Singin' Photos

I know I had a slideshow up of Singin' photos but I got tired of it. So here are the pictures from that very fun experience! Singin' In the Rain was the first musical I saw onstage. It was at Bountiful High in 1996. I fell in love with theatre and dreamed of performing ever since that moment. 16 musical productions later, I got to be in this show! It was really awesome! And super fun!

Dear Friends,

PLEASE stop getting married! Actually, you don't have to stop getting married, but quit inviting me to your bridal showers and wedding receptions. I CAN'T AFFORD IT!!!!! I have no money to buy gifts for you! Really! I was looking at my schedule for the next couple of months, and there are like a million wedding receptions I am supposed to go to! So if I do not attend any of these events, it is not because I am not happy for you, it is because I am broke. That is all.

Love,
Bretleigh

A Lovely Weekend!

So this weekend has been so fun! First of all, both the RMT "Scrooge" Cast and the "Singin' in the Rain" Cast went to see "Kiss Me, Kate". Taylor Smith was in it. Breanna's family also went to see the show, and Cort and Lex stopped by Rodgers after the show.

Then, the RMT stage manager had a brilliant idea: instead of each cast going off to their own restaurant for a gathering, why not bring all the casts together at Chili's? I don't think a mulit-cast dinner has ever happened for RMT before. So we all went to Chili's. Each cast had their own tables, but we were all in a row. Here was my "Singin' in the Rain" table:

It was really fun, but so LOUD! Someone was like, "Scrooge cast, are you here?" and their cast would scream. Then they'd go through each cast and see which one was loudest. It was so insane!

After about a half an hour at Chili's, Taylor came. He had had to go home first to pick up his child development baby, Jansen, before he could come to Chili's. His cast's table was full, so he came and sat across from me! We talked for like an hour straight. It was so awesome to be around him again! It was also funny to watch him be a parent! He was complaining that he hadn't slept the night before because Jansen kept waking up. And then when Jansen started crying, Tay was like, "I just want to be able to eat my dinner!" haha it was so funny!

Then today I went to Jonathan Jarman's farewell. Jon gave a fantastic talk about enduring to the end. After his talk, we all went to his house and ate delicious food. It was a blast!

It has been a most enjoyable weekend!

Bakery Reunion

Remember these beautiful girls, Erin and Dani? We all worked together at Dick's Bakery in 2007. This is us working on Halloween:We used to be best little buddies and do all kinds of stuff together like go out to lunch and pull pranks on our boss and see musicals.

Well, it has been a long time since we have all gotten together because Erin went away to BYU-I, and then Dani went to Snow, and I am here, and we have just never been available at the same time. Dani and I have always kept in touch, of course, because we are best friends, and Erin (she's off track at school so she's living at home right now) and I started going to the Millstream Singles Ward together about a month ago. But the three of us haven't been together for at least a year and a half. Two weeks ago, we all ended up at the same improv show on accident! It was such a joyous reunion! Luckily, I just happened to have my camera with me!

We all look really tired, but hey it was really late at night!

"Did That Actually Happen?" Moments

I have had a ton of time to think today because I am have a horrible cold and feel like crap and have just been sitting around doing nothing most of the day. And I was thinking about moments in your life that happen, and then you aren't sure that they happened. Now, it sounds like I am talking about those dream come true moments, but that is not what I mean. I have experienced moments that were just so random and out of character, that I wonder if I made them up. Here are some of the ones I was thinking about today:

When I started to bawl my eyes out in Jacob's car in December 2008. Lexi and Aticus and Bri were also in the car. And I was just crying extremely hard and loud because I had heard about some poor choices someone had made and it crushed me. Then when I calmed down Jake drove to a dark road and started telling way creepy stories about dreams he has had about dead people living in refineries and coming to kill him or something. He is one unique kid! And his stories definitely kept me from crying anymore.

One time at rehearsal for RMT's Millie, Devin poured his heart and soul out to me. Why is this weird? It's weird because at this time we weren't really that close, we just had all of the same friends so we hung out all the time. But we had never had a serious conversation before, let alone talk about our biggest trials and spiritual experiences. It was really something.

So those are some of the thoughts that occupied my brain today. Yeah, I'm on a lot of cold meds that make me drowsy and foggy.

Oh! and it's Valentine's Day today! It was my first time in a Singles Ward on Valentine's Day. Oh. Boy. haha a lot of the older members were kinda depressed and I felt bad for them! I have no problem being single. Last year I was absolutely crushed and heartbroken on Valentine's Day. Anything is better than that! haha But the speakers today were especially amazing and I felt the Spirit so strongly.
And last night after work I went to Patrick's house and Lex, Caitlin, Breanna, Cody, Yazzie, Camie, Matt, and Katelyn were there! And it was awesome to see them! And then we went and saw the improv show (Tay was in it and Grant played the piano) and met up with Devin and Jake and Becca and even Guy Gibbons came and sat with us. It was a great little BHS alumni/student uniting thingy. But I don't think I could hang out with the Musicult 24/7 anymore. Once or twice a month is good, but really I have changed a lot more in the last 6 months than I thought I had and occasionally I think they just seem really young and immature. But I still love them and we will be friends forever! and some day they will grow up too!
Wow....I really just rambled on about stupid stuff.

So Far, So Good

So in my life I have found that February is ALWAYS the worst month of the year for me. Every year, it never ceases to give me experiences that cause me to spend hours crying and praying, etc. I always dread the coming of February.

But so far, so good!

My life is going pretty well. School is hard, and I am struggling a little money wise (I didn't work much in January because of Singin' in the Rain), and I don't really get to socialize. But you know what? That's not too bad! I am perfectly fine with mediocre life.

Now I am afraid that because I brought this to my attention, something bad will now happen in the next 18 days. EEEK! haha

Lexi

Lexi and I have been best friends since 5th grade. That is a very long time! We were debate partners in sixth grade, locker partners for all of jr high, and we went to EFY together in high school. Plus we've done about a million other things together! So today she called me and asked me if I wanted to hang out with her. Of course, I said yes! She said she really wanted to go to the temple tonight. I thought that was a brilliant Idea!!!! So we went. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful friend who keeps me on the straight and narrow. Plus, Lex ALWAYS makes me laugh! Tonight after we went to the temple we went to Target and just looked at stuff and didn't buy anything. We realized tonight that we visited Target for no reason many times throughout the years: in elementary school, jr. high, high school, and now college. We are pretty predictable! Lex and I have way too many memories to count, but here are some of my favorites:

*In fifth grade, we both wanted highlights in our hair SO BADLY!!!! Everyday at recess we would talk about the colors we would choose, blah blah blah. So one day at my house we got a brilliant idea: we would take my gold gel pens, break them in half, and streak our hair with them. Yeah it was way awesome!!!!! It made a mess, but our hair looked so cool! haha

*In sixth grade, Lex discovered that she had the ability to talk like a southern baptist preacher. So, at recess, she would stand on a bench and start yelling, "Brothas and sistas, you need to repent!....."and people would gather around her. At this point I would use my fantastic vocal skills and sing Hallelujahs and such in the background of her sermon. Everyone thought we were insane.

*In seventh grade, Lex would always try to make me miss the bus after school. We shared a locker, and at the end of the day she would take out my violin or my shoes or something I needed and chuck it down the hall as far as she could, and then when I was trying to run after them she would tackle me to the ground so I couldn't reach it..We both would be screaming and wrestling and laughing and causing a big scene. It is really strange I know but it really was fun!

*In ninth grade, we did a duet of "Homeward Bound" for solo and ensemble. We did really well and ended up with a 1 at Region, which is a high as a jr. high kid can get. People would come up to us in the halls of school and ask us to sing the song, and we would sing it acapella for everyone. And everyone was so impressed with our harmonies. We thought we were so cool.

Lex and I really have a really strange friendship, if you can't tell. And we pretty much were the entertainment for the people around us until about jr. year when we calmed down a little bit. It's been crazy, but I love it! And I Love Lexi!