I HATE Spiders!

So I'm sitting in the basement organizing my DVD's (putting away the DVD's that people have borrowed and now brought back) and I'm talking to Becky on the phone when I see out of the corner of my eye what I think is a spider run across the floor. Our carpet down here is kinda a color that spiders blend into so I wasn't sure...and of course it kinda ran under the rug...so definitely not sure. So I'm talking to Becky and say "I think I just saw a spider so if I start screaming I am not getting raped!" So we keep talking and I am just standing there staring at the place on the floor I last saw the spider (because I can't move...for fear of it crawling on me or disappearing on me) and we are talking through what I am going to do if it crawls back out (normally we just stand and scream HELP until someone comes to our rescue...but I was home alone so I had to take care of the situation myself!) and then I see it (it was definitely a spider...not HUGE...but definitely big...way way bigger than I wanted to deal with on my own) so of course I start screaming!!! Then luckily it crawled along the bottom of the TV and so I used a Wii game case (rented so I didn't even get spider guts on my own) to smash it. EW EW EW EW EW...not only am I afraid of spiders (terribly terribly afraid) but I also HATE the sound that smashing them makes! I did set the phone down as I smashed it to save Becky's ears but I screamed alot and EW EW EW-ed ALOT!!!!

I HATE SPIDERS!!!!!!

P.S. Growning up I used to pay my brother a dime for each spider he killed for me! I could even wake him up in the middle of the night and he would kill the spiders for me!!!! Those are the days I miss!!!

DID I MENTION I HATE SPIDERS!!!!

My Family

For Christmas my brother game me The Office Board Game! So of course we had to try it out! (Yes, this is Christmas Eve! I just wanted to post it now!)

Dad, Nick, Mom, Becky, & Me
Aren't we a good looking bunch!!!!!!

My Weekend!

I had a fun and very busy weekend!!!!

1. It started with closing night of Whoopee!
Whoopee has been such a fun show to get to work on! Not only was it an excellent (and hilarious) show but I made some of the best friendships and had so much fun hanging out after the show. I am definitely gonna miss this cast and all the fun we had. I was sad to see it close but am excited to start rehearsals for Beauty & the Beast!

Jacci, Me, Ashley, & Kristi

I hung out in the dressing room with these awesome girls before almost every show!

Me, Lisa, & Lindsay! I love when Lisa & I get to work the shows together! And Lindsay worked backstage and did a FANTASTIC job!!! Thanks Linds!

After the show we had a birthday party for Kim & Annie! This is them fake blowing out their candles!

Brandon & I enjoying the party!

Kelland & Ashley (it was cold in there)

Then we went back to my house and played Nerts! We had so much fun and laughed ALOT!

And while we played, Kelland & Shelby took a little nap!

2. Then Saturday morning was the Roy Days parade (sorry no pictures) I didn't get to stay very long but there were lots of fun people (like always) that came and sat by us! I love ROY DAYS!

3. The reason I had to leave the parade early is because we had our first rehearsal for Beauty & the Beast! I am so excited! It looks like we have an amazing cast, I can't wait to see what they can do! And I ALWAYS love working with Leslie! It's going to be a great show!

4. Then Leslie had a baby shower for Baby Celia at her house! She's our little miracle baby and we are all so excited to have her in our playhouse family that we needed a party to celebrate!

Morgan & I blowing up balloons!

Baby Celia!!!! Isn't she so cute! That is one loved baby!

5. Then we had a Whoopee! cast party @ the Egginton's! Man, they know how to throw a party! (once again no pictures...sorry) They had swimming, delicious food, karaoke, and the best part...good company! It was an excellent party!

6. Brandon & I also made a quick stop at a friend's family members wedding reception.

7. Then back to the cast party!

8. Then to more Roy Days fun! Me, Amy, & Jenn joined my family up at the park for the best fireworks! Only complaint...they did not play 'God Bless The USA'. Sad :( It was definitely a night of oddly selected music!

9. Then for my very very favorite part of Roy Days...The Famous Russ Milkshakes! This year I think we had 30+ people at our house! And they were as delicious as I remembered!!! Then my friends stuck around for quite some time and we just talked!

It was a pretty great day!!!! I have some of the very best friends and a pretty dang good life!

Tired...

I'm really tired so I am ready to go to bed! It is almost 4 in the morning so I guess maybe it is time!! Do you ever have those moments when you realize you are freaking lucky and are pretty positive you have the best friends anyone could ever ask for?!?! That was my day today! It was just a great great day! I really do have a pretty fantastic life and definitely the best friends ever!

I LOVE PEOPLE!!!!!

Goodnight!

Playing Pool...

So as it turns out...I am REALLY bad at playing pool! I love it and have a really good time playing it but I am not very good! Tonight we played for about an hour and a half...which was easily 10+ games...I won 3. That's it...3! Which actually when I say it doesn't sound so bad until I mention that the only reason I won those 3 is because he hit the black ball in! But I'll take what I can get! Very fun night...not good at pool!

Crystal Gayle

Tonight me and my mom went to the Layton Amphitheatre to see Crystal Gayle! Crystal Gayle!! It was a great great concert!! For those of you under the age of 50 who don't know who she is...she is a very famous country singer from the 70's! She has some awesome songs like "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" and "Talking In Your Sleep" and "Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For" and many more!!

Before the concert I asked my mom "What do you think the average age of people at this concert is going to be?" to which she replied "My age" and I said "Aren't you guessing a little young?" and I was right...the average age was probably about 60! It is very possible that I was the youngest person there! It was awesome!

Also for those of you who don't know...she has really really really really really long hair! She keeps it about 3 inches above the floor! I kinda have an odd obsession with long hair and I could not stop watching it all night! I took about a ga-zillion pictures of it but for your sake...I am only posting a couple! But make sure you check out how LONG it is!!!











Her sister Peggy Sue was there as a back-up singer. Also for those of you who don't know...Crystal Gayle is Loretta Lynn's baby sister. And for those of you wondering who Loretta Lynn is all I will say is "The Coal Miner's Daughter" and if you don't know what that means...google it!

So between the fact that it was a FANTASTIC concert...I also saw some of my favorite people and my good friend Ashley sang the National Anthem and sounded freakin fabulous!!! It was an excellent excellent night!

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!

Wicked!

Months ago before tickets to Wicked went on sale and sold out at warp speed...I tagged onto Tina's season tickets and was able to get me and my parents tickets to see it! I have seen it twice before (once in Denver & then again in New York) and this one was fabulous as well!!! And it was really fun to go see it with my parents since they have never seen it before! I think they really loved it too! It was so much fun!

Another Awesome Text

This is the text I got today from my friend Amy...

(almost as good as last weeks!!)

Then I got this one...

Amy called this one 'Addie as Tara'. I LOVE the face she is pulling!

So much fun!

Awesome Text

On Saturday I got this text from Amy...

(this is her niece Addie)

FANTASTIC!!!!!