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 Why are smiles such an attractive thing? 

Everyone says that one of the main things they notice when checking out a guy/girl/man/woman/girl/boy/lady/gentleman/human is their smile. I paid like $6000 and 5 years having braces... twice! We whiten, clean, pull, straighten, plump, gloss, color, and who knows what else to get these mouths looking beautiful! There are eye crinkling smiles, huge smiles, sparkly smiles, shy smiles, dimpled smiles, grim smiles, cheesy smiles, sexy smiles... and oh so many more. A smile lights up the face and makes a person more beautiful. They say just a smile is a service and you could make someone's day just by smiling at someone. A smile is a curve that sets everything straight; whenever I have a bad day I put a sloppy fake smile on and force it to stay until it becomes real.

There are a million quotes about smiles. Here's a few......

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.  ~Charles Gordy

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.  ~Mark Twain

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.  ~William Shakespeare, Othello

A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home. ~Anonymous

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.  ~Andy Rooney

Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.  ~Author Unknown

Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.  ~Author Unknown

Everyone smiles in the same language.  ~Author Unknown 

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.  ~Author Unknown

  Or my personal favorite: "I have a tickle in my brain.  And it keeps making the corners of my mouth point toward the heavens."  ~Jeb Dickerson

The truth is... no one really knows why smiles are so attractive or who started it or why we do it. But one thing is for sure, its a sign of joy, friendship and confidence. 

I personally am a fan of huge, eye crinkling, laughing smiles.

What is it that attracts YOU to a smile? Please share with the class.

And say CHEEEEEESE!! :D

Britter OUT.

P.S.... Sometime we will have to discuss where kissing came from. I mean what's up with lip smacking that is so pleasing???

SUMMER

I have been sucking at keeping my blog updated! Ah! So I'm just gonna do a quick overview using some photos and some captions and some stories.

Summer began with a lot of fun with friends. That is when I wasn't working or doing crazy projects at home. My 3 jobs consist of on call nursing at Bel Aire Assisted Living, a sales person and adviser at Vector Marketing, and filing for my dad at University Properties. And the projects were things like... a sewing gift for Justin, a garden in the front yard, painting, drumming, organizing and painting my room, cooking, crocheting, etc.
Anyway, this is a picture of me and Krislyn on a cruise to Eqypt... AKA making up outfits for each night of a "cruise" and trying them on at Kohl's.

Me, David, and Suzy along with Michael and his friend Nikko, all worked for Mom to get a filing project done at her work at Utah Valley Pediatrics for a few weeks... How does the alphabet go again?

There were reunions with friends and goodbyes said as well.
Summer, Brinton, Zania, me... All saying goodbye to Brinton for his mission to his place of origin... Milan, Italy! Good luck Elder Valli!

Of course there have been plenty of girls night outs and fun times! This is me and Suzy right before we sang "Walkin on Sunshine" By Katrina and the Waves for karaoke at Applebee's.... We bombed it. I don't remember anyone clapping. But we had fun!!

David and I went on a hiking adventure where we found 2 awesome geocaches! We got a Mimi's cafe free meal coin out of one and a little Spongebob magic 8 ball out of the other. We also got to cross rivers, frolic in fields, and chop up dead trees.

One of the beautiful meadows in the mountains of Provo Canyon. It was an awesome discovery, I never knew there was so much beauty in our mountains.

At the beginning of our hike a branch ripped this HUGE hole in the seat of my pants so I had to make David walk in front the rest of the day and prayed we wouldn't see any other adventurers. On that trip my marvelous luck also helped to manage to someone lose my camera that was tightly carabeenered to my backpack. But David did help me find it later, what a good guy... but really I just wanted to hike up the mountain a second time.

My friend Meggen came all the way from Alberta to see me :) So we partied it up pretty much the whole week!! Our activities began at my dads hotel with nature walks, dinner, and massages. Then brought us to the wonderful Park City!!

We went on the Alpine Slide... Meggen won.

Waited in lots of lines resulting in awesome sunburns... I won....

Went on the Alpine Coaster soooooo fast!! That was my favorite one of the whole day, even more than the zip line or anything! But it wasn't a race so we don't know who won.

We dragged Meggen along to enjoy all of the Independence Day festivities. I never realized until we had an outsider there how big of a deal we make it! We treat it like prom... dinner with all our friends (always at the Pizza Factory)...

Festive pedicures and manicures, a full day of shopping for red white and blue outfits...

And makeovers by Laura!!!

Then, all dolled up, off to the Stadium of Fire we go! This year, along with the regular, jets and sky divers, armed force salute, Stadium of Fire dancers, an assortment of performers like the Osmonds and Jennie Oaks Baker,  Carrie Underwood was performing and they all did an amazing job, but she was one of the best performers they've had there ever!!

Sibling love :) Luckily we all survived a near death-by-fireworks experience...

Well a few of us had a little mental break, but I think that might've been before the fireworks even! Uh oh Michelle!!

As usual the ride out of traffic is always the best part! Party party! The three cutest sisters in the world!!!
Anyway, overall great night and I hope Meggen got a good taste of what Independence Day is all about.

Yay its time for Richard to be home after two looooong years of service to France! Here we all are in various anxious stages of wating for him to arrive.

Mom was the worst. Of course.

Richard really didn't appreciate our efforts... I can't see why not!! We just wanted to be sure he would recognize us ;)

The first hugs ever came from mom and dad at the same time since they couldn't stop arguing on who got first dibs.

Lookin good Elder!

Jake, Melissa, and Aubrey are only a few of the new awesome friends I have made at the single's ward here, along with Devin, Courtney, Christina, Joel, Russ, Grant, Tyson, Ashley, Lauren, and many others.

One of many projects that ended in success!! The three pictures above are various moments and days of turning my room from a messy splash of bright pink and green and blue, to a calming area of serenity; plum swirl, chocolate froth, and white truffle were the paint colors. Yum yum!

There has been quite a few more things that I just don't have pictures to describe... Family drama, two more speeding tickets, figuring out college in the fall, friend moments, letters from Justin, movies seen, a weekend at Lake Powell, some of my independence surrendered to being back home again and many many things. I'll try to stay updated a little more :)
Hope all is well with everyone out there!

Britter OUT.

Ya know, there are days when it feels like everything in the world could be mine. And everything is wonderful and bright and shiny. The world is my oyster and I can do anything.
Then there are days when everything is bleak and hopeless and all the bad just clumps together and clouds my view of the sun.
Its weird because sometimes... circumstances don't even really change... So why does that happen?
Maybe its the side of the bed I wake up on, or the color of glasses I'm wearing... But those are all just silly sayings.


Britter OUT.