March Madness

I made it to All-Northwest again! It was so much fun. I went with a couple of people in my choir this year, but none of my West friends were allowed to try out this year. Our choir sounded incredible. During our final concert, we sang a song called The Famine Song. It was so deep and powerful. We did an interpretive dance to the song, and by the end, there was not a dry eye in the whole audience. We were only halfway through our concert, and we were given a standing ovation. It was an incredible experience. Next year, I'm going to try out for Nationals. :)

This was our accompanist. She was so friendly and nice. Everyone loved her!

This is the church we rehearsed in.

The next weekend was Tyler and Brooke's wedding! (Not to mention Prom and the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games) At first I was bummed that I missed out on Prom, but now I'm so glad I did! And I still got to see the premiere in Las Vegas. :) The wedding was so beautiful. I felted so honored to be a bridesmaid. I got to meet Brooke's hilarious family, and guess what! They love Nacho Libre as much as I do! I even figured out that Brooke's sister, Megan, has the Ramses mask! I have the Nacho Libre mask! It looks like Tyler and Brooke were destined to be.

The NEXT weekend, the Yanez family came! They arrived in Salt Lake on March 30th, which happens to also be my birthday. I had a good day at school, and Dei and Laykin took me out on a little picnic. :) After school, I got to spend the monumental day of my birth in a car for nine hours. :P It actually wasn't that bad, and it was so good to see the Yanez's. We spent most of the next week (Spring Break) with them in Salt Lake, visiting the temples, going to General Conference, going to the zoo, seeing the church sites, meeting up with family at Jump On It!

On Friday we got back to Billings, and went to Tyler and Brooke's Billings reception. We spent the weekend with the Yanez family, but there wasn't quite as much to do in Billings as Utah. But Jose still said that his favorite part of the trip was being with us in Billings. We were sad to see them go on Tuesday. :( We can't wait to see them again some day.