safari girl...

tomorrow I'm headed to the airport for a long weekend away...

all by myself

no hubby

no kids

to a conference I attend every year for my business...our national conference....

I've never flown just ME...I have flown with just Madison and Bobby and all of us together but not just me ~ but when I get there I will be far from alone so have no worries...not that you did anyway, right?

I'm so excited because this conference will be a celebration of 30 years for them

the women I spend time with are truly wonderful

mentors of mine

friends

those that have supported me from day one with my business

because that is who they are...they are the real deal

and provide so much insight and support for me

it is a celebration every day with them...

it's a time where I feel like I can connect with them since we live apart from one another

they are the friends I can talk about what I do...I can talk about life...I can talk about silly fun things...ridiculous things...family...everything, and I know they really care

I love what I do so much because I believe in health and wellness with a passion...I believe in being cautious about what we use interally and externally with our bodies...and I believe in sharing with those who have a desire to learn about it too...

I am beyond happy doing what I am doing...

my heart is in it

it is something I know deep down I can do well

and the best part about what I do is when when people allow me to help them and they share their results with me....be it health...or beauty...or self-esteem...

when they do I smile so big inside

So I'm off to learn these next several days...and will be gone on a little "safari"...
{not really a safari but i needed a tie in for what I am transitioning to...}

I will discovering the new things with our company

discovering some new things about myself

and doing it with people that believe in me

because we are on this journey together

I always come back from this re-energized...not just with my business...but with myself...I know I will do a lot of crying...the good and healthy tears...

you know the ones that help you move forward and grow

our team for some reason is known to cry...my sponsor jokes that if one starts crying...it's the domino effect

but at least it's all together...there is something comforting in that

Every year I realize and learn something else about myself that I want to improve upon and every year I get better at believing in myself so I can be better at my business and better at being me...

So when I picked Madison and Hayley up from school Monday...
she was my little safari girl on Monday...

she was dressed the part {they made bandanas, visors, and she happened to wear her vest as a coat that day}~ ...they turned an open area at school into a safari atmosphere for the kiddos...

yes...under her bottom lip she had a bad fall...down some stairs and has a rug burn...scared the wits out of us...so bad Daddy needed a hug!

Anyway...she came home so proud to show me what she was wearing...
and rambling about some new friends that she made...

and they are boys...so I got the "low down" on Dalton who is her new friend that is also friends with Mitchell...and they are not Brenton's friends {her best boy friend} because they are her friends that also play with Brenton...

I had to get the semantics right with her you know...
she's just short of turning 4 but apparently she knows her stuff

and I laughed telling Bobby about this because he is already having issues with our almost 4-year-old talking about boys...she definitely has some girl friends too but she gets googlie-eyed over Brenton specifically...

it's truly a riot...so on the way home...she wouldn't really talk about the safari much...but she sure did about the boys...

at least according to her "she isn't supposed to kiss boys until she is married"...

100% her words by the way...

which Daddy about did a happy dance when she said that...

"sure honey," I thought...if that is what you want to think...she won't kiss a soul until she is married...obviously we don't want her kissing anyone for a very loooong loooooonnnnggg time but I just like to play along to get the hubby all out of sorts you know...

about 3 weeks ago she said for the first time to us...

"I want to marry you Daddy!"

My little safari girl...someday you will {not Daddy of course}

but for now...we want you to be our little 4-year-old girl who isn't always talking about marriage and boys quite yet...

does it really start now?

I'm going to be gone for a girl's weekend...

and I am waiting for some stories from hubby about Madison telling him about her friends that happen to be boys ...

he tries to deflect those conversations with Madison by asking her
"why don't you tell me about....Emma...Annabelle" { some of her girl friends}

as I'm laughing...

hope you all have a great weekend and before I'm off...

Happy Anniversary Dad and Mom 37 years on St. Patty's Day

photos 1 -5 found here {arent' they fantastic!} and yes she has a lovely blog here...