Saturday, August 18, 2007

Have You Seen These People?

If so, contact the sheriff ASAP!!






So we had this Western party at work the other day, and I made this poster thingy so we could take pictures of everyone behind it. These are some of the best pictures of the group. It makes me laugh. Mostly because the expressions they have one their faces are pretty natural and so the ones that actually look like they are wanted, well, that's just a normal face. The bottom right picture is great because the guy was too short for the hole. We fixed it quick with a stool, but it was too funny to not take a picture of him trying to reach the window. Here's his whole body shot... The other is one of the guys who wouldn't (or couldn't?) back up so he looks like he's bursting through the picture, which is also quite hilarious...


Ah, the joys of work.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Life is a Trial When You Have to Play for Work

So I work at RAH (recreation and habilitation services) and one of our job responsibilities is to have fun at the many activities we do as we serve adults with developmental disabilities. It's tough work but someone's gotta do it! Our latest adventure was an overnighter in Park City. We rode the gondola, went out to eat, and did all the fun Park City things like the Alpine Slide and the zipline. It's such a trial when there's no way around having fun at work. Actually, I didn't get to go on the zipline and i was incredibly disappointed as i was SO close... just 3 people 'til my turn... and then one of the participants got way too scared. The only other way that she would come off the mountain was the Alpine Slide... which is fun of course, but we just did that one! Anyway, the lines were so long and time was short that I had to go with her and give up my chance at the zipline. Oh well, it's all about them anyway.


On the gondola and at the Alpine Slide. Don't worry, only one at a time go down. There were 14 participants who signed up to go to Park City and here they are! Aren't they adorable?! We had a blast!

Friday, July 27, 2007

Slip n' Slide!

A couple of weeks ago, we had a fantastic ward activity slip n' sliding at Rock Canyon Park. I did it last year too but I didn't have a blog to talk about it in. Anyway, it was great, we went down in groups, in trains, on our feet, our bums, our tummies and any other creative way to do it. For those of you who don't know how it's done, you take a long piece of sturdy plastic and place it down the hill. You take the hose that comes from somewhere (this part is unknown to me of who supplies the water/hose), then someone stands at the top and hoses the plastic while you fly down and hope you don't slide into the gravel and rocks at the bottom of the hill. It's great fun. Dish detergent is often used as well to make you go faster. Here is a picture of me and my neighbor attempting to go down crouching on our feet. We couldn't hold the position the whole way down. The plastic looks dry but we were going pretty fast... we soaped up our feet too. We had a video of us going down on our stomachs too but my neighbor somehow misplaced it, which is really sad. If she ever finds it, I'll post it!


This is how we looked after a few runs. It's dirty and you could end up with wads of grass in your clothes and in your mouth but it's worth it because it's a whole lot of fun!









This is my roommate Kendra, my neighbor Andrea, and me.
This is one of the trains we did... you can't see me but I'm in there in the middle... see the girl in the green, that's Andrea. Kendra is behind her and I'm right behind Kendra. You can sorta see the black strap on my shoulder and that's about it... you could probably see my leg too if you looked really hard. Needless to say, we all crashed into each other at the bottom of the hill... but we managed to keep the train together up until then!

The Official Blog Dedication

This blog is dedicated to my family who has been on my back for many moons trying to get me to start a blog. I am the last to follow suit... even last behind James who has had a blog since life in the womb. I don't know if that's ridiculous on my side or his... In any case, here me are! Ready to tell you all the exciting news of my life. As a fair warning, I'm just gonna say that in a few weeks I think you might realize why I never had a blog to begin with... there's just not that much worth noting at this time. But who knows, life can take you for a ride when you least expect it... so wish me the best!