Tour

Wednesday morning, I left for California for
A Cappella/Orchestra Tour. We spent all day driving and arrived at the hotel late at night. Thursday we went to Disneyland and was able to play around the park for a while and also hop over to California Adventure. We also did a workshop back stage at Disney. Friday we went to the Aquarium, had a workshop at Long Beach University, and then went to go see Phantom of the Opera. It was amazing! Saturday we went back to Disneyland where we performed in Toon Town and spent the rest of the day playing around again. We hopped on the bus Sunday morning after a wonderful morning side and arrived back at the school at about 10:30 pm. It was so much fun and it was so great to get a break from school and play with all of my friends!
Chelsea and I at the Aquarium
Me, Chelsea, Mary Elizabeth, and Mischon at the Aquarium on a shark...
Me and Brian waiting on Toon Town Bridge

Happy Birthday Mom!

This post is dedicated to my Mom. It was her Birthday yesterday and it was so much fun to spend the weekend celebrating it. We had a big Birthday dinner Friday night where we celebrated my Uncle's Birthday as well and then last night we had dinner with the 4 of us left at home and had cake and ice cream. I love you Mom and Happy Birthday!

Brandon and Diana's Wedding

On Saturday, December 27, my brother Brandon married one of the most wonderful girls ever, Diana. They got married in the Mount Timpanogos Temple and then we had a Luncheon at Thanksgiving Point. It was such a fun day and it was great to celebrate this occasion with so many friends and family. I am so grateful that Diana joined our family. She is so amazing and I absolutely love her!
Abby
Abby and Nicole
Brandon and Diana coming out of the TempleBrandon and Diana kissing
Aren't they just so cute?
Me and DianaMe, Diana, and Brandon
Erin, Me, Brandon, Nicole, and Devin
Dad and Brandon
James, Josh, Brandon, and Jon
:) Need I say more?
Diana and Brandon cutting the cake
Diana and Brandon kissing after feeding each other cake

Temple Square

Being in A Cappella, we do a lot of fun and creative things. Today, in joy of the Christmas spirit, we went up to Temple Square to sing in the Joseph Smith Building and in the Assembly Hall. It was a blast! One of the best parts of
A Cappella is that I get to be in a class with almost all my friends, so when we're all together, it's crazy. On the bus ride up, we discovered that it was International Answer the Phone like Buddy the Elf Day. So we had a lot of fun calling each other and saying different quotes from the movie. It was awesome!
I love when we sing our Christmas songs because you can just feel the joy of Christmas spreading throughout the crowd as we sing. We were able to walk around Temple Square and see the Lights and Manger scene. I love going and seeing it all! It's one of my favorite parts of Christmas. Dad was kind enough to come and listen to us after he was done with work and then he drove Chelsea and I home so we wouldn't have to drive on the bus. I love you Dad! It was such a fun day. If you haven't seen the Lights on Temple Square yet, I suggest you go. They are beautiful!
Me and Chelsea on Temple Square

Twilight!

This morning, Erin, Chelsea, Karli, Nikki, Mom, Dad, and I all went to go see Twilight. It was so amazing! Of course it wasn't going to be exactly like the book, but they did an amazing job. If you haven't seen it already, I suggest you go. It's worth it. :D Last night we went out and bought Twilight shirts so we could wear them. And they are awesome! Erin, Karli, Chelsea, and I even went early this morning and waited in line for a little over an hour before we were let in. We are crazy and we love it!
Erin, Karli, and Chelsea waiting for the movie to start
Chelsea and Me

Sadies

Last Friday was Sadies. It was so much fun. We went to Fazoli's for dinner, then went and met Dad and Mom for pictures at the Provo Library. When we were finished with that we went to the dance and then to one of the girl's in our groups house for hot chocolate and games. It was Erin's first date. It's so weird to think that she is 16 now...The theme was Jungle, so we ty-died shirts :)
Me and Eric
Brian and Erin
Our group
Our funny picture
The guys
The girls

Another Update...

Wow, I'm getting pretty bad at keeping this updated when school is going on. So I will just highlight some of the things that have happened this past month.
A month ago, Erin and I didn't have school on a Friday, so we went along with our Mom to a trip to Salt Lake. We dropped off Dad at work, which is near Draper, and decided while we were there to see the new Temple that they are building. It is just beautiful! We continued on to Salt Lake and walked around Temple Square, went to the Beehive House, ate at the Lion House restaurant, and ended the trip by seeing the Joseph Smith movie. It was so much fun. Since then up til about a week ago, nothing really exciting has happened. School just keeps me busy.
Last Wednesday night, was just amazing. I had my first A Capella Concert and it was just wonderful. But something way more exciting happened that night as well. Brandon proposed to Diana! Yes it is now official, I am going to be getting a new sister in-law. We are all so very excited!
And this weekend, Todd, Joy, and Zackary came down for a visit!! Wahoo! I was so excited because I haven't seen them in forever and I finally got to meet Zackary! He is just the cutest thing ever!
Well that's my update...please enjoy the pictures below :)
The new Draper Temple being built
Mom and Erin in the Visitor Center at Temple Square
Erin eating at the Lion House, once again.......Erin strikes again with an interesting photo!
Little Zackary sleeping. Isn't he just adorable?
Dad, Zackary, and Koda. We all loved having him here, but I think Dad enjoy it the most :)