BAH....8.

Hip work is sensational!  Work on line of dance though. Technically line of dance is a circle, not a line. You took that too literally, so it looked like you two were running off to China together! On that note, your passion was incredible. I could tangibly feel the heat radiating between you too. Well done overall. 

This clip was brought to you by Samba Practice, Dance 185 Fall 2009. Please note that the danseurs in this clip made improvements before the test. Thankfully.

Ode to Ado

My little sister just got the part of ADO ANNIE in Oklahoma! I am so SO excited for her. As you can see I had a little thing for that musical myself. Shh...it's a secret okay? Sometimes I think I would be a better Ado than Laurie...I can't say no! 

Welcome to Exsistence

Livia and Tyler

It Only Takes One Person

Isn't it amazing how it only takes one person to make you feel loved-- or unloved.  Love isn't a single emotion. In fact, I think that's why we are drawn to it. Love is an webbed entanglement of our limbic system and cortex.  Whether romantic or platonic love, the deeper it grows, the more we rely upon it as a living thing. We crave to feed off of it. Hence, the few we love deeply hold our lives in our hands. Without their love we starve. We must then be sure to show our love daily. How are we to know if we are that one to someone? Often when stresses in life come, we let it get in the way of those who are most important to us. We assume that they know we love them.  Shame! If you have ever felt the longing for love in your own life, you know that it can't be assumed.  "They do not love that do not show their love." President Monson promises that we will never regret kind words spoken, or affection shown, but warns that regrets will come by omitting them in the relationships we treasure most. So be a lover, not a hater, fighter, or stresser! Shower the people you love with love, show and tell them the way that you feel. Yet even as we share our love, what guarantee is there that we will be loved? Life would be all to fragile if we had to rely on others for life. Thankfully there is one whose love quickens us all. He is our Savior. This is the love that our eyes should be single to. As he becomes our focus, our body will be filled with his light, and we can share that with all of our loved ones. Sharing his love for them enlivens and deepens our own love.

Here I Raise My Ebenezer

First of all listen to this clip...its worth your time. Come Thou Fount I love this song, so much that I spent a good half hour listening and watching it over and over again. About the third time through though I decided I definitely needed to look into the ebenezer part because all I could think of was Ebenezer Scrou ' ge. The line actually comes from the bible, after Samuel the prophet has miraculously defeated his enemies. "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen and called the name of it Ebenezer saying hitherto hath the Lord Helped us (1st Sam 7:12)." This ebenezer is a rock, in essence an alter to praise God. All of a sudden the song made sense. As we go through out trials and through joyful times we must continually raise our own ebenezers, acknowledging the hand of God in our lives in all times.

Here I raise my ebenezer-- online. I am so grateful for all that the Lord has done for me!

Dream Big!!

When you dream, dream big, as big as the ocean blue.
 Cause when you dream it might come true. 
When you dream, dream big. 
And when you laugh be sure to laugh out loud,  all around and in yourself, 
and it will cause it will carry all your cares away. 
And when you see, see the beauty help you feel okay. 
And when you pray, pray for strength
 to help to carry on when the troubles come your way. 

Can't wait to see these guys tomorrow!!!

Look out kids!! Here I come!!

After 2 weeks of observing little darlings I finally finished my application for Early Childhood Education! Keep your fingers crossed that I am not the .01% that they decline. Odds are in my favor though. YEAH WHO! If any of your were scarred as a child by your teachers please pass on the what not to do!