Weekend with Friends

What a great weekend! I am so sad to see it come and go!

Friday one of the girls in our office, Cassi, threw a baby shower for Bethany who is due in two weeks—can't believe it!! She decorated the house so cute, Martha Stewart like—she is so creative! We socialized, asked Bethany all of these baby questions (anticipations about the baby, fears, what she is looking forward to, etc.). I am so excited for her and Jay and so excited to see their new baby boy!

Saturday I actually went out selling with Mike—my first time!!!! Boy was it a fun experience! It makes me appreciate so much more the job Mike does every single day. I honestly don't know how he does it, but he is really good at it. I just stood back in awe at how good he is at his techniques. It was so much fun to work as a team (of course I was just there to support him more than anything and smile at all the people we'd meet) and spend the entire day together.

We took a lunch break and had some yummy Greek food—Greek lamb is so good, we love Greek food. After lunch we headed back out to pound the pavement for a few more hours, which was hard after taking a nice break. We ended up pulling down two sales!!! It was a gratifying experience getting in the door and having a sale to go through. I was really intimidated about the experience but once I realized that it was actually kind of fun talking to/meeting different people, the intimidation went away.

I think I enjoyed the experience the most because of how it allowed me to understand half the things all the guys in the office talk about at dinners. I can now laugh and appreciate what they talk/joke about. And it is also nice to know what Mike actually does each day and that I can now appreciate his hard work so much more.

The office reached their dinner goal and we got to go to BJ's family restaurant. Mike and I sat down at the "singles" end of the table with all the boys (don't know how we end up always doing that but we always have some great laughs).

Sunday Mckell, Jay, Bethany, Mike and I headed to Leavenworth—an authentic German Town 3 hours east of —and spent the day seeing the sites. It was a lot of fun to stroll through the shops, eat yummy authentic German food, and take some silly pictures. The scenery is gorgeous, you honestly feel like you are in the Alps; it is breathtaking.





Mike and I got some handmade chocolate—roasted hazelnut praline and salted carmel in dark chocolate—YUM; sampled aged cheeses, bought some yummy candy, a raspberry cream cheese strudel, and of course we ate at a yummy German restaurant. We didn't know how much we'd enjoy German food but we really did; it was tasty! On the way home Jay was nice enough to stop at a local food stand and we picked up some cherries. We love food!!

Leavenworth - make slideshow

It was such a fun weekend! I am sad to see it end. I am also sad to leave Mike in a few days! We always have so much fun together; I will miss laughing with him everyday. I am excited to spend some time with my family though and see Dave's new baby girl. Oregon here I come!!

Oh and I almost forgot I finally dyed my hair (again for the 5th time). Here are the before and after pics. It is pretty dark and it is still not the color I want to be but it is a lot better than what it was—orangie blonde.

Before

After