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!!!!!

Happy Birthday Reba!!!

Yesterday (March 28th) was Reba's Birthday! And me, being me, had a birthday party for her like I do every year!!!!

I have ALOT of Reba stuff...shirts, posters, magazines, books, cardboard cutouts, dvds, cds, etc, etc, etc. This year I didn't pull out very much of it...but here is what I did set up...


I know I've mentioned it before but I have the best friends! Here is a picture of all those who came to my party! (Not because they are really Reba fans but because they love me!!! Well some are Reba fans...)


Standing behind couch: Megan, Jeff, Casey, Me
On Couch: Jenn, Amy, Brandi, Cory, Leah
On Floor: Lana, Craig, Emily, Chris

We sang Happy Birthday, had cupcakes, played Name That Tune with Reba songs, (it was just me against Casey. I won the first round, he won the second!) watched some episodes of The Reba Show, and just had a good time!!

I LOVE REBA!!!!!!

Music Man

The other reason I haven't been blogging lately...



Before Show Boat, I helped my good friend Leslie with Music Man at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse. There are still 7 more performances...so if you get a chance, Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays til April 10th...

Show Boat!

For those of you wondering what I have been doing lately and why I haven't been updating...

I have been working on Stage Crew...


For Show Boat (at Layton High)....


Which means I got to work with...

(my best friend Emily)

And also with...

(I LOVE Brandon!!!)

Seriously...what more could a person ask for? I have the best life! Even though I am completely exhausted (the boat is HUGE and hard to move, I'm kinda a wimp!) and still haven't caught up on my sleep (we closed Saturday) there is no where else I would have rather been! So so so much fun! And who can ask for more than that! Thank you Emily for asking me to help! And Thank you Brandon for letting me be your little shadow!

There were many more pictures taken, friendships made, experiences gained, fears overcome...more about Show Boat later...

Walmart Bingo

I got this email at work the other day....
so we called our friend Diana who works at Walmart in Avondale and she told us that if we'd fax it to her, she'd fill it out at lunch and fax it back! And this is what we got a couple hours later...

I LOVE DIANA!!!