So finally more and more people started arriving around 8:45ish. Once a good number of people started showing up, a man (one of the parents waiting with his daughter) came in to where we were and said that he thinks that they were going to make announcements and everything in the ballroom and that’s where he thinks we should head to. So we did. But our parent sent us girls out in the hall to wait to make sure we didn’t miss the “important people.” Well the “important people” finally showed up and we all stayed in the ballroom to listen. We filled out a sheet and then were put in groups. I was in the first group and was number 6. So when my group went in to go see Ms. Rachel Tennor, we handed in our resume and picture. We went in with Ms. Rachel. And all she did was ask us about ourselves (our name, how old we are, where we lived, if we have any siblings.). And when I told her I had a younger brother…she asked what the most aggravating thing that he does was and I said his obsession with star wars. After we all got to talk, she said, “Now here’s the part where I just stare at you for a minute to see if you could be the part.” So she sat there and stared at us. After a while she dismissed 6 people out of our 10 people group. She said the reason we weren’t dismissed was because she really like our personality and that we look like a Mattie. So you can just imagine me sitting there wanting to scream my head off!, (but I kept my professional status haha). So we went right across the hall to another room to talk to Debbi Delisi about our callback time and what we were supposed to do and where to be and everything. She said dress the part, no make-up, and my time was to be back at the Hilton Hotel on Tuesday at 10 a.m. So I was so incredibly excited!! Right when we got done talking to her…I called and told everybody about the callback.

But I’ll tell you all how the callback went in my next blog J

Hi everybody…Christmas break was absolutely fabulous for me! I got a whole lot of music related stuff (I GOT A MICROPHONE!!!!)! And my family was with me, so I have just been absolutely blessed! How was your break???

But if you are my friend, my Dad’s friend, or my Mom’s friend on facebook…then you probably have heard about the whole audition thing. I auditioned in Memphis, TN for a Hollywood movie…the remake of “True Grit” going to be directed by the Coen Brothers. It was an absolutely amazing experience! Here’s the story…

I was in a play about a month ago called, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The actor who was playing the dad in the play told us about this opportunity (and I am so very grateful to him!). So we went home and discussed it, and decided we’d go. See, we had just had a deer accident…the deer had ran into our car and took off the entire left corner of our van. So we were transporting our four people family with a three seated truck. So this was on Thursday (December 3, 2009)…and Mom and Dad said YES!! …Now I was freaking out! I was so incredibly nervous and very very VERY excited! I mean this is my dream and I’m getting a chance at it!!! And Mr. Johnny Mcphail got to coach me some before I went

So on Friday after opening night for the play…we left to go to my Aunt Angie’s house in Olive Branch to stay the night so it wouldn’t be as far to drive. But I wasn’t able to get in bed, let alone sleep, until 12 midnight. And then I had to get up at 4:30 in the morning to be ready to leave at 5 to get there by 6 (Memphis: The Hilton Hotel). Well we drove to Memphis and arrived at the Hilton Hotel around 5:45. Now people, I’m telling you, when we walked into that hotel I was like WOAH!!! I mean it was so fancy! (Oh and they had one of those spinning doors!!! So cool (: )! We walked up to the counter and asked where the auditions were being held…and the lady handed us a flyer and said that all the information was on it. Well it wasn’t. So she had to leave and go ask another person. While we were waiting…me and Dad talked to a man who was running in this marathon thing (HE WAS WEARING SHORTS!!! And it was around 50 degrees!!!). Well…the lady finally came back and gave us the information that they “thought” was correct. So just to make sure…me and Dad looked around to see if there was any other place that it was being held. Well turns out, that they were right and it was downstairs. So we went down the escalator and made sure we were in the right place. We were. So we looked around to see if anybody else was around. Well there weren’t and we were the only people there. So we waited and waited and waited. And while we waited the occasional security guard or janitor would pass by and say hello. But other than that, me and Daddy just talked and looked at paintings, making different assumptions about various things that they could be and also explored the downstairs. I also made a video of me going up and then going down the escalator (hahah(: ). So we were there by ourselves from 6 to 8. When one mother finally arrived around 8:10ish. She was very nice and we formed a friendship with her and her daughter, Olivia.

Part 2 will come tomorrow! J….

Have you ever thought about what life is all about? I mean seriously just sat down and thought about it? I’m only fourteen and I already want to know what I’m going to be doing in 10 years, who I’m going to be married to, how many kids I’m going to have, what occupation I’ll have! All of that! And I’m not even out of high school yet. Also sometimes I wish I could just grow up faster, you know? I want to experience love!…and no not just puppy love…but true passionate LOVE! I’m a romance fanatic…so that’s one of the things that I look forward too haha

But if you seriously think about it…you’ll only be the age you are once, so enjoy every single second of it! Don’t rush into experiences that don’t need to happen until an appropriate age or until they are supposed to happen. If you do…then you’ll look back and wish you would have waited or done things differently. I hear a lot of people at school say that when they’re young that they want to be crazy and do crazy and wild things (most of those things aren’t appropriate). Most of the kids that do these things aren’t even of age yet. I mean hey! Shoot I want to be young and crazy , but in a good way. Stuff like going to the movies with friends and having sleepovers and small get-together parties.

I’m trying to get better at not speeding up my life…It’s VERY hard, trust me…but if you wait and enjoy where you’re at now, you’ll be happier in the end.

Sit down and think about what YOUR life is all about

Love’s in the Air and Everywhere ♥