"It must be love because we are to afraid to say
It must be love and so we paint everything in grey
Let's not lose this chance
Hold onto my hands" Tiao Cruz (Falling in love)

Josh Groban - February Song (Video)

I love this song. <3 It is absolutely beautiful.

Life....

Life….. That’s a small word to cover a vast topic. Tonight I sat on a deck swing overlooking Lake Loveland. As I took in all the beauty that surrounds me, I was able to think. For the first time in five weeks I was able to just process all that has happened. The last month has been the happiest, craziest, hardest, weirdest, and the saddest month of my life. I have learned so much. I have learned that you can work on 3 hours of sleep if you have enough coffee. I learned what it means to be so stressed that everything is funny. But on a more serious note I learned what it was like to not be afraid of who you are. I have always been afraid that people won’t like me. I try to be the prettiest, smartest, and the best, because I am so afraid of not being loved. Well this month I didn’t have time to be anyone special. I only had time to be me. I was working 60-80 hour weeks with only a few hours of sleep. I didn’t have time to do my hair or make-up. At first that made me so self-conscious. I wanted to hide my face. But as it went on I realized that it was ok. Now don’t get me wrong I am not going to look like a slob just because I am now comfortable but rather I am not going to care what people think as much. I was making excuses all week for our crazy behavior because… well let’s face it I come from a very weird family. Although well really don’t always act the way we did this month, we are pretty weird. But now I see people can still “like” us even if we are weird. Although I am pretty sure we scared the crap out of some of them. I am constantly working to become a better person, more accomplished, nicer, easier to get along with, but now I can feel like I don’t have to hide who I am as much. The second thing I learned is that I serve an amazing God. I can’t tell you how much he has done for this project. He amazed my family. He gave us strength to work as hard as we did and with as little sleep as we got. I thought that getting only 4 hours of sleep and working 17 hours would be deadly. But we did it, and with a smile on our face. We didn’t really have any break downs. For the most part it was awesome fun. He also granted me the role of Jessie. I wanted so bad to be her. Without having any of it prepared I jumped into the part. God made me act. None of that was me. There is no way I should have been able to pick up that part like I did and keep up with my other jobs without God. He also brought us help, cast, and locations. I know God is going to do something amazing with this film because he has done so much for it. So all I can say is that God is good. :D :D

Crazy

Life has been crazy lately and yesterday was no exception. My morning started out normal. I did my bible study and took my shower and was a little ahead of my schedule…. Then everything changed. Our Jessie, one of the lead actress, decided she could no longer be in the movie. So we had five hours to find a replacement. Fortunately, I had auditioned for this part and got a call back. But if I became Jessie then someone would have to replace me as Cassie. We eventual found someone to replace me. I had such a blast playing Jessie. It was hard and stressful, because I didn’t really have a chance to study and practice the part. I know that the cast and crew would be gracious if I didn’t make it up to par, because of the lack of warning, but I know that the audience wouldn’t. So it was hard and stressful to pull that off. I am hoping that it worked. It is all left up to God. On my own I could never do anything like that, but with God’s help I might be able to. So life just got a whole lot crazier. I am now doing: Hair, Makeup, Jessie, Prep set up, and anything else that Ryan needs. So if you all could pray for me that would be great. That I would have energy and that God would make me pull off this part. Thanks!

Filming day 3

And so starts the third day of filming starts.... The last two days have gone smoothly. We have had our problems but overall the shooting looks good. The first day we went over time by an hour and thirty minutes but we ended early yesterday. The house we are filming is a mess. All of the walls are slanted and the floor is very uneven. Our prep crew did amazing work to make that junky house look good. We repainted, washed, wallpapered, washed, fixed the electrical, washed. So much work went into the preparation. Kuddos to Sarah, Adam, Mom, Michelle, Nick, Laura, Heidi, and who everyone else that I am forgetting.. It would be great if you ‘all could keep us in your prayers. God has really helped us in this production so far. Pray for the cast and crew to have energy and to give it their all. Thanks so much!
God bless,
Amie

Can anybody hear me?

::Tap:: ::Tap:: Is this thing on? Testing... 1... 2... 3..

Yeah, just wanted to know if anybody reads this or if I am just talking to myself. Comment and let me know if you are still reading my blog.

Thanks!!
Amie Michelle

Speech Camp

I had a great time working at the camp this year. I love teaching and helping others. It was great to get to know the students better and staff. I taught 8 electives and co-taught 6 homework sessions. Highlights were the movie night, bowling, and fun hang out day. Negatives were getting hit in the face with the basket ball and getting up at 6:30. Hopefully I will be able to teach again next year. My favorite quotes from camp were: "Don't make me send you to extemp class" ~Brad. "I fell in love when I was 12." -Doug "Honney, that's not what we call love."