SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2009!!!!

Ok before I go on.... MERRY LATE super duper LATE CHRISTMAS & HAPPY 14 days late NEW YEARS!!! hahaha So I still have yet to get caught up with my uploading photos and all that but I have to have to post about the SUNDANCE film festival that starts TOMORROW!!!!

First of all I have lived in Utah all of my life and I haven't seen or been to half of the cool things that we have out here. I know that thousands, perhaps even millions travel from who knows where to come here and see the spectacular sites or attend one of the many events held here... Like the Sundance Film Festival. I am super excited that I'm going to go to it this year. It started off as a random thought, but now I'm going to turn that thought into REALITY!

I don't plan on attending any of the films, but I am planning on [emphasis on planning] going to one of the performances being held at Harry O’s [located at 427 Main St.] This year is supposedly different from the previous bekz on the 1st wkend of the Festival they usually don't have any BIG names putting on shows. But check out the lineup they have this year...

The List: everything below written in [ ] those are my commentary lol...

Thursday, Jan. 16: Nick Cannon [so I'm thinking Mariah will be there too]
Friday, Jan. 17: Young Jeezy, hosted by Kim Kardashian [she's dating Reggie Bush & if I must say so myself he is so fly and he'll probably be there too]
Saturday, Jan. 18: T.I. [this is who I really want to see & if I may add he is super super fly as well]
Sunday, Jan. 19: Robin Thicke [loooooove his music]
Monday, Jan. 20: Camp Freddy (Dave Navarro, Matt Sorum) with Mark McGrath and Billy Gibbons. Ozzy Osbourne might come, but he is unconfirmed. The latest I've heard is 80 percent that he WILL come. [don't really care]
Tuesday, Jan. 21: The Cult [?]
Wednesday, Jan. 22: Macy Gray and Common [her voice is so unique I love it & Common is coo]
Thursday, Jan. 23: Yung Joc and Kevin Rudolf [Yung Joc can meet me at the mall lol dunno who Kevin is]
Friday, Jan. 24: C-Lo of Gnarls Barkley and Big Boi of Outkast [coo coo]
Saturday, Jan. 25: Nas and N.E.R.D. with Pharrell Williams [Kelis will prob be there and I already seen N.E.R.D with Pharrell last year, wouldn't mind seeing them again but maybe later]

Prices all rage from $100-$250 pretty pricey huh, so we'll see if I make it to one [T.I] is my 1st pick. If I don't get to see him I'll just end up walking around enjoying whatever I get to see and just being there. I'm pretty excited to just go such a big, talked about event held right here where my heart is. UTAH.. gotta love that. and the fact that the Utes are #2. lol beautiful beautiful.

No photos... But click the link below it's a lil' something from T.I... shows why I heart him so.
http://community.trapmuzik.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2159905%3ABlogPost%3A267586

I'm so excited...

and I just can't hide it....

I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!!!! hahaha this picture has nothing to do with this post, but everything to do with my new venture in which I will share the details with you all at a later time :] (is the suspense killing you yet? lol)

anywho....

HAPPY DECEMBER everyone, 2 days late but hey what can I do. lol Hope everyones Thanksgiving was SUPERB and delissssshhhhhhhh. I am super excited for Christmas, but I have to say for the record. I feel bad for Thanksgiving... In stores after Halloween passes the Christmas decorations go up and Christmas songs start playing. Don't get me wrong I LOVE LOVE HEART CHRISTMAS too, but I really don't want to hear Christmas songs until AFTER Thanksgiving has passed. hahaha Poor Thanksgiving (yes I'm personifying it here) has to share it's spotlight with Christmas. I'm sure if Thanksgiving had a song for Christmas it would be "Spotlight" haha ok maybe not the whole song but atleast this one line, "I don't like, living under your spotlight." hahaha ok ok I've gone on enough about this, but to end it I just wanted to list a few of the things that I'm THANKFUL FOR since I missed blogging on Thanksgiving a the days in between..

in no particular order..........
The Gospel, without you I'd be lost
my Parents, my direction & support
my Brothers & Sister, keepin' me on my toes
family(immediate & extended), who can live without love
friends, who can live without variety
Temples, our little taste of heaven on earth
missionaries, how can you NOT love them GooOo Elder Mounga love you bro :]
music, i can always find a song for my mood
Zion (my guitar), <3
Bishop Fales Sunday school class, I leave a better person everytime
Orem 8, it's the best ward!
blogging, it's g'd to keep record of things
cameras, it captures time
America, we really have it so easy
cars, refer to Americas reason
$1 movies, can't go wrong
$1 menus, haha gotta love it
computers, ingenious
Living Prophet, tremendous blessing
coupon shopping, need i say more
dancing, having fun & exercising at the same time. priceless
learning new things, no one can take it away
being healthy, being sick costs more than being healthy does
running, yeah I don't know.. I think I'm just thankful that I CAN haha
cell phones, keeps me connected
internet, amazing
airplanes, refer to Americas reason once again haha
paychecks, so my job as well :]

Just to name a few.... Thank you Thanksgiving for being that reminder to us all to be more THANKFUL for the things we have... Now moving along to Christmas... wooooo whooooooo Get your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE!!!

New Found Love...

Hahaha I am now leaving work after figuring out how to make my photos bigger on my blog and expanding my "wrappers" so my BIG photos wouldn't get cut off. geeeeez i'm exhausted and I have a new found love of COMPUTER GENIUSES(nerds)!!!

FAMILY PHOTOS before Elder Mounga left.

We couldn't figure out what to wear... so .WOW. what a surprise my Mom says put on some church clothes hahaha It's an automatic go to fashion when you're being too choosey & since Moni was going to get a few mission shots it'd be easiest.

Then we were late (I'm stilll so sorry Omi & Sila)

We finally get there and we follow Omi to a field.

Snapped some there.

We laughed pretty much the whole time and my folks would not stop talking! haha

Hopped back in the car and chased the sun out of the canyon and stopped before the sun ran all the way away.

Back to snapping.

Individual CLOSE UPS & when I say CLOSE UP I mean it!!! I was laughing kz she was so close to my face! haha

We were done.

Thank you Omi for doing our shoot and for being so patient with us!!! I had been trying to get a time for Omi to take our photos since October but things kept coming up. I was about to just settle and have someone else take our photos but I thought to myself, "self if you're REALLLLLY set on Omi doing your family photos just email her and see what happens..it never hurts to ask" so I did just that and lo and behold... She had a slot open for us. Omi is magical and got some choice shots in the little time we had the sun up! Thanks a million & some!!! Thanks to Sila also (Omi's assistant) for being my folks conversation piece! hahaha They tend to pull people away from what they're supposed to be doing so they can have a conversation! haha

LOL

There is so much I have to update on (Rays missionary stuff/family pictures/and other things I can't remember right now (yes I started to blog so I can remember things))<------ parentheses inside of parentheses wow hahaha anyways here's a little something to hold you over... kz I know just how glued everyone is to my blog! haha

My Mama sent this to me... funny lady...

5yr old students learning to read....

5yr old pointing at a picture in a zoo book: "Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"

me taking a deep breath then asking: "What did you call it?"

5 yr old: ''It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"

............ And so it does...............

Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?
Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

I VOTED today.

and Google did too. I love how google always changes their fliccs for different occasions.
P.S: I copied you Kealia :) haha it was too cute to let it pass.

change clothes, then go....

So since all my pictures still remain on my camera (yes I know, I'm slow) and I hate to blog without pictures I decided that I should change my blogs "clothes"... that is all. Hope ya'll like the new "waredrobe" as much as I do. haha