Fall is here!

Isn't Gizmo a cool lookin' cat???

Hi everyone! I know it's been over a week since I last posted.. so thanks for hangin' in there. ;-)

A lot has happened since then. My branch is now fully staffed!! YAY. 2 of the new hire tellers just came back from training on Monday and are doing well. It's funny because my investment specialist came up with the saying that "being short staffed is always going to be the norm". After a year at this branch and being a manager it's true. I sometimes just have to take it one day at a time!

Last week my branch had a special visit from not only my district manager but my market manager too! They spent a good part of the day going over numbers, operations, customer service and some other stuff. I got several high 5's and some kudos for how my branch has turned things around!! It felt great to be told to keep up the great work. You see.. hard work does pay off!

Nick is leaving this Friday for Alaska to spend the weekend with his good friend Roddy. Nick and Roddy are going to do all sorts of boy stuff up there.. you know fishing, hunting and riding machines. I can't wait to hear the stories that Nick comes back with.

While Nick is gone I am going to go over to Eastern Washington for my friend Lesley's bachlorette weekend. I think about 20 girls are getting together for a kick ass limo/bus ride and 6 hours of wine tasting. I bet Nick can't wait to hear the stories that I come back with.

Esmee!!

A few weeks ago Nick and I got to watch the kiddos when Tim and Renee went to the Storm game. Boy do they have some serious energy. Ethan enjoyed playing an Xbox game (Lego Starwars) that Nick has.

Willa!!

Notice in the background Esmee is brushing gizmo with a cat brush? I swear if I had barettes for the cats the girls would have had a blast!

Willa just LOVED carrying Gizmo around. He was a really good sport about it. I lost count of how many times she picked him up. I think it might have something to do with him being a kitten. Chester kept his distance most of the night. Every once and a while he would get close to the girls to check them out but decided he didn't want much to do with them.

Both of the girsl are on a cat toy. Pretty cute, huh?

Both girls love to give hugs... but boy is Esmee a climber!

TACO NIGHT @ LCP!!

We all pitched in and enjoyed a mas grande taco dinner. Barb made this amazing rice, I cooked up the chicken and beef, Moni had the guac covered (made from scatch!) and Shannon was all over the tortillas. It was AMAZING.

She is getting so big! Amelia will be 2 on October 21st. Wow how time flies. It was funny to see her walk around with her life vest on for hours! I'm not really sure how she ended up with it on in the first place but she loved it.

Mmmmmm... Nothing like a nice ice cold mint julep by Makers Mark, huh? Ryan and Nick enjoyed a 5th of this between the two of them. Even though both of them paid for it the next day they both would drink it again because of how good it was.

Silly boys!

Yes. Moni is about to show the boys how this is done.

Creepy. I know. This is the KISS mask that hangs out on Ryan's lot. The boys take it out every once in a while (when we have new comers join us) and scare the crap out of them. I really don't know why I was wearing it that night...

WELCOME FALL!!!!

The air is crisp. The leaves are turning all sorts of colors and starting to fall from the trees. Kids are back in school and I have to leave for work 10 minutes earlier just in case I get stuck behind a school bus or 2.

It's my favorite time of year!!