The Beaver's Game

Yesterday my department at work took the afternoon off and went to a Portland Beaver's baseball game. It was fun to get away from my cube and be able to chat and laugh with friends. Parking downtown Portland can sometimes be a problem so most of us rode mass transit - The Max- to the game. Michelle looks fine but Heather looks a bit scared! I don't blame her there are some freaky people on the Max.

This picture is of 2 favorite co-workers and friends - Michelle and Sydney. Without them I am not sure I could handle my job everyday. Thanks for a great afternoon girls.

Busy Weekend

Ty and I are heading to Hawaii soon so I have been busy trying to take care of things so that we don't miss anything while we're are on vacation. I'm exhausted. I am not sure why I do this - running around like a mad women trying to accomplish things that would normally take me 2 weeks to do and I try to cram everything into 1 weekend. Not sure if taking a vacations is worth it! Oh wait, I am going to Hawaii so I guess anything is worth it! Anyway, I work a normal 40 hour a week job but I also own by own bookkeeping business as well. I have 7 clients now and since it is month end I did all their books in 1 weekend! Friday I worked 14 hours! - UGH! My eyes hurt from starring at my computer all day (of course I am sitting here blogging starring at my computer which isn't helping). I am proud to say I have finished all but 1 client. Hopefully, I can enjoy my vacation instead of spending my time in the hotel on my laptop - sad to say I have done that before. Sometimes I feel like work is my life and I am getting tired of it. I am either stuck in a cube at Nike or in my at home office with a can of Diet Coke as my companion. I really need to pick up a hobby. Anyone have any suggestions?

The Dark Knight!

Tyler and I went to go see the much anticipated Dark Knight with Mike and Tamara. Tyler was so excited for this movie! I wasn't a huge fan of Batman Begin's, although that could be because we have watched it over 20 time, so I wasn't that excited for this new Batman movie. I was pleasantly surprised that I actually enjoyed it. If I would have know that it was a 3 hour movie I think I might have drank so much Diet Coke. I really, really needed to use the bathroom about half way through but I wasn't going to miss a second of the movie that we paid $10 to get into. So toward the end I was having a really hard time focusing on movie.

Afterward we all went to PF Changs and enjoyed an excellent dinner! Mike and Tamara are some of our favorite people. They are friends for life. Thanks for dinner and a great night!

Missing the 24th of July

So I got a call from my Mom today wishing me a Happy 24th of July. The bad news was I was driving into work. I totally forgot about the holiday since I haven't lived in UT for over 4 years now. My Mom told me all the fun things they are planning and how everyone has work OFF. I am now sitting in my cube wishing I lived in UT so I can have today off! My employer gives no state holiday's.

I have made a list of things I would be doing today if I had the day off for this holiday



Eating watermelon

Preparing food the evenings BBQ

Laying out

Swimming

Boating

Sleeping in

Watching the parade

Going to a carnival or rodeo

Watching fireworks

Eating everything!

. . . . and NOT WORKING!



I need to convince mu husband to move back to the blessed state of UT so I can have an extra holiday off work. I hope all you Utahan's out there are having a great day off!

Lebron James at Nike Thirst Thursday!

So as most of you know I work at Nike at their main headquarter in Portland. In the summer time Nike puts on summer events every Thursday. The majority of the people leave their cubes and enjoy the out doors and activities. It actually reminds me of a college campus. Well yesterday Lebron James came to Nike to do a press release and they had him as the main event. Events like these are some of the few perks for working at Nike. In the middle of campus they had a put down a hard wood basketball court (when Nike does an event they don't go half way. Everything is over the top) so they could have some games going on and Lebron could show off some of his dunks! There was food, diet coke, music, and famous athlete's what more could you ask for! I was about 15-20 feet from Lebron so I took a few pics. Most of them didn't come out too well. Oh well it was still pretty cool to see. He has a pretty fun sense of humor. He had a micro phone on and he was cracking jokes most of the time.
The girl in the yellow dress in the first picture is the starting point guard for Stanford University. She is interning at Nike this summer.

Memory of Mallory Parsons

Ty just got home from work with tears in his eyes telling me that one of my Young Women past away today. She was on a family vacation in Bear Lake and she drowned. She was 14 so she wasn't in my Laurel class so I didn't know her well but she was a very, very sweet girl. She was a girl everyone liked and liked to be around. She was a talented dancer and loved it! I feel horrible for her family. I can't image having to bury a child, your 14 year old child. How do you comfort someone how has just lost their child? I feel numb inside. It is a comfort to know that because of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who broke the band of death that Mallory lives on. The Lord has a perfect plan but sometimes it hard to understand and/or accept. I guess that's where faith comes into play. It really makes you appreciate the blessings in your life and makes you assess and take inventory of your life to eliminate the unneeded and unimportant things and really focus on what's important.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Parson's family. May the Lord bless you.

Here is the link to a story in Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700243495,00.html

Happy Birthday Michelle!

Today is Michelle's birthday! Michelle is one of my favorite people. We work together at Nike and she makes work so much better! Without her I am not sure I would last the week! We went to lunch today at a new place (new to us) called Mingo's. We should have known not to go since it was new to us but we went anyway. It was a cool enviroment but the food and service was bad! I felt bad because it was her birthday and you wish things would be perfect for her. I guess we tried, right? I forgot to have the waiter take a picture of us but I was side tracked by his smugness so I am posting a picture of my team at work at another lunch we had a little while ago. The ladies that I work with are too beautiful not to post a picture of! Happy Birthday Michelle! I hope Rick planned something great for tonight!