michelle emily: two holidays and a vacation

Sorry about the hiatus, guys--it's actually been productively busy! I'm zeroing in on my new apartment in DC and I have some leads for jobs there, too. All I can say is that God knows me better than I do and He is patient enough to wait for me to get my act together. Things have just been falling into place TOO well for it to be coincidence, you know? I'm starting to get more and more excited now that things are becoming more real. Especially since someone who also interned in DC recently pointed out that there is a good chance I'm going to be working in The Castle!

Is this real life?

As for the updates, let me jump back to, erm, Halloween. I had carved pumpkins at FHE and with my sister and on the day itself I was a vampiress and made about 100 cupcakes. That's just about it. Oh, and my family kept up the tradition of watching a bunch of scary movies the whole month and decorating the house super spooky. A little neighbor girl came up to my mom one day and said, "I like your grapeyard."

the pumpkin that the Bigelow sisters mostly carved while I cheered them on.

my zombie pumpkin

mummies--my first time attempting pumpkin cupcakes

the graveyard--chocolate cupcakes with dark chocolate frosting

Then this one came into town, so we ate Mashitas, went shopping, and watched Breaking Dawn, Part 2.

my fortune at the mall: "Joy will come with the return of a good friend." awwww.

"the flash is too bright!" and so was vampire Bella.

For Thanksgiving, my family actually went out to California the week before Thanksgiving since my dad and I had to work on Thanksgiving. Saturday, the first order of business off of the plane was going to In-N-Out. That night, we ordered pizza and watched the BYU game.

Sunday, the girls went to a baby shower for a family friend. Then we had Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family and also Anna Peterson. Yayyy Anna Petersonnn!!! I ended up driving back to Anna's in Santa Monica so we could have a girls' night and party. Whenever a friend comes into town, her employer is always like "go out clubbin" or "go have some fun on the town" and we are always like "ok" then we run back to Anna's and get into sweats and watch Vampire Diaries. That's why I love that girl!

Monday, the brave ones went to Universal Studios. I was excited about the rides but not excited about the Jurassic Park ride. But, you have to admit, I'm brave because at least I face my fears and go on the Jurassic Park ride, every time we go, anyways. This time, I was feeling more confident because, well, I'm not 12, and also because I knew what was coming so I could close my eyes if needed (I'm not 12...). But then they changed the ride. So I DIDN'T know what was coming and I was 12, again. I hate Jurassic Park.

We got to go on the new 3D Transformers Ride, which was epic and I hadn't been on the Mummy ride, either, which was epic. And I survived Jaws and King Kong on the studio tour. So, all in all, a pretty awesome day. That night we watched "The Birds" in honor of the references to Hitchcock's movies during the day (we also survived Norman Bates on the studio tour).

Tuesday, we ate breakfast at my most favorite place on earth, the Egg Plantation. Seriously, you haven't lived until you have tried their strawberry stuffed french toast. I crave that stuff every day. Then, some of us went shooting. That made me feel pretty BA. Wish I had taken pictures. That afternoon, the ladies had high tea at The Tea Gardens, which is beginning to become a tradition for us. My grandma is British and she still drinks tea religiously every afternoon, so we decided to make it an outing for the girls.