Something to write about

I am not the best writer or the most philosophical person, but tonight I watched an amazing movie called August Rush with my beautiful wife and then I decided it was time to come ponder life. I know a marveling thought knowing that my life is that of sports, ballroom and school! I have been thinking about a quote by Aldous Huxley which states,
"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities." It really made me think of where my priorities are in life and what should really be important to me. This life really is the time to focus on God and do our best, but what an amazing thing to know that after we have done all that we can, He will make up the rest. What hope and peace this brings about in my life.

I also started in a round about way to think of other quotes and I thought about one that goes, "Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results." I have been taking a class called interpersonal communication and it has been quite edifying. It has made me think everyday about how I act...or in actuality how I react to life. Do I give a grumble every time something "bad" happens or do I say I am lucky enough I am capable of handling this little trial? It really is something to think about. If you are not sure if you are a well rounded happy person I suggest you take some coins and put them in your pocket and every time during the day you have a bad thought about yourself or someone else you take a coin out. It is just a visual way of seeing how we are doing. I don't think we yet understand the life changing effects our attitude can have on people around us. This last week my life was forever changed by a small chat I had with someone. It will be something that for years to come I will remember. Go out and make someone's day happy. Don't let the little things bother you or some day you will wake up to a real problem and you will not be able to cope with it. Those are my thoughts for the day!

Lately

Lately life has been great. Chantal and I hit our two year anniversary and I don't really remember what life was like before her, nor do I care to. I surprised her big time for our anniversary. We were on our way back up from caldwell and I tricked her by booking a room at the Riggins Holiday Inn on the river. It had an amazing view and a swimming pool. The two things I love. It was great.

After getting home Chantal and I relaxed for a while until it was time for her to start student teaching. She really loves the kindergartners. She always comes home with stories of booger pickers and oh so many other things. It has been great. They haven't needed me at work, so I stayed home and cleaned. I have also spent a lot of time preparing my ballroom medleys. Let's cross our fingers that they work out.

Random

Here Chantal and I are at my younger brothers wedding. We were not going to come down to Boise, but we are glad we did. It was nice to take a break from moscow for a little while. Plus it was the first time my whole family has been together in YEARS!

And above is a giant pizza that we ate. not us alone, because that would be crazy! See...giant pizzas and up close pictures...how much better could life really get?

Boo with doctors

So now I, Trevor, have gone to a plain doctor who said he had no idea what was wrong with me..and a dermatologist who doesn't know what's wrong with me...and now they want me to see a neurologist and get a $3,000 dollar MRI which in my imagination will say "I don't know what's wrong with you". It's all good though. It could always be worse. I mean I could have been trampled by a pack of wild horses or attacked by vicious monkeys!! I could go into more detail, but I don't want to scare people away from our blog. We shall see...we shall see.

Pandora

I don't know if pandora.com is a big website, but it is so awesome. You can listen to the coolest music stations for free. Give it a try. i love it.

HULA HULA

So...life has been great. I am sure if Chantal was the one who wrote this post she would suggest the title to be "The Day I Made A Huge Dramatic Move and Cut Off My Hair". But I like to build suspense...even though you can probably already see what has happened. We both quite like it. She was dying of heat when she took the pictures though so we will take some better ones as soon as it cools off a little. Plus the video might be sideways. If it is we will take another one of those also.

Ultimate fighting championships

I am going to try and be better at posting on this thing. Chantal and I keep saying that we will do it more often, but have not yet done so well. Here is what's new in life. I was on a mens softball team about a week ago. We were placed number two in our division, but the tournament came up and we found out we were playing in the tournament a division higher than us. We went in and lost our first game to the number one seed. So instead of playing 3 games and then a championship we had to play 5 or 6 games in two days. We knocked off everyone from our league and then started on the upper division teams. In two days we knocked off the second best and third best team in the upper division. We were in the championships and were up by five points in the last inning. Unfortunately their big hitter came up and hit a home run with a few on base. I sadly was not able to play the second half of our game as in the 4th inning I jumped for a ball and when I came down my leg landed in a hole. I popped my ankle out of place and have had it in a brace ever since. Not a bad brace...but nonetheless...not too fun! I did bat an average of over .900 on the year. That means more than nine out of ten times I got on base.

In other news around the world. Chantal and I bought a wii system. It is pretty well fabulous. It tells us we are in good shape and have great balance. I am glad that the little creepy voice from the game tells me that or I would never truly know! I'll put some wii videos on soon. Chantal doing the hula hoop is hilarious.