Salt Lake City... the first week:

Outside of our hotel

Fountain out front of our hotel

Moving in!

Downtown SLC 

Farmers Market!! 

PF Changs! 

Time to relax 

11 ish.... LOVE IT 

Guess who's coming to town?!? MARY POPPINS! 

                 One of MANY trucks                               Strike a pose.... "S"

CrAzY 'grass' pipes next to the Capitol Theatre 

Skyping, talking on the phone, and eating....

now that's multi-tasking! 

Me, Marissa, Dakota, Camden, Annie, and Lyndsey

walking to the theatre 

The BEAUTIFUL Mormon Temple 

A birds eye view of SLC 

New Banks kids at the stage door

My first Poppins company meeting 

"Michael Banks" costumes 

Poppins Family

Lyndsey, Dakota, Jaxon, Talon, Marissa, Annie, Camden, Me  

    Marissa and I                    More SLC sites 

Ready... Set... 

..Go! 

Lyndsey, Dakota, Me, Marissa, Camden, Annie 

The show is about to begin!!  

Opening Night Party...

Camden, Reese, and Annie outside of Squatters 

Camden, Annie, Antz, Dakota, and I at rehearsal 

Marissa and I skyping Kara (who was backstage at Poppins in NYC!) 

Clark Planetarium 

3D movie, "Sea Rex", about prehistoric ocean creatures!

Electromagnetic ball... my hair was all static-y! 

Just hanging out.... on Mars. 

One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind! 

Floating around the moon! 

Learning a lot and having fun 

   What does this button do?                                Can you see me now? 

Learning about energy 

Three little piggies

Models at the Gateway Mall! 

Marissa styled my hair 

Moms BBQ'ing on Labor Day 

Labor Day pool BBQ! 

Lots of great food.. 

 Lots of great friends

YUM! 

Beautiful day to swim 

Banks Family

Camden, Marissa, Me, Lyndsey, Tyler, Dakota, Camille, Annie  

Juicy Berry- Self serve frozen yogurt 

I got original tart with berries and chocolate chips 

DELICIOUS 

Pioneer Park Playground  

Playing Uno 

First "day" of school... at 7:30 PM!

Camden, Annie, our teacher Miss Kim, Dakota, and I 

Wow! What a week it's been. We made it to Utah's capital, Salt Lake City. We arrived a little later than expected thanks to the Hurricane Irene, but we got here safe. Salk Lake City's weather is PERFECT. It's been in the high 80's most of the time. Even though it's hot, it doesn't seem very hot because it's dry and not humid like we're used to. Our hotel is very nice and it has a kitchen! The first couple days here we just walked around a bit and got acclimated to the city. The city is about 4,500 feet above sea level so the elevation takes some getting used to. We all made sure to drink a lot of water. Across from our hotel is a HUGE park that hosts a Farmers Market every Tuesday and Saturday.  We bought fruit, vegetables, and fresh bread.

On on our second day, we got to meet Talon, Tyler, Camille, and Marissa who are all currently playing the Banks kids in the tour. They are all very nice. The kids, our parents, Miss Julie (our wrangler), and Miss Kim (our teacher), all went out to lunch at a fabulous restaurant that overlooked the city.  It even had a retractable roof. I had creme brulee for dessert, I've always wanted to try it! It was delicious. 

Over the next few days, we attended our first company meeting, got to see the show twice, went to the opening night party, and rehearsed everyday.  The show is fabulous! It's a bit different than on Broadway because they really needed to get creative to fit all the props, backdrops, and scenes on the different stages of all the theatres the tour goes to.  I cannot wait for my first show!

On a free afternoon, we were able to go to the Clark Planetarium here in Salt Lake City.  It was a lot of fun. We saw a 3D movie called, Sea Rex, about prehistoric ocean life.  I also learned a lot about static electricity, energy, telescopes, and much more. Hopefully we'll get to go back, because they have tons of awesome movies playing all the time. Science is my favorite school subject!  Speaking of school, we started tonight. Since we rehearse during the day, our school starts at 7:30PM, I think that's really cool. Miss Kim is an awesome teacher. She's very fun and silly, just like all of us!  Some of my schoolwork I do on the computer, and some I use school books.  Once our rehearsals are over, we'll have school in the afternoon.

On Labor day, we had a day off! No school and no rehearsals. Since we've been so busy, we decided to have a BBQ at the hotel pool. It was a lot of fun. We had grilled chicken, corn on the cob (aw shucks style), potato salad, garden salad, grilled veggies, baked beans, and fruit salad with marshmallow dip.  We played in the pool all day and then as a treat that night, we all walked to a frozen yogurt shoppe nearby.  After we finished our yogurt we spent some time at the playground near our hotel.

AND THAT'S JUST THE FIRST WEEK! Stay tuned for more updates soon....

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