New Hair Color/ Synergy Summit in Anaheim, CA

So I know I haven't updated my blog in a while... I just had to get a little help from a co-worker to help we figure out the dang thing! Anyway, this last Sept. from the 11-13, my work had it annual convention which we now call Summit. It was a blast but lots of long hours on high heels. The first day we flew in from SLC to the Long Beach Airport which is about the size of the Modesto airport. When we arrived it was so humid and nice I thought I was in heaven. I miss the humidity! We were shuttled over the Hilton Hotel, which I have stayed in the Marriot a few times and thought that was nice, but the Hilton was my fav. While I was there, one of my "duties" was to help on stage with the giveaways, prizes and awards. I got to dress up a little which is always fun! I got to meet people from around the world from our other markets and it is very interesting to get to know them and find out about their cultures. Below are a few pictures from the event and if you notice, my hair is now brunnette! It has washed out a ton since I got it done 2 weeks before these pics were taken but I will post more once I get my hair re-colored so you can see how it's supposed to look! I like it a lot and it didn't take me much to get used to it like I thought I would...

This year they had me in the cash line with my manager Deb who is to the left of me... I didn't really want to do cash b/c it's a lot more high pressure than the credit card line!

Here I am with Ashley on stage handing out awards. Instead of calling us by our names onto stage they asked for the 2 Vana's to come out.... I know, we thought it was a little weird too, but the crowd liked it. The sad thing about this picture is that Ashley is wearing a kitten heal and I am wearing a 4 inch heel and I'm still shorter than her!

After being on stage the first day it was back to the store to rack up sales! Deb, my manager, is next to me.

Okay so I'm pretty sure that I wasn't expecting the President, Dan Higginson, to ask me to hold this little bucket for the Cancun giveaway. He said, "Okay, Lizzy hold it up real high so no one thinks I'm cheating." The first thing that went through my mind was, "Oh, Crap! I don't think I shaved my arm pits!" So I held it as high as I thought was appropriate... hoping people couldn't see!

On Friday night, they let us go around California Adventure for about an hour, and get on any rides we wanted. One of my co-workers is prego, so we went on rides and things she could go on. Here in the picture, we were waiting to go into the "Bug's Life Theatre" which was so much fun. It's a 3-D theatre and so they gave us these glasses to wear that have antenas on them. I laughed so hard! We also went on Soarin' Over California and that is my most favorite ride ever! Over any roller-coaster I've ever been on... I love it soooo much!

On Thursday night we had a "Welcome Party" were we had a bunch of Wii stations set up and the one I am playing is the Dance Dance Revolution and the distributor I'm playing with is from Ireland. On the Right hand side, you can see a co-worker of mine laughing at us b/c we weren't that good at it. We failed the song and it didn't let us finish! The two guys behind us are also Irish Distributors. I could not understand them when they spoke and at one point, one of them got so excited that he went of speaking in all this Irish slang! It was hilarious to hear...

Over all, I had a good time but I couldn't wait to get home and see my hubby. I was so exhausted when I got home that I dropped the things I had in my arms on the floor and crashed in bed. It was a fun trip but diffinately exhausting.