My WoRk PaRtY!

last night was my work christmas party. can I just tell you how much I l.o.v.e. working for westside medical! technically I'm employed under "ericksen research & development" but we work along side with westside and are all one big family. I started over 3 years ago here and am so so grateful for this awesome job. I get to work with the coolest people and I love what I do.. research is such an interesting field. I feel so blessed that way. all of us study girls (which is only 7) decided this year to do a little something special for dr ericksen (our boss and also the owner of westside medical) considering everything he does for all of us. he really is the best boss to work for.

we all pitched in to give him this basket full of byu stuff and all his favorite books and treats. (it was not easy for me, ha ha! I even joked with him that he knows it would be much cooler if it were utah stuff)! we love to tease each other all year long about byu-utah. he told me I could borrow his blanket and heating bean bags if I want... no thanks.. ha! notice he is not smiling in this picture but he did have a mouthful of treats, he really is happy :) he loved it!

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this was the first year we branched off and had our own christmas party instead of attending westsides. it was weird to not be with the whole big group but since our research team is growing every year it's time for us to start doing our own. dr e treated all of us and our spouses to a nice dinner at tepanyaki. it was sooo much fun just to chit-chat with our group and enjoy each others company in a smaller setting.

Our table


..and the rest of the group
(love the two goofs on the end)

such a fun night! thank you dr e and the rest of our group for all the fun times. I'm so lucky to work with all these wonderful people. love you all and looking forward to another great year!

(we missed you madi but I'm sure you're having much more fun on your cruise)!