Day 7: Favorite Word

My first day on the job was awesome!!! J-Dawgs is SO much crazier than Coney's!!! There is a line out the door from the moment we open, which is nice because it makes time totally fly by :) It did, however, cause me to screw up several times on the register... I'm lucky that I have really nice forgiving co-workers. I am super excited to be working there, and I can't wait to work again (weird huh?).

Today my A Cappella choir went to the Food and Care Coalition (a place where people who are in need can go and get a hot meal, and have a place to sleep) down in Provo in order to lift some spirits. It was a lot of fun. The group that came was pretty small, but we were still able to sing most of the songs from our Christmas concert, plus a few. The people that were there appreciated it so much, and it was really cool to get to talk to them and hear some of there stories. Caroline and I talked to a woman (also named Caroline) who really liked my glasses and loved our singing, and a man named Robert who had been married three times, and who's anniversary is the day after Christmas. He told me that he hoped that the Lord would bring along someone special for me to meet and marry some day, and he also told me that I'd know he was the one the moment I saw him. Let's hope that Robert know's what he's talking about... :) It was really neat to just be able to spend time with these incredible people and share a little bit of Christmas cheer with them.

After I got home from the food and care, I took the kids out to Chick-File for dinner (mom and dad were at a work party), and then we came home and decorated ginger bread houses and watched A Christmas Story (two of our favorite Christmas traditions)! I love spending time with my little siblings, and it was great to have them all to my self :)

Probably by now you are all thinking: "Rian can't draw and has given up on her 30 day challenge... she just keeps posting these photographs!" Well, in you're face everyone! Here are TWO drawings! One from today and one from yesterday.

Day 5: Your best friend
My best friend in the whole wide world is none other than my little sis Phoebe. She is often what keeps me going when life gets nuts (which is often). She is beautiful, SO talented (I am jealous), funny, kind, spiritual, and overall INCREDIBLE!! I look up to her so much (literally... she's an inch taller than me), and I definitely don't know what I'd do without her. LOVE YOU PHOEBS!!!!!!
See what I mean!!? GORGEOUSNESS!!!! And this picture doesn't even come close to doing her justice!

Day 6: Favorite Book Character
This would have to be Lady Vin from the Mistborn Trilogy by my favorite author EVER, Brandon Sanderson. Seriously, every single one of his books is ingenious. And Vin? She's one of the best heroines I've ever come across.
Here she is in all her glory (at least this is kind of how I picture her in my head... I'm sure she actually looks even more epic than this... anyway...) LOVE HER, and LOVE SANDERSON. Read his books. Just do it.

Alrighty folks, that's all for now! Over and out!

Say hello to the newest J-Dawg employee!!! I had my interview this morning, and I got the job!!! I am seriously so happy. I feel incredibly blessed that I was able to find a new job only four days after I lost mine! And at such a great place at that.

Besides getting a new job, I went to the temple with Wesley and Corbin this morning (which was really wonderful, I definitely needed it... plus we had french toast and bacon afterwards, so that made it even better), and I have been writing letters all day. It haven't ever realized before how difficult it can be to let people know how much you love them when all you have is words! I love all of you so much, and 27 letters are most certainly not enough to express that. I'll have to give you all a hug the next time I see you.

Speaking of people I love, I get to see Sarah May tomorrow!
Here she is. Gorgeous, huh? :)
I've known Sarah since 2nd grade, and I haven't seen her since her dad was called to be a mission president in Chile four years ago. She has always been one of my best friends, and I am so excited to spend time with her and make up for all of the lost time!

Okay, it's drawing challenge time.
Day 4: Favorite Place
This one was a given. Disney Land has always held a special place in my heart. Always. It is definitely the happiest place on earth. Along with the temple which is also my favorite place... Anyway, unfortunately again the drawing is not my fave, and I'm too lazy to scan it (I'll put another one up soon I promise! As soon as I get a really good one...), so I'll just put up a picture.
Ain't we cute!?
Here's another one just for fun...
And another...
You'll notice Isaac's hat is over his face... He was very unhappy. It happens often when we want to take family pictures... Aah! Good times.
So, there you have it. Disneyland is the best. Or it could just be the people I am with when I go. I do love them a lot (the Disney magic is definitely a big part of it though). :)

Alright, enough of my rambling. Over and out! (I liked that last night, so that's how I decided I am going to end all of my posts... probably not, but we'll try it out for a while...)

Oh Hey...

Things are looking up! I have a job interview with J-Dawgs tomorrow (yum yum), we went family Christmas shopping today, and I bought two music books! Definitely the break is off to a good start.

Alrighty, so the last two days of my drawing challenge are not really worth showing, but I will tell you what I've been doing anyway...

Day 2: Favorite animal
A giraffe of course! They are always the first thing I want to see when we go to the zoo. They are just really cool animals. Plus, they're adorable.
For example...
I know. Adorable, right?

Day 3: Favorite food
CHEESE CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What else?! I have had it every year for my birthday, and despite my lactose intolerance, I get it every chance I can. :) It is SO delicious. Seriously. I want some right now. Do you want a picture? Of course you do...
Yum.

That's all for tonight! Over and out!

There have been some major highs and some pretty low lows this past week. The highs mostly involving some really amazing choir concerts, and the lows being me getting laid-off, practically living at the school, and not getting asked to Senior Ball (I'm okay with that last one, but it still kind of makes me sad...). On the bright side, SCHOOL IS OUT FOR TWO WEEKS!!! YEAH!!! And I'm getting my hair cut today. That's always good. I am SO excited for Christmas. The aforementioned choir concerts, caroling, performing at a few Christmas parties, some really good family home evenings, and frosting plenty of cookies with my family, etc. have really gotten me into the Christmas spirit :) Let's just say that even through the rough stuff, it's been easy for me to remember the true meaning of Christmas this season. I am definitely very blessed.

Anyway... I have been a little addicted to Pinterest lately (bad, but it's SO fun), and on that wonderful website, I discovered a 30 day drawing challenge. I figured it would be a good way to get back into sketching, and it would also be fun! :) So, I am going to be starting today. If I like what I do, I'll post it on here! If not... then I won't. However, I did like my first drawing, so here it is:
Day 1: Yourself

I know it's far from perfect, but I did only spend a half an hour on it, and it looks worse on the scanner, so that's my excuse :)

Well, that's all for today! See you soon!

It's been a while. Already you can see a trend for how this blog is probably going to go, but ah well... It is what it is. Anyway, a lot of great things have happened in the past couple of weeks, so here it goes!

First off, I am the Drama Sterling Scholar for Orem High School!!! Yeah!!! The competition was tough, since I was up against two of the most incredible fellas I know: Adam Leavitt (my number one partner from Shakespeare), and Christian Wawro (the only person I would ever trust myself to be on live t.v. with). These guys are SO talented, and some of my best friends, so it was so much fun to do interviews with them and have all of us rooting for each other every step of the way (not that it was a very difficult process... all we did were fill out papers and then do our interviews...but anyways...). I couldn't have done it without them, and I am so grateful for their friendship. Love you boys!

Next, we went on our annual choir trip to Salt Lake City on Thursday. It was amazing!!!! Being able to share the spirit of Christmas and our Savior with everyone in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, the Assembly Hall, at the top of the Church Office Building (this one was impromptu making it all the more special), and the North Visitor's Center, was definitely a testimony builder. Plus, it was really fun. Some of the especially fun stuff included:
-Boggle with Eva and Emily on the way up
-Stories about Barushka the tomato, and Larry the elephant with Caroline and Laurel (don't ask about that one...it was really hilarious)
-Inspirational speeches by Kristen
-Site seeing and Panda Express with Caroline, Laurel, Michaelah, and Braden
-Extremely amusing and slightly awkward bus rides home with Andy, Emily, and Eva
Overall, it was a very good time, and I am so glad that I got to go. I love choir! :)
This is me and Laurel. Good times.

Finally, last night, mom and dad took us kids to Michael McLean's Forgotten Carols up in Salt Lake. It has been one of my favorite Christmas stories ever since I was little, and this was the first time I had the chance to see it. It was AMAZING! I cried the whole time. And I made a friend with the lady sitting next to me. After the show, Michael has everyone link arms as we sing "We Will Be Together Forever Someday", and then "Silent Night". This lady gave me a big teary hug, and then afterwards told me that I had a beautiful voice. So sweet! I am grateful for people like that. I am also so grateful for wonderful parents who give me the opportunity to grow spiritually, and for my siblings who are my best friends. I love my family!!! :)

So I guess that's all for now. Hopefully I'll be back soon!