Premiere of "Rescued"

Tonight was the premiere for a movie I was in called Rescued, starring two friends of mine, Jaci Twiss, and Shea Potter. They did such great jobs and the movie turned out to be CandleLight Media's best film so far. I played the secretary who turns out to be a homewrecker to the main character. It was a lot of fun on set and I enjoyed getting to better know these fantastic actors.

Here's a picture of the cast (minus Bill who wasn't there)

The premiere was at Jordon Commons and this is Ryan freezing in his shorts and t-shirt

My favorite part of jordon commons is taking in food. I love the cookie dough shakes!


Here's the cast signing posters.

The cast again.  I had such a small part that it's silly I got invited up to the stage with the leads, but it was still a fun night and I'm really proud of my friends!

One of my favorite actresses

I really love Rachel McAdams. She kind of boomed for awhile and then died down and hasn't been in the spotlight so much lately, which makes me sad. I like this interview because her attitude about auditioning is very inspiring. So many actors will walk into an audition freaked out and it really affects their performance. I agree with Rachel that it's just fun to go in and act in an audition, whether you get the role or not. I guess that's why I've been able to do this for 6 years without getting discouraged. I love it and feel like a child playing make believe every time I go into an audition.

New Acting Headshots

Starlight Studios

I got my D.B.A (doing business as) Starlight Studios about a year ago with the intention to evolve into a production company/performing arts school. My dream is well on it's way as I currently teach voice lessons and am producing my first film this spring.
Pre-production has been a long process and is a lot harder work than I could have imagined. I am making this short 15 min. film with the intention to send it into film festivals and gather investment for an upcoming feature length film I want to make. A couple days days ago I scouted out locations with the films director Jeshua Dehorta. The sets are still being built, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like.







We will be telling the story of Elaine of Astolat. Here is a music video to give you an idea of what the story is about.

CHICAGO TRIP

I have wanted to blog about my trip for over a month! I haven't been able to upload my photos so I'm just going to use Tatum's pictures. I'm sick of waiting!
Okay, a little history. Tatum and I grew up in the same ward (church) and have a lot of fun memories from Young Women's (a church program). We hadn't seen each other in about 6 years, and found each other online.

Tatum, can you believe I found a pic of us together so young? Gotta love those birthday parties! I'm the one with the birthday cake and Tatum is on the back row on the left hand side with black hair.


This next one is of us at girls camp (another church program) writing in our journals. Tatum and I both LOVE writing. That camp was so fun! I had some embarrassing pictures from that year that I can't find, dangit!



Okay, so here are the Chicago pix. The first night I arrived, Tatum took me to the cutest little chocolate shop called Ethel's. It was so fun just to sit on the couches and catch up on life while we drank the yummiest hot chocolate I've ever tasted!



The next day Tatum took me to get sushi for lunch.


It was snowing and very cold that day.


After lunch we looked in some shops and then saw "The Other Boleyn Girl". It was very scandalous and tragic, we LOVED it! We couldn't stop talking about it the whole weekend and I ended up buying the book for the plane ride home!


Next, we rode into town and took taxi's all over the place.


If you think Utah is cold, try Chicago!


Here's the city!


We went to Tatum's office and this is the view she has! AMAZING!


Okay, guilty confession, I STUFFED MY FACE THE WHOLE TRIP! This picture is funny because it shows how glutenously happy I am to be eating my icecream cookie right after I had an icecream bar. I think I came back at least 5 lbs heavier!


Don't believe me? This is us getting Chicago pizza right after the icecream.


And can I forget to tell you how wonderful the calamari was?!


Here's a picture of us after dinner. I look like a whale next to teeny tiny Tatum!


After dinner we met up with Tatum's husband Sam and went to see Wicked!


Can you tell I'm excited?! :)


Next day was Sunday and Tatum teaches in the Nursery at church.


We went for a walk around the Lake after that.



Sam walked over an ice bridge and almost fell in the Lake!


Tatum and Sam. What a cute couple!


That night I helped Tatum make dinner and I made Sam take a picture of us so that Ryan would believe it. (Ryan is definitely the cook in our family, not me!)


That night we just watched movie after movie, after movie! My favorite one was "Skeleton Key"!


The next day we went to the spa and got pedicures!



We had to walk home in the little foam shoes so we wouldn't smudge our toes. Talk about cold! By the way Tatum, I still have blue on one of my big toes and both pinky toes! I haven't taken it off yet!


Then we went on a mad hunt for Indian Curry before I had to go back to the airport. Every place was closed but luckily we finally found a place that let us get take out.


I was sad to leave.


We had so much fun together. I learned that it's really important to just take some time with your girlfriends and rejuvenate. Love and miss you! xoxoxoxo