albuquerque, new mexico

albuquerque was really one of my best weeks. i got to stay with amador and his family. he traveled in cast A 08, and i met him in staging earlier in our tour. my room mate was julie from arizona. we hadn't talked much before this week, but we got along really well. we were actually living in his grandparents house, but our host family also consisted of amador, his two sisters, and his parents. they were all soooo great!

during the week, my community service work consisted of working mainly at the main food bank in albuquerque. i actually had a lot of fun working there. i mainly helped put together flyers that mailman deliver to every person in the albuquerque area, making them aware of the annual food drive. all they have to do is leave food outside by their mailbox on a certain day, and the mailman will come pick it up for them! it helps to feed the hungry, especially during the thanksgiving season. 

our show was at the rio grande zoo! it was so cool to perform at a zoo. :) especially cause i love zoos and animals so much. so we were originally told that we had to stay the night after the show and go do another community service in a land fill the next morning. lucky they lied!!! we did do community service, BUT it was at the annual albuquerque balloon fiesta!!! oh my gosh it was soooo amazing. :) we sold calendars and programs but we got to see the balloons go up right next to us. it's an amazing event, if you ever get the chance, you should go someday! so we watched the hundreds of balloons go up that morning. then we went home and went to a huge family bbq! so i ended up not sleeping for 40 hours!! my personal record. :) overall a realllyyy fun week though.

me and zach at the balloon fiesta!

our whole host family! marcy, reina, grandpa, eddee, julie, amador, samantha, me, and grandma (holding my hand :) )

me, amador, and jules! we had such a fun time together. 

i had SO much fun this week because of matt and karen bolton. thank you both so much!! :)