Wacky Wednesday

Today was a bit wacky. Here's some of the adventures.

1. On the way to swim practice at 5:45 am this morning I was greeted by a very very happy/giggly couple walking together, arm over shoulder. I have no idea why they were so awake and what in the world they were doing. Strange.

2. I had a cookie for breakfast along with my cheerios.

3. Our warm up involved a 400 yd kick. For those who don't understand lengths in swimming, that is an unnecessary amount of kicking for a warm up. Most of the time we do about a 100 or 200.

4. My math tutor is a bit wacky. He was walking behind me for quite some time before I saw him to say hi while walking around a corner. I hope he wasn't there too long.

5. I actually participated in math today. Very wacky if you know me at all. Math and participating in class scares me.

6. There is a 20 year old girl in my math class who is 6 months pregnant. VERY WACKY. (she was married, but still wacky nonetheless)

7. I had breakfast for lunch thanks to Scott. It was awesomely wacky.

8. I'm wearing my balloon shorts because it was too hot to wear my jeans anymore. I really do feel like I'm wearing a pair of balloons on my lower half.

9. While walking home earlier today I noticed that I could not see a single cloud in the sky. That is how beautiful it was.

10. An old man at the Creamery randomly came up and started talking to me and Scott. I couldn't really understand what he was saying. Maybe his hearing aid had something to do with that. He gave Scott a high five.

[CHAT swim meet in Salt Lake City, UT]

[studying in the park for finals]

Smile

"Smile, cause you are happy, cause you feel like it, cause life is good. Feeling down? Write a list of good things, call a friend, go for a run, draw, write anything and everything down, turn up a song and dance like crazy, yell, jump on your bed, dress up like a rock star, put on crazy amounts of make up on for the heck of it, just smile." [Urban Dictionary]

And I'd like to add...make cookies, scrapbook, go swimming, try a new hairstyle, write a letter, take pictures of random things, eat ice cream, and call your mom.

"I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite." -Elf

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." -Phyllis Diller

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." -Mark Twain

"Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile."

"A smile is like tight underwear--it makes your cheeks go up." -Unknown

"Smiling is one of the easiest ways we can serve others." -The Friend

The Highs and Lows of Spring

[a relaxing Sunday afternoon in the park]

Highs:

1. Warmth. I love it. AND its not the kind of "warmth" I'm used to in the midwest where you walk around with your clothes sticking to you or your rearview mirror falls off because the glue melted off the inside window.

2. Flowers. The purple ones are especially appealing or when they are brought by a nice boy or helping grandma plant them.

3. Outside activities are highly enjoyable. Bike rides, hikes, swimming, volleyball, picnics, you name it, I've done it or have plans to do it.

4. I learned that Utah actually turns green. It was a little bit of a shocker.

5. Fun people. Provo is FULL of them, in case you didn't know.

6. Shorts. I love wearing shorts and my legs like them too.

7. Getting tan. It's a very fun thing because ironically I feel healthier, healthier looking that is. I'm sure the ghost look in the winter isn't very appealing.

8. Flip flops. They're in style because of spring.

9. Walks are bearable for once. You don't freeze or have a fear of falling due to cold precipitation.

10. Studying outside is much more fun and bearable than studying inside next to a person chomping on their gum.

11. It's light outside when I go to swim practice. Pretty cool stuff.

12. Utilities bill is lower.

13. Random road trips to Arizona for Memorial Day weekend.

[taken on a hike with Scott up rock canyon]

Lows:

1. ***ahh chooo***ah, ahh choo*** excuse me. The allergy season is here. It's not very fun.

2. Lots of rain. It's not very cool because it doesn't POUR or lightning very often, just spits all day long.

3. The nasty worms that appear ALL over the sidewalk after/during the rain. It's gross and I'm sure I've stepped on a good hundred, at least.

4. Spring semester classes. Boo, I would just like to play all day. Finals week starts tomorrow!

5. My room [loft] gets really hot due to the fact that hot air rises. I worship my fan.

6. Fuzzy slippers are too warm. They are keeping the bottom of my bed company.

7. Missing my family. They are tooo far away. This is the one and only time I have ever wished I grew up in Utah.

8. I'm taking a summer class and there is unwanted anticipation for its arrival.

9. Hard swim workouts that occur often. The ridiculously boring ones are the worst, however.

10. Having some of my friends gone for the summer because they went home.

[on road trip to Flagstaff, Arizona]

Family Photo

On May 9th, 2011 we had our latest family photo together. It was quite a momentous feat to get us all together and smiling, but it worked. As you can see we are one happy family and I love them all very very much! Let me analyze it for you.

Rachael is very happy as can be and beautiful as ever. It is appropriate that she is in the center of the picture.

Devin is the sweetest boy I know and for some reason never went through an awkward stage. Lucky. Maybe it'll catch up to him ;)

Mom is the pride and joy of our family and is gorgeous. Pure happiness from that face.

Dad is a goofball. Enough said.

Sterling doesn't quite know what he likes about his family and thinks we're all weirdos. (which we are)

And I'm just overjoyed to be taking a family picture! (especially with my new camera!)

Fuller Family Funness right there everyone.