I Just Have to Post This!

Many of you have probably read this on my sister's blog but it is so funny that I have to post it too. Below you will see a conversation that my niece, Addie, has with her dad and it is a perfect follow up to my Bieber Fever post.

The other night the dinner conversation went something like this:

Addie: Daddy, I love you!

Dad: I love you too Addie.

Addie: Dad, do you know who else I love?
Dad: Who?

Addie: Justin Bieber

Dad: Really? What do you love about Justin Bieber?

Addie: Well, you know he has that blond hair that he shakes his head, kinda like this. (Addie shakes her head) I love that.
Dad: Oh I see

Addie: I think I will marry him.

Dad: Well you better make sure he knows that.

Addie: Oh he just knows.

She is such a character!! Ha ha I love this little girl!

Acting Up!

All of high school and junior high I was in a performing group called Acting Up! Acting Up! was started by a very talented lady, Laurel, who I met in 2nd grade at my elementary school and she put on these shows at school that were amazing! I remember being in the audience of The Wizard of Oz (my brother Jason was the Lion) and just wanting to be up on that stage but you couldn't join the club until 4th! So I waited patiently until I was finally in 4th grade. My first show was Alice in Wonderland and I was a penguin. Random I know but if you knew me back then I was the shyest of shy girls. That show got me hooked on performing, even though all I did was walk around in a caucus race. The club soon evolved into a youth performing group that switched from the Scera to the Hale and then back to the Scera where it is now. While we were performing at the Hale, we did a show called Starmites. If you haven't heard of this show, it is quite the treat!! It has superheroes, princesses, divas, villans, banshees, etc. It was written in the 80s and if you are a fan of broadway musicals, this is definitely one to check out. The music is so clever and so fun to sing.You may be wondering why I am bringing up this one show. Well I am glad to announce that the Alumni of Acting Up! will be performing Starmites again!! And yes this means your truly will be in it again! I will be playing a banshee! Wahoo! I am not sure when we will perform it but it will most likely be before August 10th. We are just starting rehearsal and they are bringing back so many flashbacks! It is like I am 15 again! I love it. I have included a picture of the original cast, sorry the quality isn't the greatest- it was taken in 2002. I have also included one of the marvelous songs. It is called Reach Right Down and it makes me want to be part of a huge soul choir. Enjoy!!

Bieber Fever

I will admit it - I have Bieber Fever. I love love love all of his songs! There is one little girl who might have a fever higher than mine. Her name is Addilyn Lewis and she is 3 years old. She knows all of his songs, literally every word she has memorized. Here is an example. This is the rap section of Justin's song "Baby." Even though it is sung by Luda, what other 3 year old do you know that can rap? She is a little distracted in the video from my camera case so you don't get very much eye contact. I have included the words to the rap so you can see how pretty dead on she is. Love this girl!



When I was 13, I had my first love,
There was nobody that compared to my baby,
And nobody came between us or could ever come above
She had me goin' crazy,
Oh I was starstruck,
She woke me up daily,
Don't need no Starbucks.
She made my heart pound,
And skip a beat when I see her in the street and,
At school on the playground,
But I really wanna see her on the weekend,
She know she got me gazin',
Cuz she was so amazin',
And now my heart is breakin',
But I just keep on sayin'...

Baby, baby, baby ohh
Like baby, baby, baby noo
Like baby, baby, baby ohh
I thought youd always be mine, mine

Baby, baby, baby ohh
Like baby, baby, baby noo
Like baby, baby, baby ohh
I thought youd always be mine, mine

(I'm gone)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Now Im all gone, now im all gone, now im all gone)
Gone, gone, gone,(gone)
I'm gone.

Our House!! Finally!!

The long and overdue pictures of our house that I have been promising. Because I have my new camera I finally took pictures! So here you go. Enjoy!

The Entry Way

Part of our Living Room

The Kitchen

A look at the Living Room from Kitchen

The Loft that I just painted and Decorated

Our Bedroom

Master Bathroom

The Shower(Mckell's Favortie Design)
The Office

The Extra Bathroom

The Extra Bedroom

Some of these rooms still need a lot of work, but you get the idea!!!

My Birthday!

My Birthday was on Saturday May 22 and I turned 22! 22 is my favorite number so this was a big year for me. I decided to have a little pool party and BBQ with my family in the afternoon. It was alot of fun and the weather was actually nice enough to get in the pool for a little bit. Mckell "surprised" me with a new camera!! But he really surprised me with a life vest of my very own. Whenever we go to Lake Powell I have to fight against 10 other girls to get the one vest that fits all of us. Because of this I started looking for a vest all to myself in February when I started getting Spring Fever but I haven't looked for any since. Mckell remembered this and also got me an awesome life vest that was designed just for me. Not really but it could've been, it is teal with gold on it. After the pool party, Mckell took me to Spark in Provo. I have been wanting to go try it out and it was pretty good. The menu was small so I got fancy Mac and Cheese and Mckell got salmon. But they did have yummy drinks! I would go there again but just for the drinks. The drink I got was a Shirley Temple and it had cotton candy in it!! So good! After dinner, some of my friends came over and watched a movie and had shakes by Mckell. It was an awesome birthday!!!

Mckell and I at Spark Restaurant

My Drink and Dinner

I am a Girl

So I recently found this video and I just love it! The song is so catchy and it just makes me feel happy! I wish I had all of their outfits and glasses. This is a show that Brooke White from American Idol (from the best season) and another girl, I think her name is Sammy started but you have to check it out! They call it The Girls with Glasses, so cute. It is such a great song and show!

I Am A Girl - The Girls With Glasses Theme Song from The Girls With Glasses on Vimeo.

Disney Land

I love this place so much!! I had a great time and wish I could be back there right now as I watch my nieces experience it for the first time. They are both little princesses! Oh can I say I am so glad they brought back Captain EO!!! Loved seeing this show!!

I went to Disneyland with UVU and this included a few of my friends that I have met through the mentor program who I will miss so much! We played hard for two days and were completely worn out! We went and met the princesses and fairies which I love to do so much and I am glad that others enjoyed doing it to! It is so fun to interact with them! Here are just a few pictures from our adventures in the parks!

Princess Aroura

Tinkerbell and Terrance

Just Keep Going...

I feel like Thomas the Tank Engine lately. No matter how much time I spend on homework, I just have to keep on going. It is double the amount of work that I thought I would have to do this semester but I have learned so much! It is amazing what hard work can get you. I am loving this semester and even though I have spent a googol (1 with 100 zeros behind it) hours of my time the past two weeks, the end is in sight! I am going to be completely done with homework next Monday and the rest of the week I get to PARTAY!!! (including going to DISNEYLAND!!) *Notice the ticker above:) I love Spring and Summer time and I can't wait to get started with planning my classroom next year- If you have any hints or ideas to help please post below! I have been absent on my blog lately but don't worry- I plan to update more and get a new camera soon-hopefully so I can post more pictures. I don't even know who reads this so I hope someone cares about my posts... Oh side note, my closet rod broke today so I may be in need of an assistant to help me clean out my closet because I tend to be kind of a pack rat! Love you all!

That's Right

Free Disney Tickers

I get to visit the happiest place on earth!!! I am so lucky! I love Disney Parks with all my heart, heaven sakes I worked there! I have been having the worst Disney Withdrawals the past couple of months. Let me explain to you why I have been having these withdrawals. We will being in 2004.
2004- Disneyland with Acting Up!
2005- Disney World with MVHS Choir Tour
2006- Disneyland with Cheerleaders
2007- Disney World for 8 months straight
2008- (May) Disney World with Ambree
2008- (October) Disneyland with Mckell and his family (one of the funnest trips of my life in a DisneyPark)
2009- NOTHING!!
2010- April 30th - May 3 trip with UVU! And hopefully I can stay and get to play with my Nieces and Nephew!

I have been spoiled and conditioned! I am so used to going to Disney on a yearly basis if not more. Sadly, Mckell doesn't enjoy Disney as much as I do so he won't be coming with me on this trip (at least not at this point, still trying to talk him into it) but I don't want to wear him out just yet. We need to save some of his Disney Park capabilities for when we have kids. Luckily Mckell is letting me go without him (to his relief) so I can get my Disney fix for the next year. But I get to go on this trip with some of the best friends that I have made at school through the Mentor program and it is an early graduation present for me, I won't be graduating until next April but I will be teaching full time next year so I won't have the same school schedule. I have had a lot of past experiences and memories in California and Florida and I can't wait to make some more.

Awesome Week!

Just to warn you- this is a long post! This is what happens when I don't update in over a month:)

I just have to tell you that I have had an awesome week! It started out a little scary but it all turned out great! Last Friday, I had two interviews for a teaching internship, one for Nebo School District and one for Provo School District. I felt really good about both interviews but I was also nervous so I kind of played the funny card and I didn't know if the districts thought that I wasn't serious about the internship. If I would get the internship than I would get to teach in my own classroom for next year and still be able to finish up my last semester of school. I would also get half salary. If I didn't get the internship, I would have to do student teaching next semester for ten weeks and then get my teaching certificate. I have been debating over this decision for about three months, and I couldn't make up my mind. I knew I do better when I just jump in and go for it, but I also didn't want to do the work that interning takes (I know I am lazy.) The day the intern applications were do, I was talking to Mckell about whether or not I should go for the internship. He said, "What are you going to loose if you try for it and don't make it? Are you going to regret not doing it?" As I thought about this, I remembered something that I teach the students that I mentor and it is "Risk Being a Fool." Which is basically having the courage to fail. Well I hate failure. I hate losing. I am a winner, I get upset if I don't win and many of you know this about me. It isn't a pretty sight. Well obviously I just went for it because I knew that I would regret not even trying and then hating life because I am restricted in a teachers classroom. So originally said that we would find out about the internship on Friday night, but then that day they said it wouldn't be until Monday after 12 and we would get a call whether we got it or not. I was in anticipation all weekend. It was not fun at all.

So to make the weekend even more nerve racking, Mckell went snowmobiling on Friday with his Dad and Boss and when he got back into cell phone service range there was a voice mail on his phone from the CEO of the company saying that he might want to rethink his position in Condie Construction and that he needs to take an unpaid day off on Monday and meet with him on Tuesday morning to discuss. Story made short, we were both nervous wrecks! That night we went on a date to the mongolion grill in Springville and I got a fortune that said "Wish upon a star you luck will be with you thhe next day." I took that to heart and on Sunday I did.

Monday was one of the longest days of my life as I sat in class from 8-11 and then had a meeting from 11-12. I was so anxious to get that phone call!! It was 12:03pm and a number I didn't know came up on my cell phone. My stomach did a flip!! I was in UVU's cafeteria with some of my Mentor friends. I ran outside so I could hear better and I picked up the phone. "Hi is this Sarianne? This is Ed Schollenberger from Foothills Elementary and I was wondering if you would be interested in teaching 3rd grade with us next year?" I couldn't believe it!!! I got the internship!! I accepted and then ran into the cafeteria to tell me friends! I literally was jumping for joy in front of the entire student body of UVU!! It was one of the best moments of my life! The next thought that came into my head was, "Where is foothill elementary?" So to save you from having to look it up, it is in Salem about 5 miles from my house!!

Now for Mckell's luck on Tuesday. He went to the meeting and luckily the wishing on the star carried into Tuesday and for Mckell as well. He didn't loose his job and really the only thing is that he is the bosses son. People in the company just like to complain about Mckell because apparently he gets the royal treatment in the company. He is one of the hardest workers I know and he started on one of the lowest levels of the company and has worked his way up. The only thing that Mckell has to do is spread his work week out to five days instead of four. We are so lucky!!

Well to keep this week going great, I am an AUNT(again)! Mckell's Sister, Cassidy, had her baby on Wednesday night. She is one of the cutest babies! She was 10 pounds 1 oz and 21 inches long! (Don't worry she had to have c-section because the baby was too big) On Thursday, I spent half of my day hanging out at the hospital with the baby. I went there right after class at 12pm, then went back with Mckell at 1:30pm then back at 4pm with Kali, Mckell's other sister. It was awesome! I am so excited for them to bring the little girl home! And now Cass has no excuse not to have a blog!! Yay welcome to the blogging world!!

So as you can see, it has been an awesome week! I also got an A on all 4 of my class presentations this week! We are so blessed and I have seen it so much this week!! We love you all and I hope I update this again before two months :)

(P.S. My camera is broken so until I get a new one I will just be writing and there won't be pictures of my house up yet! Sorry for those who are anxious to see it!)