SOOOOOO happy!

I just got home from seeing Light in the Piazza and this is how I feel!:





That show makes me SO happy! The music is SO incredible. I want to be in the show so bad. We got to walk around on stage after the show. It was SO neat. I had chills almost the whole show. (Sigh.....) :o)

I'm SO excited!

I'm so excited because tomorrow afternoon I get to go here:



to see this!:



My friend had an extra ticket and invited me to the matinee tomorrow. One of her friends is in it so we are going to get to go back stage and meet everyone! Woohoo! I saw this show last March when I was in New York and fell in love with it. The music is beautiful and so are the sets and costumes. If you've never heard the music you should listen to it when you get a chance.

My Summer Job

Well...this is where I'll be working this summer. The student services building on campus. I work in the Recording & Readmissions department. We take care of graduation and well student readmissions. So far it's been pretty boring because I've just been watching. But next week I get to actually help students. I spend a lot of time on the computer just messing around when no one is at the window so I'll be blogging a lot this summer! I'll try to get a picture of inside my work next week.

Tag...I'm it!

I was tagged by my beautiful sister to list seven things that people might not know about me. It was hard but here you go!:

1. I love yellow cake with chocolate frosting. I don't know what it is about this yummy dessert but I would take it over any other dessert offered to me. But it has to be moist! (That one's for you Shelley :op)

2. I love to travel! It doesn't matter if I'm going on a road trip or to another country it's all an adventure. I have a goal to fill up my passport by the time it expires in 2009. So far I've been to Ecuador, London, Guatemala and El Salvador. Next summer I'd like to go to either Italy, France or Germany. Guess I better start saving my $$$. ;op

2. I have a few weird pet peeves: a) I HATE sour dish rags. I think it's SO gross when the kitchen smells like them. I hate them so much that if I have my choice I never use them. It's all about 409 and paper towels (I know save a tree!). b) I can't stand it when people follow too closely behind other cars and I'm in the passenger seat. It freaks me out and I have to close my eyes!

3. I have recently gained a passion for working out. I used to hate working out even though I knew it was good for me, but last year I decided I needed to get my butt in gear so I used some of my student loan to join 24 hour fitness and I got a personal trainer. Now I love it! I have gone to the gym so much that I feel guilty if I don't make it to the gym at least 5 days a week. I know it sounds crazy but it's true and I feel great!

4. I LOVE food! This would be the reason I wrote #3. :o) Really though, I will try anything once and I'm usually not disappointed. Sure there are things that I don't care for that others like but I like trying new exotic foods. My new favorite is Indian food. My most favorite however will always be Mexican food. I could eat Mexican everyday and not get sick of it. Yummmmm! I'm hungry.

5.I love to make people laugh. I like to do impersonations, tell jokes or just be silly to get a reaction from people. Nothing feels better than being with friends and family and laughing until your sides hurt. Maybe that's why I like performing so much. I love to see other people having a good time.

6. I've always wanted to learn to dance. I think that dancers are so graceful and they always look like they are having so much fun. I never thought I was the dancer type but I decided I was tired of wanting and decided to take a a risk and take a tap class this semester at a local theater. It was hard but really fun! I'm glad I did it and hope to take some other dance classes soon.

7. I love singing and performing! This one is probably pretty obvious but it's true. I love everything about it! The rehearsals (as exhausting and frustrating as they can be), the costumes, the make-up, the lights the music etc. I love to take people on a journey and make them laugh and cry and forget about life for a while. It's an escape for both the audience and the performer. All of us have wanted to know what it would be like to be someone else for a little while. I get that luxury everyday as I become a new character. I think I have the greatest job in the world! (Well hopefully it will actually become a job after graduation next year :op)

Now I would like to tag three people: My long-time, adventurous, spontaneous best friend Stephanie, my beauiful cousin Alli and my hard-working, can-do-anything-he-sets-his-mind-to Dad! (Guess someone should tell him how to post on his blog! Mom give him a hand!):o)

THIS JUST IN!: I just found out that Stephanie was already tagged. In that case I choose my hard working brother Mike! Good luck!

Me & My Roommies!

Finally! Pictures of my roommates and I. From left to right: Adele, Me and Brandi. We are all so different but we sure have fun together! Love them!

My Crib

So...I've only lived in my place for a year and I've never shared photos. Well...here you go!

Blogging goal

Hi everyone. I have a new blogging goal. I talked to my sister this week and was chastized for being a bad blogger. I asked her what exactly I should take pictures of since I don't have any cute kids and I'm not currently in a show. Well she reminded me that I've never posted pictures of where I live, my roommates, where I go to school etc. So I'm on it. I'm going to take some pictures tomorrow and see if I can get them posted. By the way school is OVER! I started my new job on Friday. Right now I'm training so it's REALLY boring. But once I learn everything It should be mommre exciting. Guess we'll see!

Bad Blogger

Man! I'm really bad at blogging. I never take pictures. I should carry my camera around more. Wait! I do...I just never take pictures. No really though things are good. Only three weeks left of school and it's a sprint to the finish. Choir concert, opera scenes, history paper, voice juries and final exams. I can do it! This summer I am planning on staying here in Arizona. I'm excited. I love my ward and I think there will be a lot of fun activities this summer. I found a job for the summer working on campus at the Student Services building. I will be working in registration and reenrollment. The pays pretty good, I'm close to the music building so I can practice after work and I'll be in the air conditioning when it really starts to heat up. Other than that things are good!

Family Pictures

This week my family got together in Oakley, UT to celebrate Jeffrey's coming home from his mission. While we were up there we had our family pictures taken which we haven't done in a while. They turned out great!

Jeff's Home!

My littel brother just got home from serving a mission in Fort Worth Texas. I haven't seen him in two years! It has been so fun to spend time with him the last two days. Today my extended family got together to have Thanksgiving in March to celebrate his homecoming. Yummy!

Closing Night- More Ariadne

Well...it's all over. It sure was fun but I'm glad to have my evenings and weekends back again. Time to catch up on all my other school work.

Ariadne auf Naxos

Hi Everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged but I just don't take that many pictures. It's opera time again so here are some pictures of the German opera that I am in right now. I know, I know! I'm a mermaid! If your shocked to see me wearing this costume you can only imagine how shocked I was when I found out I had to wear it. But hey! Every girl has dreamed of being Ariel!

A Day at the Beach

Yesterday we went to the beach. It was a little but chilly but we still had fun. We had yummy Mexican food and took a long walk. It was fun!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all had a great Holiday. I've really enjoyed the time that I have been able to spend with my family. My whole family was together except for my little brother who is still on his mission. It was really fun. I especially liked playing with my nieces, Jocelynn and Emberly and my nephew Jeffrey. They are so fun. For Christmas my parents bought me a plane ticket to Utah and so I'm heading out there on the 4th of January for a visit. I'm really excited. Hope you all have a happy new year!

Scarecrow

Hi Everyone! Sorry I really haven't posted lately. I've been very busy. I've been in a new opera called "Scarecrow" which is based on Nathaniel Hawthorn's last short stroy "Feathertop". It's been really fun. I finally remembered to bring my camera last night so here are some fun pictures. We have one more show tonight and then we are done! Only two weeks until I go home for Christmas break. I am very excited to spend time with family.



This is me in my wig cap before getting my wig put on. I have to pin curl my hair to get it flat, which takes a million bobby pins and then this nylon keeps it in place and gives something to pin the wig to. Funny huh?


Here is almost the whole cast of scarecrow. They are sure fun!


This is me with Scott (left) he plays the Governer, I play his wife, the Lady Governer and Ryan (right) plays Justice Goodkin, he's the mean guy of the show. Sweet wigs huh?


This is Michael, he plays Feathertop and Jamilyn, she palys Polly. They are the romantic leads of the show.


Jamilyn and I right before going on stage

Real exciting...I know!

Hi everyone. I know that my blog hasn't been really exciting lately. All I do is post pictures of my nieces and nephew but I can't help it. They are so cute. There hasn't been anythingn too exciting going on in my life other than school and opera. We opened our fall show last weekend and it went really well. We have two more this weekend and then it's almost time for semester break. I don't have any pics to post of myself but hopefullly I can take some at the show this weekend so that you can see my Marge Simpson wig I wear. It's not blue, it's black. But I swear it gets taller every time I wear it! Guess that's it for now!

First trip to California

This was Jeffrey's first time visiting Grandma and Grandpa Badger in California and he also went for his first swim. He is such a happy baby!

Haloween Trio!

My adorable nieces and nephew on Halloween. I wish I could have been there!