Clutz

Do you remember the 'clutz' scene in the movie, Miss Congeniality?

We laugh and laugh and laugh at it.

Most of us have probably had such a scene in our life.

 

Natalie had one in the parking lot at Borders when she got her bracelet for the new Harry Potter book coming out at midnight a few years ago. At night.  It was dark.

 

I just had one last Saturday in the Target parking lot. During the day.  It was light.

It was homecoming dance day.  Christine and I had just left Meredith and Josh's where Mere had done her hair in a beautiful messy bun reminiscent of Taylor Swift.  We had to stop at Target to get some make-up to take to Caitlin's house where they were getting their make-up done by Cait's aunt who is a make-up artist in Hollywood.

 

We were very pressed for time.  I had a small list of things to get and didn't want to have to come back later on, so I was telling her that we were going to divide and conquer:  her to the make-up aisles and me to the laundry items aisles.  She was walking a little ahead of me and turned around a little bit quickly and it caught me off-guard, so I kinda leaned back with my head and shoulders.  My brain didn't tell that to my feet.  They kept going and I hit the curb as hard as I could.  The impact threw me face and knees first 1/2 on the sidewalk and 1/2 on the asphalt!!!

 

I knew I was going down and all I could think about was, "Cindy, don't hit your head!"

Fortunately, my head was saved.  But my knees, arms, hands and palms were skinned and bruised.  I was SO embarrassed!  Christine thought she might have to call 911.  She kept saying, "You went down soooo hard, Mom!  Are you okay?"

No time to worry.  Good thing I have wipes in the car.

We brushed me off and we shopped at Target.  Then went straight to Caitlin's.  All I wanted to do was cry and get some ice I was hurting so bad.  But I put on a brave face.

Then we came straight home, she got dressed and we headed to picture taking at Wiley Wilderness Park.

The group headed to dinner and the dance, and Duff and I came home.  I took two Advil and layed on the couch.

The next morning I could hardly move.  My shoulders were so sore from taking a lot of the brunt of the fall.

 

Sad thing was, not one person stopped to see if I was ok.  Maybe they didn't want me to be more embarrassed.  I was kind of okay with that.

 

By the way, Christine's make-up was amazing and she looked gorgeous!



Heroes

"Like Nephi Of Old"

by:  Liz Lemon Swindle

 

I've always loved this picture.

I finally hung one in my home.

Here is the story behind the art:

 

"Heroes:  Like Nephi Of Old, began in the summer of 1991.  My original idea was a picture of a father and his young son reading the Book of Mormon.  I asked a young boy, Nathan, to model for the painting.

 

"Before we started, we talked about his favorite Book of Mormon characters and Nathan told me about  Nephi.  When Nathan spoke of him, he talked as if Nephi lived next door.  The longer I listened, the more I came to understand that Nathan truly knew Nephi.  Heroes:  Like Nephi of Old emerged from this experience.

 

"Listening to Nathan started me thinking about how close the heroes of the past are to those who listen.  As I look around I am reminded that we clearly live in a world where righteousness is seldom the standard by which heroes are measured.

 

"Nathan reminded me that heroes are only heroes if they give more than they take, if they lift more than they hinder and love more than they hurt.  Nathan taught me that our greatest heroes never emerge from the pages of a comic book, but are found in our past."

Cute As Can Be

Ainsley on her way with the family to help Shaun move into his apartment in Malibu.

Cute as can be!

Hiking In Midway

Hiking with Meredith in Midway.
So pretty.
The view and Christine!

Erik's On His Way

Erik entered the MTC on August 8th.

He will be serving in the Dominican Republic.

Last thing he and Christine did together before she left for EFY and he for the MTC was go to Original Pancake House.  Their tradition and favorite breakfast place.

Good Luck, Erik.

We LOVE you!

Fire on the Way to Utah

Utah has had it's share of fires this season!

Here are some shots Christine captured on my cell phone while we were driving up for lacrosse camp and the 4th of July holiday with the family on July 1st.

 

 We were just driving along on the 15 and all of a sudden came upon this smoke that kept getting worse and bigger.  There was cloud cover and threatening rain, but none of it produced.

 

Most of my pictures are from my cell phone these days.

Hoping for a better phone soon, and hoping with that the pics will be better too!

Cute Cartoon!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.......!

Catching Turtles

Meredith's brother, Erik, is leaving on his mission soon.

Christine and Erik are close friends.

They have been trying to do as much as possible together before he leaves.

They went turtle catching in the Coto Resevoir.

You wade in, find the turtles, catch them, and release them back.

It's fun, horribly muddy, and adventurous.

 

Cute turtles!

Love Affair

Adrianne has a love affair with sock monkeys.

She LOVES them.

I found this in the Wilk at the Bookstore.  I had to get it for the baby's room.

#1--Don't you just think it's the cutest thing ever?

#2--It's kinda a rivalry thing:  Adrianne went to the U.  She has a very good sense of humor about it since she married into a Y family.

Current Favorite Jammies

John's current favorite pajamas.

Pirate:  Argh!

He walks around saying Argh, Argh, Argh.

They are so small on him, so Natalie pulled them out of the hamper and hid them away.

So far he hasn't asked for them--yet.

Daily Q

Question:  What question would you really like to ask God?

Answer:  Why?  and probably: How Did You Know? and on occasion:  Time Out.  Throw Me A Bone, Please?

So For Today.....

It's been almost a month since I've posted anything.
There is so much to write down and remember.  I have been gone 6 weeks out of the summer already.  I don't even unpack my suitcase!
I am home for two weeks now and hope to get semi caught up.  I'm just going to put things down.  Probably not even in sequence or back dated because this is my life right now.

So for today, I'm going to say that Christine finished her registration for her SENIOR year of high school.  I used to think this day was so far off, and now it is here.  My youngest child is in her last year of high school. Sniff-Yay-Sniff-Yay! I want to savor every moment because after this, life will be very different for us.  

Saturday morning she went to the studio Tesoro uses to have her senior portrait taken for the yearbook.  This was very different from  how the other kids did it.  The pictures were taken in the high school gym and they got to wear pretty much what they wanted.  Now, there is a dress code for the senior yearbook photo, and a parent was required to attend the sitting.  Guys had to wear collared shirt, tie, and jacket preferred.  Girls, more simple and dressy.  Parents and student chose the two options for the background.  I really kind of liked it.  I glanced at all our past year books and decided that this makes for a nicer book.  And for some parents--no surprises when the year books come out!  Haha!  Can you imagine?  I haven't had that experience, but know some who have.