Catch Up Blog!

Hello Everyone!!

So....it has been quite a while since I updated...as it is completely obvious from looking at the date of my last entry and also from all the wonderful comments I have received along the lines of "you really should update your blog" or "I'm really sick of looking at that Wicked picture everytime I check your blog" etc. So here I am! I'm back!!! And I have been very busy the last little while so although this is going to be a long blog...it is going to be a very condensed version of what I have been up to!!! I will hopefully be able to go into more detail on most of these things...but just in case...here is a little of what I have been doing lately...

(in really no particular order)

1. I had an awesome birthday party!

(Standing: Amy, Jenn, Megan, & Jeff. Sitting on couch: Keilani, Leah, Cory, Emily, Chris. Sitting on floor: Craig, Lana, Me)

2. We have had many a roasting party! I really really really do love to roast things!

(Amy, Me, Ashley, Kenzie, Jenn, Taylor)

3. On April 22, Emily & Chris got engaged!!!

4. We went and saw The Drowsy Chaperone in Logan! And ate at The Blue Bird before! We had so so so much fun!

(Barbara, Dennis, Me, Brandon, Teresa, Emily, & Chris)

5. I went to DisneyWorld!

(Becky, Me, Amy, & Shelese on Splash Mountain)

6. Saw a shuttle launch while standing on Cocoa Beach! That's right, an actually shuttle launch!

(In case you aren't sure where you are looking, it's that white dot above and between the two buildings - click on the picture to enlarge it if you need!)

7. Our good friend Casey Myers got married! (No he is not in the picture but this was just a fun picture we took while there!)

(Nick, Ricky, & Me)

8. Brandon & I got engaged! (Okay not really! Here is the story...I looked good since I just came from a wedding and Brandon looks FABULOUSLY SKINNY so we wanted to take skinny pictures...and what better place to do that then at the set of Whoopee!? So after the show...as we were taking pictures...everyone kept saying they looked like engagement pictures...and so that is what they became!)

(We make a pretty cute couple, don't we!)

9. Leslie wanted to go see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and none of her family wanted to join her so of course when she asked me I said YES!

(This was painted on the wall by the dressing rooms at the Capitol Theatre)

10. Emily & I were the stage hands for The Miss Utah Pageant at the Capitol Theatre!! Thanks Brandon for a wonderful and scary new experience!

(My very favorite part was that I got to shoot off the confetti cannon every night! - also notice my awesome headset and that awesome clam in the background)

(Me & Emily standing outside our dressing room! Yup, we got a dressing room at the Capitol Theatre!!)

(Emily & I spent the majority of our time in this little nook! We kinda had our own little world stored here - treats, drinks, blankets, pillows, etc! Brandon took this picture during one of our 'breaks'! So so so much fun!)

11. Michael Jackson passed away :( Now I know that any of you who know anything about pop culture already know that...but I am kinda a HUGE MJ fan and so it was definitely a big part of my life.

12. It may have been 2 1/2 years late but I finally made Amy's quilt! And didn't it turn out fantastically?!?!

13. I made Emily a quilt for her wedding gift! I love love love it!! So bright and colorful!

14. There was a big deaf symposium in Salt Lake and I went down for the Sunday Meetings and met up with some of my VERY favorite people from my mission!!!

(Daniel Shoemaker, Emmalee Sparrow Christensen, Me, Lila Shoemaker)

15. I got to help with another show at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse! Dennis Ferrin directed Whoopee! and I got to be his assistant again! Working on this show and with this cast has been an experience I will always treasure! I have made some amazing new friends!

16. My best friend Emily got married to the love of her life, Chris! July 16, 2009 in the Bountiful LDS Temple! And I got to be the Maid of Honor! Isn't she gorgeous! Every part of the day was completely amazing and perfect!!!

(In my new totally cute outfit with the beautiful bride)

(The wedding party! Jannicke, Cydney, Me, Emily, Chris, Toby, & Aria. Look at those beautiful dressed Emily got for us! I've never felt so beautiful in my life! Thanks Em!)

17. Me & Mom went to the George Strait concert!!!

(He has only gotten better with age...FANTASTIC concert!)

(The best shot of the night!)

18. My good friend Brittni's daughter Jazlyn turned 1! Could she be any cuter?!?!?!

19. On my way to the Stott's cabin in Island Park I took a little detour to Jackson Hole to see 'Jackson Hole To The Max' aka 'The Reba Movie'!!! It's kinda a documentary on Jackson Hole and Reba is in it and narrates through the whole thing! It was FANTASTIC!!!!

20. At the Stott's cabin I found out that I am not that bad of a shot with a BB Gun!!! It was so much fun!

And I think that kinda sums up my life for the last couple months! Dang, I have a good life! So much fun!!!

And now that I have updated I am going to try to update more often! My goal is to update atleast 5 times in the next 7 days! Hopefully now that I have put it in writing I will feel enough guilt to actually follow through!!!!

P.S. Hi Brandon!