I planned to be back blogging full time after the workshop last month. Life got in the way again. We are in the process of buying our first house and things are crazy. I have decided not to stress about being behind on my blog writing and I am taking a break. I plan to be back after January 1 so I have time to move and get ready for Christmas. See you all after the New Year.

I am in Newport Oregon and having a fantastic time.  I am scouting for a conference we will be hosting here in September.  Right now I am sitting in my hotel room looking out over the Pacific Ocean with my feet up drinking some coffee before I go to work checking out the items we want to highlight.  It’s a beautiful morning.

I spend about 15 days a year in hotels, so I am pretty used to the schedule by now.  This hotel has been pretty fantastic to work with and all of the rooms have an ocean view.   Many of the people coming to the conference are from other states and have never seen the ocean.  Boy are they in for a treat.

My brother and his latest way to try and give my mom a heart attach.

My brother races at the Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg Oregon.  We had the priveledge of going a few weeks ago and loved it.  It was the first time my girls had been to the races in real life, and they had a blast.  We always tell the girls that TV is not real.  We were driving to the races and Emmy got super excited and said “Races are real” in the cutest voice.

Chris’ truck is the one on the top that runs over the boat at 2:12.  It was a riot.

I just found a new to me blog.  She’s having a give away you should check out.

Wow.  Since December I feel like my life has been on autopilot.  I am finally getting back to my real life.

Since December, I had gallbladder surgery, an allergic reaction to the adhesive used on the surgery sites, a skin infection at the reaction sites, large ovarian cysts on both sides, fluid behind both ears that made me extremely dizzy, an ear infection, and a sinus infection.  I am finally starting to feel better. Woo hoo.

This Saturday was Hope’s last basketball game for the season.  She will start again in September.  Emily is excited that she will get to start also.  I can’t believe it’s almost time for Emmy to start kindergarten.

We spent a few days at the beach last week while I was on a work trip.  J and the girls came with me and we got to spend some fun time together when I was not working.  We had a great time.

Hope hate’s it when I talk with my hands.

Check out those dirty toes.

Since our girls were born, J and I do not give each other large presents at Christmas.  Instead we get our presents when we get our tax return.  This year we got a wii and a wii fit.  I’m loving it.  I was not however loving my wii fit age after my first test.  I definately have some work to do.

My girls love Wii boxing.  The little one is speedy and can take down the bigger one every time.  Watch those hips go.

J got his test results back and the spot they removed was cancer free.  I am so jazzed!!!  What a long couple of weeks not knowing.

In December J had a minor car accident.  It was just before my gallbladder surgery and our vacation.  He slid into a curb and no other vehicles were involved.  He hurt his shoulder and is going through physical therapy for it.

The car was broken and there was a major snow storm here.  While the car was in the shop, we were able to have a rental car.  While they were checking it out, they discovered that the water pump was going out.  If it had failed completely, there would likely have been quite a bit of damage to the engine.  We paid for the water pump, the insurance paid for the issues with the steering systems, we said a prayer of thanks that the car did not cost more and I was not stuck somewhere with the girls by myself.

We were able to take the rental on vacation and were glad to be able to go.

Before we went on vacation, J went to have a doctor check out his shoulder and neck.  They noticed a small “cyst” and recommended he have it checked out after we returned from vacation.  When he saw our regular doctor, she explained that he had a non-cancerous tumor and she refered him to a surgeon for removal.  On Tuesday, J went for the procedure.  While they were doing the surgery, they noticed an odd spot on his shoulder, which they suspect is skin cancer and removed it.  We should hear the test results soon.

If not for the accident, they would not have found the water pump or the spot.  I am not happy that he had a car accident, but I am happy that they were able to find them.

I’ve had a rough few months, so I decided to treat myself yesterday evening.  J’’s cousin Jennifer met me at the salon, and we had pedicures done.  We both picked out the same color from different shelves.

I'm not really a waitress red by OPI toes

She had never had one before.  She seemed to enjoy it, and I did too.

Jennifer, queen of the toe seperators