Catching Up!

Hello Everyone! So I'm kind of maybe possibly like two weeks behind on my blogging. Mostly because the last two weeks of my life have been absolutely INSANE, but in a totally good and awesome way. :) 

Really in all honesty the only thing I really remember doing two weeks ago was having tech rehearsal for my show "All Cracked Up" from 7-11 every single night... then having it from 10am-10pm Saturday and 4-11pm Sunday. Then this past week we had a performance every single night... and it was pretty much super fantastic. I could easily perform every night, and having to do that this past week was just a little taste of what hopefully will be my life in a year or two. 

I did also make the decision to officially move to good ole NYC for my second year of school. I finally decided that I really wanted to focus a little more on the Broadway route of dancer life as a starter, but I can still do the whole film commercial side of the dance life as well. So that was super great to finally be able to figure that out. :)

This week I finally got to go to church for the first time in like 4 months. Also it was my first time in a Young Single Adult ward and it was SO WEIRD. Sacrament Meeting was so quiet... it was crazy! I'm definitely not used to that... AT ALL. hahaha I called my dad when I got home and he died! He thought it was the most hilarious thing. haha So the picture below is of me and my friend Reba.. like Reba McEntire but not when we just got to church! Let's just say we went on the perfect day because it was the Christmas Program so we got to sing all my favorite Christmas hymns... it was so incredibly fantastic!

 The picture below is of me and my bestie Will getting ready for Opening Night!

 Amanda and Me!

 Me and my boy Brian!

 Thursday night we had a Cast Party after the show! We had a cake and everything, plus it was super fun to just hang out and chill with everyone after the show.

 Me, Natalia, and Ryan!

 This was my partner in the show Ryan!!! Basically he's probs one of my all time favorite people, and he's crazy talented. This guy is graduating in February and he's going to go so far in his dance career! So thankful I had the chance to dance with him this semester. Going to miss this guy so much!

 Cast Photo!!!

 Me and Kayla! Aka... Clara in the show! She did an incredible job playing Clara! So thankful I had the chance to dance with this lovely lady1

 This is Andrea starting our Gingerbread house construction!!!

 Me and my girl Josie!!!

 Me, Emily, Josie and Will photobombing us as per usual. :)

And this is probs one of my favorite photos from the show. We got dressed one day and then realized that Will looks like Corny Collins and I looked like Amber Von Tussle from Hairspray... so naturally we had to photograph it! hahaha I personally think we look super fierce in this photo.... definitely a fav #yourwelcome :)

All in all this week and last week was my first real taste of what tech and a show every single night would be like. Not going to lie there were some nights that I was like what the heck but I'm so glad I had that experience. It totally paid off in the end and the show was amazing! 

Hope all of you have an amazing Christmas! I get to spend it with my family here in good ole San Diego, California. perfect weather and all. :) Miss and love you all! Muahhh!!!

The Week of The Midterms

Ello Everyone! This week was a busy one. We had midterms this week which puts a little added stress on things and we put the entire show together for "All Cracked Up". I do have to say one thing though.... my midterms are nothing like an average college students midterm. Normally you would have to actually study for a few days and do review sheets and such, but not at AMDA. Literally all I had to do was perform different dance combos we've been doing all semester. It was pretty fantastic. Like this is my life everyone... its too great. :) 

So this is one of my friends John! He left for his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this past Monday and I couldn't be more proud of him and the decision he made to serve The Lord for the next two years! The people of Nevada are so incredibly lucky to have you! For those of you who aren't sure what a mission really entails I'll tell you! Basically, young men who are of the age of 18 or young woman who are of the age of 19 can choose to go on a mission and serve The Lord for a designated amount of time. Young Men go for two years and Young Women go for 18 months. What they do is teach people about the Gospel of Christ and its truly a really fantastic thing. You can see first hand what the Gospel of Christ can really do for people, and see their lives change for the better right in front of you.  My brother went on one and I have multiple friends out on one right now. So if anyone ever has any questions feel free to ask me! I would love to answer! :) 

 I also got to go back to the temple this past week! They've put up Christmas lights and everything so that was super cool to be on temple grounds and look at all of them! We finished walking through the Visitors Center and even caught the ending of a Christmas Concert that they had going on which was super cool. 

 This lovely lady turned 19 this Friday! We've become super close in the past few weeks and I'm so glad I got to celebrate with my girl Andrea! We've just recently moved in with each other, and we are LOVING it. We even decorated our place with Christmas decorations and everything. Pictures will be included in next weeks post once all of them are up. Also in case anyone was wondering... the 99 cent store has some seriously cute decorations. Yes.. that is where we bought all our decorations... yes it only cost us 20 dollars. Thank you 99 cent store. I love you. haha Anyways, back to the birthday girl! We were supposed to have a meeting about a webisode we both are in.. but it got cancelled last minute which meant we could get all dressed up and go out to eat at this super delicious Italian Restaurant called Bucca di Beppo! If you've never been there go... like now. I won't be offended if you leave and then come back and finish reading... that's how incredibly delicious this place is. You order family style and then share everything so we got spaghetti and meatballs! Heaven.. just heaven in my mouth. haha. 

 The GIGANTIC icecream sundae we all shared for dessert! 

 The GIANT bowl of spaghetti that 6 of us shared and still didn't finish it all. But boy was it a delicious one. :)

 And another pic of me and my new roomie! 

All in all this week was a super fun one! Yesterday we went out to The Grove and got Andrea's computer fixed and looked at all the Christmas lights and such. Got some of my favorite people Christmas gifts and just relaxed! It's officially two weeks until we have Christmas Break here at AMDA! My mom comes in two weeks to see my show and I'm super excited! 

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Holiday season! I absolutely love Christmas time... it's totally my favorite holiday other than my birthday. Which speaking of COOPERPALOOZA is in like 2ish months people... GET EXCITED! :)  haha Anyways... I've got to go get ready for rehearsal this afternoon and evening so I love and miss you all! Make good choices! Muahhh!!! 

It's Christmas Time!!!

This week was probably one of my most relaxing weeks as well as one of my busiest. That really makes absolute no sense... but I promise it will by the end of the post. haha!

This week even though it was Thanksgiving, I still had class Monday through Wednesday. And along with normal classes I also still had my normal rehearsals. You know as you do when you're in shows and such. This week was the last week that the actual choreographers got to work with us in rehearsals... so we basically just spent the entire time running the dances over and over and putting some finishing touches on them so that we could put the show together in the coming three weeks! It's crazy that in 3 weeks I'll be doing a show every night. I really can not wait. :) 

Okay so this story is actually kind of funny. haha So Sunday i got out of one of my rehearsals early so me and my friend Christina decided because we both really wanted some Starbucks to go. So we did... and it was fantastic and oh so refreshing. haha But you know how they normally ask you your name when you order... well they didn't for me and literally right after they called the name Christina they called Christina's friend... we thought it was hilarious. hahaha so for anyone who wants to know Christina and I are officially friends via Starbucks. 

 Wednesday after I finished rehearsal I drove out to Redlands to spend Thanksgiving with my Sister in law and her parents! And while I was out there I got to hang out with my totally and completely adorable niece and nephew! Seriously though... look at em... they are the cutest. :) 

 Me and Little Lu! 

 This is how Lucy fell asleep Thursday. Apparently having your aunt come visit you along with eating tons of turkey and going for a super night adventure wears a little girl out. :) 

 This little guy will forever be my Man Crush Monday. haha 

 I had the chance to go see the Redlands Temple while I was up there, which was super exciting! I hadn't been there since my brother got married and that was when I was like 11.... kinda a while ago. haha! I didn't get a chance to go in as we just drove by on the way to seeing Catching Fire and it was like 10pm... but it was still super fun to see! Man I really love that place... no but really the temple is seriously one of my all time favorite places to go in the world. It doesn't matter which one... just being on temple grounds always just makes me feel so much better about life. It's so incredibly fantastic. 

 Friday morning I woke up and drove back to good old Hollywood and me and the roommates were extremely hungry. So we went to The Waffle.... BEST FREAKING WAFFLES OF MY LIFE. Mom we are so going to this delicious place when you come up for the show in December. I had a chocolate chip waffle with hash browns and it was HEAVEN.. just heaven in my mouth.... man I love me some quality waffles. Just deliciousness... pure deliciousness. 

Okay, so these next couple of photos are of me at the MICHAEL BUBLE CONCERT. Really if you know me at all you know IM OBSESSED. I love all of his music... and he's just fantastic. His concert was amazing... and he's just amazing. Michael Buble... you get an A.... in everything. The End. 

 Today we designated the day to finding Christmas Presents and we were somewhat successful! Me, Daly, and Savion drove out to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica and wandered around for the entire afternoon. We had tons of fun and it was fun to get out of the city for a little while. 

All in all this week was a super great one! Got to see some of my favorite people and had some time to just relax. Thank you to the Chatfield's for letting me tag along in their Thanksgiving festivities this week! Yall are the best! We just have a few short weeks until Show week and then its my favorite holiday in the world. CHRISTMAS! I absolutely LOVE Christmas time... with a passion... deep in my soul. It's really the best time in the year. Besides Cooperpalooza.... and Cooperpalooza is coming peeps... so GET EXCITED! 

Love and Miss you all! Can't wait to see some of you in a few weeks! Get ready... cause we are going to party! Muahh!!!

I Got Sick This Week... But I'm Better Now

Hello Everyone! This week was a doozy... just straight up a doozy. haha! Lots happened this week... so let us get right to it!

 

So this weekend I had the chance to be in a Webisode! We filmed all this past weekend... note that's when I got like absolutely no sleep for a solid two days.... it was INSANE! But it did give me some experience with film and commercial which is what I really needed. I'm just really grateful for the opportunity to be real honest up in here. :)

 

Let's see Monday we put the first half of the show together for All Cracked Up! Screening for the show is Sunday where we get to show the Artistic Staff of AMDA what we have of the show before we perform in like 4 weeks! It's crazy to think it's already been 4 weeks and in another 4 I will be performing it in front of everyone! Not gonna lie though y'all... I am like BEYOND excited for this show. I LOVE the pieces I'm in, so that just makes everything totally and completely 80 million times better. :)

 

This week I got sick... and it was... TRAGIC. Like literally one of the most depressing things of my entire life. If you know me at all.. you know I absolutely hate with a passion... deep in my soul... being sick. Just like everyone else... kinda. haha! I really just hate not being able to dance when I'm sick and that's a problem.... when you go to school to dance... ALL DAY LONG. It's so great I get to do that... really it is! haha but anyway I got sick... and I'm getting better now. I'm thinking it's more of a cold situation. There's something crazy going around right now, and I really don't appreciate it... germs take note... ain't nobody got time for that! haha.

 

So this picture below is really cool because in the background they are filming a commercial... like no big deal. haha. I like forget I live in Hollywood sometimes and forget that stuff like that happens here... so then randomly I walk to school and there's a commercial being filmed and I'm like... oh how awesome! haha It's pretty great. Just a little inside peek of my inner monologue for you all today. #yourwelcome :)

 

 

 This is me with my super awesome Spencer Football Team Playoff shirt. Daly's dad is the football coach at her old high school and they sent me a playoff shirt. Not going to lie I was really excited about it.... hence the picture below.

 Daly has also NEVER had Chickfila.... when I found this out I cried... well not really but I did inside. LIKE WHAT THE FRENCH TOAST?! So, Wednesday that changed... because I like changing peoples lives. So we found our giftcards and went to Chickfila... and Daly's life has now been changed FOREVER. She loved it of course! Because who doesn't like Chickfila and now she's addicted! It's too great for life XD.

 This sweet girl below had a birthday this week! Britain is 3 now!! So Happy Birthday Britain!!!

 Reba, Me, and Daly at 7 Eleven one night after rehearsal getting Reba some candy to watch a movie.. you know as we do.

 

This picture below is probs my favorite one right now. Yes, that is me with a bowl full of Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Yes, it's my mom's recipe... yes they are the best cookies ever. No, you haven't lived til you've eaten them. I've made them twice since coming to school... and to be honest I will make them SO many more times. Gosh... they are so delicious! haha. No but really I don't know what you all do on your Friday nights, but we bake cookies and watch movies. Because we are poor college students... yup.. pretty much. haha

 

 Daly, Marisa, Me, and Reba eating the cookie dough. :)

 

 

The picture above is me Face timing one of my favorite people ever! Landon! Really y'all.. he's kinda totally awesome. :) We have weekly facetime sessions and I'm A PRO at Face timing people these days. So this is just a photo documenting my face time sessions.

Okay... this photo... yes the one with me with a giant donut in my mouth yes. This represents the most delicious donut I've ever consumed! Literally down the street from our place there is the gourmet donut place called Kettle Glazed donuts... HEAVEN... just straight up HEAVEN. haha! Emily and Daly go every Wednesday for donuts... but I got me one today when we all went and I was so incredibly happy. Really kids... the way to my heart is a great personality, dance, and some quality food... and today that food was a really delicious donut. Thank you Kettle Glazed donuts for blessing my life today. It was greatly appreciated. haha

 

As you can tell this past week was full of fun and exciting things! This week I get to see my sister in law and my niece and nephew for Thanksgiving which is going to be TONS of fun! My friend Daly is going to have Thanksgiving with us so that will be an added bonus! Oh I also get to see Michael Buble in concert this Friday... and IM SO FREAKING EXCITED. Literally my life will be made Friday. I mean... IM JUST SAYING haha.

 

Hope everyone has a really awesome week! I only have class three days this week so that means I get a nice break for a few days before I have to be back in rehearsal on Sunday for All Cracked Up! and I can't wait! My body needs a few days to just rest... its in this mode now where it's like why do you insist on making me dance 80 hours a day and I'm like because I like to dance haha... oh I need to go to sleep. yup... that's happening right now. haha

 

Have a good night everyone! Sleep well and sweet dreams! Make good choices! Miss you all and Love you all!

The Most Exhausting Week of My Life

So, I'm just going to tell this to all of you up front... I haven't slept for more than 3-4 hours the past two days due to filming so if anything you read sounds somewhat crazy your welcome :) haha

 

This week started out just like normal. Sunday I had All Cracked Up rehearsal from 10am-6pm as you all know, and then the rest of the week I just had my normal classes. I did find out what my midterms will be though.... WARNING... if you go to a "regular" college haha you will probably hate me for telling you this.... my midterms include remembering dance combinations and performing them. THATS MY MIDTERM.... how fantastic is that?! Really y'all... its pretty freaking fantastic. I told that to my best friend Bella when I skyped her... and she almost died. hahaha it was kinda really hilarious. Wuv you Bell! :)

 

 Monday morning I woke up and checked my email to find a picture of one of my favorite Elders! Elder Ellis!! aka... Nate the Great! He's one of my best friends and he's currently serving in Brasilia, Brazil for a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! The reason why this photo is so incredibly awesome is because of his tie! Before he left I rhinestoned a tie for him and he took it with him to Brazil! And he asked his mom aka one of my all time favorite Seminary teachers to forward this picture of him wearing it to me! Seriously though... I was SO FREAKING EXCITED to see this haha... The End... that's the end of the story :)

 So I needed to go grocery shopping... so me and my friend Andrea who you will hear more about later went together. Also... I have a confession... I LOVE icecream... with a passion... deep in my soul. And of course you can't go to the grocery store and not go down the icecream isle.... well actually you can. But what's the fun in that. haha anyways we came upon this lovely flavor and just had to have it! So we bought it and literally sat in my car and ate the ENTIRE THING... and it was SO INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS!!! Literally all it is is peanut butter icecream with peanut butter cups in it... basically HEAVEN. It's my new favorite flavor. I think everyone should have it... so you all should go get some... like.. now :)

 My big sister Shyla sent me a package this week! I LOVE MAIL! Seriously it makes my day. hahaha so this photo just shows everyone what she sent me haha you have to document such amazing things :)

 Emily has to stretch for classes so she sat in straddle and this is me coaching her through stretching for 10 minutes.... hahaha it was intense but oh so funny haha

 This is me with my Mormon girls Reba and Mikayla! We got all dressed up Friday night and went to the LA temple! We didn't go to baptisms but we did get to go into the Visitors Center that they just built and got to walk around and talk to some Sister Missionaries which was so awesome! Especially for me... considering I haven't had the chance to go to church since I moved out here due to rehearsals. We are making it a goal to go every two weeks as our schedules permit. :)

 A picture of the temple :)

 This photo is Emily doing my hair. May seem like a normal photo but actually she was doing my hair for a web-isode that I was asked to be a part of. So this entire weekend I've been in rehearsals and such learning choreography for this show and filming it. :) which has resulted in me literally not sleeping for the past two nights. My friend Andrea got asked to do it too.... so we are the main dancers in all the episodes now, and we get to sit in all the scenes and such too! 

 So Chase really likes Pinterest... I mean WHO DOESN'T? haha But she found this idea where you print out a bunch of photos and then hang them up in a heart on the wall. So we went through all of our instagram photos, got them all printed out, and Chase spent the entire afternoon the other day hanging them up in our Kitchen! Super cute right?! :) I love us so much haha

and... this is just a random photo of me and my man Bryan while we wait to start filming. It was probs the most exhausting night of my entire life but I loved it! And it's giving me some film experience and what not. :)

 

So pretty much this week was just a normal week here at AMDA. I learned All That Jazz from Chicago which was awesome... not gonna lie I totally OWNED it... I mean I'm just saying. haha I also finished learning the Audition Dance Scene in 42nd street in Tap this week... that was pretty awesome to learn.. man is that one a stamina builder! haha! But it's an AMAZING show... and really that's all that matters haha

 

so basically...this week has just been a really tiring week. Everyone is basically walking zombies but we still pull it together and dance it out because it's what we all love to do! So thankful for the opportunities I've had out here already and can't wait for more! But really right now I'm one sleep deprived dancer who desperately needs some sleep. Hence the picture below. :) This photo is of the cast of All Cracked Up right before our final rehearsal today... literally we were all asleep! It was kinda totally hilarious!

Oh the life of dance majors! But really I'm showering then going to bed... and then I'm not waking up for a really long time. haha So Love you all! Miss you all! Make good choices! And I'll update yall again next week!!!!

I Feel Like I've Lived Here Forever

So this week was Week 3 of classes here at AMDA and it was and eventful one.... kinda. Really it was just an average week of school. By now, I've settled into my place, my classes, and have a solid group of friends. All I do all day everyday is just dance... and its the most amazing thing in the entire world. Classes are going extremely well! I'm really being pushed both in my performance quality and physically. I really am starting to feel a major improvement in my dancing and I really can't wait to see where I am at the end of the semester and at the end of the school year! 

So, something I just wanted to let everyone out there know, I may not have to take math or science, but the classes here are a force to be reckoned with. I've never thought a simple acting class full of first semesters could get so serious and deep so fast. Like things get real in class. We do these exercises/games in class to help you find connections to things in your own personal life so that you can portray the emotion needed in a scene. The exercise is way to complex for me to type but I'm telling you it was one of the most emotional classes I've ever been in, but it really helped me connect with the scene in a way that I was able to pull it off successfully, and honestly I think its really going to help me with my dancing and connecting emotionally to the pieces I'm in. I'm definitely feeling lots of growth on my part in this area and it's something I really needed to work on. So major improvement is happening in that area... so that's super exciting! :) 

So, sorry I got kinda really deep there for a sec haha but onto the photos of the week! :)  

So my roommate Miriam really wanted to go dancing... so she convinced me to go with her even though I had been dancing since 10am- 6pm.... really I couldn't pass up another opportunity to do something that I absolutely love to do, so I went with and we took this lovely photo together.... I know we are kind of adorable. #yourwelcomeboys haha 

This lovely girl pictured below is one of my all time favorite people in the entire world! I met this girl at EFY this year as she was my roommate and we became EXTREMELY close in a matter of a week. For those non-LDS readers EFY is a youth conference that 14-18 year olds can go to for a week to learn and study the scriptures and grow closer to Christ. It's really one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had and have gone every chance I could. It always amazes me how close you get to people at EFY. It's kind of crazy how you can go in not knowing anyone and at the end of the week your literally family. But nonetheless back to my point, hahaha This girl Mariel finally got her mission call! She got called to serve in the Rochester, New York mission and will report to the MTC on February 5th!! I can't explain how happy and proud of this girl I am! New York is going to gain one stellar missionary!!! 

  This picture is of me and my roommate Emily. Why is this picture important you ask? Let me tell you... I never see this girl and she never sees me. The only reason we even saw each other this particular morning was because I had a 9am technique class and she had a 9am accompanist session. Otherwise she would still be sleeping. hahaha 

  

Josie and I were twins at Hip Hop... so naturally we had to take a photo :) 

Family dinner at Chiptole on a Friday!!

 Me with my girl Daly!!!

 I kind of totally and completely love this photo of me, Daly, and Kyle. We needed groceries so we went to Target... you know as you do... because really who doesn't like Target. Actually if any of you for some reason don't like Target... although I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't.. lie to me and say you do. I won't even mind one bit... because really I'm not sure how well I would handle life if someone told me they didn't.haha Also we may have or may not have belted WICKED songs the entire way to and from Target today... It was pretty much the BEST THING EVER. haha 

Kyle and Daly with modeling matching sweaters!

Sometimes Daly has friends from Iowa come visit her and she invites me to go along with them, so we go get gourmet donuts, and they are DELICIOUS. Really yall I had a smores doughnut... and it was HEAVEN. Just straight up heaven. haha  

Well, that's about it for this week! I basically do the same exact thing every week so I'll try to make a point to do something funny or interesting for you all throughout the week for blogging purposes. :) Oh! I did get asked to be in a student choreography piece today! So that'll be SUPER FUN! I really can't wait. So many amazing opportunities and I'm so thankful for them all. :) 

Anyways, everyone have an amazing week! Make good choices! Miss you all and Love you all!!! Muahh!!