Company Party

We had a work party for Jeff's company on Thursday and Friday of last week. All in all it was really fun. They had a company meeting the first half of the day. At 1:30pm, everyone brought families and we got in groups and had 2 boxes of legos that we all had to design items that we'd take back to the 1800's. Luckily for us, our group consisted of an artist (graphic designer) and a sports fanatic. The artist guy created a huge John Deer tractor and the sports fanatic created a goal post/football and a basketball hoop complete with a net and an orange basketball (jawbreaker candy). Our group also created a microwave, computer and a toilet with indoor plumbing and toilet paper. We came in second place...yay. The winners of the competition actually are lego fanatics and I knew the second that we were having this competition that they'd win and I was right. They made a bathroom with all the amenities you could think of ie: blow driers, curling iron. I wish I had taken a picture because it was so awesome. They totally deserved the prize.

After the lego competition, we all attended the Twin Falls Temple open house. Why is it that the most important time for your children to be well behaved, they go crazy hyper??? Ugh! We had a rough experience trying unsuccessfully to keep kids quiet and well-behaved.

After the temple, we all gathered in for a catered dinner which was extra yummy. We were then treated to a magic show which kept my kids entertained so the crazy hyperness that they displayed earlier finally calmed down. We separated the kids from the adults and we had a banquet with a power point presentation. In the presentation they had comments/compliments taken from co-workers about fellow employees.

Here are Jeff's:
1. Always smiling!
2. Agreeable, willing to work with anyone, always watching out for his clients opportunities.
3. All around great guy, he would even let you borrow his sweats. Nicknames=Pistachio or The Stach. (I might need to ask him about those nicknames)
4. Always Smiling.
5. Behind closed doors, works hard.
6. Hard worker, positive attitude, gets along well with everyone.
6. Has a contagious smile, happy guy, family guy, very nice and easy to be around.
7. He helped me contact some people for an article.
8. Not a lick of farming sense, but will not let that get him down...he still wants to try it!!! Great traveler, great at building relationships. Has the people skills to be a great seller-and is a great seller. Enjoyable to be around, good sense of humor. Good worker. Team player. Builder/Lifter.
9. Smiley. Always happy. He is intelligent, humble hard working, polite and dependable.
10. Tall-soft spoken-motivated-sales guy
11. Also has a fun sense of humor
12. Team player (even sharing his home for the company!)
13. Consistent, great written and improving verbal communicator, humble, unassuming
14. Dependable
15. Focused and hard working
16. Generous, kind, will go the extra mile
17. Good friend. Jeff is so personable and gets along with everyone.
18. He can clean windows in a circular motion that is appalling and he sells up a storm from unsuspecting sources. (This one is from Leon who we are house sitting for. We lived together for 2 months before they left on a mission and I guess during that time Jeff actually washed the windows :) Just teasing, he really does more cleaning than I do).
19. Jack of all trades (master of some). Fun to be around and a pleasure to work with.
20. Seems to do a very positive job.

Also, all co-workers voted on 2 people that meet the following criteria:
They are team players. They help the team move in the right direction. They get back to you when they say they will. They treat you well (you leave your interactions with them feeling better than when you started). They are enjoyable to be around. They work hard. They are helpful. They are interested. They care. You wish you had more co-workers like them.

Jeff got the second most votes, which was pretty cool.

The next day (Friday) we left the girls with a babysitter and went to play a softball game with Jeff's company. I really hate to be "poor me" but it really is not fun to watch people playing sports while I sit and watch and feel bad about myself because I can't play. I hate it! My car accident happened almost 13 years ago and not being able to run/play sports still has not become bearable. I even have reoccurring dreams about me playing sports. After my pity party, I was able to come to my senses and quit feeling sorry for myself and just focused on being happy. I picked up the girls early because I saw no point in paying a babysitter when all I was doing was sitting there. Then after a picnic lunch the company party ended.

Here are most of Jeff's co-workers. Some are missing because they were still at work...talk about dedication! Crazy tidbit for ya...the woman on the far left in the red shirt used to babysit me when I was little (in Washington).