I'm seriously accident prone!

I thought I would take this opportunity to share with everyone my embarrassing moments of clumsiness that I've been blessed with lately. The first encounter was when I somehow managed to convince myself that skiing is a fun pastime activity. Now just so we're clear, I haven't been skiing since probably sixth grade. My friend Keely and I headed up on the ski lift for the first run, and we both were freaking out from nervousness and the anticipation of certain pain that would follow. The first run was ok, we both fell getting off the ski lift, so we decided to go alone on the next run so we wouldn't run into each other again. So next run, Keely goes ahead of me and gets off just fine. Then, it's my turn... I brace myself, take a deep breath, and start putting my skis down. Apparently I put them down just a tad too soon, and all of a sudden I feel myself sliding backwards underneath the chair lift and down the steep hill. As I'm sliding, I feel the chair hit me in the head, knocking my hat off. Then my ski comes off and I instinctively dig my boot into the side of the mountain to stop this catastophe from going any further. I was so embarrassed. I couldn't believe what just happened and that I lived through it. The lift operator stopped the lift and came out to see if I was ok. I think my ego was hurt more than anything, so i told him I was good. The rest of the night my friend Keely couldn't stop laughing randomly at my unfortunate incident. Thanks Keely...
Event number two... I'm heading over to the institute to play a game of pool with Josh. He decides to encourage me to slide down the railing outside of the institute building. In my stupidity, I agree to the task and head off down the rail with my backpack on. As I get to about the halfway point, I feel my balance start to subside and I fall backwards onto a huge sharp rock! Josh just looks at me with his mouth wide open and says "You just fell!" Point of the story... I hurt myself yet again doing something that LOOKS fun, yet is not. I ended up having a huge bruise on my hip about the size of a softball, but it's getting better now :)
Although my adventures lately have been painful, I have realized that if you never take any risks then where's the fun in life. It can also make for some pretty good stories, ha ha!

One of my very best friends got married recently in the Bountiful Temple. It was so pretty, but freezing! So here are some pictures of us trying to stay warm in the bitter cold. Brrrr....

After waiting for so long we kinda got bored...

Tara's Beautiful Cake!!!

This is my best friend's little boy Kaleb. Isn't he so cute! I love the look on his face ha ha!

Thought for the Day

If a man rows a boat from only one side, no matter how hard or how long he works, he never succeeds in doing anything except going in a circle. He never realizes that it isn't his dedication or his strength but his method that is flawed. Until he puts both oars in the water, he is doomed to remain where he has always been: spinning aimlessly near the shores of discovery.

Why my blogspot is called enjoying the strawberries

In the Orient, there is a story of a samurai who is being chased by a bear. He literally runs off a cliff. As he's falling, he grabs a branch.
He looks up to see the bear leaning over the cliff, clawing at his head, missing only by inches. As he looks down to the ground below, only about fifteen feet, he sees two groundhogs gnawing away at it. He watches as his lifeline disappears, bite by bite.
As he takes a deep, long breath, he notices, next to his branch, a clump of wild strawberries. In the midst of the clump is a great, red, juicy strawberry. With his one free hand, he reaches over, picks the strawberry, puts it in his mouth, chews it slowly and says, "Ah-delicious."
Now you may be thinking "this guy is crazy!" but this little story teaches us that no matter how bad things get all around us, we can still enjoy the sweet things in life. We shouldn't miss out on the good, precious moments because of circumstances that are out of our control. We must enjoy each moment fully and live in the present because it is truly a gift.