doTERRA convention- October 2013

I loved all the learning at convention this year! It was so amazing. I wish it hadn't been so close to the Premier Elite Retreat because that was a lot of time away from my family and that was really hard. My wonderful parents, and Chelsea, and Riley ( our sitter), and John made it possible. Love my amazing support system. 

Squeezing in the car on the way back from Convention- we were lucky to be chauffeured every day by Rick, which was so nice to not have to worry about parking and get dropped off at the curb!

Kate's GOLD rank recognition!

The opening of Convention had a beautifully choreographed number with silhouetted dancers

At times they spelled out words, too

So happy to have Elysha, my team member, there with me (along with her 4-year-old, Maycee!) They were both champs to make it work. 

An example of the grand scale of the room, screens and all the people

Me and brand new builder, Heather Deputy, posing (just a couple of oil nerds!) in front of the Convention theme sculpture. Everyone gets to sign it and this year's theme was Elevate. 

Kate and her leader, Heather Hanson

So happy to have Abbie Drage get away from her day job teaching school to be at Convention- Heather is her leader

Our great team at lunch- L-R, Heather, Abbie, Sue, Kate and Jill (from Texas)

Megan Knorpp (my upline) being recognized as Platinum rank on stage with Dr. Hill

My wonderful and supportive leaders- Kari Arntsen (my "grandma"), Kate Lasson (my "mom"), and Megan Knorpp (my "great-grandma")

Sue and Kate

me and Kate

I love working with Abbie!

Kind of washed out by the sun, but this is part of our great team

At our team dinner at Jared Winger's house (where Sue, Kate and I later sang a musical number that we had done at Premier Elite Retreat, eek!)

Lunch on the first day at Tucano's- Heather, me, Sue, Kate and Somer

Elysha and cute Maycee

Another one of Sue and Kate- it's so fun to be in this doTERRA business with some of my family

Zoo day- May 2013

Charlie has been working on trying new foods and each time he does, he earns a star on his chart. When it was full, we planned a fun reward- a family day at the zoo! I go with the kids fairly often, but it was a special treat to have Daddy along, too. The zoo currently has a Lego exhibit that was really fun to play with- we spent over 30 minutes in this giant Lego play area. 

Once this "castle" started getting this big, we started attracting the attention of every other kid in there. This happens to John a lot, he's always having so much fun playing with Charlie and George that other kids gravitate to him. :)

We got to check out this owl up close

There were giant lego sculptures throughout the zoo grounds

The polar bear exhibit is our favorite and the bear is so fun to watch!

Checking out the harbor seal- he's blind and was rescued from the wild. (Since we were there in May this animal has died of cancer. Sad!)

Lego snakes