After not being together for over 2 ½ years, we welcomed a couple of days in Orlando as a family, and then we went on a fun, four-night Disney cruise. We opened the outside balcony doors between our cabins, so we could visit with the families that opened their drapes (a code everyone understood), there were plenty of activities around the ship for everyone, and the weather was perfect! Even though there will probably always be someone missing (this year Sidney, Cameron, and Owen weren’t with us), we’ve decided that two years is too long in between family reunions! 

OnStage in Orlando (I’ve included photos from local events from around the world too) was a special event for me!

Here are the samples I shared on the incentive trip we took with demonstrators to Alaska in July. With the holidays right around the corner, hopefully something here will inspire you to create some holiday cheer! 

As I was carefully packing up my samples for OnStage this week (I’m so excited to be in Orlando with many of you!), I realized that I never shared my samples from April’s OnStage (product from Stampin’ Up!’s current annual catalog)…as well as the samples from the cruise (grrr!), so here are April’s samples, and I’ll post samples from the cruise in a couple of days.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays at Stampin’ Up! I love getting together and cheering for the teams and individuals who dress up…so creative! And although I don’t have any photos of them, seeing children in costume walk through the building with their parents, collecting treats from everyone’s desks, brings a special spirit into the building. It was a happy Halloween!

We hope Mary’s trip was all she hoped for and more!

It was a brilliant trip to Canada and the best birthday weekend!

We loved celebrating Connie and hope she feels celebrated!

Conference weekends, held every April and October, are two of my favorite weekends of the entire year (nearly ten hours of inspiration and counsel—all while lounging in my sweats!), and this conference was no exception.

Two great organizations were benefited, and two couples had the chance to get away together! 

Ronda Wade and her husband Eric took to the mountains to celebrate Ronda’s million-dollar milestone.

Yes, it’s been 50 years since Sterling graduated from Kanab High School—something worth celebrating! Just before Sterling and I enjoyed a lovely dinner in Kanab with almost all of his living classmates and their spouses, I snapped this photo of the class of 1968. It was nice to see everyone and have a chance to catch up! 

Kim Cook and her two sons, Justin and Jake, were in Utah this week for Kim’s 1M sales milestone celebration. It was their first time in Utah, and while it was a “little toasty,” they all “had a fabulous time!” Kim said. 

Overall, we felt like it was a good weekend. The thing I love to watch is the interaction between the cousins, especially the older ones with the younger ones. It’s so sweet and probably the thing that makes me want to do it every year! 

After spending two days cleaning, loading, and traveling to and from Lake Powell for only two days of fun on the lake (not a great ratio), we decided it was definitely too short, but it was still worth it! Sage and her two boys joined us, along with Sara’s youngest and Shalae’s three oldest. We stayed in the slip, enjoyed some of the usual lake traditions, and made some fun memories!