oh aspen grove

each day I reminded why I love this place

not only is is beautiful beyond all reason

but I pretty much have the best job ever. I get to play with four year olds all day and get payed for it! It can't get much better then that! They are so cute and so entertaining! They say the funniest things! One kid the other day asked me how old I was and I told him to guess one said 8 and the other said 40... not even close young children. They are also constantly asking me if i sleep in our "classroom". Some times I just tell them yes to see the look on their faces. SO priceless!!!!!!

Also, I'm pretty sure Aspen Grove is one of the only places in the world where you can just casually say hi to general authorities as they walk by! LOVE IT!

but most of all I LOVE LOVE LOVE the people that I work with! Not only are they incredible entertaining but they are just amazing! I have some of the funnest times with them! The other day I walked into the lobby to find this....

what are they doing?? group facebook stalking. it made my day :)

here is a couple pictures of a typical day
parachute :)

frontier night i have been at this station so long i am so pro at shooting the cans!

Aspen follies doing parachute games! I am the one if the background yelling instructions haha

Our beautiful tromper room! or the "classroom" as the kids always call it

Aspen follies working doing the water park :)

did i mention i love love love this place!!!!

busted.

So I never really figured out who painted "astro" on my van a few months ago until I came across this beauty

...so busted....

toy story

was it absolutely amazing check
slightly creepy check
totally worth seeing on opening day check

LOVED IT!

kissa wedding and a trip home

This last weekend i finalllllllly got to go home even though i was definitely there two weeks ago! but in my defense it seemed like it had been WAY longer! On Wednesday after a very very very long hike day (we have those lovely four year olds for eight straight hours on hike day!!!!!!!!!) I jumped in my car and drove to the airport because I was barely going to make it in time to catch my plane and I arrived at the airport just in time to rush through security to find out that my flight had been delayed.... two hours... yuck! For some reason I always get super lucky and my flights to mesa ALWAYS get delayed!!! Crazy! So I finally got home around twelve thirty at night and the next day went to karissa's wedding and then went home and got ready for pictures and her reception! It was BEAUTIFUL! I loved every second of it! She looked absolutely gorgeous and I'm so happy that I got to fly home for it!! Here are some pictures of the reception

Then on Friday I hung out with my family ALL day of course! It had only been two weeks since I saw them but I still missed them A LOT!!!! I was so happy to see them again and then Saturday morning I jumped back on a plane (delayed of course) and got back to Aspen Grove with 15 minutes to spare before work started! SO LUCKY!!!
trent even tried in this little beauty for me :)

best. brother. ever.

spontanious

Last night I went to the mall with my friends Auri and Alise! It was SO fun! Our main objective was to get supplies for making head bands! We are having a head band making party tomorrow. I'm obsessed and it's unhealthy. I have WAY to many. At one point during our epic outing we were walking past Claire's and they remembered about how much I always complain about how I can't wear stud and they peer pressured me in to getting my ear re-pierced! I can't believe I finally did it after wanting to for ten whole years! The women who did it was a super creep but she was really good at what she did so I lived with it! She even left a note in my bag... what a creeper haha

I was SUPER nervous!! and they even let me hold the little teddy bear :)

The finished product

Me, Auri, and Alise on our head band making hunt...

after they even convinced me to buy green eye shadow and I have to say that I wore it today and I am in love with it :)

Aspen Grove is finally warming up... a little... :) So far this week of orientation has been so fun but super exhuasting. I learned how to put in a chain link fence this week which was interesting as well as sweeping the entire deck of the pool. Good times :) I have met so people here that I absolutly LOVE already! They are awesome! My Tromper room (the age group I watch is the four year olds and they are called the Trompers.) is almost ready! Heather (my partner) and I decided to go with an underwater theme and its turning out SUPER cute! :) I will post pictures later when we are finished!
This last weekend was the single parent weekend where single parents come and stay for free and we get a sort of trial run before the real camp begins! It was amazing! I love single parent weekend. I meet the most amazing and strongest people! They are awesome! This week for a few days is a youth conference and my cousin Kayla is here!!!! SO FUN! And then finally on Wednesday our first group comes! BRING ON THE KIDS! I'm so hapy!!!
Here are a few pictures of orientation week
Natalie, Camille, Jena, and Me

Jena and I

Eating breakfast before cleaning day

LOVE THESE GIRLS :)

Alise, Me, and Jena

love it here :)

thank you aspen grove.

So yesterday night after a long day of traveling I finally arrived at the grove! I was so excited! It was raining like crazy but hey thats ok right? Well it is until the sun goes down and you wake up to this....

Really Aspen Grove?? Reeeeeeaaaally?????

For some odd reason I thought I didn't have to worry about snow anymore seeings as its May and all... Boy was I wrong!