Ah! Spring break! It came quickly this year. For those who don't know, I'm with Christine at her house in Salt Lake City! One of the things on my to-do list to do this week is bring you up to date with various things that have been happening with me... (wow, that really sounds conceited, doesn't it?)
Last Friday, after a mere 4 hours of sleep, Christine and I took the shuttle to the from Chattanooga to Nashville.
Our flight took us to Minneapolis/St. Paul where we had lunch with Kristine and Ryan, who had left for California the day before. Thanks to delayed flights, they were stuck overnight in Minneapolis. Christine and I made it to our destination several hours before Kristine and Ryan--even though they left a day before us...
Sabbath morning, we headed to church where we met another guy from SAU who is here on spring break. We were standing there, talking, when he turned to me and said "You were in that play the other weekend, weren't you?". Oh man. I guess I haven't written about that yet. You'll understand when I tell you about the part I played...
Saturday night, we went to see "Guys and Dolls" at a small theater that Christine used to volunteer at. The main actors were adults and all the supporting cast were still in high school. I loved it--but that's no surprise. We then stayed for
Joker's Royale, an improv team. They were definitely entertaining. The MC announced that there would be audience participation for several of the games. I had just finished expressing my ext ream desire NOT to be chosen, when the MC told two of the actors on stage to pick two people from the audience. I began to slide down in my chair as I watched in a dreaded horror as the guy on stage moved over to our side. He turned his back. Whew! I was safe, but only for a split second because he turned on his heel, pointed his finger straight at me and demanded in a loud, booming voice, "You!". Christine busted up laughing and began apologizing as I reluctantly rose from my chair and made my way to the stage. Thankfully, I didn't have to do much, just move the guy's arms and legs like he was a giant action figure. The fact that I was picked was more fun then what I had to do.
Sunday, after having breakfast around 12:30 pm, we headed up to Park City, where, unfortunately, the snow seems to be lacking. It was in the mid 50's and very sunny. But it was still fun to walk around. This lack of fresh snow has changed our skiing plans. I don't like skiing in slush or ice.
Monday was a day of rest and creativity. We slept in, ate a late breakfast and created monsters while in our pjs. It was wonderful! That evening we went to a different theater--a bigger one--and watched "Phantom". It was wonderful! The set was beautiful, the actors had amazing voices, and they did a great job of using the stage which was in the middle, with the audience around it. I LOVED IT! Soooo good. After the play we finished our monsters:
Mine is the red one and his name is Hugo. Christine's is named Wad.
Today Christine and I went down to Garner Village, a group of pioneer houses that have been turned into gift shops. There was a photography studio there that had some unique ways of framing their portraits. (And I added this photographer to my list on the side if you want to check it out! Or just click
here).
I also got my hair cut (or hair's cut if you want to be precise... Alison... haha). Now, it took me a bit to muster up the courage to go to someone other than Peter PLUS this was a school so they were still learning. Christine and I waited and finally a girl came out and called for Hollie. Three of us answered. It just so happened that two other girls who were in the waiting area were also named Hollie. Thankfully I stopped myself from blurting out "Oh yea? Well, how do you spell you spell it? Cause I'm different". Yea, I'm glad I didn't say that one... I sat down in the chair and tried to explain to the girl what I wanted. I then began to panic when she asked for help and advice on how to cut my hair. Thankfully, everything turned out alright:
We began to wrap-up our day with going watching "Confessions of a Shopaholic" at the movie theater just down the street (complete with free popcorn because it is Tuesday), followed by a home-viewing of "Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa ".
Hopefully before this week is over, I'll be able to give a quick summary of February since I have fallen a bit behind! I'm going to bed now... If you can't tell from that last picture, I'm tired.
Kristine took these of me also! 
Now, when you take pictures on railroad tracks, it's always good to remember what exactly they are used for. We did remember. And thankfully, did see it coming... After the train passed, I tried out the "dramatic" look but with me, it always turns out to look like I'm extremely worried about something. But I didn't need to worry. We saw the train as soon as it came around the corner that you can see in the picture there... (haha)
