Another day at work....

So, at work lately I've been trying to view my summer job like I did last summer when I was working at Baskin Robbins in Lake Tahoe. I KNEW that, besides working, my other "job" was to show Christ's love and to talk to my co-workers about Him. Well, I've been getting to know a lot of people really well and have been hanging out with some of them a lot. (Either I'm at work or hanging out with people from work!). Anyways, there is this girl, Robyn in the bakery from Lousiana. She is a very strong Christian and I enjoy talking to her about anything and everything since she is my age and we've even gone to church together a few times. (don't worry Sarah, she's no you though!) It's good to have her around for encouragement and a good smile. Then there is this other guy who works in produce with me who is very liberal, does not like "Shrub" (president Bush), and who is not religious at all. Half of his family is Jewish and the other half is Catholic and he's had some strong religious friends in his life in the past though so he's very open minded and asks lots of good questions. Most recently there is an older guy who works in the deli who used to be a pimp (seriously). He's really funny and nice and we're always giving each other a hard time. And he knows I'm a "good girl", so I'm just trying to get to know him better to see if he has a religious background or an opinion or anything. It's kind of funny because I've never had so many friends from a job and at least once a week a handful of us will go get something to eat after work, or float the river together, have dinner at someone's house, play basketball, or go shopping. Well, just thought I'd let you know about the good ol' Albertson's crew. Maybe you could pray for opportunity to talk to some of them (we can't talk much at work because we get in trouble even when there is no customers!)

A 15 mile hike!

So, I had Friday and Saturday off so my dad came up from Billings to hang out. We fished all day on Friday and hit up Quake Lake, Hebgin Lake, and the Gallatin. I didn't catch anything (my dad caught a lil' rainbow), but there is nothing like standing in the middle of the river casting a line! I don't think the fish wanted what I had though, because they were jumping all around me but not biting my line! Then on Saturday we got to the trail head of Hyalite Peak at 8am (45 degrees outside!) and hiked the 7.5 miles to the summit. We got to get wet while crossing rivers and we even had to cross some snow (which I slipped on and almost went sledding down the mountain like a penguin!). The view from the top is sooo amazing and way worth the adventure. You can see everything up there and for a minute I thought I was was Queen of the world! Even thought I was a tasty feast for a lot of bugs, it was well worth it! Here are some pics of the day. Try not to be too jealous!

more pictures!

So, this game was brought to ycc my first summer here in 2001. We have cleverly named it 'pain pong'. The 2 players ping pong to 11 points. At that point, the winner gets to hit the ball as hard as they can at the loser's stomach. They get a number of shots based on how many points they won by. As you can see...if you lose by a lot and your opponent has a good shot, it can be pretty painfull! The person being shot at must cover their face so they don't know when a shot is coming.

this is dave...he's a trooper

This is Genie on her birthday. Because it was her birthday, she decided that she needed to dress for every type of weather imaginable. As you can see, she is clearly dressed for hot, cold, rain, and even wet grass!

What? Who borrows cameras? It's kind of incriminating evidence...but always really funny!

Last but not least....WE WENT TO THE RODEO!!! (on the 4th of July) This is me, the directors, and the crew leaders that had the week off.

I love my job!

Allow me to introduce...

CLUCKY!!!


Clucky is our ycc 2006 mascot. Yes...he is a pirate chicken, as most people here at ycc would rather be a pirate than a ninja. Clucky likes to be hidden in people's beds. He is duct-taped because his feathers are falling off. This is a picture of clucky our fearless cap'n at old faithfull! (yes, he also has a peg leg.)









Well, i was going to put some more pictures on here, but the computer won't let me. It has outsmarted me once again!

I will try to add some more later.

In other news...i apparently have not kicked my camera-borrowing-taking-random-pictures-habit. Maybe i'll post some of those too.