Work Schmerk - Part II

I went and made a pitch to my boss and low and behold she accepted it!!! I am now working Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I feel lucky to be able to pick and choose when I want to work. Plus, I will still be able to carpool with my friend and save money on gas. It's been nice having a little extra money in the bank. I'm not sure I will work in the summer, but I will worry about that in May. Maybe now I will be able to catch up on some house work and continue volunteering at the elementarys on Wednesdays. :) YAY!!!!!

LET THERE BE SUN!!! - And there was!

Ahhhh, don't you just love Utah?!? Sweet snow one weekend and gorgeous sun the next! You just have to drive 5 hours and Tah Dah!!! Sunshine. We went to St. George for the weekend, and yes I did forget my camera and these pictures were taken with my cell phone. Don't ask questions, just read.... hahaha. I got wrangled into coaching a 14 and under girls softball team from Grantsville and this weekend was a tournament in St. George. Plus, Brandon had the weekend off, so he was more than willing to go to St. George and watch some softball, play with the kids and get some sun. The kids loved getting out their gloves and bats and playing catch. Luckily, Brandon has a friend that owns a condo in St. George and he was willing to let us stay there for free (THANKS JAMIE!), so the trip was relatively cheap. My girls team did okay. They won two and lost three games. This is the first time they have been on a field this winter, so when outfield did not hit their cut offs, and some of the girls didn't know where they were supposed to be on some defensive plays, I couldn't complain too loud. All-in-all, a high quality weekend for us! :)

LET THERE BE SNOWWWW! - And there was!

Let er' rip baby! I could live like this for another month! And I even drive 45 minutes on country roads to work! I love it! We went to Ephriam for the weekend to check on the house and spend a weekend away from everything and everybody. We pulled into town and there were literally walls of snow. 4 ft. drifts, and where people had a tractor to move the snow it was even higher. It took us two hours in the dark to move the snow around enough to get the truck in the driveway. I about broke my back shoveling, but I didn't even care because the next day we got up, started the 4-wheeler, pumped up the snow tube and went redneck CRAZY in the snow! We pulled the kids all over the little town of Wales (west of Ephriam). Throwing them off when we would speed around the corners just like Craig Hreinson used to when I was little. The deal was that if you got thrown off the tube, you had to trade with someone. Brandon told me to go slow with Maddie. So I did. When I looked back, she had her hands propped behind her head!!! She wasn't even holding on!!! So you all know exactly what her mother did. Revved it up of course and put her in a snow bank! :) After the kids and I got tired of that, we made a snow cave in one of those 4 ft. drifts and then a snowman and finally after 4 hours of play, they were cold and ready to come in for hot chocolate.