Josh's work had a party on Saturday at DDD Ranch. We went with the kids and had a great time. I brought our camera, but forgot the picture card at home. We had lunch then played games. Jonas and Hannah got to play some sort of knock you off the block game. They would hold these huge soft batons and try to knock each other off of the stand they were on. I was surprised that Jonas was able to take Hannah every time. I don't know why that surprised me?They had a bunch of big blow up slides and jumpers. Both Hannah and Jonas climbed the wall. They had a small petting zoo. Esme and I were knocked over by a baby goat. I was squatting down letting Esme pet and the goat jumped up on to her. We both went falling back into the pen. They also had horse rides. Hannah was a little upset that she had to have someone walk her horse. I guess she wanted to go riding off into the field. We got to go on a nice hay ride. We also had a mean game of tetherball. They also had the best face painters I have ever seen. We got pictures of the kids faces when we got home. It was a great day of fun for our family!
Gecko!
Spidey!
Butterfly on Flower!
Butterfly girl!
While we were at this party, I got to thinking about the relationships that you make while working. If you think about it, other than our family and maybe our ward, the people we work with are the ones that we spend the most time with. The relations that we make can last a lifetime. I worked for about six years in a dentist office, and I grew to love the little group that I worked with. Yes, we had trials. But I loved those people. My boss, the dentist, became like a second father to me. The girls at work were like my sisters. We talked about everything.
I still keep in touch when we go in to have work done. I really don't miss getting up and getting kids to daycare. I don't miss the stress of not having a crown ready to go, or having to stay late to get something finished. But I do miss that family that I made at work.
5 comments:
So the goat did the head butt thing on ya. Wow. Actually the day sounds pretty fun and I'll bet the younger ones didn't want to wash their faces clean. I would have liked to hear about Hannah galloping off through the fields and fulfilling her horse riding fantasies. Almost every girl wants a pony.
Cute pics. They were pretty cool, I must admit. I am glad that you guys were able to have a fun time there. I think I spend more time with my co-workers at work than with anyone else. 40 hours a week, like it or not. I can't complain. They are all pretty good. Take a look at Miranda's blog. Hannah may be intrigued.
The DDD ranch is fun. I grew up with Brooke Dansie who's Parents own the ranch. We spent many a saturday nights there. Good memories.
Wow, I'm just seeing this post. It looks like it was fun to be out for a fun family party. the face painting looks nice. Maybe you can get the same people to help you out on Halloween. Maren and Esme are growing up way to fast. I like that Hannah has the confidence to ride a horse by herself, even though they didn't let her. Good for her.
It's so nice when work does a family thing. We never had that with any of Mikes jobs. It sounds like it was a lot of fun. And Kelsey is gorgeous, you better keep an eye on her!:-)
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