Cinderella

I could very easily make this one of the longest posts ever because of all the wonderful things I have to say about musical, but to spare you, I will shorten my novel. But I must warn you, there is some mushy and gushy-ness... Basically, doing musical was the best decision I've made in high school. I have made so many friends. Not just "musical" friends, but lasting friends. It's awesome having such a large group of friends that have a common interest and goal and are just as crazy, if not more, than myself. I have developed talents I never thought I would, and I've just had an overall amazing experience. I was fortunate enough to play the part of the Queen in "Cinderella." It was stressful, fun, incredible to expand my talents the way I did, and just amazing. My very talented and loving grandmother, with the help of my aunt, made my gold queen dress. It's absolutely incredible. I don't know how someone can have so much talent to make a dress so stunning. She was very kind to make it for me and I'll be forever grateful to her. I'm also to thankful for my Dad who spent a lot of time helping me find my scarlet dress. And of course my mom, who helped me put together everything. Like I said, I could go on and on, but I'll just post some pictures instead for your enjoyment.

{Lionel, Queen, King, Prince Christopher}

{The hilarious stepsisters}

{Oh, and in case you wanted to add something to your list of useless facts, my full name was Queen Constantina Charlotte Ermintrude Guinevere Maisie Marguerite Anne. Yup, it was in a song. My son's name was long too.}

{On my off night I was a peasant girl dying to catch the eye of the Prince...}

{...until the ball when I fell asleep dancing with him.}

{My amazing Grandmother- the one who made it all possible. Love her!}

{King, Queen, Cinderella, Son}

{The King and I}

{Cinderlla, Fairy Godmother, me, Prince}

And you can't forget about the backstage fun! (Oh, and before I forget, the preshow Princess parties were super fun too.)

{My counterpart and me}

{I seriously would not have survived musical without these girls. They are the best.}

So that's pretty much Cinderella in a nutshell! Thanks to all my family and friends who read this who came to the show. It really did mean a lot to me and I love you all so much!

(Photo credit to my family and, once again, the amazing Annie. Oh, and the last photo is Emily's)

Shoutout

 This is my friend Jane.

It's a total wonder how I did not know her before musical. She's basically one of the best people I've ever met. I don't think I'd survive musical without her and Grace. Anyway, this past Wednesday some of the musical kids went on a little field trip to UVU to see Noises Off. It was a hilarious play. Loved it. Half the fun was being with Jane though. And we had some pretty good chats on the bus. She makes me laugh like no one else can and we have a lot in common. We help each other out all the time (like me saving her guts by finding her things ;) and her saving me by letting me vent on her). She's super sweet and way fun. Love her. 

And this is my friend Melissa.

We have been super close friends for a looooong time. Thursday was her last volleyball game (like ever (besides state). it's weird to be a senior) and I was able to go! I've never been to a game because I've always had to teach piano. When I found out I could go this time I was so excited! She played so well, despite her back problems, and the team won! I was so proud of her. She's one of those friends that you can tell anything to and she won't judge you or make fun of you. I love her for that. She's always there when you need a friend and we've had lots of fun times together. We're really opposite but alike at the same time. It works out well. I couldn't ask for a better friend.

Let's just say I'm grateful for good, happy friends who love me the way I am and lift me higher in every aspect of my life.

And this is my best friend.

I seriously have the best mom ever. No joke. These last few days have been extremely stressful putting together costumes for musical, and she's been there helping me every step of the way. She never complained when we had to go to the same store about 50 million times or when she had to sew all the pizazz on my dress (even though I could tell she was extremely tired and just wanted to snuggle up in bed). She stays an extra half hour after helping with a luncheon, just to watch me perform, and she listens to me talk forever and ever about musical things (and many other things that she would probably care less about hearing). I don't know how she has the patience for me, but I'm so grateful she does... I'm not exactly low maintenance. She is the most amazing person ever and I love her so much. I don't know what I'd do without her.

UEA

Wow, this October has been insanely crazy for some reason. But 'crazy' in a good way! (*cough cough* the musical) Backing up to the third week of this month, we had UEA. My family, as well as the Stangers, went to Southern Utah. We stayed in the Stanger's uncle's house, which is insanely nice. While we were down there, Tuachan theatre was playing, "Crazy for You," the musical my school is doing this year. I wanted to go so bad because I'm in the musical. As it turned out, the tickets were sold out. Cyndi used her magic, however, and got four back row tickets. I was beyond excited. It was absolutely incredible and gave me ideas for what I could do for my 'showgirl' costume.

Insert Bobby ;)

{Tarzan was playing at Tuachan too.}

{Cyndi, Mom, Savanna, Me}

The next day we went on a huge day hike on the Subway. It took us a little less than 12 hours to complete. It was a fun hike with lots of obstacles (6 major ones).

{Trail head}

Obstacle 1: Repel between a crack in the wall.

Obstacle 2: Swim through two, freezing, ice cold pools.

{The two pools we swam through.}

Obstacle 3: Cross a very slippery and wet wall....

...so we don't have to swim through an even longer, thinner pool with a rock that could possibly fall on us.

Obstacle 4: Repel down a rock wall.

Random obstacle: Move a log downstream, so we don't have to swim in another pool.

Obstacle 5: Repel down a waterfall.

{Cool tunnel thing.}

{Entrance to the upper Subway. We love logs.} :)

{Crossing over the second waterfall.}

Obstacle 6: Repel down an even bigger and slicker rock wall than before. As you can tell from the picture, I was frightened out of my mind and wouldn't move a muscle.

{Savanna repelling off the wall.}

...so I just found a different way to get down.

{Entering the lower Subway.}

{Downstream view}

{Upstream view}

{Bec, Savan, Dad, Me}

Random obstacle: Find the exit point (which is a small sign and can easily be passed) and finish before dark.

As it just so happened, we found the exit point in the dark, with 1 more mile to go uphill. Rebecca and my dad were behind us for what we thought to be another half an hour. I think I said about 50 prayers at this point because we had all the flashlights (they didn't have any). Luckily, about 10 minutes later, they showed up. Thank goodness for faith and prayers. We hiked out safely, and ran into the park rangers. I felt comforted knowing people come and search for you if you haven't made it out of the park by nightfall.

Overall, it was a great trip that I'll never forget.

On Saturday, we had to leave bright and early so I could be back in time for Musical rehearsal. Later that night, I went to Trevor's birthday party. We had a fun time watching, "How to Train Your Dragon" (super cute movie) and chit-chatting. Trevor happened to have some chocolate covered bugs (yes, real bugs). I told Trevor I'd eat one if he did. I didn't think he'd give in so easily, but he just popped it into his mouth. It was obviously my turn next. It took me forever, but eventually I got the guts to eat it. It was sick. It tasted like hay and I wanted to spit it out so bad. But I ate the whole thing and coaxed Melissa to eat one too. It was quite the experience. We had a fun time though. :)

{The worm. Expect mine was covered in milk chocolate.}

(Photo credit- Me, Dad, and Mark)