Disneyland and Christmas!

Together again! Robert is here to visit for Christmas and the three amigos are back together (with their Mac)

This is the happiest thing about this Christmas! LOTR baby! I know we are nerds. We even got eachother the same LOTR movie (Return of the King) so we had to give one to Andrew! But honestly if you haven't seen these you are missing out in a major way on some really inspirational stuff :)

Brigham was so stinkin brave and went on the Tower of Terror with me! This is my favorite ride and I'm so happy Brig likes it too!

This is my sister and her hubby! Aren't they cute :)

And of course the famous Disney churro.... cant live without 'em.

The trip and Christmas were a blast but most of all, I'm grateful for our Savior this Christmas. He is the reason for the celebration and we love Him! Happy Holidays!!

New Family Pictures!!

It was raining a little bit so my hair is a little crazy! But it was way fun to be out there and the lighting was really good!

All done!!!

Finals are done! Yipee! It's been a hard semester for us but we did it and now we are free!!!

I realize I haven't put many pictures up lately so here's a couple random ones :)

This was after he shoved the cake in my face... I wasn't very happy! haha

This was in London when we finally found platform 9 and 3/4!!! Actually, we never really did find it but we did find platforms 9 and 10! I like this picture :)

Happy Holiday Break everyone!!!

For the love of....

BRIGHAM!!! Here is a post of 23 things I love about the Briggles. I am using the number 23 because that's how old he is... not that it is his birthday or anything I just wanted to do a post about him and 23 things came to mind! So, here we go:

1. He takes out stinky garbage when all I can do is sit there and plug my nose and whine until he gets the hint and takes it out :)

2. He lets me win at Checkers, even though I am unbelievably horrible at it. He still finds a way to let me win! I'm pretty sure that's really hard to do!

3. He sometimes steals the blog and writes things about me that make my day!

4. His freckles :)

5. He loves the food I cook, even though I'm pretty sure some of it is nuclear waste or something. Thanks for smiling your way through it babe :)

6. We can have really deep talks and the next minute we're goofing off!

7. The squirrel voice. For whoever has heard it, you know what I mean! Funniest thing ever!!!

8. He LOVES Christmas just as much as I do! And that is A LOT!! And it makes me so happy

9. He is a smarty pants. Like really the kid can study like nobody's business and retain it! I wish I could do that...

10. He loves he gospel and I love that he loves the gospel.

11. He still talks about his mission and how much he loved it! I love mission stories

12. He is a hard worker. He is quite the handy man. Also, when we were in TX this summer, it was really hard work but I hardly ever heard him complain. I would just sit and think "there is no way I could ever do that."

13. He loves Lord of the Rings just as much as I do! That pretty much sealed the deal :)

14. He loves Harry Potter just as much as I do! That pretty much double sealed the deal!

15. We can read Shakespeare plays together, accents and all, and not even laugh at each other!... much

16. He loves his family and is so stinkin good with rowdy boys, which the Nicoll family has aplenty!

17. He is tender! Don't worry babe I won't tell them how you cried in "Up" when the grandma dies... oh wait

18. We have dance parties... that's right!

19. He married me in the temple which I looooooove!!!!

20. He sometimes leaves me sweet notes on my pillow or on the bulletin board in the office. Those are the best

21. He stuck with me through all my moodiness and breaking up with him! And I'm so happy he did!

22. He does yoga with me... and then rubs my back when I stretch a little too far :)

23. He is my best friend in the whole world!!!!

I love you Brig!!!!

Loves,

Em

remembering Ben

Today is the 4-year anniversary of Ben's death. I miss him so much and I just wanted to take this time to honor him and recognize him. He is the best brother I could ever ask for. He blessed my life in every way and since his death, he continues to do the same.

It's interesting how the pain never goes away. I thought for sure by now that it would have eased up a bit but it hasn't. There are always things that remind me of him, especially music. And red Jeep Wranglers. And Marine Corp stickers.

But I know where he is and that he is with Ethan right now and looking down wanting us to be happy. And that's what I try to do everyday. Because he is where he is, he gives me a goal to get there and to be with him and the rest of my family forever and ever. I just hope I can be good enough to live with him someday.