Once upon a Disney vacation...

So, um, Disneyland is amazing.  It's so much fun!  At the moment I don't feel much like posting a million pictures of the trip.  Maybe later?  Regardless, there were some really great moments that I shall share with you know.  You are welcome :)

*I was watching Sean pack up his room and I had his journal.  He wanted to pack it and so I threw it to him.  A picture of Christ flew out of it.  His response:

"You just threw Jesus.... I hope you're happy!"

*Sean demonstrated the electric fly swatter he gave to his grandma for her birthday.  I stopped after he zapped one and I said wait... where do they go??  His response:

"It depends... the little ones?  They go everywhere."

*We needed to get cash so we went to the grocery store at like 10pm one night.  I hate going to the store just to get cash because you search randomly for the things you "need" just so you can get cash back.  You end up having a conversation such as follows: 

"Hey um can I get a stick of gum and $100 dollars please?"

*I was getting ready for bed and Sean plugged in his lap top to the side of where I was going to sleep.  We had just discussed how expensive computers are.  He set it on the ground by my bed.  As he was leaving the room he felt the need to remark:

"Oh and please don't step on that."

My response, "What?  That thousand dollar stepping stone?"

*We stopped at the gas station to top off his car before we started on our drive from Cali back to Salt Lake.  I looked up at the pump when he was done and I was impressed, the screen read $4.16.  So I remarked to Sean:

Katie: "Oh you only spent $4.16!"

Sean: "Oh really?  That's it?  Katie, that's price per gallon."

Katie: "Oh, lol well it was only like $12."

Sean: "Great, 3xs as much.  Remind me not to put you in charge of my finances."

*All through Disneyland I would always stop for bathroom breaks, and Sean never had to go.... I never will understand that, but that's how it was.  So needless to say, I need periodic potty breaks.  Anywho, Sean was calculating how long it would take in order to get back to Salt Lake.  He figured it would be a little over 10 hours.  After a second he stopped seriously and said:

"Well that's not counting all your potty breaks."

Seriously, this is just the tip of the ice berg when it came to all the funny conversations that were had.  Long story short, good times were had, fun memories made.

Power of Conversation

Does anyone ever get tired of all the gidgets, gadgets, and convenient modes of communications?  

No?  Just me?

For whatever reason today I don't like it.  I don't want to call, text, email, or facebook my way through my friends/fam.  Sometimes there is absolutely no replacement for face-to-face contact.  The conversation is better, the humor is more heart felt and better reciprocated, the feelings more genuine.

Nope, just not today.

"We need to ask more questions and listen more deeply. 

We need to seek first to understand, rather than to be understood. 

We need to be the sparks for challenging, inspiring, engaging talk, willing to ask the hard and important questions and to provide honest and authentic answers.

We need to be comfortable with the messy, wonderful process of truly engaging with each other around what is important to us."

Olympic Thoughts

Did anyone catch this tear jerking scene from swimming the other day?  If you didn't go look it up: http://www.sbnation.com/london-olympics-2012/2012/8/2/3214875/ryan-lochte-michael-phelps-nathan-adrian-celebration.  Nathan Adrian was swimming the 100m freestyle the other night.  He wasn't expected to take the gold up against Australia's "The Missle".  Long story short, he took it by 1/100th of a second.

  

They interviewed him about the whole thing afterwards. I have never listened to a more humble Olympic winner, and it made me so proud to be an American.  Meanwhile... back in the warm up room, his teammates Lochte and Phelps stood watching.  Their reaction (seen above) honestly almost made me cry.  :)  Go watch it.  

I also found out that this guy (Russell Holmes):

is a BYU grad.  Holla back.  Probably one of the most attractive guys on the US Men's Volleyball team and he just so happens to have graduated from BYU, is mormon, and went on a mission to London.  Not only this, but when the announcers talked about him, this is what they mentioned.  What great things to be remembered for, and what a great way to represent your religion and what you stand for!

One other thing that I have been thinking about.  Maybe it's because I am a girl, but I get so attached to these Olympians!  Honestly, not just the USA team members.  I LOVE hearing people's back stories.  You get to know them and where they have come from, their struggles and triumphs.  Watching them compete after hearing these, makes watching one million times better.  Their emotions after finishing make so much more sense.  You almost cry when they cry, or at least I do :)

Loving the games!!