Chasing Butterflies

This post may end up being kind of short, despite not having posted in a few weeks... Lately I have been thinking about some of the basic things I need to do on a daily basis. Not like brushing teeth, hair, shower or any of that, but reading my scriptures, praying morning and night, trying to serve others, having charity, patience, hope, faith, being an example at all times, and having a kind heart, always forgive others and on and on. All of those things are so basic, and yet I need to work on every single one of those. It is stuff that should be habit by now. I should have been doing it for the past 18 years, but for some reason, some of those seem to be the hardest things for me to do. Daily personal scripture study and daily personal prayer are huge examples of that.  I also think that because they are the hardest things for me to remember to do, they are probably the most important. They are what the Lord needs me to do so I can have a better relationship with Him and with ...

I finally have a performance I can be proud of! I have worked and worked and worked all year up here at Western Wyoming to have a performance that I can say I was proud of. To anyone that knows me...that doesn't happen very often! I am a perfectionist, especially with my voice and if the tiniest thing goes wrong with it, I consider it a bad performance. Or if I focus too much on my voice and don't truly let myself be vulnerable to act. These past few weeks I have been work-shopping different pieces with the head of the department, Jamie. It has been one of the most frustrating, grueling, eye-opening, crazy, exhilarating experiences of my life. But it has paid off. We had our Singing for the Actor 2 finals on Friday. This piece really meant a lot to me and I had already work-shopped it with Jamie and at the end of the workshop he said that it was the best performance of mine he had ever seen, and if I could do it that strongly at the final then it would be perfect for what I h...

Sorry, it's been a few weeks since I've posted! Life has been hectic! There is always something going on, homework, memorizing, rehearsals, being sick, meetings to be at, more rehearsals, dance stuff, LOTS of homework, etc., etc. Which leads right into my topic!! My MOMMY!!!! This just happened to work out with the whole Mother's Day thing being just 1-2 days away :) My mom is the best mom in the universe. She is always there for her children, she always tries to help us with whatever is wrong and she makes sure to let us know we can go to her for anything. She is our(my sisters' and my) best friend. We laugh with her, cry with her, whine to her, celebrate with her, everything! These last few weeks have been tough. With all that stuff going on I felt like I was going to explode! And everything was due around the same time which TOTALLY screwed up my way of writing a "to do" list and doing it. I usually write down everything I need to do and when it's d...