Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope you have a great day spending time with your family and friends, eating, opening presents, giving presents, eating more, and watching football (:D)
LOVE TO YOU ALL!!

This is my favorite song this Christmas. Mary did you Know by Rascal Flatts




annddd this song was shown to me by my Bible teacher. It's so bad it's funny. :)

Boise State Broncos 2008

Talk about another amazing football season. They won all twelve of their games and proudly wear the title of UNDEFEATED! :D Sadly, my favorite player (Ian Johnson, number 41) is graduating, so this was his last season. SNIFF



GO BRONCOS!!


Coming up on my blog:
Review of the amazing book Necessary Heartbreak by M.J. Sullivan.
Update on my plays Dragonsong and Secret Garden (closing night tonight!)
Unbelievable news concerning Mary Pope Osbourne

2008 Emmys

You have to see this performance by Josh Groban at the Emmys!

Football, New House, Acting Update, Fav. Song

The crowd sits restless in their metal sits trying to hear above the roaring of the stadium. The announcer's voice soars above the excitement. And now please welcome, THE BOISE STATE BRONCOS!! The emotion I feel when I see those players running out through the smoke, is almost indescribable. Their passion is unbelievable, all their hard work about to get tested with on the spot decisions. I'm not a sport player at all, but watching this team play football is very special to me.

Tonight my team plays their season opener against Idaho State, GO BRONCOS!!
About three weeks ago, my family moved into our new house. After living for a year in our apartment it's nice to be able to move around a little bit more. We have so many boxes though, it's insane. I've lived without a lot of this stuff for two years (storage) so I've decided to get rid of tons, but definitely not any of my books. It's been a very exciting adventure! :)

Acting Update!! So, I auditioned for my school's play, The Secret Garden and got the part of Nurse Grey. I'm really happy that I got in because the audition and cut process was pretty scary at times. Nurse Grey will be fun to play because she has some attitude and a mind of her own!
Also, I just got informed that I get to perform a couple of songs from Schoolhouse Rock with some of my cast members for a program that our city is having. The part I'm pretty pumped about is that we get to do it at this amazing Amphitheater....

And, finally my favorite songs of the week.

I Believe by Fantasia.

Fly on the Wall by Miley Cyrus

Insane...

This is just wow!!

Happy Birthday to...

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

It is Mr. Webber's 60th birthday today!

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is arguably the most successful composer of our time. He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals Jesus Christ Superstar(1973), Cats (1994), Evita (1996), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004).

Now, the reason I am noting this on my blog, is not because I like the guy. I like his music. I personally think he's kind of creepyish and I have slight problems with some of the music he has written. But, regardless, he is an amazing composer and has written some of my favorite songs.
Here they are below: ENJOY!

Phantom of the Opera

I do have some issues with this song (Jesus Christ Superstar), but my favorite person on Grease: You're the One that I Want sung it, and I thought she did a really good job!

Memory from the musical Cats

if only...

absolutely amazing...

I would love to be able to dance like that one day.. ;)

Randomness: I just want all my friends in Idaho to know that I am thinking about ALL of you a LOT and missing you so much! XOXO

Organ Donation

I took Driver's Ed. during Christmas Break and during that a lady came in and talked to us about Organ Donation. I had heard about this my from parents and so I knew exactly what she was talking about. I believe it's a wonderful thing to do. Anyways, during the course of her lecture she mentioned a kid who had recently died. This kid was the mascot for the UNC basketball team, which is a team in my state. I looked it up online and found this amazing video. I recommend watching it. Very eye opening! Click HERE to hear the story of Jason Ray.

Big Update

Hello Everyone,

I'm sorry I haven't been on my blog for awhile. The past couple of months have been very interesting. I needed some time to sit down with myself and think over what has happened. We moved across the country. I started private school. How different it has been compared to homeschooling. Friends. Houses. Money. Family. Acting. Blogging. Writing. God.

When I was homeschooled, I had all the time in the world. Now, frankly, I don't. But, I am working on time management. With God's help in the next couple of weeks I would love to be able to continue blogging, reading for Cybils, not feel stressed at school, give my all at drama, have time for family and time for myself. Everything will work out...

Thank you for being patient and I will try my hardest to continue posting at a regular basis.
Here are some recommendations:
Must Read: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (oh my gosh, talk about dream role)
Must Watch: Radio, Rudy, and We are Marshall (do you see the theme?)

Also, I would like to inform you all that tomorrow at 3:00, Boise State will play their archrivals the Idaho Vandals. The Broncos are going to win so there, but if they don't, don't plan on seeing me for the next.....10 years.

Update on Drama: Emma has been going really well. We just finished learning the dances for the ball scene and that was a blast! I love dancing and I can't wait to dance in my beautiful long blue dress. I haven't been able to take pictures because I'm on stage so much (doesn't that sound cool?), but I think I'm going to ask my mom or sisters to come to some practices and take pics.

Oh, you HAVE to watch this video I found. It's absolutely breathtaking. The Circle of Life from The Lion King performed at the Tony Awards. *sighs deeply* Just wonderful!

Into the Wild Book Trailer

When I was over visiting Miss Erin a week or so ago, we filmed a book trailer for Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst. Erin edited it, produced it, filmed it, outlined it, etc. I acted in it.
Hope you like it!




Here are some links I recommend visiting:

Sarah Beth Durst's blog post HERE.(talking about the video)
Miss Erin presents her first book trailer HERE.
YouTube link HERE. (please go and leave us a comment)
and
Razorbill's Front Page (the book's publishing company) HERE. (look at the sidebar)

Bronco Update #1

Well, the Broncos have played two games so far and are 1-1. That means, they have won 1 time and lost 1 time. Their first game was so amazing! They completed crushed their opponent Weber State; 56-7. It was so fun to listen to!

Two days ago, we went to a sports bar to watch them play the Huskies. It was an interesting game! The Broncos played well, but the Huskies were just a little too much for them at this point in the season. (We will crush them next time we play...) The score was 28-10, so it wasn't horrible.

I am very excited for next week, because usually after a team loses, they come back very strong, because they have addressed and worked on their problems and are ready for another go at it. :D

The video below is a very quick segment (34 seconds) of a couple of touchdown plays against Weber State. I found one that was short, so that you didn't have any excuse for NOT watching it...:)