Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Embarrassing Moments

I was watching American Idol last week and they had the contestants share there most embarrassing moments. It made me think about all of my embarrassing moments and I wondered which one (and there are many) is my most embarrassing moment. I thought would I consider last week my most embarrassing moment when I made a family in our ward a chicken casserole for dinner and forgot to add the chicken? Or would it be the time that my friends and I had to be rescued by some life guards at the beach ( I hadn't even realized we were in trouble) and everyone there was staring at us? Maybe it was the time when I met Matt's sister Cami and her husband Ben for the very first time and I broke one of their goblets they got for their wedding and then soon after I broke their bathroom door handle (great first impression)!
But then it came to me... a memory I had repressed for a long time...so here it is my most embarrassing moment.

It was probably about the time when I was in second grade (I refuse to believe I was any older than that). My Uncle Steve came to town and him and my Grandpa took my brothers ,sisters and I as well as some cousins on a hike. All the adults made a big deal about going to the bathroom before we left. I of course being a good girl obeyed. However, when we arrived to the trail I had to go to the bathroom so bad! I looked around for a bathroom, but had no luck. All the kids were playing in a shallow creek, while I desperately tried to figure out what to do, for I knew I would not be able to hold "it" for the entire hike. I had never gone behind a tree before so that thought never occurred to me. It took me too long to think of what to do and I my body couldn't take it any more and I sadly wet my pants! Now what was I going to do? One of my older, very loving brothers came over to me and asked in a teasing voice with a very large grin, "Hey Natalie, what happened to your pants?" I being very brilliant said I had tripped and fell into the creek. (Ya right...who falls into a creek and only gets the middle of their pants wet?) I knew that everyone knew what I had done.
I was so embarrassed I stayed in the back of the line on the hike right behind my Grandpa and Uncle who kept blowing their nose farmer style.* To make it even worse there was a bathroom there the whole time and I just hadn't seen it!

So what's your most embarrassing moment?

*Blowing your nose farmer style: No tissue of any type is necessary. You turn your head to the side, press thumb against nostril to close it , and blow allowing whatever is in opposite nostril to fall freely onto the ground. (yuck)

8 comments:

Nicole said...

Natalie!!! I just love ya!! How is it that I do not remember that story?! Anyway, I'm sure it's safe to say that we have all wet our pants at one point in our lives!

Anonymous said...

I'll have to think of my most embarrassing moment -- although I think I may have had one similar to your chicken casserole story! ;o)

Hey, you and Matt should check out the Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival this weekend, if you're up to it. Google it and you'll find info on it. Wye Mountain is about 45 min - 1 hr from NLR. A great photo op to get some good shots of Mr. Blake. (We've never actually been, but I'm going to try and make it this year -- but lots of my friends have really good pics from there!)

Jessica said...

Do tell about the beach story, I have never heard that!
That potty story is pretty funny!

Once I was at ward Sunday evening prayer at Ricks. My roomate and I afterwards went onto a balcony. I don't know what we were thinking, but we decided to steamroll together across the balcony. At the time it was really funny to us, and we were pretty loud. When we were done and still laughing, we looked in the HUGE windows that looked right out at the balcony. There was another ward having their ward prayer and EVERYONE was looking at us. They all had watched us because we did that in the middle of their prayer! Needless to say, we shuffled out of there as fast as we could!

Powell Family said...

Natalie I love you!! I must say the beach story made me laugh pretty hard. So apparently we were in a rip tide and didn't even know it?? Those poor life guards probably started getting their gear together as soon as they saw us go into the water. Dang tourists! Oh well, it makes for a great story! I love to think back on the embarrassing stories we all had together and laugh. There are quite a few considering how long we all have been friends. Please tell me you remember playing outside with a tennis ball at lunch and it striking one of our dear male friends in, well, you know where. And then how he proceeded to tell us where it hit him with the slight point of his pinky. There are so many!! I love it!!

Melissa said...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? I just saw the baby counter at the top of your page... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Tyler and Ericka said...

Hey Natalie, this is Ericka I was glad to find your blog and see your cute baby and congrats on #2 on the way thats exciting! Anyways it's nice to see what you are up to, how long are you in Arkansas for?

Melissa said...

p.s. that's why you forgot the chicken in the chicken casserole. You're pregnant. How are you feeling? We're so happy for you guys. When's your due date? Your kiddies will be what, 13 months apart? So happy for you.

Stina said...

holy cow!! have i been that oblivious that i just now noticed that addorable baby counter on the top of your page!! please tell me this was a new installment! congratulations!! this is way exciting! i hope you are feeling well :)