One STINKY Memory :-s

Occassionaly you may hear someone ask "what is your most embarrassing moment?" I hate this question because there is one moment of my past I WISH I could forget - but more importantly than that - I wish OTHERS would forget. Every so often is is brought up and I become the family joke for the evening.... here is the story - my most embarrassing moment. The one that haunts me and I will never forget.

It was summer.... I am guessing I was about 6 or 7 at the time. I was rambunctious and full of energetic youth and curiosity. We drove up to American Fork Canyon for the day to spend time as a family at a little pond they had there. I was always a "mommy's little helper" so when Mom asked me to take Danny (4 or 5) and David (2 or 3) to the restroom with me so they could go, I thought nothing of it partly because SECRETLY I WANTED TO GO for I knew that it was outhouse style. Oh yes! For some SICK reason I looked forward to gazing down at the poop, pee, wads of toilet paper, and other gross and unmentionable things. It was fascinating to see the fly's hover around like they were enjoying a gross feast or something.

Just then, I realized that my brother Danny had brought in a couple rocks. "What a novel idea," I thought!!! Let's throw in the rocks! So Danny, David, and myself threw in small pebbles. I sent Danny out for more pebbles, and when he came back he brought the most amazing rock of all. It was big and heavy and just right for a good splash and it would certainly startle all those flies! "GOOD IDEA!!!" I yelled to Danny to go get MORE big rocks - I wanted to throw in the first one!

With GLEE and a big smiling face, I gazed again down into the most disgusting hole I would ever see. I held up the rock, and bent right over the outhouse hole. "ONE.... TWO.... THREE!!!!" and I dropped the rock!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All of the poop, pee, wads of toilet paper, and other unmentionable stuff splashed all over me and the outhouse. It was in my teeth. It was in my hair. It was in my eyes, and ears. OH YES, I was covered in POO. I could taste it, smell it, feel it. Now the flies were hovering around..... ME.

I ran out of the outhouse screaming and about ready to lose my mind with the nasty feeling that was covering me! I think I cut the fun night short because we left the canyon in a hurry just after that. I remember when we were driving home my mom gagging so much we had to pull over for her to wash me with freezing cold water on the side of the road. It was a HORRIBLE ride home. When we got back to the house, I took a shower... make that a FEW showers. I washed my hair, skin, ears, eyes, EVERY PART several times worried sick that I might get a disease or something. I scrubbed my teeth so hard I thought they were going to fall out of my very mouth.

Never again did I have the same "affection" for the outhouse. In fact now I can't even USE an outhouse, let alone look down the hole anymore. Thinking back, I still wonder myself "what was I thinking?"

So - there you have it. One of the many embarrassing stories of my youth. I am sure I have a few more, but none more embarrassing or horrifying than this one.

Kaitlyn's Baby Blessing

We had no ordinary Sunday this week, July 11th. It was the day chosen months ago to be Kaitlyn's blessing day. It was long anticipated, and a lot of work to get ready for, but worth everything we put into it. Among a small group of our close family and friends, Shayne gave Kaitlyn a very tender blessing in our home. Having the blessing in our home gave the occasion a more personal feeling and the spirit was felt very strongly. After the blessing, we had a light lunch of either wraps or roll sandwiches, fruit and vegetables, jell-o, and punch. Overall everything went smoothly and Kaitlyn looked beautiful in the same blessing dress I was blessed in almost 28 years ago (with a couple of alterations just for her). It was truly a wonderful day. Thank you to everyone who was a part of it.

Baby's First 4th of July!

Happy Birthday America! To celebrate we spent Saturday night with the Burrows/LaTurner family. With my parents being in the middle of a move, we decided to skip the traditional 4th of July BBQ and ordered Two Jacks Pizza and cheesy bread sticks instead which actually turned out to be perfect for our night.

Evan impressed us with an awesome firework show! We had a sparkler, smoke balls, and pops pre-show and then the real show began! It was amazing. Evan had lined up all the fireworks in three sections. He ran around like a mad man lighting them in each section one by one; one in the first section, one in the section section, the third section, back to the first again! It was stunning and lasted easily 15 minutes or longer! The only thing that was missing was the music! I told Evan that the 4th of July is HIS holiday now (just like we sorta claimed Halloween). I am looking forward to next years show!

Sunday night we joined the Munn Family at Salem Pond for some family pictures. With Tyler and Jessica and their girls being in town, and Patrick being back home from his mission, it seemed only fitting to have updated photo's. We got plenty of great shots and I can't wait to see them!!! After pictures, we headed to Grandpa Underwood's home for a 4th of July BBQ. Everyone brought something to share. One thing I have learned to love about the Munn family is that we are never short of food and there is always an wonderful selection. YUM!

After a couple burgers, brats, or hot dogs, we met in the front yard for our firework show. They brought out the watermelon dessert and the sparklers started coming out. Ellie and her cousins were so cute when we started the actual firework show. They were clapping and cheering and it warmed our hearts to see them so happy! It was definitely the highlight of my night.

So I say once again, Happy Birthday America! We are proud of our country and happy to celebrate it! We hope you had a great 4th of July!

Welcome Home ELDER MUNN!

After two years serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mission Elder Patrick Munn has returned with honor on June 30! We are happy to have him back and are so proud of him and for all his hard work teaching people about the gospel. WELCOME HOME! WE LOVE YOU!