Winter 2010 Recital

So Teri and Vicki came to visit me in Rexburg. They drove up 3.5 hrs from Utah just to hear me sing and then they drove right back down!! Aren't they so awesome?? They are some of my biggest fans...no mom, they haven't replaced you yet. :o) I'm actually happy with how I did this time. The sound on the recording is still not as good as when you watch it live, but it will work for now...until you all come and see me for real in July!! Enjoy!

Du bist die Ruh
It's a bit blurry, but just close your eyes if it bothers you!! :o)



Ebben? Ne Andro' Lontana From La Wally



I made that dress in my sewing class by the way!! :o)

The OPERA

Well this weekend was very busy for me, but so much fun. We did our opera performance for my opera class and we had so many people show up that we actually had to turn many away because of the lack of space. My roommates and some friends came on Friday night, which was nice. I love when people support my singing.

I didn't get to sing a solo this semester, but I was in the chorus of 2 scenes. The first one was the Elixir of Love. We were cute village girls in this one. We had to wear SO much make-up...even lipstick...I hate lipstick. It always gets on my teeth or makes my mouth taste funny after awhile. It was still fun though to get all fancy looking.

The other one was Macbeth and as you can see we are not very pretty anymore. We were ugly scary witches. It was a little challenging to go from pretty to ugly in 10min, but as you can see we pulled it off. This was my favorite scene. There were about 40 girls and we sang and danced around a cauldron. We even scared many of the audience members. I snifted some lady in the audience at the beginning and it was priceless to see the look on her face. She was so freaked out. :o) If anyone ever wants to be a witch for Halloween just call me and I can do the make-up for it!!

I can't wait to do it again next semester. Here's hoping for a solo!! :o)

I'm Famous!!

Well I have a friend that is involved with the school newspaper, "The Scroll", and since I am part of the Opera performance this weekend she had someone interview me. It was more like they sent me and email with questions and I emailed her back. :o) It is still pretty exciting to be put in the paper. I think the comment I made is pretty funny.

Sadly it was just a small artical beside some bigger and more important events/articals. Hey Opera deserves just as much space as the opinion page about "Why couples shouldn't put off having kids." :o) At least in my opinion.

My Recital

So this is my first recital since I have been home. I won't comment on how I think I did because I never think that I do as well as I can, but I will say how grateful I am to my Father in Heaven for helping me get my voice back after my mission. I hope you all enjoy. The song is called Marietta's Lied from die tote Stadt (Marietta's song from the dead city). Of course it is in German, that has always been my favorite language to sing in and now I can understand what I sing, which is even better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKBqtYgYPlU

My NEW Hair

Well here it is. I dyed my hair darker. I did it once on my mission and decided that I like it a lot better when it is dark brown, so I did it again. I don't know what you all think, but I love it. I also cut my bangs shorter, but I did that the next day so they are not in this pic. I'll post another one later.

Life at BYU-Idaho

So these are some pics from when I was in Utah before school.

My sister Teri and nephew Dallin

Isn't he the cutest?? Little Dallin...except he is not so little anymore.

This is Keith and I...my little bro. Except he is also not so little anymore!!

Ok well I'm so not good at this whole blogging thing...I think I started my last entry like that as well!! lol. I just don't have much going on except for school work and more school work. I do try to have fun in my spare time.

I got to see my best friend Andrea again after about 2 years. We went to the temple and had a great time together. She is just as fun and funny as I remember.

PARTIES!!

It's Sushi time!! My friend Mitchell just got back from his mission to Japan and so he made us some sushi. I'm normally not a huge fan, but I ate some anyway...it wasn't so bad!!

Mitchell (in the front), his roommate Brent and all my roommates: Jodi, Kaylea, Sydney and Amelia. They are so much fun.

Whitney, Jake and I excited for some sushi!!

Some other parties I have had was a Anti-Superbowl Party, Karaoke Parties
and this Friday will be our Olympics party.

Mexican Food

Mitchell and Brent playing with their food. That is like the biggest burrito I have ever seen.

Kaylea (we share a room) and I being super cute!!

(Is it just me or do I have a long face???)

Yep, I'm sick and I have been caught blowing my nose for the hundreth time. How is it that you can blow and blow and it always seems to have something in there?? So gross!!

Ramire's is this super good mexi-restaurant in Rexburg...or maybe it is just way good because it's the best we have. Either way, we go there a lot. Horchata is so good....mmmmm. Maybe I'll have one today. :o)

Karaoke

one of my new favorite pass times.

This is me at this 25 and older singles dance/karaoke party. (It's an association on campus) It was fun, but sometimes this group feels more like a support group than anything else!! lol I'm just trying to be involved with something on campus and this is the group I chose.

(Question for my sisters...do you approve of the outfit? I even wore cute non-boot like shoes!! I know, I know...I'm growing up!! lol

Ignore the hat...someone put that on me just for the song!!)

There are some more pics and videos on my facebook that Mitchell took of another night of Karaoke fun. It was a Karaoke Party (more like a competition) with the American Idol Karaoke video game thing. (Not sure what system it is on) It gives you points for how on pitch you are and everything. It's pretty intense. And no, I did not win...although I did sing My heart will go on (the video is on facebook) and got 100%...ignore the annoying guy voice in the background. Brent tried to sing off pitch to mess me up...I sure showed him!! :o) We have too much fun!!

Well, I need to take more pics of things that I have been doing. My weekends are always full of fun, but I just never photograph it. I will do better so I have more to show for my life here. This semester if almost half over...I'm almost 1/4 of the way done with my last year of school!! WAHOOO!!

School...it's that time again!!

Well, now it is my (Christi's) turn to do this whole blog thing. I don't know how exciting it will be or how much time I will have, but I will try and do my best.
I have been back from my mission for about 2 months now. I worked at the Picture People while I was home and enjoyed being with my family. For the first time in my whole life I got to live at home with just my mom. It was great, but short lived. Now I'm back at BYU-Idaho for my last 2 semesters. It's colder and snowyer (is that a word?) then I remember, but it will only last like 4 or 5 months and then warm up. Before I came back to school I got to visit some family in Utah. My sister Teri and her fabulously cute son Dallin live just south of Salt Lake and my brother Keith loves in Orem. It was so great to see them all. I have missed them. It is amazing how fast kids grow up. I mean 18 months is a long time for a 1 year old. Dallin is now 2 almost 3, and is walking, talking and being a person and stuff. It is crazy to me, but it was fun to play with him and help him remember who I am.
So, here I am at work after having finished my first day back, which consisted of one class. I am already overwhelmed with how much time this class is going to take up. I'm going to be in class/work on Mon, Wed, and Fri from 7:45am-7:45pm....bleh!! That is a long day. Tues and thurs are not as bad, but I will have to use my time on those days to do all the work for my other days!! So my plan is to work hard on Monday thru Friday and then play on Saturday...it's like the mission all over again. Saturday will just be my P-day and I will be crazy busy the rest of the week. Although, unlike the mission, I will probably just sleep as much as I can on Sundays!! Wish me luck. I will try to post some pictures soon of some of the activities I am involved in.