Randoms.

*RaNdOm ThInGs*

#1- All of my friends have made/ are making their plans for their summer. I refuse to do so, because I'm so sick of making huge decisions all the time.

#2- One of my roommates is engaged to this awesome guy. His name is Ryan and I've gotten to know them pretty well. I've introduced Heather and Ryan to some of my friends. On Monday Heather called me into her room to see their wedding announcement. Come to find out, his name is actually BRIAN. I've been calling him RYAN since January!!!! Yeah........ hahaha. I felt like such a tool.

#3- David, please take me to the Temple and sing to me for time and all eternity. Just watch this and you'll understand why I'm stupidly obsessed with him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9tSKLC-7pM

xoxo,
Alliecat

Awkward.

Anyone who goes to UVU will appreciate this.  How awkward is it walking down the Hall of Flags by yourself?  Usually most of these chairs are filled with people "doing homework," (staring at people walking down the hall) and this hall is huge.  Especially when you're walking down it by yourself, because everytime you do, you can feel at least 13 pairs of eyes just staring/observing/analyzing/judging you the whole entire time.... then the whole time you're saying to yourself "...never felt so awkward in my life...."  because of all this inner-turmoil going on in your brain, the hall feels 4 times longer than it is.  If you go to UVU, you know exactly what I'm talking about, because you've all felt it! AWKWARD.

xoxo,
Alliecat

Feminine.

Today in church the lesson was on the role of being a Daughter of God. It was amazing. Isn't it so sad to see that the role of a woman has been completely flip-flopped by the world? Women of the world have lost sight of what it means to be a woman because they fight so hard to be viewed the exact same as men. They want to be equal in everything. Although I do agree with this idea to an extent, I still think that the roles of men and women are two totally separate things that shouldn't be can't be competed with. Each role has so many different wonderful things to offer that the other role can't provide. Combining the masculine role of the male and the feminine role of the woman can literally create magic. Together it is such a beautiful things. It is so sad to see so many women losing sight of how divine it is to be a woman. But it is also so comforting to see amazing women of this Gospel! I look at people like my mom, sisters, aunts, cousins and friends and say "she is truly a daughter of God. She is beautiful, classy and feminine and so proud of that." What if all women had this mind set? Wouldn't the world be such a beautiful place? I am in love with this quote. IN LOVE. My new years resolution is to become the daughter of God that my Heavenly Father wants me to be, because if I become that, it will encompase everything else I want to become. This quote depicts exactly what I'm feeling and what I want to become......

"Women of God can never be like women of the world.

The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender.

There are enough women who are course; we need women who are kind.

There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined.

We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith.

We have enough greed; we need goodness.

We have enough vanity; we need virtue.

We have enough popularity; we need purity."

-Margaret D. Maduald

Thank you for teaching the world what women of God are like.

xoxo,
Alliecat

2010

Things of my 2010...

*Drank carbination for the first time in 8 years last night!!!! (the Martineles nearly burned all of my insides, but it was worth it :)

*Learned so many valuable life lessons
*Became a different person because of everything I learned

*Gained the most incredible group of friends (shout out to my LDC peeps...)

*Re-read all of the Harry Potters
*Fell even more in love with reading

*Learned the true meaning of friendship and what it takes to be a true friend.

*Sang in the April 2010 General Conference, top 3 best experiences of my life
*Managed to get only one set of stitches (My hand got in a fight with a car door... the door won,)
*Did NOT liter one time this year!!
*Learned a lot about dating and relationships

*Watched my best friend marry the love of her life

*Learned countless valuable lessons while nannying a family of 6 kids.
*Got certified to be a Turbokick instructor

*Accidently cut a huge chunk of my own hair and was forced to chop it (true story...)

*Turned 21 :)
*Started my career as a health & wellness counciler

*Went on the funnest Spring Break trip with my favorite people to DISNEYLAND!!

*Loved every second I worked at the daycare with my 5week-18 month old babies! I miss that job terribly.
*Have been very guided to my career path

*Welcomed home some of my best friends from their missions!

*Learned so much about myself
*Learned/am learning where I'm going in life

What a year! I can't believe it's already come and gone. 2010 was a year of struggles, heartache, trials, triumphs, blessings, love and laughter! I truly am so excited to see what 2011 has in store for me and I can't wait to make this year even better than last year. Happy new year!!!!

xoxo,
Alliecat

Welp...

Welp.... Guess I'm moving back down to Orem in a couple weeks! I'm so SO exctied to get back down there. Can't wait for school to start and to start my awesome new job. Yay!!! Oh, and Merry Christmas in 3 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo,

Alliecat

Oh, David....

Oh David....



This half smile is my favorite :)



So happy ALL the time!

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Mo Tab Christmas concert tonight featuring this guy. If you know me at all, you know that I'm absolutely in love with David Archuleta! When I found out that David was the guest this year, I immediately called my friend (and old high school choir teacher) Peter Steenblik, who is in the choir, and offered to sell him my soul if he could get me tickets... About a month later he surprised my good friend Kameron and me with tickets :):) You can only imagine my reaction and joy when he gave us tickets!
So I've read David's book, I listen to his music all the time, I voted for him 121341232225 times when he was on American Idol, I watch him perform and do interviews all the time (I understand this is borderline creepy..... but I can't help it...) and I am just so impressed with him as a musician and a person. He is so grounded and has such a great outlook on life. His happiness and energy is something I'm striving to obtain. Although I did meet and talk to him briefly once, I don't know him personally (unfortunately...). But I really admire how he lives his life and how he balances his fame, family, friends, career and the Gospel. Everytime I watch a new interview of him or watch him perform, it seems like he is getting more firm in his faith, getting closer to the Lord, and that the light of Christ is shining brighter in his eyes! (Next time he sings, watch his eyes! Promise you'll notice the extra "sparkle,"!)  You know how there are certain people in life that strike something inside of you that inspires you to be a better person? He happens to be one of those people for me. I don't know why, he just inspires me, as a singer and as a person!
The concert was spectacular. He was spectacular. The choir was spectacular. The ballerinas coming out of the giant music box was spectacular. That voice. That smile. That tux he wore tonight... Stop it, he's adorable. Oh, David.......
{big dramatic love struck sigh....}

xoxo,
Alliecat

Shocked.

I kept hearing my phone go off early this morning but didn't check it til about 8:30. 10 texts from people in LDC telling me that the Provo Tabernacle was on fire. My choir was in that building rehearsing just hours before it caught on fire. We were supposed to have performances there tonight and tomorrow. We had a tradition of doing a big combined Thanksgiving and Easter concert in that building. This building is historic, probably one of the oldest in Provo/ Utah County. We loved this building. I wasn't able to be with them last night, but it's crazy to think my choir were the last people to ever sing in the beautiful, original Provo Tabernacle.... This building will be greatly missed.

xoxo,
Alliecat