Siblings goofing around

There really isn't a whole lot of interesting things that go on during work. Usually the same stuff over and over again: People climb the wall, no one wins the hard route, bungee jumping hundreds of kids everyday, it's always the same. Once in awhile you get a crazy story like someone being drunk trying to climb, but then again, that happens almost everyday at work. There's not much to say about work, so I blog about all the fun we have during the in between fairs!
Like this past week, we saw just about every movie in the theater, went ice skating at a mall in Portland, Shopped at that same mall, rode super fast go-karts, checked out downtown Portland, ice-skated and then finally set the wall up (sorta). We set it up but then got carried away trying to double dutch! It was fun and a good time for us siblings to bond!










Of course, siblings fight, moan, cry, smack, and whatever else what not, so it's been rough being with each other for the past month 24-7. We've learned a lot about each other and have been doing alright getting along. But, these fun goofing around moments are what we will really remember in the end and cherish forever! I love my family!

 

Time off

We had a week and a half off from work and were lost as to what to do! So, we all thought and Dad came to the conclusion to work more! We met this lady at the last fair in Chewelah, she offered to have us come to her dude's ranch and help out in exchange for her staff and children to use the rock wall and bungee jump. She said everything would be on the house! So, naturally we said yes! We stayed at this ranch for four days. Nice bedroom's, fed breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and desert, and we got to do some farming/outdoor recreation fun. We rode horses, fed pigs, chickens, goats, and deer, got to milk a cow, roping, hiking, kayaking, swimming, basically the works! We were very blessed to have met this lady and to have her be so kind and helpful to us.












After we had that mini vacation, we headed off to conquer another one! We drove to Seattle next! I've been there many many times, so I wasn't a tourist, but as for the rest of my family, excluding my dad, they were natural tourists. We rode the ferry from one island to downtown Seattle. We went to Pike’s Place Market, shopped around, and ate some delicious fruit and nuts. Checked out the wall of gum! We took the Tri-Max Tram to see the needle, walked around there for a bit. We shopped all over the place. Hit up the arcade, which Nathaniel hit the Monster jackpot on a bouncy ball game and won over one-thousand tickets!! It..was…awesome!! Dad won some hubba bubba bubble gum too! Probably not as cool, but it’s always cool to win something, right?!

We conquered that mini vacation and it was on to the next! We started to head in the direction of our next fair, which was outside Portland, OR. On the way, there are several waterfall hikes you can do! And it’s tradition to stop at the Multnomah Falls waterfall and run to the top of it. Its 1.5 miles from bottom to top, and the last mile of it is super steep switch-backs. Dad was able to run the whole thing, I ran most of it, Nathaniel tried, and Mom and Matilda walked up it. It was a great run! A lot of fun! We took pictures at the top and messed around in the water a little. Then Dad and I ran down. We had a fun time being there! We were able to hike lots of other waterfalls too and check out some historical places!

This completed all our mini-vacations for the week and a half! It was definitely busy, yet exhilarating! See ya! Smile!

Happy July! The Summer Adventure begins, once again!

 

It's time! The summer route officially starts this month! Only, I'll only be on the road for two months, instead of five! Which will be nice, plus I have my family with me. Some of them anyway, Mom Dad Matilda and Nathaniel. It's been pretty good so far. The first fair we did was the traditional Grangeville Border Days for the fourth of July. Matilda and Nathaniel learned a little more about how to work the climbing wall and bungee jump, and surviving twelve to fourteen hour work days in the sun! Yay! But, the weather is pretty amazing up here compared to Las Vegas. We left the 120degree no clouds, no wind, dry heat weather to 75degree some clouds and cool breeze weather! Amazing-ness!

We do get to enjoy some of the off time we have while working, one of which we do is the classic egg toss! Everyday they have street games and the egg toss. Nathaniel got to race other boys in his age group in a short distance sprint. He took second and got two dollars! Then each day we paired up differently with each other to do the egg toss. Hundreds of eggs are used for the toss; so many people do it! The announcer will call out different tosses, such as, behing the back, hook shot, hike the egg, left hand, ten steps back, etc. When it gets down to about five tossers it get's serious. They end of throwing it over a telephone wire and a good distance of 60-80ft. And..it is successfully done! It's a lot of fun! One of the enjoyments we have here at the Grangeville fair.

Another is, basically visiting my second family! The Lutz's! I love them! They are so sweet and kind to me and my family. Always helpful and supportive! They are always so much fun too! When we finished the fair we were able to spend some time with them! Playing twister, floating down an icy cold river, watching movies! I always have a great time with them!
On the fourth of July; Happy Independence Day! We worked, as usual, but late that night after work we were able to watch the town set off fireworks. It was relaxing and fun, and great as well because I was able to be with my family.
Hope everyone had a fantastic Fourth of July!




Super Tall guy in Grangeville! Dad looks tiny! Can you see ME?
This little girl got a corndog and then sat next to me like we were best friends! Now..we are!



Finishing up the month of June

Not much happened in June! I finished teaching Art at an Elementary school, I basically lived at the gym, I completed a Sprint Triathlon, personal trained a couple people, visited my nephew/family, ran 16miles in a Ragnar Relay Race, went to the Salt Lake City Temple, and had parties at my new house!  Well, I guess some stuff has happened! Anyway, the month has been great and successfull! Enjoy some pictures!

Elliot playing the Piano

Elliot and I goofing around




Beautiful Salt Lake City Temple







Earned this in Forty Days



Transition swim to bike

Personal Training!!

I’m training to be a personal trainer and decided to try a forty day program and track my results; as well as train for a triathlon! The program is a two day on-one day off, with weight lifting and high intense interval training (cardio).  It’s super intense but results are amazing! I love doing it! I love lifting weights and running. I guess working out in general; it's awesome! I’m also helping a couple friends work out as well. Keeping them motivated and helping with routines.  It’s really fun! There are some days I like to send them motivating quotes; there are a few of them below! Also, I'll keep you all updated on my results! I’m half way through the forty days! Let me know if you have any questions or want a personal trainer!! I'll hook you up!

 

Grandpier

Our family had a sad yet happy event occur recently. Our Grandpier had passed away; after four long years of suffering and holding on it was finally his time to return to our Heavenly Father. He was a great man! There are so many fond and happy memories of him. His funeral was definitely an uplifting and funny one. Grandpier was known for being funny, a jokester for sure. It was great to hear all the reminiscing from the families. I’m so glad to know that families are truly forever and even though he is gone, his spirit is still with us and his love is passed down through all of us. I love you Grandpier and will always remember you!

 

Work Fun and the Bubble Run!

Life has been sort of crazy with work and fun, but manageable. For work, I had the students do a paper Mache project, for earth day. We talked about recycling and keeping the world clean. All the kids brought in newspaper to reuse for the project. They loved it and it was quite fun, yet really stressful. I knew the kids were just gonna go crazy with the newspaper, the Mache, the paint, whatever! It was bound to happen. I had the kids sign contracts upholding to the responsibilities and rules during this project. Most of the kids did great. I had a few though, that painted on their faces and threw stuff. For those wrongful actions were terrible consequences, such as referrals and cleaning my classroom. Although, there was bad behavior in some classes, the kids really did enjoy and had fun with the project. The CRT’s were that week, big testing, so I thought it would be good to do something fun and stress relieving for them. And it was! The first week, each kid got their own balloon to mache, then the second week, each kid got paint their balloon. We painted the earth! They turned out pretty awesome! However, I did have 500+ mached balloons in my kiln closet as well as a disaster of a room! But it ended up being really great for the kids!

During that same time, I signed up for a 5k with some friends. It was a fun run, like the color run, but this was The Bubble Run! Which, in my opinion, was way cooler and way more fun than the color run. I wasn’t in the shower for hours scrubbing stained flour off my skin and out my nose! It was super fun! I ran with a bunch of friends, but most of them walked, so my friend Jordan and I ran the entire thing. We ran it pretty fast, surprisingly, because we took our time and had fun. Kind of weird to explain. Anyway, here are some pictures of the awesomeness! Enjoy!