Jan 1st-Jan 14th - Celebrations, Song Release & FORD Contract!

A new year has begun! On New Year's night I went to dinner with Mike and a bunch of his family to Sakura Home Japanese restaurant. They ordered a special sushi dish with caviar and flakes of gold on top! 

They know my sweet tooth so afterwards they ordered fried ice cream and it was amazing!

For the rest of the week I spent time at home and visiting with my Grandma while she was staying at our house. It was nice to just relax and spend time together. One thing I did in my free time was make a photo album of pictures of my kitties that I've had. Here is one I found of my kitty Cookie Dough and I sleeping together when she was a kitten!

That weekend we drove to Connecticut to bring my Grandma home and my Dad dropped me off in the city but first we ate at Hane Japanese restaurant! The next day I went to a Proctor & Gamble casting that Abrams Artist Agency sent me on and then I visited with my roommates the next few days.

While I was in the city I got a call from Mike's sister Alex saying that Jon proposed to her!! I got to secretly see the ring (which is incredible) before I left but I didn't know he was going to propose so soon! Then before I left the city I spent some time walking around.

The night before I went home Sarah and I went for dessert to Hane Japanese restaurant which was really nice and then it was so sad saying goodbye to my roommates because I knew I might not see them for a long time! I am so lucky to have such good friends as them and I wish that I didn't have to leave but I also wanted to spend time with my family and take on the great career opportunity I was presented with! 

Thursday my Dad and I drove back home and we stopped at a diner on the way which was actually the worst place we have ever eaten at haha I feel bad but this was unbelievable... I guess it was entertaining and was funny after-the-fact! We should have known from the sign not to go there...

The next couple of days I relaxed at home and one day we went to the park by my house which was very peaceful and pretty.

January 14th was an exciting day, first Mike found out that a song he produced for Akon, The Secret State, and B.o.B. was released and available on iTunes!! A little secret... I'm playing the tambourine in the chorus! Mike played all of the instruments and made everything for the song but he taught me how play the tambourine so that I could do that! The song is incredible and I am so proud of him. Everyone should check it out!

Click the photo to open the song in iTunes!
(If it takes you to iTunes Preview you can click view in iTunes)

Later at night we had a party at Mike's house to celebrate the engagement of Alex and Jon! :) We are all so happy and excited for them and it was so nice to celebrate together! 

During the celebration I got an e-mail from my Mother Agent saying that Ford Models LA wanted me to send some digitals of how I look right now. I got really nervous that I was being resubmitted to FORD and that even though they said that they wanted me that they were going to reevaluate! I erased the negative thoughts from my mind and took some digitals and sent them!

Later that night I got an e-mail saying that they were just making sure that I didn't change and that they would love to have me for the LA market!! Yippeeeee!!! By the next day I had the FORD Models contract in my inbox!! Words cannot express the feeling of joy I have from finally having this opportunity! I am beyond thankful.