Birthday Bunko Bash!!!

All the sisters on my mom's side live within the Salt Lake Valley (except for my mom, but I've replaced her) and yet we never really all get together. So once in awhile when someone is being productive we get together and play some bunko. It's always really entertaining and tons of fun so I don't know why we don't do it more often but I guess it's the busy schedules that come into play! So the other day I hosted a birthday (it's my cousin's b-day and mine in June) bunko bash at my house.

Here are the birthday girls in all our glory!

This is a picture of the Hardy crew that always comes. You've got Sherrie, Morgan, me and Teri and then Debbie and Chad on the bottom. Chad is the only boy we allow to come to our bunko parties...what can I say he's a ladies man ;)Oh and did I mention I FORCED Sarah to come along! She was a good sport and picked up the game really fast. Thanks a ton Sarah! It wouldn't have been the same without you and my aunts love you so you'll probably have to come again...sorry!

Overall it was an awesome evening filled with wacko converstaions, family gossip and prizes! Did I mention I lost to my aunt Debbie by ONE win?!?!?! I suck at bunko and never win but I was so close this time you think she wouldn't have taken it a little easy on the birthday girl! I will say there was one round where she didn't leave the winner's table the whole time and I still only lost by one win...I was on fire!

More contractors!

So today I had my first day off in what felt like forever so what did I do....NOTHING!!! It was truly glorious, until I heard a loud bang outside my door. Not wanting to see who was there (because it was definitely past noon and I was still in pj's) I waited for a bit and when I finally showered and left my house I saw this..........

Just in case you didn't know, we're finally getting around to doing the landscaping to the house....2 years later but hey it's better late than never! But honestly before these plants and trees appeared there was only a couple weeds and mostly dirt. This was quite the shock! Oh but let' s not leave out my favorite part...
Yes this is a pile of dirt in front of my house or should I say the middle of the street!!!! I honestly don't know where my parents find our workers but I'm just glad it's not the same place the Smart's found their's (not to be taken in a rude way at all). In all seriousness where do people come across thinking this is alright?!?!?!? It's mind boggeling! I just hope the landscape is done before I head to Australia. The remodeling wasn't done before I was supposed to graduate (in 4 years) but I showed my dad and stayed for another semester...maybe that's his plan with the landscape, he really isn't too supportive about my adventures to OZ land. Did I mention he is selling Captain Chunk when he comes into town next week???? :(

Snow in June?!?!?!

Not that you all don't know it snowed this week but just in case you don't know.....IT SNOWED THIS WEEK!!!!! and it's JUNE!!!!!! These pictures were taken from Snowbird on Thursday! I just seriously wasn't over this storm! I spent the night up the canyon Tuesday night when the storm rolled in. We closed early due to 60mph winds (yea it makes it a little hard to get the tram past the tower with weather conditions like that) and then that night I heard the loudest thunder I've ever heard in my entire life. That might be due to the fact that the window was left open but it seriously sounded like someone was lighting a fire cracker right next to me! Anyway after all that the snow came and didn't stop!

So I decided that I should take some pictures since I didn't have a camera back in the winter :) The top is a picture from the tram about 1/4 of the way up. The left is the top of the mountain and then the right is just me being a dork not paying attention to the wind about to blow me into the tower....no I'm just kidding, I've never hit or even kissed a tower....YET ;)

P.S. Tonight I was remembering how I used to make fun of an ex of mine for working at Snowbird and "doing nothing with his life". Isn't it interesting how our lives turn out....did I mention I haven't spoken to him or about him for roughly 6 months and during this conversation he sent me a text wanting to hang out cuz he was in town! Crazy weather = crazy times!!!

Good Old Snowbird

Well today I had a hard day of work...or should I say hardly working! My boss was on a cleaning kick today. Usually we switch off taking tram runs every other but he insisted on staying on the bottom and cleaning. By the time I showed up (I'm scheduled to come in for half days) he decides that he needs some help and I'm the only person on his crew "that knows how to clean". So today I scrubbed the floor of the tram control room but to play a trick on our other boss he drew a picture of a duck in the floor. It's funny because his last name is Duckworth.

So right when I think my task of not driving the tram and cleaning is over I'm given another pointless task.....to make a sign! Apparently my boss is bothered that people keep leaving the trash out and letting the racoons get to it so for the rest of the day I made a sign.

If you notice on the sign "Brought you by???" well around that point I gave up and demanded on driving the tram or else it would read...brought TO you by? I'm starting to think my dad has a point with getting me back into school to start teaching