Who wants to PLAY?!

Wow, it has really been forever since I've been on here. You have all probably forgotten about us. Well, nothing has happened except for recently. So, I'll give my update and maybe mom will talk about her trip to Mexico sometime in her lifetime!

Well, lately I've been craving to be on stage. So i was really excited to hear that the Terrace Plaza Playhouse (a nearby theatre) was putting on the production of The Music Man. I've been in it before, but it was my very first play and i was really young. So, I was already familiar with the play and all the songs.

I went to auditions last Saturday, the 6th. The funny part was that the night before I went to our school basketball game and screamed like crazy. All i can say is: thank goodness for my very strong, very loud, and very enduring Rencher voice!

Auditions went well, and i was so glad to know that she remembered me from my last play there, (sound of music at the beginning of the year). I made it to call backs. On Wednesday at callbacks, we danced and sang "the wells Fargo wagon". Then the final cast was posted on their website on Friday. For those of you who aren't familiar with "The Music Man" there is only one part my age. Zaneeta Shinn is a teen age girl with a teen age boyfriend that isn't approved of my her father, the mayor. It's a pretty good part, but I didn't think I would make it. I just hoped for a towns person dancer. There are lots of scenes with big dance numbers, so that would be fun.

anywho, I held my breath as i looked at the cast and was so shocked to see my name with Zaneeta shinn next to it! I couldn't believe it!
(the only problem is that the boy who plays my "boyfriend" is a kid i know from school, and to put it nicely...gets on my nerves). So now i get to be in all the dance numbers AND have lines and a name! it was a nice surprise. i am super duper excited. our first practice is on Jan. 3rd. I can't wait to get started and be on stage again.

Well, I'll try and keep you better updated on things. Now i will have something to write about. bye! -Amber jo (zaneeta) Rencher

hApPy BiRtHdAy eRiN!!

Today is my sister's birthday. (isn't that an 'attention getter' opening sentence? ;) For all of those who don't know my sister YOU ARE MISSING OUT! She is the most amazing person I have ever known personally. She is beautiful inside and outside. She is strong (in every sense of the word), funny, happy, and her life is based around the gospel. She is such an example to me in so many ways.

We have always been really good friends. Yes, we have had MANY arguments, but we have always resolved them within...at most a couple hours. She is too lovable to be mad at. I love being around her (even though we don't like to do the same things).

She has always been so patient with me. when we were young and I was going through my princess stage (which i still seem to be in) she would always consent to being the prince. She's so sacrificial!

Jr. Prom in Sophmore year. Isn't she gorgeous?!

Sorry erin, I had to. Isn't this hillarious?

Ever since she was tiny she's loved horses. Isn't she insane? I would have a cow if my daughter was peting giant killer monsters.

Oh, she is so sweet.

She's a frog model!

Sorry erin. As you can see she loves strawberries! ;)

Graduation! She is very smart and has gotten straight A's all her life.

Homecoming Senior year.

Snowmobiling queen. She has so much courage.

Senior cattilion (it's like a prom)

She is such a helper! (tanner is only wearing those to magnify his work. those aren't his real glasses...yet)

We made a movie about the Salem witch trials. This is Abbigale.

Camping+grapes+hyperness+camera=this picture.

V-ball champ. She is really good and i love watching her play. Serve it girl. Yeah!

So have a happa birfday Merwin!!

Abba birfday a you!!

love ya to BITS!!

Wisconsin/Chicago

Well, I'm really not in the mood for blogging today, so if you want to know more about our AMAZING trip to Wisconsin to visit Landon and Erica there, just go to http://www.ericafunk.blogspot.com/. I'll just show you all the pictures we took.

Waiting at patiently at the airport.

Okay, maybe not patiently. This is showing a fraction of the excitement i felt. Yeah, i know!


My future favorite Dentist ever! Doesn't he look so intelligent in those scopes? Yeah, I'm related to that stud muffin!

The hands of our future Dentist. Look at that skill!

This is the dummy he practises on. I think Erica named it Boqueesha. I personally think that name fits her so well.

I think Erica posted this same picture. Oh well, these two pictures (above and below) were my favorite buildings there. The whole city of Milwaukee was beautiful. Erica was sweet enough to show us around in the comfort of her car. Thanks Erica for going through all that pain for us. (she was driving a stick shift and her leg was so sore afterward) This is in front of Sprecher's, were we had a tour and learned all about BEER and some pop. In this picture we are all "drunk", so we aren't usually that weird looking. (i hope)

Drinking our free "beer". We could've gotten beer, but we just stuck to the variety of pops. but, i don't like carbonated drinks anyway, so i just took a couple sips of root beer. But it was sure fun pretending to be drunk (as you can see from my sweet face in the picture below)




My highlight of the tour was finding out that a brand of beer was named after me. Oh, tender. Who wouldn't feel special! Go Me!

*The following pictures are in Chicago.

We are all super duper excited to be in the big city of Chicago. I felt like i was in a movie. it was great! not including all the interesting people, smells (cigarettes), sounds (taxi honking, yelling people), and sights (scary places).

Mom posing in front of the Sears tower, the tallest in Chicago and (correct me if I'm wrong) the 3rd tallest in the world.

The mirror bean. yippee!

Inside the bean looking up. It kind of make me dizzy and gave me a headache. yeah, go headache!

We saw this draw bridge go up, it was soooo cool! I was pretty much having culture shock! It reminded me of batman, when he drove his sweet car over the draw bridge. TIGHT!

Yeah, papa! we still love you and you are still handsome!

Before we saw Wicked we ran to McDonald's for their Delicious hot fudge Sundays and french fries! those are the only things i like at McDonald's. Yum!

Yeah Wicked! it was the best thing i have ever seen! I got the chills every song. I even cried at the end. It was amazing. I will never think of 'wizard of oz' the same. They all had so much talent, i was blown away!

The above picture is us standing in front of the Oriental Theatre. If you look closely you can see us. Cars kept driving past and we were sitting there across the street smiling like idiots at, what appeared to be nothing, while my dad tried to capture the moment. Good job poppie!

The theatre was so ornate and Beautiful. I felt like i was in the theatre on Phantom of the opera, but less nudity and more swirls.

This is what the set looked like while waiting for the play to start. The winged creature on top of the stage was a dragon that lit up, blew smoke, flapped it's wings, and moved it's head like it was alive. All the sets were amazing. It was illegal to take pictures, but dad sneaked this one. The play was so funny, powerful, uplifting, etc. It was way better than any movie i have ever seen!

Back in Milwaukee we went to get some frozen custard. They don't have it where we live so it was fun. As if we didn't have enough junk food for the week. oh well, it was yummy. That pretty much wraps up all our main points.

It was so fun to see Landon and Erica again after 10 months of not seeing them. We had tons of fun just hanging out with them, playing cranium, eating, sight seeing, etc. They were the so fun to be with. I loved their quick whit and jokes. I laughed so much that weekend.

One main highlight was that I didn't miss an hour of school! It was our fall break, so I didn't have to hurry about the pile of homework waiting for me at home, because there wasn't any! yAhOo!!

the 3 tag

This is my first tag. Yahoo! Well, I guess i'll give it a try!

3 tv shows i love to watch- 1. i don't watch tv, but if i did i would probably see the old "office" episodes. 2. we have some recorded favorite simpson's episodes, so i'm guessing that counts. 3. I loved "I dream of geinie" but they don't play it anymore. :(

3 of my favorite restaurants are- 1. olive garden. 2. costa vida 3. chilies (i think) we never really go out to eat.

3 things that happend yesterday- I'm going to cheet a little and do the 3 things i did the day before yesterday. 1. drove to chicago (from milwaukee, wisconsin) 2. saw the play Wicked at the Oriental Theatre in chicago. 3. ate a famous chicago deep dish pizza.

3 things I'm looking forward to- 1. A sleep-over with a couple of my girl-friends this weekend. 2. the multi-stake dance this saturday. 3. halloween!

3 things on my wish list- 1. that all my family could live near, so i could see them more often. 2. that school started a few hours later. 3. that i could eat all the junk food i wanted and not get fat or feel like crap.

3 people i tag- can i choose people who aren't on blog? i don't quite know the rules. Well, i'll be rebelious and choose 3 people who don't have blogs. 1. Sarah moore. 2. Kendra Quass 3. Sinikka Illum. (you guys can just put it on your facebook if you want) :)

ps-this is amber jo Tah tah!

Bigger!

Here is a picture that just makes me laugh everytime I see it. Isn't she adorable? She is a girl who lives near us. Her grandparents are in our ward and are Momma and Poppie's good friends. I used to babysit Jastine and her older brother.

The funniest part about it is the story behind it.

My best friend's sister-in-law is a photographer and was taking their family pictures. Some of the kids wouldn't smile at all. So Shelly (the photographer) would say "Okay, smile. Smile bigger. Smile really big," to those kids who weren't smiling. But this cute little girl did exactly what she was told to do. She smiled, then smiled bigger and bigger and bigger. Finally she got to this cute face. Man, I love it!

Cant you just imagine that. Shelly saying "bigger" so Jastine smiles bigger. "Bigger" even bigger. "Bigger" even bigger. Wow, that kills me! When my sister told me this story i was practically peaing my pants, i was laughing so hard! I thought i would just share that with ya'll!

PS-this is Amber jo.

Heart attack!

~PRELUDE~

Well, last Friday i had a very memorable experience. I accidentally set my alarm clock an hour late on Thursday night. I woke up on my own and said the traditional "oh crap! You've got to be kidding!" line. I usually wake up at 6:30 and my ride comes around 7:30. My alarm clock read 7:00. I jumped out of bed and used my amazing skills. Ever since i was little I've had a very unusual talent. Under certain circumstances I can get ready super fast. My record is 5 minutes, i even did everything i usually did in about 45 minutes. that is what i call skill and multitasking.

Anywho, I got ready with time to spare. Then I finally looked at the kitchen clock for the first time. It said 6:30. WHAT! I laughed so hard! i found a good alternative to sleeping, I read my book in the front room.

~STORY I WAS GOING TO WRITE IN THE FIRST PLACE~

At about 7:00 am (it was still dark) I heard a car door open and then close in front of our house. I figured it was for the neighbors, then i remembered my friend telling me he was going to toilet paper my house when he got his license that week. I doubted it would be him so I just kept reading. Then there was a loud BANG on my front door. It sounded like someone slammed their fist on the door.

I froze completely. My stomach sank and my limbs tingled. I was so scared especially since i was so close to the front door. I look through the window but the angle was off, so i couldn't see if someone was there. I knew it wasn't my friend, cause he wouldn't do that. Tons of thoughts flew through my head. I wondered if it was a coincidence I woke up an hour early.

I gathered enough courage to move upstairs to my room where i could look out the window so see if there were any cars or people. Nothing was there. I used all the courage i could muster to go downstairs and look through the door window. Nobody was there. I looked down. Sitting on my door-step was the morning's newspaper! Stupid newspaper boy!

I felt so retarded! I was embarrassed that i actually thought i was in danger or something. Looking back on it now i realize how silly i was. But when you feel like your heart is about to beat it's way out of your chest, you can't think really clearly.

~MORAL OF THE STORY~

if you wake up early and have extra time to read, just know that the paper boy isn't a mass murder and the newspaper is not going to run at you and attack you!

By-Amber jo Rencher

(sorry all the pictures are in the light, just imagine a spooky, halloweenish, dark morning. oh, and sorry for not capitalizing anything, it just takes too much energy!)