Fran's 90th Birthday!

Fran Johnson is a dear sister in our Branch and is really another mom to us. She is one of our dearest friends! In February she fell and dislocated her left shoulder and went to stay with her son in Kent, WA while she recuperated. we missed her so much!

April 10th was her 90th birthday. being 175 miles from all her friends just wasn't acceptable - so Jan & Shep drove over the mountains early that day to take Fran out to lunch and bring her a beautiful hand-made quilt created by her Relief Society sisters for her birthday. Each sister added special buttons from their collections and tied them on the quilt. Fran loved it!

We went to the Red Robin, enjoyed a great lunch, then the staff brought her a special hot fudge sunday and sang happy birthday for her. What fun!!!

Now if we can only get her back home again!

Company Conference - Las Vegas

I'm weeks behind on posting - sorry! Our company conference in Las Vegas March 26 ~ 28 was a lot of fun. It was great seeing friends and meeting new ones.

The fellow to the left of me in the first picture is Michael Clouse, the featured speaker all day Friday. I shouldn't admit this but I had seen articles by and about him since 1999 but just didn't do much about it. I heard quotes from him and heard about some of his books and training, but I didn't get them. I wish now that I had! Michael is an amazing teacher. Within the first 5 minutes of hearing him, I liked him and what he has to say. What he teaches about vision has vastly improved me and my business. I strongly recommend his website, www.nexera.com. Go through the website in great detail - there is a lot of material there! Get the package. And we just received notice that he will be at our annual conference in August - yea!!!

In the middle picture are all the leaders of our company that attended this event. My happy face is second from the right, next to Bob Scocozzo, the CEO and owner. Charlie Umphred, VP Marketing and owner is in the middle.

The third picture is of Bobby and his daughter Mia Bella, namesake for our product line. She just keeps growing and getting prettier every year!

this was a great conference. Meeting and listening to Michael Clouse on Friday and all the member speakers on Saturday was a lot of fun. I was the MC for both days. No one threw anything at me so I guess I did a good job.