Teenage Jobs

I mentioned that Kristin couldn't finish VBS because she had to attend training for her new job.  Well that job was at the new trampoline park that was opening up near us.  She had applied for the job online way back in the spring, went in for an interview in early July and was hired at the beginning of August.  She trained for both cashier and party host.  

The trampoline park had a soft opening the week before the big grand opening so one night while Kristin was working Paul, Megan, Zach and I went to try it out.  Lauren also came with 5 of her friends.  On that particular night Kristin was working cashier at the cafe.

Our family all bought an hour long jump time but Lauren and her friends only did 30 minutes.  I have never jumped at a trampoline park before and I have to say that it was pretty fun.  There were a couple different areas that you could jump in.  There was the main jumper, 2 dodgeball courts, a basketball area and a pit you could jump in or do flips in.

We played dodgeball with Lauren and her friends and believe it or not I outlasted Lauren!  That tired me out though and after that game was over I was wishing we had only bought 30 minutes of bounce time instead of an hour.  Zach was going strong the whole time though, in fact, he probably could have jumped for two hours!

When our time was done we stopped to see Kristin at the cafe and the kids each got a smoothie.

Megan got some fries...

We will definitely be back!

Once Lauren turned 19 she was able to start waitressing so she moved up in the ranks at Applebee's from a hostess to a waitress.  We chose to go see her "in action" this past Sunday during her lunch shift.  At the time we were there (~2:15/2:30) it wasn't very busy but apparently it had been very busy, busier than normal for lunch time.  That was good for her though, more tips!

Check out her name tag.  It says "Ryan."  She said she lost hers so she just put on an extra name tag that  was in the back because she had to have a name tag on.  We kept calling her Ryan the rest of the day.

She did a wonderful job, of course, serving us.  We even got to meet one of her managers.  If you ever go to that Applebee's when she's working be sure to ask to sit in her section.  You'll get great service!