Happiest Christmas on Earth

PREPARE FOR THE LONGEST POST OF YOUR LIFE!!! Sorry I don't keep up to date with my blog but at least my new posts have tons to look at!

P.S. this is my third year anniversary of breaking my Femur! Yes it taught me a lot and I have had many great experiences following, but I sure hope it never happens again. But that's besides the point...

Christmas Break was a successful one! I really lucked out this year in the Finals category. I did not have any test finals to take the week of finals so I got to start my Christmas Break a week early! After figuring out this information, and telling my mom, she figured that I might as well go with her and my dad to Disney World in Orlando, Florida to meet up with my brother Erik. Erik was taking his wife and kids there for a Christmas Vacay and invited my parents who invited me. Last time I went to Disney World was a little over 10 years ago. My dad and sister in-law planned the whole thing consisting of a meal plan each day. We stayed in the Contemporary Resort and every park we went to, we could swipe our meal card. We got 2 meals, that included a drink and dessert, and one snack a day (Mickey Mouse ice cream! YES!). It was supposed to be nice in Florida right? Wrong. If it wasn't windy, just a long sleeve shirt would have been fine. But it was way really windy, making it SUPER chilly. Jackets were a necessity at the parks. It is quite alright though, Disney at Christmas time was incredible. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

-Disney World-
The Christmas lights, fireworks, and Christmas shows were amazing.



-Animal Kingdom-
There was a ride there that was not there last time I went and it was called Everest. The ride was pretty much a way scarier version of the Matterhorn at Disney Land in CA. I get really sick on rides that go backwards for more than 2 seconds. I had heard this one went backwards too so I was opting out of the Everest ride. Erik and Amy told me that it wasn't too bad and that I could handle it because it only goes backwards for a little bit. So I gave it a chance. It was a fun ride until the backwards part, (which was a little more than a little bit of riding backwards). The rest of the ride consisted of taking constant deep breaths to hold in my lunch. My dad and I were both not feeling too good after Everest, so we went back to the Resort and slept until dinner. Dinner was with Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto. I have never gotten a picture with Mickey at Disney before in my LIFE. I can't help to think that every time I see a Disney commercial it always ends with the family seeing Mickey so, I finally got an epic Mickey picture!





-Epcot-
Lunch in Germany dinner in Japan! So delicious. Epcot is so relaxing. Also, the ball ride (I'm not exactly sure if that name is appropriate but I'm not sure what it is really called) was a lot more fun than usual! It takes your picture at the beginning of the ride now, and you have to select options on a touch screen computer like; if you are a male or female and what language you want. After it carries you through the beginning and middle of life on earth, it has a survey on the screen that asks about 10 questions about your life. Then, it generates pictures and a video of what your future should be like, and you can email it to yourself! It was way funny.



"Gerrr-man-y"






-Hollywood Studios-
Yes we went on Rockin' Roller Coaster. The ride is inside, glow in the dark, with music blaring in your ears the WHOLE time. When we came 10 years ago my sister Leslie and I had fast passes and we went twice in a row and only felt a little sick after. I went just once this time and wondered how I managed going twice in a row. Still, awesome ride.



When we had dinner with Cinderella, I met the Prince. He looks a bit too old for me, or Cinderella for that matter. But still...



Thanks for the good times Disney World!

Now on to the Az portion of my Christmas adventures... The whole Fam was here this Christmas! Talk about crazy and hectic. My dad bought all of the girls pedicures, we all went bowling, and ATE ATE ATE ATE ATE.





When it was Ginger Bread House time, my sister Rachel and I took gold medals. Check out our amazing Hogwarts Express! My brother was jealous so he helped us out a little bit. He made Hedwig in her cage, and Harry Ron and Hermione. Notice the platform wall, Draco and the Weasley twins in the train. This was a work in progress.







Highlight of every trip home always has something to do with my best friends! DUH. This New Years eve was so fun being with them after playing Bunco with the Fam. HAPPY NEW YEAR!



Would you look at this cute gang? Sheeeesh!



Ever since our onesie adventure last year, we now call it tradition to have a girls night in our onesies. This girls night we went crazy.... and by crazy I mean dying our hair purple. Ok not all of it, just the bottom. We're sassy.



Don't worry mom, it's just a tint in my hair. You can hardly tell I even did anything. It was all for the thrill of it :)



You can kind of see it here...




We call this one the, "Everyone Do the best Tower of Terror Face You Can" picture. We thought of it because having all three of us on the porch swing could have resulted in a real Tower of Terror face. So just in case we didn't capture the real thing, we did a practice round. The swing never fell WEW! But this picture is CLASSIC.



It seems as though I always end my posts with this quote, "Do I have to go back to school?" I'll answer that myself...
BUT here are some things that I have to look forward to:
*Losing weight (Disney/Christmas treats aren't that great on a ballet body..)
*I only have one more semester as a sophomore at the U
*My Choreography in the Ballet Showcase (Jan 20,21,22 if you wish to come)
*Willie's 1 year mark!! (treatin' myself to something sweet ;) duh)
*After Junior Year, I will only have ballet classes Senior Year. Then I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL FOREVERRRRRR!
*This summer: Harry Potter Marathon (including midnight showing!), reading the Eragon Trilogy, tanning, Wii, teaching, dancing, and school (wait, I'm not looking forward to that last one). Hopefully the summer is as successful as I hope it's going to be.
****PLEASE PRAY THAT I PASS MY CLASSES******

If I don't pass, my plans of finishing college in 2 more years are diminished.

Amen.

Latest and Greatest in Salt Lake City

First of all, Halloween this year was awesome. My two best friends in my ballet class and I dressed up as Fantana's. Wanta Fanta? I love Halloween being a Ballet Major!



Caroline Sheridan (Strawberry Fanta), Dagne Aiken (Orange Fanta), and I (Pineapple Fanta), The latest and greatest Fantana's.





We won best dressed. Actually there wasn't even a contest, but just look at us! We would have won if there were....right? "Of course right!"-Fiddler on the Roof.

Anywho, being busy all the time has its benefits. When you actually have free time, you do cool things such as:

1. Disney on Ice, (something i've wanted to go see MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE)! Thanks for taking me Saje! When each new character came out, I think I got more excited than the hundreds of little kids around me. The Grandpa next to me gave Saje a look like, Is she crazy? Obviously his grandchildren weren't enjoying it as much as me, (I think I get that from my Dad). Dad I promise you will be the first one to take all of my kids to Disneyland!



Rafiki (sp?) had the coolest skates, hands down.



The little Mermaid was one of my favs for the night. She was pretty good, and they even kissed at the end *sigh*





They also did the story of Lilo and Stitch. It wasn't as good as the rest of the classics but it was still cool seeing hula skaters.



Next, Peter Pan. If you know anything about me, you should know that Peter Pan is high on my favorites list. Here is Peter and his Shadow.



Tink ;)



They flew and everything!!







In honor of Disney on Ice, Disney Pancakes were in order for dinner the night after!



3. Utah Symphony! ok I'll admit, this wasn't a planned adventure. We were ACTUALLY going to go to Ballet West's show because if I went, I got a Ballet absence taken away. For one thing, we were running late already, and for another, we got off Trax a stop too late. WOOPSIE!!!! When we got off Trax there was no way we could make it to the Ballet on time. The stop we got off of was in front of Abravenal Hall. We went inside and couldn't tell if anything was going on so we walked out. As we walked out this older couple asked us if we wanted to see "Romeo and Juliet." We told them we had no idea that was even playing. They said that their friends couldn't make it so they had two extra tickets that they were willing to give us! FREE DATE! YESSS. The show was the Utah Symphony playing "Romeo and Juliet" while a choir sang along. The seats were $40 each tickets and our seats were way good.



4. College Game Day, a game I was so stoked for. Complete DUD. It was still fun making a poster and going crazy. It was a blackout game too so that added a bit more excitement, until we got plastered. We left early and sadly my lunch was better than the game (1/2 off at The Corner Bakery) hooray! For some of you who don't know, #3 has a SERIOUS "Mexi-Stache." He is a sophomore here at the U and he is one of the geekiest looking quarterbacks I've ever seen. Sorry Wynn, but it's true. Saje and I thought that writing "Fear the Mexi-stache" would not be a wise idea, so we changed the "Mexi" to "Fuzz." FEAR the FUZZstache sounded more fierce anyways right?? My poster and I made it on the big screen at the beginning of the game! Being on the big screen at a Ute game was one of my college goals. Just so you know.





5. Snow day at the U! I love playing in snow :) I haven't made a snowman in YEARS so we made one with a goatee. It has snowed a ton this week and classes were canceled too! Holla!





I think that is all for now! Thanksgiving is in a few days and I can't wait to see my parents! Hopefully they make it here without the blizzard interfering! TTFN!

You guessed it...

My fish is dead. I DEMAND A REFUND! Here I'm thinking, "It doesn't look like my fish is eating but maybe he is being a trickster!" FALSO. I had him for 1 whole week. So much for betta fish living 2 years! I still can't upload videos on here like I used to be able to (does anyone know why? HELP!). But anywho, Saje and I made Winston Jeffery a funeral video (you don't wanna miss it!). Watch it for Winston's sake on Facebook in my tagged videos.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=1698564623544

K Bye.

A Little Bit of Lately..

Sorry about the delay of posts, I have been a busy busy bee! Ever since this two jobs thing started I am CONSTANTLY up and at em'. My week looks a little something like this: Wake up at 7, institute, school (that includes gen eds AND all ballet classes), rehearsal, work, homework, sleep deprivation (Repeat). That is why I needed a fall break to catch up on blog posting (wow that wasn't a lame comment at all)!

Rehearsing for what you ask? Welllll every semester the ballet department puts on a student showcase. This is ballet grad students/normal student choreography on the rest of the ballet department. It doesn't necessarily have to be classical ballet, it can be contemporary or any type of dance. A grad student choreographed a piece I got to be in and it was AWESOME. I say that because it was a salsa piece and it was so fun to rehearse for because it was SO different than any dance I have ever danced before. Don't get me wrong it was really hard to grasp at first (try setting a salsa piece on about 15 ballerina's). It was crazy fast and we had to shake it like a Polaroid picture just about the whole time, but we got it all together in the end. I tried to upload the video of our dance but for some reason it isn't working, so here s a picture of all us ballerina salsa ladies!



Since my mom couldn't make it to my salsa performance, she got her own private one before she left town after helping my sister Leslie recover from surgery. I was sad to see her go, but before she could drive away I did my own dance for her in front of her car. Too bad you can't see her face in these pictures, it was CLASSIC! It was a combination of totally embarrassed (like the whole hood was watching or something) and trying to stay serious but fits of giggles kept coming out. It was pretty darn hilarious (ask Harrison and Leslie) I don't think I have ever heard Harrison think I was actually funny. Who is the favorite daughter/aunt now? Me. no question.







My Ballet teacher for the first eight weeks of school was named Calvin Kitten. My class LOVED HIM. He helped me a TON with the leg I broke (which is getting a ton stronger now) and was one of the best teachers I have ever had. Not only that, but he gave us free leotard days just about every week. That means we can wear whatever color we want instead of black (what we are required to wear everyday). The only rule was that we had to come up with a color theme without him knowing what it was... our class went a little over board and decided to do the theme "Calvin's Kittens" (which by the way was all my idea) instead of a color theme. He got a great laugh out of it and we continued to do crazy theme days every time he let us have a free leo day. Here are Calvin's Kittens :) Aren't we a fantastic bunch?



At the beginning of fall break one of my great friends from Colorado Kirsten Johnson got baptized! She goes to the University of Wyoming in Laramie. My friends from Colorado Natalie Bullen and Kayla Cardon (who go to BYU) made the drive down there for the weekend to see Kirsten's Baptism! Isn't she so pretty?!








The next happiest event of my Fall Break was this: Winston Jeffery Betta.



I LOVE HIM! Saje and I took a shopping trip to the Park City Outlets (DANGER ZONE) and we went to PETCO where we weren't gonna buy anyhting right? Well we couldn't resist when we saw these beautiful teal and red fins. Just look at him! He's "GORGEOUS!" -Pollyanna





Here's Winston's Home. Unfortunately he may die VERY soon because he won't eat. I've tried two different Betta Fish foods like, "Bettamins" (like vitamins haha get it?) and "Betta Pellets." He won't eat. Any suggestions how to keep a fish alive? What a disobedient fish he is.



At the very end of my Fall Break I saw two different shows. Thriller and Fun. Guess who I finally met at Thriller? Oh just my cousin Dayna who dances for the professional company Odyssey here in Utah. I have always heard that I had a cousin who is a way good dancer but that was an understatement. SHE WAS INCREDIBLE. I had no idea she would be such a shorty when we met with her after the show! Kelli and I towered over her! I was glad to finally meet Dayna.



Last but not least, Fun. This is my new favorite band right now. One of my favorite songs is on my blog Playlist right now so turn up your volume so you can hear it. If you know of the band The Format, the lead singer of that group is now the lead singer of Fun. Carolyn came out from Ideeho to the concert and she brought a friend from BYU too. I invited Kelli as well so it was a great girls night out! We were so close too!







I have a crush on the pianist/trumpeteer. His name is Andrew and when they were about to start a new song Kelli and I yelled "MARRY ME ANDREW" and you better believe he looked over and waved.



Now, I have to start school again. WOOF.