'"i just wanna be okay, be okay today..."

I just looked down at my paper towel and it has "There's a whole lot to be thankful for" printed across it with butterflies and flowers. Has Bounty always been this inspirational or is this a message somehow directed at me? I am thankful for lots of stuff. Like this delicious squeeze-it I'm squeeeeezing the fun out of right now. (You're not allowed to drink one unless you say that. It's the rules.)

You know how sometimes little kids fall, and then they look around before they decide on a reaction, to see how you're reacting? And then they choose to either shake it off or cry?  I always thought that was kind of funny, and then I was thinking about it today, and I totally still do that.

The other day I had a guy come in to work and just be completely rude to me. He got all heated when I told him he owed some money and demanded my manager and refused to pay and basically just belittled me to the point where one of the personal trainers heard it going on and came to my side to help. By that point the guy left and the trainer just told me he'd heard how crazy the guy was being and asked if I was okay. I had been fine up to that point but as soon as he was there I teared up. Don't worry, I was cool and casual and played it like normal so he was none-the-wiser. phew. close call.
 Does this happen to anyone else or am I just taking that 'be like unto a little child' thing way too literally? oh well.

On the bright side, I always have Marcel to cheer me up when I need it.




I decided to dye my hair red. Bring out my inner Ariel and all that.
I tried it once and it didn't even tint my hair. So I decided it needed lightened before I tried again. That resulted in that sort of 90's bleached hair guys used to have...you know the look?

so afterwards I put the red on it and it went crazy translucent red that didn't even really look like hair anymore...unless you're the singer of paramore. or kurt cobain.



i'm only including a half picture of my hair then because I don't wanna scare anyone too much.

 So that was that and once again, I held up alright until Logan came around the corner and then I might've cried a little. Something about 'what have I done to my hair?!' and 'just bring me the razor, it's time to shave it all off.' and such. dramatic? you didn't see my hair in person.



anyway, we put brown dye on top of it and fixed it and now it is fabulous and I get comments on it all the time . Moreso than any other hair color I can remember. Probably because it's not pink or blue or something most older people disapprove of. One old lady even leaned in over the counter the other day and told me "red heads have more fun." ha ha.

but its way more natural looking and I feel much more like Ariel now. :)

"now who'd've thought, that after all, something as simple as rock 'n' roll would save us all?..."

I know this isn't for everyone, but this has made me happy this week.

"willy nilly silly ole bear...."

ha ha ha. so, Disney posted this today and it made me laugh. I hope it brightens up your day too :)

“Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard.” - Winnie the Pooh

"another second time around.."

Remember a few months ago when I lived where it was cold outside and I was crocheting things all the time? Which reminds me...how adorable is this little Jonah frog?

it aint easy bein' green

He found this hat I made one day and kept putting it on and wearing it around.

Seriously...he's so cute.

So way back then, I started on a new project that was way more complicated than my usual hats and before I finished it I moved and it kinda got thrown in the closet until I remembered it was there last night and finished it today.

My biggest project to date. I'm proud of it, doesn't it just make you wanna cuddle a little baby girl? If anyone has one I can borrow and dress up and cuddle that would be fantastic.

that's not creepy, is it?
don't judge me.

My favorite part is the poofy sleeves and all the ruffles on the bottom.

"summer time and the wind is blowing outside..."

First of all, let me just say how happy I am that it is sunny all the time. For some reason I've yet to figure out, I've been totally exhausted lately but every once in awhile I get a good day of energy and we go hiking. We drove out to Gunlock Falls a couple weekends ago and it was really pretty. We stopped along the way whenever we felt like it and took pictures, and just enjoyed our time outside. 

I'm really happy I live in such a pretty place. It's nice to be able to go exploring and find new things no matter where you go.

We also drove through Zion again a couple days ago. I've got some pictures of that, and also a video, I just need to convert it first. Stay tuned...

Moi

Did you ever keep a journal? I have kept journals since I was about 12. I always liked writing. I guess that's what appealed to me about blogging as well. The only thing I struggle with is catching up once I get behind. It suddenly seems like a daunting task- too much to do, so I end up just not doing any of it. Lame. That seems to have happened with this blog. But here we go again, playing catch up! I have a lot of pictures and a few things to blog, so I might break this up into a blog today and one tomorrow.

so.

The last place I left off was the 4th of July. I really like fireworks, but I was totally bummed because I was afraid I was going to have to miss them since I go to bed so early for work. Then I realized if I let work keep me from doing anything fun then I'm wasting my life away and what the heck am I doing that for?! So we got some food, some ice cream, and hopped in Gilligan to find a place to watch fireworks. We found a sweet little place where they lit fireworks on both sides of us. It was especially cool with all the huge rocks around us. They even lit most of the side of the mountain on fire. That might've been by accident...

but it still looked awesome.

A weekend or two later we drove up to American Fork canyon and went camping with my family. My little Carly and Isaac moved away to Kansas (insert ginormous frowny face here) and this was our final hurrah playing with them. It was a fun trip.

we set up tents

we remembered its not 110 degrees outside everywhere and put on jackets

we did obstacle courses

went canoeing

the little munchkins discovered the muddy buddies...ha ha
(photo stolen from Colie)

I also picked up some new slang from the little ones. "Marshmallow sandwich" is now forever "marsho sawnch" courtesy of Carly, cutest thing you've ever heard..."More" is "moi" (kind of like the birds on finding nemo) courtesy of Isaac, and whenever Logan goes anywhere its "see-ya Wogan!" courtesy of Nathan.

Oh man. I really like St George but I really miss those little kids.

Speaking of liking St George, we've gone on some more hikes and I've got some fun pictures...coming to a blog near you...tomorrow. :)