 am. cant wait to meet my new nephew cade.

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School and life..

School...
ok so my favorite question in the entire world is.....so what are you doing with your life...i get it on a daily basis. its great..
Here is what i am doing. currently i am going to college and majoring in business..except i remembered why i didnt go to real college in the first place and it is because i dont do well with school. i dont like it. my classes are ok but its just there are so many tests and so much reading and homework that it sucks so i am dropping out at semester i think..BUT here is the new plan which i am sticking to. so all those who doubt me read this and compare in a year. i am going to continue with my fabulous job at the theatre (NOT) until about march april ish. then i will be moving to colorado springs with my best friend jamin who is going to grad school down there. i am going to work and pursue my passion of hair and leave the bubble of rock springs wyoming.

Life..
life has been great except ever since jamin left i was so sad and things werent really good and i was figuring alot out about myself and other people and who to trust and who really matters...basically i am out of my little "depression" haha and things are finally good. life is to short to spend upset and even though people promise things they cant keep and say things they dont mean its all for a reason and i have only come out stronger:)

Work..
i have also somewhat discovered why i have stuck around the theatre for hmm...more than four years now.. not only the people but i just love movies..my dream job is to be a movie critic. never will happen but thats ok because i love it anyway..i can be a movie critic for other people which is kinda how it is now. i get random texts all the time asking about movies and how they were and all that and people love it..thats why they continue to come back..jk. but anyway.. i am done the rant.

sUmMeR of the 09...

to start the blog off..these would be pictures of a great night at work when the power went out. anytime there is a storm in rs the power goes out..not good. especially since we are a very large business and we have very expensive equipment. so during the power outage we watched the lightning storm which was probably the coolest thing ever. better than fireworks. it was amazing to see what nature can do.

eh...me and my cousin and sister:)

Summer 09.

so i know this post is really late..but better late than never..

if i had to describe this summer in one word..AMAZING

seriously the best one ever. at the beginning i didnt actually even care. i just wanted it to go on and yeah we would all live our lives...but what really happened is Jamin came home. jamin is a manager i work with at the theatre..she worked with me in 07 and then went back to college and we kept in touch but not really..anyway this summer alot of drama happened at the theatre and we both wanted lots of hours so ended up doing extra stuff until 5 in the morning sometimes and she helped me paint my party room(i will blog that too when i have pictures). anyways long story short we started talking..alot. and then we started hanging out..alot. and then we became inseperable. i also got way close to some other people at work..mason who was part of the jamin and emily trio, laice my sister and ashlee my cousin and many more. we just did so many fun things and random things..this is a small town so mostly stuff noone has ever heard of..but needless to say from the slip n slide, to the 25 trips to ihop at 3 in the morning to midnight movies, lagoon, gypsy pranks and harry potter it was probably the best summer i could have asked for before i leave.