Patriots and Pioneers: Day 1

For two weeks in July, I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to go on an American and church history tour with a group called Anderson Tours with wonderful tour directors: Kristy Dimmick, Erica Brown, Sheldon Nixon, and Robbie Taggart. I dragged my cousin, Michael, and sister, Ali, along with me. There were 56 of us on a gratefully large, clean, and new bus. We first flew to Baltimore. Here's day one..

p.s. if you're going to go on a tour (which I suggest you do) choose this one! there isn't one better. My dad says so. And he knows all.

Washington monument

Lincoln Memorial

World War II memorial

Jefferson Memorial
*we also saw the Vietnam War memorial, FDR Memorial, and the Korean War memorial

Nina

It's been two months today since Nina has been on her mission. Only 16 to go! I miss her so much but when I get sweet letters from her I feel like she's right next to me. They have her singing every week and she says she's getting the language down. She already has one baptism. GO NINA! ROCK ON.

GRADUATION

Today I graduate at 4:00... I can't believe it!

Senior BBQ and Pool party!

Graduation pictures by my sister: Nicole Hill

LASTS

Today was our last assembly... sad

you know it's time to grow up when

you have your Senior dinner/dance

off to Neverland?

i can't stop

thinking about in n out!

this past weekend i ate one every day and i still want more..

roly poly, daddy's little fatty..

PROM

even though it was almost two months ago...

Last dance anything ever

This weekend I have my last dance competition. After this, I'm finished... forever. It's so sad but we have to learn to live with change, right? That's what I keep telling myself. Here are a few pictures of me with my teachers who I have seen basically every day for the past 13 years..

Sheryl - The Dance Club's owner

Lisa dog - my tap and essentials teacher

Alli - tap and jazz teacher... also office woman

Kirra - spent the most hours with her and am the closest to her... jazz teacher and most rehearsals spent with her

Art With Heart donations!

Thank you Robyn for your comment! I am so glad we could help. This concert is done annually and it is my very favorite. I am sad that I will not be able to do it again after performing in it the past six years or so... I thought I would let you know how much we raised on the concert!

Taken from The Dance Club's website : http://www.thedanceclub.com/
ART WITH HEART: KIDS WHO DANCE SO OTHERS CAN WALK!
Benefit Concert November 2007
We are always so excited for the opportunity our dancers have to participate in "Art With Heart … Kids Who Dance So Others Can Walk", a benefit concert for Shriners Hospital. As you may know, the children at Shriners Hospital (in Salt Lake City) come from a seven state region as well as Mexico. Each one comes from varied circumstances and has unique needs, but the one thing that they have in common is the absolutely free medical care they receive from Shriners Hospital. This year our Dance Club dancers with the cooperation of dancers from Dance Impressions, and The Winner School we were able to raise $35,271.65 for the kids at Shriners Hospital! This brings our total donations to Shriners up to almost $150,000.00! What an accomplishment!

OREM HIGH DANCE COMPANY CONCERT

I'm President, so I guess I'm sorta in charge of these things... here's one of the flyers that will be thrown around my school this week.

OREM DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS
"ODC IN ACTION"




THURSDAY APRIL 24 * FRIDAY APRIL 25
7:00 PM - $4

OREM HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

**A major thanks to Nicole for taking the pictures, and completely designing these flyers... they're so cute but the blog won't show what she did so it looks plain.

**Also Hollie Bulkley, our director who I ABSOLUTELY LOVE! and I hope you're reading this! haha love you Hollie, thanks for everything you do!!!

fours

Natalie tagged me, so I must... although you are right Nat, I would have done it anyway..
(A) Four places I go over and over:
*Orem High, The Dance Club, Kneaders, Harmons
(B) Four people who e-mail me:
*Elder and Sister Peterson!, Elder Nick Jackson, Urban Outfitters, Shop It To Me
(C) Four of my favorite foods:
*mom's spaghetti, Oreos, Kneaders turkey sandwhich on ciabatta, Costco's chocolate cake
(D) Four places I would rather be right now:
*Santa Barbara, Disneyland, Riverside, New York City
(E) Four people I think will respond:
*Nicole, Dad...hmm..?
(F) Four movies I would watch over and over:
*One Fine Day, The Notebook, Dumb and Dumber, Emperor's New Groove
(G) Four places I have lived:
*hahah Orem, Orem, Orem, and Orem! O-TOWN, OUR TOWN

most likely to...

This year in the yearbook at school I was voted Most Likely to Have the Most Kids in the Senior Superlatives section..

I just want to let you all know that I won't let you down :) I'm baby hungry already.. but don't worry, Mom, I'll wait until it's time ;)

Nina is going to Korea!

On Wednesday night, my sister Nina opened her mission call! She has been called to the Korea Busan mission departing June 18!! Congratulations Nina, I am so proud of you!

Her farewell will be June 15 @ 1:00

get out of the line!

why is my blog named That's Soo Funny? I don't even know...It's just something I say all the time. When I become more creative maybe I'll change it to something else. But in the meantime, the person that is soo funny to me is John Pinette. He's a comedian that worked with my sister Natalie in the Broadway touring cast of Hairspray (he played the mother of Tracy) and they became great friends. He is our family's fav. You definitely need to buy a dvd of his (our fav is I Say 'Nay Nay') and if possible make it to one of his shows. He is touring. Visit his website:

http://www.johnpinette.com/

"You're at Mcdonald's! I could shut my eyes and read you the menu, left to right, right to left. Get out of the line!!!" -John Pinette

In October, John snuck my sister Ali and me in to one of his shows because it was in a Casino. He put two chairs on the side of the stage for us, brought us into his dressing room, gave us backstage passes, and an armful of dvd's... John is great! He makes our tummies ache!

accepted to BYU!

Happy news, last night I was accepted (admitted...whichever you prefer) to Brigham Young University for the Fall 2008 semester! I have always wanted to go to BYU and am so happy that I finally can, although I do feel I'm still a 15-year-old sophomore in high school...dang it!

10 year journal - essential

I'm a major journal person. I love seeing what I've done in years past and I love seeing how I've grown. I love reading what I did on a certain day and remembering every detail about it. I rarely miss a night of writing.... and if I do, I will do anything to find out what I did that day. Santa gave me this 10 year journal two years ago and I have absolutely LOVED it!! I believe every person that breathes needs one. With the year just beginning, it is a great time to start your 10 year journal. Every night I write a simple paragraph on a page that I have written what I've done every year on that exact day.

If I need more room, I simply write onto one of my 'carry-over' pages.

These 10 year journals can be purchased at www.journal10.com

7 Random Facts

Here are 7 random facts about me:
no. 1
I'm stealing Nicole's...if i'm tickled long enough, i will wet my pants.

no. 2
nothing beats a Snickers. But they have to be fun size. they have the perfect proportions.

no. 3
I have never had a boyfriend.

no. 4
I am the only Hill girl that will have graduated from high school on the Senior Company at The Dance Club....(assuming that Ali doesn't audition again) I am not sure if that is an accomplishment or if it's just that I can't get out of that cult that takes up my time.

no. 5
I have no idea what I want to major in in college.... scary! :(

no. 6
I want tons of kids!! 10 would be nice... he he :)

no. 7
I'd rather hang out with my family than hang out with friends...shoot.

Shoot for my photo 3 class

I had to shoot some "Studio" pictures for my photo 3 class. Nicole was kind enough to let me use Rubberball and help me out. I shot my little cousins (and sister). Thank you so much for helping me Nicole!

a fun little survey

I guess I'm copying my sister Nicole because this looked fun to do and I am a major procrastinator!

jobs i've held:
*sadly, I've never had one... dance has consumed my life and taken away all of my freedom. I'm not quite sure if it's worth it yet...

jobs i'd like to have:
in no particular order because I am not sure of anything yet...obviously...
*Event planner
*Elementary school teacher
*Jr. High school teacher
*High school teacher
*Photographer
*Dance teacher (for kids only though..)
*anything in the Athletic Department at BYU (random, I know, but I think it would be so fun!)
*the most important and realistic: a mom (I'm very baby hungry....and 17...not a good mix)
*Secretary - I've always wanted to be one, but my mom would shoot me before that ever happened. But I still think it would be fun. I love computers, organizing other peoples lives (of course not my own), handling paperwork and other tasks.

movies i watch over and over:
*Dumb and Dumbedr
*8 Seconds
*The Notebook
*One Fine Day
*Cinderella
*Sweet November
*National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

favorite reads, recent and old:
*The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
*Twilight
*Cam Jensen books (from Elementary)
*The Face on the Milk Carton (from Jr. High)

favorite things to do:
*play rook
*sit in the kitchen with family to talk, eat and cook
*eat on the back deck
*have a calming stretching period for an hour to an hour and a half
*play at Disneyland
*laugh at John Pinette
*win in any card game
*play cards with Mama and Papa on Sunday nights
*just sit on the couch and watch tv (it doesn't happen very often)
*perform (especially at halftimes)
*go to a BYU game with the fam
*eat out with the fam

places i've lived:
*orem, ut

favorite things to eat:
*anything my mom or nicole makes
*Moses bread
*my wonderful Magic Bullet smoothie every morning with Lean Protein in it
*Snickers
*a soft pretzel ONLY from Pretzel Time... with cream cheese, of course.
*water
*Take 5
*anything Italian (i love pasta)


places i'd rather be:
*Disneyland
*Walt Disney World
*Deer Valley, Park City
*Hawaii
*Santa Barbara

words i like the sound of:
*nocturnal
*fabulous
*humorous
*hysterical
*Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious

another successful Art With Heart

I am not sure how much money we raised yet but it seemed that there were more in the audience this year than any other year. I'll have pictures of some of the Shriners Hospital children who came to the show soon.
Some Senior Company pictures backstage:

1. Our hip hop number Disco Dance Club choreographed by Travis Wall and Ivan from 'So You Think You Can Dance?'
2. Our Musical Theatre number- Hit Me With A Hot Note
3. Our contemporary number- Foolish Games