A Feast of Music

I really like music and just felt like linking it up. . .
but I didn't know which songs to share,
So I did the itunes shuffle thing . . .  
three times using a grooveshark playlist
and then I picked out certain songs to share  
and still felt unsatisfied.
So now basically you are just getting a list of songs. . .

Dream a Little Dream - Mama Cass
Forevermore- Katie Herzig

All About Your Heart - Mindy Geldhill

That Kind of Beautiful - Emerson Drive 

I Don’t Know - Lisa Hannigan

Who Says - Selena Gomez

Little Too Much - Natasha Bedingfield

Rhythm of Love - Plain White T's

Riverside - Agnes Obel

Something to Hold On To - Allie Moss

Walk on the Water - Britt Nicole

That’s Life - Frank Sinatra

Rangers - A Fine Frenzy

By and By - Natalie Walker

Merry Happy - Kate Nash
Fix You - Coldplay
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Men of Snow - Ingrid Michaelson

Oh Johnny - The Andrews Sisters

Something that I Want - Grace Potter

Built to Last - Melee

It’s Who You Are - Aly Michalka

Little Romance - Ingrid Michaelson

Good Day - Priscilla Ahn

Somwhere only we know - Keane

Ordinary Day - Emilie Mover

Running Around in My Dreams - Tyrone Wells

Also THIS is Outstanding. Brilliant. Amazing. Beyond Words.

You can watch the 2.0 one here.

What Shall We Give.

This song was featured in the Christmas Devotional by the First Presidency.

It's become one of my favorites.

You can review the whole devotional HERE.

Some things I learned:

1. Rejoice in the Birth of Our Savior

2. Ponder His Influence in Our Lives Today

Think of His gifts for us each day.
And those we can give to Him through giving to others.

3. Look Steadfastly for His Coming.

And President Monson ended the devotional with these words:

"Let it be a time of prayers for peace, for the preservation of free principles, and for the protection of those who are far from us. Let it be a time of forgetting self and finding time for others. Let it be a time for discarding the meaningless and for stressing the true values. Let it be a time of peace because we have found peace in His teachings.

Most of all, let it be a time to remember the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the Wise Men.

My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year. This is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, the Lord, amen."

Some things in life are just flat out

associated with happiness:

Here is one of them.

I am so excited 

and EVERY time I watch that there trailer

I can't help but be happy 

due to the thoughts it brings of my

BeSt FrIeNdS!

On other notes I am currently fixated on these two songs.

Thanks Elise and Whitney.

DaYs

Although I cannot explain exactly why I can tell you that the last few days have been genuinely GREAT. People ask the cliche, "how are you?" and I can say "great!" with a huge smile on my face and it just makes me happier because it is so true.

So here's to more days like this.

And to YOU having some.

p.s. I am seeing Scarlet Pimpernel again tomorrow.

Suh-WEET.

Out Netting Butterflies

Oh the blessed quotes that have come from The Scarlet Pimpernel.

I love that book (as far as I have read anyway)

I love the movie

and I LOVE the musical.

 I attended it this Saturday and I couldn't get it out of my head.

The songs.

The parts that make you laugh.

The storyline.

The unforgettable characters 
(one of the greatest hero of ALL time to me).

This is the second time I watched it and talk about phenomenal.

The Logan Cast is hysterical, moving, and TALENTED.

Holy bologna.

Just look at the costumes . . . and does that NOT look like Marguerite? 

I highly, highLY, HIGHLY recommend seeing it ANYTIME it is near you.

I could go on and on but I will stop here.

p.s. it's still playing this week at the Ellen Eccles Theater so you should go . . . I think I am going again though so just don't steal my seat, ok?

p.p.s. Also my friend Nick is in it as Lord Anthony Dewhurst. 

Awesome is all I need to say. 


p.p.s. I just noticed this post was published barely shy of 11:11. :)

Have you heard it?

Michael released a new one.

I must say I quite like it and it's message.

The City of the Salty Lake

Saturday I took off on a random adventure.

With the crew of friends below
which is what the "we" refers to throughout this post
(+ one unphotographed)
One of them I personally kidnapped for the adventure.

We drove to the above mentioned city
And pretty much did whatever we wanted.
This included:
Visiting the beloved Barnes and Noble.
Ate a pretty tasty lunch.
Shopped for some expensive furniture like pros.
Stopped in at a vintage clothing store.

Then we saw Jane Eyre: The Musical.
It was very well done.

And to top the evening off.
We were to Pho Green Papaya.It's great!

Small and Simple Things

I have written this post three times.
It's not working but here it is anyway. . .

Today I was thinking and it reoccurred to me
that the simple things are what matters.
They ARE the big things.

"By small and simple things are
great things brought to pass."
Alma 37: 6-7

Happiness.

Joy.

I don't know if you've noticed but these are great things.

And while I know if someone gave me $1,000,000
I'd be ecstatic.
I also KNOW that that happiness wouldn't be like
the happiness I have when I realize the simple joys I experience daily.
(feel free to still give me the money if you were thinking about it though)

I mean yesterday I found joy in so much.

The weather.

My friends.

The Book of Mormon.

The dinner I had.

Picking up Alaura with Michelle.

The way we spent time waiting for her.

Roundabouts.

Empty parking lots.

Good songs playing over and over.

The laughter over something random.

Cyri's reaction to the laughter story.

A thunderstorm lullaby.

It's all so amazing and yet so


SiMpLe.



What simple things have you
noticed bringing you happiness today?

p.s. I just love this song.

I love this little tune.

Especially considering the weather the past few days.

Enjoy:

12/52

Last week I got to go home and see BHS's show
"Annie Get Your Gun."
Adam and Shayna were in it and it was phenomenal.
I enjoyed it immensely.
Alaura was kind enough to drive me down (Thanks again).
While there I also got to see Stephanie!
Happy Days.
We tried to get a good picture

(this one is ok I guess)

. . . and my camera died.

My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee

Some songs are just REALLY beautiful and touching. I remember when this fireside happened and I love this song and the talk. Enjoy and have a great day.

Where the Wild Things Are

So I think that most of us have seen this:

It makes me HAPPY! Now yes the Wild Things look a lot like something made in the '90's but they also look a lot like the things in the book. I dunno that song is just happy and it just looks like a feel good movie. And today I found this:


So good! :)

Man of La Mancha

So last night my friends Jackie, Claire, Ashley, Kendra and I headed out to the Old Barn Theater to see Man of La Mancha which I have got to tell you was pretty darn good. I loved tons of the lines and wish I had taken a pen and paper to have written them all down. It was both funny and toyed with your emotions. Such a good performance too! Mike and Jordon and I think we saw Jordanne  were AMAZING! Here is a picture of them (I wish I had one of the whole cast or something - and OH I took this photo from Mike's photo almbum on facebook)Also funny story about the blond guy on the very right below:

My roommate Ashley swore he was Joseph Smith from the Joseph Smith movie and Jackie and I BOTH informed her it was not. Well after he was taken to be burned by the Spanish Inquisition (our row was laughing SUPER hard even though most of the audience was quite solemn- I mean come on one of us believed the kid had been Joseph Smith before) and the play was over Ashley was convinced to get to the bottom of it all. So she asked him if he had ever seen the Joseph Smith movie and he said yes and then she said, "Were you in the Joseph Smith movie? I mean were you Joseph Smith in the Joseph Smith movie?" He replied no and kind of laugh and also that some of his friends were in the Joseph Smith movie. :) Just a great ending to a fantastic night.

SNOOPY

So Monday night my Grandma and Grandpa and I went down to the Heritage Theatre in Perry and were treated to the current production of Snoopy: The Musical (We met up with the glorious Parkinson family (Tiffany, Kenny, Nate, Charity, Sherylynn, and Dave) and Kyle came too). The play was great. My friend Tyson played snoopy and did very well - he's super talented. If you want to see a cute fun show it's a good one.

Here is the cast: (top row) - Charlie Brown, Snoopy (TYSON), Peppermint Patty (bottom row) - Sally Brown, Linus, Woodstock, Sally.

My favorite song was the one about Snoopy being "The Great Writer." It was funny and so enjoyable. The other great song was "Poor, Sweet Baby" which Peppermint Patty sings to Charlie Brown (Chuck as she calls him) and it ends GREAT! :)

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the ride and company! :)

UP

So my life has been so good lately. I am truly blessed with the best of the best people in my life and I am loving it! Thanks! :) Yesterday I was given the opportunity to go to the movie UP with my friends Cyri, Erika, and Katheryn. It was sold out for the showing that we wanted to get to but we decided to grab tickets to the next showing and chill for a little bit. Erika and Kathryn had things to do but Cyri and I went to a park and got to just relax and catch up! I loved it and the people across the stream from us were also an amusing sight to watch. After the movie we went and got ice cream and my friend Will ended up stopping and visiting Logan so it was nice.
Back to the movie though! I was not disappointed at all. I think if you don't tear up at least once you should probably get some help to be more emotional . . . if you haven't heard about it look up the trailer (all youtube's ones have been disabled from being posted elsewhere) and ENJOY! The story is one of an old man who lost his wife and wants to fulfill the adventure that he promised her he would take her on when they were kids and it's thwarted a little by a Wildness Explorer, "snipe", talking dogs, and the old mans lifelong hero - hope I didn't give too much away! :)

I truly love it!

Also I came upon this song the other day and really like it. I think that it truly captures life as we all have people who would help us through anything and we need to turn to them sometimes! :)

Bubbles, Kites, and Rain

This is kind of random but then again when am I not? I just wanted to write about these three things today! Bubbles! I LOVE blowing bubbles so much! Now this may be a hobby that only keeps me occupied for 3 minutes before I get bored or I can go for hours, but I just love watching them float around in the air or even popping them! I just enjoy it! Oh and bubble gum bubbles are fun to play with too. Especially if you have someone with you who LOVES to pop them. . . it's so much fun to see a face light up when you let them smack and pop something coming out of your face. ;)
Next is kites! I love kites too. Once again it is something that really only keeps me entertained for a little while and I don't do it a whole lot but it's just fun! My roommate Ashley and I were talking about it the other day and we decided that we need to go and fly some! I love them and I think it is just because of small tidbits of memories that I have.
RAIN! Oh my gosh I love the rain! I got to walk home in it yesterday and just smiled the whole way home! It's such a gorgeous, fun thing! My pant leg bottoms did get wet and that's never fun but I love rain period. That is all that really needs to be said. Oh! Here is a great song about rain . . . don't be fooled she is saying stay rain!

Those "For Good" People

I want to see the Broadway play Wicked so bad! Probably because I have heard and LOVE the music. One song in particular really stands out to me. It is called For Good and some of the lyrics and the song from youtube are posted below. As I look over my life, I see many, many, many of those people (a lot of them are still right by my side :) ) So I am going to pay tribute to them in my next few blog posts if possible! :) Thanks for being so great to you all! :)

For Good -Wicked
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

And because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...

It's the end of the world as we know it . . .and I feel fine . . . I feel fine!

So Obama is our new president . . . what can we do? I guess just sit back and hope. However I will say that I know everything is going to be ok. Just for kicks and giggles or for truth this is kind of where I am at right now (although the fine does have a little fear in there too).



Oh and yesterday I was walking home and Logan was gorgeous! The lighting, the clouds, the mountains! I loved it and it just put in perspective that we are watched over and blessed . . . so I feel fine! :D

Love Story

Here is the Taylor Swift music video I mentioned a while ago . . . and got a few people addicted to! :D Enjoy.