Ally-Baba the Asian Beauty tied the knot!

One of my very best friends, Ally, got married on March 19th to a very tall basketball playing man named Jared. Their wedding was beautiful and unique and perfect blend of basketball at a Hawaiian Luau :-) I was able to be at their sealing in the Bountiful Temple and it was a priceless experience- I love her so much! The overachieving Ally is in the middle of her doctorate in nursing and Jared is a professional basketball player for a team in Mexico (right now it's the off season)...so, we'll see how they work it out, ha ha! But they are happy and a great couple! Jamie, Lisa, Aja, and I got to spend a lot of time together at the various events being unofficial bridesmaids and it was loads of fun!

Oh Man, San Fran!

Open your Golden Gates!

Okay, so I'm clearly behind in this world of blog! Urm, I haven't really read anybody else's either. Something collosal hit the month of March, and half of April...well, lots of things really. It's been a blast mostly, but so busy! Here we go...

Lisa (aka Kitty) and I ran off to San Francisco for a weekend to see Kevin do a twirly ribbon dance in Wicked- oh, and be a monkey and a "oh ee oh ee oh oh" guard. It was quite fun to see him on that stage, in a show I adore so much as a bonus! I cried a lot-I'm very easily proud. And I had a cold straight from hell so I spent the whole weekend holding a box of Kleenex Puffs infused with Vicks! (Those are a blessing, btw) We stayed with Kevin in his apartment and did some other site seeing, including a new Walt Disney museum! Yes, I was in Heaven. We had absolutely perfect weather! It was fan-flippin'-tastic! Some pics? Okay:

Tromped right through the middle of the ST. Pat's parade, ha ha!

Backstage after the show with Eden Espinoza! She's Elphaba...but more importantly, we used to watch her in Anamazement at Disneyland as Pocahontas in the like 1998

Yeah, who would ever want to leave this place?

Muir Woods, an absolutely breathtaking National Park

I read every word this museum, but this little plaque made me cry a little- I'm ridiculous

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kevin looks like he's having a good time.

We ate a little ice cream

My future purple house

Ode to California!

Chillin' with the Homies!!!
Utah winter is not my favorite pastime, and the last couple rare 3-day weekends have kept me in the snowy state for some reason or another...SO when another day off rolled along in the beginning of March, I was quickly on a speedy flight to my sunny happy hometown! Disneyland and best friends were included, of course...and two extra special things happened this time...
1. Funny little Aubrey (Brynn's daughter) accidentally slammed her tiny finger in the bathroom stall at D-land, which turned into a fortunate event because we ended up in the First Aide mini-magical hospital....where we ran into some very important people...who spent some adorable, quality time with us. (And, yes, I am the biggest Disney nerd ever and I did start crying when they walked in)

2. We had big bad girl's night out with no babies and kiddos for the first time since they were all birthed (I LOVE the babies and kiddos, but it was an amazing night!) We went to Islands and then to see Alice in Wonderland (which I thought was B-O-R-I-N-G, but I loved the company). We were causing a raucous at the grocery store buying candy for the movie and the clerk asked us if we were a sorority...ha ha! We are long out of college, but we seem to revert back to our crazy H.S. giggling behaviors when we're all together, and it's so therapeutic!

Michelle, Adriane, Holly, Amber, Breanne, Carrie
me, Brynn

Koufax

Go ahead, "Awwwwwwwwwwww" all you want because THAT is a cute puppy!

He belongs to my mother and his name is Koufax, after Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers (back in the day when baseball was awesome). He's a Yorkie, which we discovered is the only breed that really works out in the family, since my dad and I are both super allergic to dogs.
*(see note of digression at bottom of post later)

Thankfully, my cous Kevin got his Yorkie (Jaxon) a little over a year ago, so he served as an experiment...turns out that due to the pH of their "human" hair, we do just fine, until we're licked...then there's a slight rash that appears :-p

BUT we have loved Jaxon; hence Koufax for my mom's 59th birthday. She's a big time dog person and has waited since she was a teenager to have one again. Consequently, I haven't hardly heard from her since the arrival of Koufax to the family...she's occupied. He's adorable!

Me 'n my cute roomies :-) I should mention here that my great friend Jessica moved in with Lisa and I a month ago and I could not be happier about it!!! We've been buddies since back in my California EFY working days, and now she has a job in Utah and is living with us! It's fantastic!

Okay...so...ha ha...unfortunately, THIS is Koufax's favorite place to be! Like...he hunts me down, chases me, and the second I sit down he finds it and well,...tries to go to town. It's crazy. He better grow out of it.

...and that is how tiny he is compared to Jaxon! Their first interaction was very unexpected. Koufax was so excited he could hardly stand it and was bounding around after Jaxon like a little bunny, but Jaxon wanted nothing to do with him! He even growled at him a few times! Super weird and kind of sad. Hopefully he'll be nicer to the poor pup next time!
*I have something to say about being allergic to dogs...IT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL PEOPLE! I swear, the dog lovers and dog owners of the world make me crazy with their looks and reactions of sheer confusion or utter disdain when I tell them I'm really allergic to dogs, including their precious pet. Usually they don't get it and either seem offended or just let their dogs roam around me anyway! As if to say, "Meh, it can't be THAT bad." ...Tryin' to sniff my crotch, jumping on me, licking me, rubbing their dander all over my pants...uhg. What the heck? No people, I most likely CAN'T pet your dog without accidentally touching my eye in a few seconds and having it swell to the size of a golf ball. I probably can't sit on your couch without dog residue getting all over my clothes and turning me into a sneezing/nose running idiot. I may not even be able to breathe the air in your home for longer than about 20 minutes before my lungs start to close and I begin wheezing . If it licks me, I WILL get a nasty welted rash. To you non-allergic humans who don't understand I say, we aren't kidding! It's not a joke! Put your dogs outside or in a different room and vacum those couches like crazy if an allergic person is comin' over. I know the dog is a part of the family, but perhaps value the human lungs over the feelings of your dog? Just sayin'! And I hope you're laughing right now because I am...I mean no hate at all....I just think it's an anomaly that this unfortunate condition makes me less favorable, almost an outcast of society, as if I have commited some crime. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

Have you ever wondered...

...who would win in a battle between Harry Potter and Darth Vader? Well, today is your lucky day...you get to be enlightened by some 9 year olds who reside in Miss Young's 4th grade class:

Disco Inferno

What a silly little plot this crazy musical has! My character sort of drove me nuts, but I had some fun solos and boy did we dance our pants off! It was way fun, but I was pretty relieved when it was over with.

This was the press picture that ended up in a couple newspapers and such. (Megan-Lady M./the devil's assistant, Elijah-Jack, Me-Jane)

Camille, Megan, and I getting pumped before a performance

Oh, my dear sweet crazy Chris! It was so fun being in another show with him! I don't think I want to do any without him at this point! His character was hilarious!

Sittin' on stage with the script... mostly, I liked this outfit the best.

So many friends, fam, and fans came to see the show :-) I appreciate the support so much!

Wish it was still Christmas Break!

This photo depicts the happiness, joy, and relief that mainly my dad and I were feeling right at this moment when we got to my Bro's house...after a long frustrating course of traveling events. (No, we hadn't showered in some time)

The quintessential decorating of Christmas sugar cookies:
Quite a fun and hilarious Christmas Eve afternoon with some of my sister-in-laws fam... early to the movie theater to see A Christmas Carol, which had been out for almost a month so we had the place to ourselves...I liked it, but we weren't able to see it in 3D, and it seemed as though the effects and decisions they made for the film were tailored for a 3D experience.
Modeling the Christmas morning display...
Christmas dinner and present exchange festivities with Lisa's whole family were EXCELLENT! Very fun and delicious.
So.....my parents gave Mathew and Derrick this lovely Monopoly City game and it literally took us like 5 hours of the day after Christmas to complete a game, which I won...in a very anticlimactic way, since the two buffoons just ran out of money all of a sudden; such is the way of Monopoly.
Ice Skating!
More Game time! :)
We had lots of fun, I could have been good with like another month of it!
Another event that was super great that we didn't photograph was an air soft gun war we had at the park. The gun I had had a range of about 6 ft. so I totally lost that battle!