MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY!

As many of you know- I ADORE the 4th of July. In fact, you could easily call it my favorite holiday! YAY! Anyway, this year the celebration started early- on July 1, when my friend Cy and I decided to go to Stadium of Fire in Provo. I have always wanted to go to it, so I was BEYOND excited! WAHOO! It was great- with Taylor Hicks and LeeAnn Womack. Just lots of fun. Fattening food, fireworks, and lots os screaming people. I love it!

Onthe 4th, tradition remained as my mom's family all got together at Grandma's house and pigged out and then went to the Layton Park for the orchestra concert and fireworks! I LOVE THE 4TH OF JULY!!! Yay yay!

A Few More Crazy Pics!

Some Blasts from the Past!

For entertainment!

Crazy For You Pictures!

So there are a couple... I haven't had time to take lots of 'em... but there will be more to come!

Devin and Anj's Wedding- June 3, 2006!!

So a few weeks ago a flew out to San Diego for the day- two of my favorite people- Andrea Finch (who was my roomie and in YA's with me...) and Devin Williams- who was also in YA's with us- finally got married! WAHOO! So here are some pics!

Thoroughly Modern Amy!

Hey everybody! So I love Sundays. I love them because I have time to just sit and figure out what to write on my blog. Ha ha. It's been awhile since I wrote something of importance... oh wait- the other day I wrote about the fact that I am going to Hong Kong... and THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS!!! I haven't heard from many of you in awhile!!! :-)

So anyway- y'all may be wondering about the pic I've posted today. The Hale in West Valley- where I am doing Crazy For You- was taking their promo pictures for next season and asked me to be the model for "Thoroughly Modern Millie." So here I am, beads and all. :-) It was actually quite fun to do that photo shoot, and for the next year I will have my face plastered all over the Wasatch Front advertising for the show! Too bad I can't actually DO the show. I come back only 17 days before it opens. Sad. Oh well. Hong Kong... lots of money- the Hale- fun show, fun place... doesn't pay the bills. :-)

I will be getting my contract for Disney this week I think. It hasn't actually set in that I am going to HONG KONG for seven MONTHS. I was there for a WEEK last summer and it felt like forever. I am not a fan of the humidity there. HOWEVER, I looked online and apparently it will only be really humid through September! I can handle that! I think I am going there at the GOOD time of the year! :-)

I had to tell my job that I was quitting- only two weeks after they hired me. Whoops. I was hired at the chiropractor's office to fill the receptionist job when the girl they have now has a baby. They got me almost completely trained and then... uh, sorry guys. I felt bad, but let's be honest- it would take me two years to make there what I am going to make in SEVEN MONTHS in HK.

I'm not kidding. You people need to come see me. The website of my apartments is: http://www.goldcoast.com.hk/ Look at it. Come stay with me. I need friends. :-)

Anyway, so that's all for today. I really need to get some pics taken of my show! I'll do that tomorrow! :-) Love to y'all!!

BIG NEWS and a GOOD UPDATE!!!

Hi all! OK- so nothing that interesting has been going on in my life lately- which explains the lack of updates. I came home from NYC, found a job at a chiropractor's office (a pretty good job- not phenomenal, but I can't complain...) and then, out of absolutely NO WHERE, I received a phone call from the Hong Kong Disneyland casting director. Tuesday night I was helping my dad clean out our storage shed, when my phone rings from an "unavailable number." For those of you who know me well, Amy doesn't answer unavailable numbers... so I let it ring through and a few minutes later I had a message. It was this guy, Russ, from Disneyland Hong Kong, like I said, offering me a position as a vocalist in one of their shows. Sounds pretty hokey... Disneyland performing?? WELL, let me tell you that the contract I have makes me a HAPPY girl. I can pay off my student loan, buy a car, and still have some in savings. Life is good. Scary- I mean, HONG KONG??? But really, it's going to be amazing. They provide food, trasportation, my OWN apartment... (NOTE: This is the part where all of you need to start thinking, "I should save money and go see Amy in Hong Kong... when else am I ever gonna have the chance to go there and have someone to STAY with!!!??) So start saving. I will be there from Aug 19-March 31 of next year. YAHOO! The show I'm in is called "The Golden Mickeys"- it's a 25 minute Disney musical review where I will play "Belle". I dunno what else I'll be doing... singing, dancing, getting PAID well!!! YAY! Anyway, so that's the update. START SAVING AND COME SEE ME IN HONG KONG!!!

Updating... a little later than expected....

OK- so I don't consider myself a computer nerd, but WOW. I have been without my own internet access for more than a week now and I have been going CRAZY!!! :-) As of today I am proud to say that I at least have a land phone line that I can dial-up with... hee hee. I feel as if I'm back in 1995 when we first got our computer with AOL and we would listen to it dial up and all of a sudden, we were connected to the WORLD!!! :-) Ha. ANYWAY-

So since I got back from the NYC I have moved, got these LOVELY plastic hooks put on two of my teeth (explaination coming...) and let's see... what else... Oh yeah, and rehearsed lots for my upcoming show. It opens on June 10 and I am still feeling a little behind because of my long trip... but it was worth it. :-)

OK- teeth explaination. I haven't mentioned that whole thing on here. Sometimes, Amy here gets a little vain. So for a long time I have wanted to get a few of my teeth straightened. There was only one on top that bothered me, and a few on the bottom. So I took a trip to the dentist and began this "invisible" teeth straightening treatment called "Invisalign." It's great and I recommend it to anyone. :-) ANYWAY- so my teeth are almost "done"- after only FOUR MONTHS might I add- but there are a few things that still need fixing. Sooooo the other day I got these lovely plastic hooks put on two of my upper teeth. I hook elastics to these hooks and wear them all the time. I feel like I am 12 again. Hee hee. But actually, it's not even bad. They are, for the most part, really clear and hardly noticable. Only tonight we had cast pictures taken for my show, and I am rather dredding what I will look like with those lovely things on my smile.... oh well. :-) Such is vanity...

I don't have any pictures to post. I am too lazy to get my camera out and attempt even putting them on this blog through a dial-up connection. It might take YEARS...

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

Crazy For You

Hale Centre Theatre

June 10- July 29

I perform on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and on Saturdays at 12:30 PM

I have red hair in this show... something y'all have never seen!

Go to http://www.halecentretheatre.org/new/ for all the info on tickets

What else is new in my life? Mmmmm... probably nothing. Well, since I saw the musical Hairspray I have a new addiction to the CD... and- none of you really care... and blogs are boring without pictures... K. I'm done for the nite!

The Rest of NYC- and HOME!!!!

Hi from UTAH!!! I am back at home... well, I don't have a home right now, but I am back in Utah. I have never- well- maybe when I came home from 30 day YA tour- appreciated the SMELLS, the SIGHTS, and THE PEOPLE of UTAH. Seriously, I LOVED NYC- and if I had a job, I would totally move there. BUT really- I love home. Utah is beautiful. The hustle and bustle of the city was exciting for a few days, but I tell ya- I was BEYOND ready to come home. I got off the plane at 6:30, and when straight to my Crazy For You rehearsal... it's good to be back there too!!! I have the entire first act to learn- but I think it'll be fine. I have lots of great people to help me!!!

My mom and me at Central Park

SUCH a great show! "The Odd Couple" with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick

Another childhood dream of me and Biff. The AMERICAN GIRL store. Brooke- this store was AMAZING. Remember back in the days of you having Molly, and me having Samantha and looking through the catalogs... well, THIS was a FOUR FLOOR CATALOG!!!

Groud Zero

Friday morning- leaving the hotel!!!

Anyway, so there's the rest of my trip! I am hungry and need to eat, but I'll update more later!

More pics! My Day in Central Park... and a few other places...

Well, today is Sunday. We went to church in the same building as the Manhattan Temple, and that was amazing- and other than that, life around New York City moves just as much as any other day of the week. My mom, Biff, Brett, and I spent the afternoon and early evening walking around Central Park. It was great fun!

On Friday we went to the "Top of the Rock." Coolest elevator ride I've taken in my life.... and the top was pretty great too!!!

The "Toys R Us" store in Times Square... I like candy.

Mine and Biff's DREAM as little girls... a life size Barbie mansion!!!

OK- this monkey was the most entertaining thing I have EVER seen at a zoo. That stick of his was his best friend- as he would play around with the other monkeys he would hit them on the head with his stick and he would even "pole vault" around the monkey habitat with it. It was FREAKING HILARIOUS!!

Me and Biff at the Hans Christian Anderson statue in Central Park

I like candy... AND flowers

Yeah- they gave us bubble gum at the restaurant- I liked that too. :-)

HELLO FROM NYC!!!!

My mom getting ready for her FIRST plane ride!!!!

Laurel and Me before our second "Showcase" performance

Hee hee. Amy and Les Miz. No more needs to be said.

My first Broadway show EVER! HAIRSPRAY!

My mom and I saw WICKED!

OK- this dessert was AMAZING. We had it near the Boston area. Peppermint ice cream sundae. I was OBSESSED!

This statue was in the Boston commons. It is in honor of the book, "Make Way for Ducking."

Hi everyone!!! Well, I am sitting in the business center of our hotel here in New York City... and it's been a great week!!!! I still have five days left!!! WAHOO! Anyway- things have gone VERY well and I have had meetings and auditions with Disney people and folks from WB television. So we'll see where it all goes. So far I have been able to see "Wicked," and "Hairspray," and this week I am seeing "Light in the Piazza," and "The Drowsy Chaparone." (Sutton Foster's new show... YAHOO!!!) Biff and Brett got here tonight! So the next week is bound to be fun!

The past three days I went up to the Boston area with my mom where we visited with a friend of hers who she hasn't seen in TWENTY-EIGHT years!!!! INSANE. They were cute together and it was a busy few days. I am pooped. I believe in the divinity of Sunday. :-) Anyway- enjoy the pics!!!

GRADUATION... and OFF TO NYC I GO!

The Traditional "Last Day of Finals" French toastix and Standing next to my grandpa's name in the BYU Memorial Hall.








Hey everyone! I am now a graduate of Brigham Young University. I now hold a BFA in Music/Dance/Theatre. I really want to write more, but I need to get to bed. I leave for NYC tomorrow, and as luck would have it, I have been really sick all week long. I don't have much of a voice. Our show is Monday. I am sort of in a panic. I need all your prayers so I'll be able to sing on Monday!!!! Love to you all! More later! Here're some GRADUATION pictures!



All my fellow MDT grads...



The MDT kids at the brunch we had after graduation

Oh the changes... (Be warned... this is a sentimental post...)

Wow. So this past week has been- and the week to come will be- full of changes in my life!!!

Really, when it rains it pours- and with the way this weekend has been I really have just stepped back and gone "WHOA." The fact that I am graduating on Friday is really starting to hit me, my dad got remarried yesterday, AND we located my house that fell down the hill. There is a loooong backstory to the last situation, but its kewl, and for those of you who knew what my little house used to look like, you will be amazed at how great it looks now!

Let's start with the story of my house: As most of you know, I grew up in Layton. I lived in a little white house with pretty red brick. Well, five years ago this summer, my little house "fell down the hill" of Heather Drive when a landslide occured. The landslide destroyed three houses, and ours was removed from it's foundation after we evacuated, and put on the front lawn. Soon after that, a big truck came and took my little house away and put it in a field by Grocery Outlet. It stayed there for awhile, and was then moved to another field up by Hill Air Force Case. More than a year ago, our little house disappeared from the field. We've had no clue where it was- until two days ago. Kate, my new step-sister, was on a tour with her high school interior design class. Next to the house they visited, she was told, was a housee that had been involved in the landslide a few years ago. IT IS MY HOUSE. On Friday, before a family dinner, I went to see my little house. I had this weird pit in my stomach as I drove closer and closer to it, and when I finally saw it, my heart was really happy. The outside of the house looks FANTASTIC. It is now a grey-ish tan colored stucco with stone where the brick used to be. Can I just say that it is really freaky to l0ok at the house you lived in for 15+ years- know it is your house- but not really recognize anything?

Then I went inside. Everything- for the most part- has been gutted. As I stood in the bedroom I grew up in, everything finally hit me. I was gone when the landslide happened, and I hadn't lived at home for two years- but as I stood in my little bedroom I finally- after five years- grieved. The thing that set me off was that among everything being gutted around me, the wallpaper from my bedroom had recently been torn off the walls and was in a pile on the floor. My pink wallpaper, and my flowered wallpaper, was scattered in shreds all over my room. It really made me sad- sad for the fact that that's MY home, and after five years I was finally in there again- only nothing was the same. Just lots of hilarious memories that now seemed weirdly ghostlike. (Yeah- I am in a dramatic writing mood tonight- can ya tell??) It was SOOOOO bizarre to look out my bedroom windows and not see what belongs there... the brown house from across the street on Heather Drive. I have never had such a weird, surreal, feeling in my life. So I sat in the middle of my room among the white dust and construction, and for the first time that I can remember- I cried that my house "fell down the hill." There's this old Disney cartoon called "The Little House." It is the story of my little house. Ü The last time I saw my house it looked something like this:


Now, after five years of being a sad little house, my little house that used to be white with red brick, now looks like.... (Drumroll please...)

THIS!!!

If you look at the carport you can see that it's still buckled a bit- thanks to the trauma the poor house has been through!!! BUT, I am so happy that the little house I grew up in is finally in a neighborhood again. The inside of it is going to look great- they are keeping our bathroom shower tiles- which is nice. SOMETHING from my old home will still be recognizable!

Anyway, wow- I have tons more to write about. BUT I have a final tomorrow- I should be studying- not blogging! :-) More later!

Another Quote from Amy's Dating Life :-)

I'm not doing this to make boys scared that they're going to be the next guy quoted on Amy's blog, but some of these are just too good to pass up.

Via text message: "I see all these guys around you and find myself wondering what are you looking for in a guy that you haven't been able to find yet. Are you looking for a guy?"

I have no response to that- A comment from my home teacher who ALSO texted me once a few weeks ago saying,

"Are you as DELECTABLE today as you were at 18?"

I have no response to that either....

FUN TIMES WITH THE GIRLS!

Me, Hillary, and Lisa
Me and "Hellary"
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
So tonight Lisa, Hillary, and I got together in Salt Lake and ate at the Macaroni Grill. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so it was awesome to catch up, share stories, and just walk around Salt Lake... for a few minutes! Hill drove down from Logan, and Lisa and I came up from Provo. LICIA, we missed you, but thought of you! :-) Anyway, for those of you who don't know, Lisa and Hillary were my roomies back in the days of Ricks College. Fun, fun times! I love you girls so much!

I am almost in my last week of school EVER! Tuesday is the last day of classes, and after that, finals come. Things should be pretty easy from here on out. Weird. I am graduating. :-) Pretty exciting!

I had my first "Crazy For You" rehearsal today. I will be perfoming in the MWF cast and will do matinees on Saturdays at 12:30. So yeah... the link to the theatre site is: http://www.halecentretheatre.org/new/ Check it out. :-)

My last day at work is on Tuesday. I have ADORED my job, and especially love the people I work with. I will miss Cy, Jamen, Andrew, Cynthia, and everyone else soooo much! I have really been lucky with my job the past two years. It was such a great one to have while I was in school. (Sigh...)

Anyway, so there's life for today! Happy Easter to all!

2 weeks and counting!

I keep taking my camera places to take pictures, and for some reason my camera is killing batteries in like 10 minutes. Makes me sad!!! :-) Anyway... I GRADUATE IN TWO WEEKS. That's really hard to believe! After two years of Ricks, trying out Weber, going BACK to Ricks (BYU-Idaho), and FINALLY coming down here to the "Y", I am done with college. Which also means that I get to go to New York in a little over two weeks. I am a happy girl! I am staying there until May 12, and then I will coming back here to do Crazy For You at the Hale. After that, no clue. :-) Taking things a day at a time!!! :-)

So the quote of the week in Amy's dating life is, "Amy, you're what my mom would call "well cooked." Does anyone understand why I am tired of dating?? :-) Ha ha.

Anyway, that's all for tonight. :-)

Discoveries about blogging :)

Hi again all. Soooooooooo today I found out that I had a block on to moderate my comments! Thanks to Jason, and my cousin Brooke, I have discovered things about this blog that I had NO clue about! I am proud to say that I had comments awaiting my approval. Hee hee. (One of them was one from my cousin who told me all about ways to set up to see how many people look at my site... etc etc etc.) AWESOME! Thanks, Brooke, for the info! Anyway, things are good- I am working on a research paper about one of my ancestors right now for my church history class. Pretty interesting. :-)

SPRING, Alicia, and Crazy For You

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 61 Degrees on Monday- I am thankful.
Tap, tap... is this thing on? I know I haven't posted pictures, but I need some comments here people! Ha, just kidding. I am just doing nothing on a Sunday night and don't want to feel pathetic because I am writing on a blog that no one looks at. :-)


Well, it was a great weekend! I was running around a lot, but I was thankful for all the things I got to do! Alicia came into town this week, and I was so excited to go up to Ogden and see her on Saturday afternoon before she left. I just watched while she and Chris packed, and we talked, and ate, and she went back to West Virginia, but hey- it was SOOOOOO good to see her and we laughed because as she packed we were comparing clothes... she ended up changing into something almost exactly like I was wearing and we took some pics... but OF COURSE my camera pooped out and wouldn't work, so she's gonna post those pictures. :-) I love Licia!

Graduation is getting closer. I didn't realize it till today, but there are only like two weeks left of classes. Yikes. I have lots to do in those two weeks. :-) Hee hee. I am taking suggestions on what to do with myself after I graduate... anyone? And I WILL NOT say yes to anyone who says, "Marry me" as a comment on my blog. I have had too many guys asking me out over TEXT MESSAGING lately- and I say NO to technological advances! :-) Ha ha.

I just got cast as Polly in Crazy For You at the Hale Center Theatre in West Valley. It runs in June and July. I'll post more info eventually. It is an amazing theatre and I am really excited to work there. The stage is incredible. So we'll see how that goes!

Peace out all. Loves.