Emily was born in Salt Lake City as the 7th of 8 children. She enjoyed growing up with her three sisters and four brothers in Farmington. She was a sweet and shy child.
A classic story that highlights her timidity occurred when she was approximately eight years old. She was at home when she heard an explosion. She went to check it out and found the fireplace had blown up due to them having too much snow built up in the chimney. She hurried to tell her mom. Her mom called 911 about the fire and told Emily to go get their next door neighbor, since her dad was out of town. She ran to get him, only to find that he was already out front of their house shoveling the snow off their driveway. She was so shy, though, that she just couldn't bring herself to tell him about the fire, even after his friendly greeting. She distinctly remembers standing there just looking at her shoes. Fortunately, her mom and brothers were able to put out the fire nonetheless.
Emily attended Davis High and enjoyed being involved in musical productions, DECA and choir. She got involved in the community as well, working as an anti-tobacco ambassador, acting in Kaysville city plays and participating in various service opportunities; as a result, she was awarded a scholarship for community service. Being from a large family she learned by example the value of hard work and saving for college. She worked hard enough and was responsible enough that she got promoted to be a trainer at Famous Dave's while she was still a high school student. She made enough to be able to save a large amount to put toward her studies at Utah State in Family, Consumer, and Human Development and in her studies at Weber State of Interior Design and Family Studies.
Interior design became an important part of her life and played a vital role in bringing Jordan and Emily together. She got hired at the RC Willey in Riverdale as a decorator and would design and set up their displays. When a cute, returned missionary was hired to assemble and move furniture, Emily and Jordan's boss kept assigning them to work together on projects since she thought they seemed like a fabulous match. Emily had the vision and Jordan had the brawn and worked very well together, a dynamic that continues to work well for them to this day. Two months after working together, Jordan asked Emily out on their first date in August. They went on a super fun date, canoeing at Pineview in the dark with glow sticks. They got to canoe up to a party barge (a big square raft) in the middle provided by the Outdoor Club at WSU that had sparkling cider, cheese, and crackers. They had a blast together.
To get a second date, Jordan had to get creative in convincing Emily since she was really not a fan of dating coworkers due to the awkward dynamics it could create on the job. He sold her on the idea by saying that they could keep their dating a secret from their coworkers. So, one of them often would leave ten minutes or so before the other, just so they could meet up for a lunch date undetected. They were pretty much together nonstop after they started dating and to Emily’s surprise they dated just a few short months before getting engaged in November. The bigger surprise came when they told their coworkers about the engagement, they were still unaware that they had been dating (many who had recently been turned down for dates by Emily). All of the rejection finally made sense.
They were married in the Salt Lake Temple in March of 2007 and jumped into both going to school and working. Once they started having children, they had three in less than three years. She had three in diapers for a few months, and YES, she had her "hands full" just as many people reminded her over and over again whenever she went out anywhere. Nine months ago her hands got even more full, adding her fourth child who happened to be the fortieth grandchild for Emily's parents. She is a fantastic mom.
Beyond that, Emily is a fantastic, loving and giving person. When I asked what one of her future dreams was, she said that it would be to go to Paris with her hubby because he served his mission in Paris. They even have a 'Paris jar' they put all their spare change into.
Our ward is incredibly lucky to have Emily as a part of us! She is one of those amazing, wonderful people that have a gift for making others feel so special and loved! Get to know her, if you haven't already. You will LOVE her!!!
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