Loving Life in Idaho

April 24th, 2009 I just had to take a photo of the weeping cherry bush since it blooms for such a short period of time. I am so happy that we moved here to Idaho. It has been such a great move for our children. The people are friendly and warm, the crime is low, the schools score very well. So many wonderful things about living in Idaho :-) The weekend is here and I am excited! I Have one Arbonne party on Saturday and will be gathering some orders in the morning. I am really excited because Victor was able to get us Taylor Swift concert tickets at the very last moment when the radio station opened up a few seats. He got on line and we couldn't get even get 4 tickets, but scraped by and got us 2 tickets :-) Woohooo ;-) The kids are all doing well. Morgan had her 11th birthday yesterday and is having a little party tomorrow, there will even be a couple of BOYS!!! ;-) too cute, she is the first girl to even ask to invite a boy to her party. The other kids will go to my mom's house...

Arbonne, NTC, 2009 Jan and I just got home from NTC, National Training Conference, in Las Vegas, NV. We had such a great time! This was my third NTC and I definitely consider it the best one yet! Arbonne has always been pure, safe and beneficial, but it is getting even more so everyday. We have some phenomenal new members of the team! The focus is on improving our holistic and botanical elements and helping the consultants with marketing. I am thrilled to be a part of this group of awesome people! There were so many women who have just changed the lives of their families in this past year by jumping into Arbonne. People that didn't have money for food a year ago and now they are thriving, thanks to Arbonne. I love that average women can create such a nice life for their families and with their family's help :-) I heard over and over how Arbonne was a family business for people. I also saw more MEN walking across the stage and winning wonderful awards and accomplishments, it was...

It's a beautiful day, even with all the rain :-) Jan Camp and I are in Las Vegas for Arbonne's National Training Conference (NTC). So far, we have registered and just been really relaxing. Our early bird training is from 1:30-2:30. We have our big "Kick Off" tonight at 7PM. I am looking forward to seeing the new products! woohooo :-) Next week when I come back home, I am doing an open house at 7PM at my home on Tuesday and Wednesday at my home, the 22nd and 23rd. Please spread the word ;-) Yesterday, Jan and I walked and walked and walked ;-) We got rained on too, but it was lots of fun. Mostly, we are just relaxing and feeling lazy and enjoying this down time. I hope you are having a great week!

Just a quick note to say hello and that Jan and I are at the Boise airport now :-) We should get to Vegas around noon and our program doesn't start until tomorrow night! So we will have some nice time to relax and such :-) yay! So looking forward to it! Hugs to you all!

Wow, in January, my internal alarm clock went off, the need to have some time to myself and to just relax a bit. I love being a wife and mother, but every once in a while, I must admit, I want to get away. Hope you don't think any worse of me for it. I was driving home in January and thinking, I can't wait until NTC (my annual conference with Arbonne) in April. YES! Las Vegas! friends, time to be me, positive, inspirational, motivational. Now, I leave tomorrow! How did that time go so quickly? So, here's the deal, whenever I am going to leave home, I get soooo sentimental. I get all emotional with my family and friends and you that know me well, know this, I will be scurrying around getting everything packed, and as done and as orderly as possible before I leave and I will be calling my friends, or writing on their Facebook walls, because I love you all and will miss you, and I secretly worry, what if something bad happens, I want everyone to know how much I love them and h...

Isn't is strange how you can wake up thinking that you don't have that much to do and then the day just goes crazy? Wow. Donovan had school today at Meridian Technical Charter school and it was really cool because they were doing community service. I took some photos and will post them soon to my Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=661140946&ref=profile&nctrct=1239411862889. We are hard boiling eggs to dye tonight and making fish for dinner, a Good Friday ;-) I hope you all have a wonderful Easter this weekend and enjoy time with your families. I am still preparing to leave on Tuesday for my National Training Conference with Arbonne. I am really excited and doing lots to finish up. I have been meeting the most amazing people lately, just coming into my life out of nowhere and it is so exciting! It is time to cuddle, dye eggs, watch a movie or whatever else :-)

One week until NTC :-) Wow, it comes up so quickly every year and catches me off guard. NTC is an annual seminar that I go to with Arbonne. We receive lots of great training, have guest motivational speakers, learn tips from people who are very successful with what they do. There are also several awards ceremonies and parties and such. It is very uplifting, encouraging, filled with amazing women who are lit up, inside and out! I LOVE it. Most years I complain that I didn't prepare in advance, no new outfits or anything. So, this year, I am working on being a bit more prepared. I still need to get my hair trimmed, but I have two new outfits, and some other odds and ins. Planning a summer visit to California, just trying to get the dates solid. We will drive and the oldest kids will stay with their dad for 3 or 4 weeks. I can't wait to see my Grandma and Aunt Jeanie, Shele and Belinda and so many more! Too many to list ;-) Today I will go shopping with Lindsey after Little Vic go...