31 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Umm, Can you not?

Peanut butter. A food paste made from dry roasted peanuts that originated by the Aztecs. The smell of peanut butter makes me think of peanut butter play dough. A homemade, moldable, and edible dough perfect for kids of all age. One day Julia and I decided to make some peanut butter play dough, also that day we did a series of challenges that have nothing to do with this story. Anyways we spent the day trying different recipes and eating more of it then humanly possible. It was an extremely fun day and also involved somebody being pantsed on video. Now to this day the smell of peanuts or peanut butter brings up all of the good and bad moments of that day. 

For the slice of life challenge Julia and I have been naming our blog three different things. Crossed toes; Yes, Ronaldo, Yes; and Umm, Can you not? These things are either something we just started saying one say and have either a really funny memory attached to it or some weird thing that people do. 

30 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Umm, Can you not?

The dirt road makes the ride difficult. Dust and dirt flies around us filling our lunges. We pass houses will children playing around it. They have smiles stretched across their faces. We drive along a fence with signs. Taking a turn we drive down a path and giraffes walk through the road. Before we even get into the place we see tons of animals.

29 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Umm, can you not?

I stare at my computer screen and that's when it comes. Compressing my brain. I try to make my thoughts blank, and not think about what is happening. The feeling of my skull caving in. The world spinning. I go down to get some water and ice but after drinking the glass twice nothing has changed. Sitting down, nothing works. Eventually just sleeping and everything goes away. 

28 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Yes, Ronaldo, Yes

The sun blazes on the field as we warm up. The ref comes over and tells us to get in a line so he can check everything. No jewelry, are you wearing shin guards, and other stuff. We go back to warming up until the captains are called over. When they come back we get our positions and run onto the field. The heat has increased. The ref blows the whistle and we kick off. The game goes fast paced, with possession switching back and forth all the way until the first goal is scored.

27 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Yes, Ronaldo, Yes

We take to boat out into the middle and that's when we first see them. Sparkling with water splashing around them. We follow the two stray until we find the large group. Grabbing our gear we jump into the violent navy blue waters to see them. Underneath the surface they are only a few feet below, and everything stops. The family connections and easily seen and the way they glide through the water is beautiful. But that is just happening underwater, above, everything is different. The waves that used to be small now tower over and crash on top of us. The group that used to be together is now spread out with people as much as 50 feet away from each other. People scream. It is difficult to breath and stay above the water, not to mention the water filling our tubes. The only way to make it stop is to put our heads back underwater and watch the dolphins dance.

26 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Yes, Ronaldo, Yes

The day before had been sunny and almost too hot, but the next day everybody woke up to dark grumbling skies. They had begun to swirl around each other, one was rain, and the other snow. Neither of them were going to take over each other, to the battle took place, resulting in a mixture of thick large clumps of snow rain. It pounded down and make it not able for the familiar mountains to be seen beneath the white sheet of the mixture. It was off and on all day but it eventually stopped and the sun showed its face again, melting everything the storm had done.

25 March, Slice of Life Challenge - Crossed Toes

On many fall Logan School overnights it is expected to go camping. To a lot of people the sound of camping sounds awful. Carrying everything up and down hills, trying to take off shoes before going into the tent, tracking mud into the tent, trying to find stuff when it is pitch black, and much more. But we never realize that some people will never get the chance to experience camping and everything that comes along with it. There are so many memories made from camping. For example, spending time in a tent as the rain pours down, sitting around the campfire telling stories, playing games, and more, waking up to the sound of the whistling kettle letting everybody know that it will be a hot breakfast with warm drinks, and even more. Even though not everybody loves to camp, a lot of people do not get the chance to even try it, so looking at the positive side and enjoy every moment.