my. splendid. experience.: A Picnic On A Beautiful Day!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

A Picnic On A Beautiful Day!

What a perfect day it was! It was a gorgeous, clear spring day! Blue skies full of big white clouds, a cool breeze, sun shining... OH! So good! So, to take advantage of such a lovely day, I took a bike ride after breakfast down to a little stream on the side of the main road. There are beautiful lilly pads and lotus flowers in it and I keep telling myself I'm going to go down there. So I did. I brought a book, and just soaked it up. Mmmmm.

Later in the afternoon, we met with Jesse, one of the Chinese teachers... for a picnic. The plan was to meet up with her and JoJo and Wendy, but Wendy and JoJo couldn't make it last minute so Jesse came and she was so much fun. She met us at the Vanguard stop and we walked to one of the city parks. On the way.... we passed the wall I love! The one I wrote about earlier. Faded, old, dirty, yellow, blue, brick... it is wonderful. I love it.

We invited Jesse, Wendy, and JoJo to the picnic so we provided food but we didn't want it to be too expensive so we bought a loaf of bread, one bunch of bananas, some peanut butter and a few side snacks... crackers, fruit. And we made peanut butter and banana sandwiches! ha. And Jesse brought some snacks too. Dried squid, these yummy coconut things, some tomato chip things. I didn't think I'd like the squid but I loved it. It was way yummy. Really chewy. We played games, and took pictures, and Abs taught Jesse some dance moves, and she tried to teach us, ha. It was really fun, and it was just such a pretty day to be out and enjoying the great weather we had.

We got home and had a little cleaning party, during which we decided to rearrange our living room. I LOVE rearranging furniture and mixing things up every once in a while. It is so fun and such a great, happy feeling to have a clean organized place to live!

2 comments:

Magnificent MyersApril 25, 2010 at 9:55 AM
That sounds so fun because I LOVE picnics especially on a beautiful day. It sounds like you've been making a lot of friends lately.
Love, Ashlyn
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c.May 5, 2010 at 7:42 PM
OH MY GOSH!!!! Will you bring me home so dried squid?????????
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A list of my favorites... created in China, inspired by Abby. Made to add to.

snuggling into a warm bed on a cold cold night, soft serve vanilla ice cream, ripples in water, having butterflies (not the animal), being speechless, playing the piano, listening to the piano, photographing life's special moments, smiling, laughing so hard you cry, sneezing, speaking another language not your native tongue to a native speaker, bay windows, pressed flowers, outbursts of song, barefoot on freshly cut grass, overcast days, organization, romances, porch swings, cool breeze on a summer day, coincidences, sunsets, early morning runs, running to not miss the bus, tender mercies, an early start, skype-ing family across the world, reminiscing about old times, memories, stories, etc., dim lights in a dark room, coconut yogurt in china, laying on the sidewalk drying off in the summer time, sunday walks, cleanliness, inside jokes, clean sheets, developing film in a dark room, long hugs...with certain people, swimming at night, coconut bread (in china), bread in China in general, waking up to the rain, being sore after working out, hammocks, screen doors, walking into screen doors, awkward eye-contact, winks, laugh attacks that almost hurt and feel like you've just had an ab work-out, heartfelt talks, constructive criticism, movie quotes, “whatever makes your boat float.”, a warm towel just out of the dryer, saying a phrase, and having you and everyone around you parallel it to a song and burst out in song., Big kitchens that can be the gathering place and the place for many memories to be made, singing, singing LOUD, Singing a song you don't know... making up words as you go., Picniks, temple walks, wind, thunder storms, rain downpours, music, bleach pens, the smell of new born babies, an infants cry, impressions from the Spirit, eating with chopsticks, phase 10, traveling, evening summer hikes, views of the city from a higher point, Korean Air, Parachute... the band, cleaninng to blasting music, bike rides, temple baptisms, temple weddings, wedding receptions, birds chirping, the sound of leaves blowing in the wind, waking up to the weed wacker and/or lawn mower early on a Saturday morning, Freshly made cinnamon rolls, Enjoying a storm from your deck, the way you feel after working out, washed feet, clean socks, Hot Potts, Surprise Birthday Parties...especially when it's not really your birthday, Fresh Flowers , the smell of Lillies, hand pulled noodles, bartering in China, The Muslim Quarter, LOVE , Bullet Trains, smiling at a stranger, getting a smile in return, special places :),inside jokes, cheesecake, laying out feeling the sun on your skin, a harmonized hymn, a good hair day, complimenting someone who needs it, giving to the needy, Yangshuo mountains, muddy bike rides, yangshuo crepe breakfast, chey kelly, stretching, soccer, hanging out with my mom, hanging out with all of my siblings. Watermelon in summertime. Skinny sharpie pens, harmonized hymns, a made bed, words of our Prophets, Conference, rearranging furniture, cleaning parties, a clean home, Buddy the Elf, evening walks, sitting/running/standing in the pouring rain- feeling the water just drench you and drip off your nose, learning to speak a different language, the what if game, bridges, gates, doors, my China kids, Zhongshan,