Going out of Business Party

Yep, that's right.
A going-out-of-business holiday party.



For those of you who haven't heard, CompUSA is shutting its doors, thus, my husband (and thousands of others) will be seeking new employment after the holidays. So, to keep morale up and give thanks to the employees, Mike and GM, Aaron, decided to throw a holiday party at the terrific Riata. Lots of gift giving, eating, drinking, and dancing went down. Everybody had a terrific time and apparently let off some much needed steam.

My camera was on incorrect settings, and after unsuccesful attempts to fix it, gave up, and unfortunately do not have a photo of each guest. :-(

Many thanks to Neha and Eva for coordinating, and also to David for hooking us up with this terrific venue.



























Can you believe this hooch showed up at the party with the same shoes AND jeans that I had on?!



Ha! Love ya Mandy.
XOXO

My *Why*

Mommy's Time Out - Playgroup's Holiday Party

What us stay at home moms do after the kiddos go to bed.

oh, and these hookah heels don't belong to me..

hehe.

We had a renew/regifting exchange party and some poor soul ended up with a bag full o' holiday crap that I received from my days of being a teacher, which a note attached explaining, "what NOT to give a teacher for a holiday gift."

Yes, yes, I know it's the thought that counts, but a simple $5 gift card to a coffee shop will suffice. There are only so many stuffed bears, snowmen pens, and santa earrings a person can deal with.

The party was an incredibly fun time. There was another Momma taking photographs there, so I'm hoping she posts them on our message board so I can add those.

*Editing to add new photos*

Here are some photos courtesy of the amazing Bonnie Berry, a fellow O'Mama.

I am officially in love with her work.

http://bonnieberryphotography.com/

One of my favorite shots. Seductive Mama Tanya.

No wonder she has a husband 10 years younger!

There were even a few nurslings at the party

I *heart* my playgroup.

Goal Reached

I'm very excited to announce that I promoted to the first level of management in Arbonne at the end of last month. Even more exciting, my partner, Mandy, also promoted out in December! We have so much fun working together and we're ready to grow our team!

Holiday Boothing

Going along with building our Arbonne business, my partner and I have been manning booths throughout this holiday season. This was our last booth of the year at the Annual Georgetown Stroll, which was large.

After some rain, a canopy dilemna (and bad planning), my disgruntled husband had to bring us a borrowed canopy. Not sure what this year's attendance was, but last year's was around 30,000 people. It drizzled this year for most of the morning, which made attendance a bit slow at first (and our products wet), but it cleared up, dried off, and went well. :)












And here is Mandy (offering samples of the yummy holiday Ginger Citrus Body Butter), my first business builder and no question, my ACE!

Marching Band 2007

Some photos from this season's Marching Band.

These students work incredibly hard. Practice 2.5 hours after school, on top of weekly sectionals in the morning, on top of Friday game nights (in which they return home close to midnight), and the occasional Saturday morning competitions. It was exhausting for me as a parent. Trying to maintain high grades on top of all this is challenging, but they somehow do it!

I managed to cry (literally) the first 3 times I saw Domi march at a game. I just couldn't believe that he was out there marching so beautifully in unison with everyone else.

Domi, Mi Corazón

I helped sew these flags.

Domi is the 2nd one from the left.

Region Band Success

Domi's high school band participated in the 5A Region 26 All-State Band try-outs Nov 30th & Dec 1st. The band placed more students in the Region Band this year than in the history of the school! Out of all available spots in the Region Band, Cedar Park placed 84 instrumentalists. That is 39% of the total Region Band! Add to this that the number of available spots for Region Band was reduced this year!

Domi was one of them.
Quite an accomplishment for a freshman!

Thanksgiving 2007

Art Photo in Mothering!

I'm so very excited to share this terrific photo.

It was taken by one of the mamas at an art playdate I hosted at my house. (You'll see the original post a few scrolls down). The best part is, her photo was published in the current issue of Mothering Magazine (November/December issue) -- page 17. Mothering published it because Melanie sent her photos in since I was inspired to begin hosting montly toddler art playdates after reading their July/August issue, which discussed how to create these wonderful, artistic opportunities for tots.