Some Crazy Friday Fun!

This past Friday I had some of my friends from school over for a BBQ. We had great food and way too much fun. I sure love these guys!

The night began with Jamilyn on our favorite piece of furniture...little did we know it would end the same way! ;o)

Kerry, Ryan & Ivan

Ryan LOVES Cheetos!

Kerry, Ryan, Ivan, Danny, Jamilyn, Steve & Melissa...all of my favorite music kids.

Kerry, Ivan, Jamily & Me relaxing on the love sack

Melissa, Kerry, Jamilyn, Me & Ivan

ASU Opera kids doing a Cheetos advertisement

Yearbook photo

Ha, ha, ha...I have no idea what's going on here.

ASU Opera Cheer Squad doing a Cheetos advertisement?...Hmmm...

A hard day at the ranch

One hot hillbilly!

Pillow hoops...or an unsuspecting ballerina about to be creamed by a flying torpedo pillow.

Chatting

Hillbilly Coke Comercial

Yeeee Haaaaawww!

I love Coke!

8 seconds on the giraffe withou out spilling the Coke

Victory!

Hillbilly White family

Anyone who knows me knows that I should also own this T-shirt. :o)

Meez?

Steph Z. showed me this website. It's like an advanced version of paper dolls that you can make look like you. (Ya right! I wish my waist were that small.) Too funny!

ASU 2006 - 2007 Random Pictures

This year at ASU has been such a blast! I have had so many wonderful experiences and made some amazing friends. I'm so grateful for all of the people who have come into my life to inspire, teach and support me. Here's to another year of great memories!

Jamilyn & I after she sang at the Concert of Soloists (I love this picture!)

Joey, Me, Jamilyn, Melissa, Ingrid & Allison after Concert of Soloists

Random pictures of me that Jamilyn took while we were at school

Proud ASU student!

Wait...is this Hawaii?

Lunch on the patio at ASU (It was really bright that day, hence the squinting)

My 28th birthday...a cheesecake celebration...mmmmmm!

Some of the girls from Chamber Singers after our last concert

Getting ready for Ariadne auf Naxos (Nice hats eh?)

Act I of Ariadne auf Naxos (The Naughty Opera Students)

Act II of Ariadne auf Naxos (Getteing ready to go on as mermaids!)

At 4 Peaks after closing the show (Courtney, Ryan K., Me, Erin, Ryan G., Erik, Scott, Bree, Yevgeniy & Andy)

End of the year voice studio party

A Bold Move

I did it! I decided to go darker. For a long time I have been highlighting my hair mostly blond with a little bit of dark as a low light. This time I decided to be bold and go dark all over with some blond highlights. I definately different but I like it! What do you think?

Before

After

This one was taken today after I did my hair myself.

Father's Day

For Father's Day I flew home to California to surprise my Dad. It was really fun and he was really surprised. Saturday he had to work so I went shopping with my Mom, Aunt , Grandma Barlow and Great-Grandma Hagen all day and then out to lunch to celebrate my Grandma's birthday. That night my Mom, Dad , Jeff and I went to dinner together. Sunday I sang in the ward my Dad is bishop of and then we had a nice dinner with my Badger Grandparents before I had to head back to the airport. It was a short but sweet trip.

Mom & Jeff at Claim Jumper

Dad & Mom at home

Me & Jeff! I love that kid!

Woodbridge Lake (The neighborhood where my parents & grandparents live)

View 2 of the lake and bridge

Funny...but you had to be there!

My roommate Adele is a master cake decorator and about a month ago she bought a decorating book with all these amazing cakes in it and right in the middle was this boot cake. We thought it was so funny we begged her to make it. Well about two weeks ago we had a get-together at our house and we finally convinced her to make it. Way to go Adele! You're the best!

An inspirational story

My sister shared this with me and I thought it was such an up lifting and incredible little story to inspire us all to follow our dreams. Enjoy!

Places I've been!

So I've been a few places but it looks like I still have a lot more of the world to explore! By the way I think Canada should be split up into provinces. No way have I visted the whole country. Oh well...it's still fun to see where you've been! :o)

The Google Game!

Here's a fun game to play when you're bored. First go to google and type in, " [name] likes to" and read the first ten things that come up. Then do the same with "[name] hates to". It's pretty funny what you get. I was laughing so hard! Here are mine:

Kimberly likes to:

1) Play golf and go fishing, for relaxation (Ha! NOT!)

2) swim, go to the park, watch movies, and play volleyball.

3) Add a touch of romance to everything she does.

4) Shop, read, exercise and spending time with family and friends.

5) Lean over and look at the ground as she swings. (Ha, ha!)

6) Say, “The good looking players are the added bonus.” (Ok I'm dying laughing!)

7) Shoot photographs.

8) Play softball, video games and board games.

9) Store her bags in store carriers.

10) Iimitate him paying for groceries. (Who? What?)

Kimberly hates to (had to use Kim for this one):

1) See indecent acts perpetrated in public places.

2) Talk about herself

3) Be caught on film in unguarded moments.

4) Lose.

5) Touch old objects.

6) Be ignored judging by the childish rhetoric. (Huh?)

7) Read. (NOT!!)

8) Saw wood. (Ha! This is too much fun.)

9) Say it, but thinks the colour for the walls reminds her of baby poo. (I am in stitches rightnow!)

10) Feel like the baby on the crew.

I know, I know...too much time on my hands. Give it a try! :0)

Footloose, footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes!

I am SO excited! I auditioned for this musical on Monday and just found out today that I got cast. I'll be playing Ethel, Ren's mom (the dancing teen), I am so thrilled! Musical Theater is truly my first love but I have been so involved in classical training over the last six years that I have not had much time to audition for shows. I am trying to decide what I want to do after I graduate and after seeing The Light in the Piazza on Saturday it became clear to me that I need to spend some more time auditioning for musical theater shows so that I can figure out which way I want to do. Thanks to all of those who have supported and encouraged me as I have tried to figure it out! Hope some of you can come out and see the show! :0)

I DID IT!

Yesterday my stake held a 5k run as part of a Health & Wellness activity and I went and participated. It was really fun but really hard becuase by the time the race started at 8 am it was already close to 85' outside and the course had some fairly large hills that you had to climb. But the good news is that I am still alive and I finished under the 30 minute mark which was a good goal for me since it usually takes me between 35-40 minutes. Sure it's only 3.2 miles but for someone who just started running a couple months ago it was a great accomplishmet for me. Who knows! Maybe someday I'll run a marathon. Naaaaa! I don't like running THAT much! :o)

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!