fresh & fun

I had such a wonderful time in Portland. It was only my second time on the West Coast. Like the first time, when Jenn and I boarded the cruise ship in San Diego, this time we didn’t have time to go sight seeing either.

I arrived Thursday night. Lori Craig had booked a suite for six of us: Beverly Gerard, aka. Texasgrammy, Julie Ebersole, Lori Craig, Sharon Harnist, Jenn Balcer and I.

Jenn and Sharon didn’t arrive until after midnight local time. And you know we can’t just go to sleep right after getting together for the first time in a long time. So that night was very short.

The room next to us was booked by Cambria Turnbow and Joy Kennedy.

It was the first time for me to meet Cami and Lori. It was long overdue.

Friday was Stampin’ Up!’s regional. I met more SCS members that I had never met before. I LOVE going to events just to hang with friends and meet new ones. It’s simply the best.

 Cami was a presenter at the regional.

 Did she ever WOW us!!!

You can find a tutorial for those sweet treat bags on her blog: Stamp a little love baby.

Friday night we went to the Rock Bottom Bar for the SCS dinner. That was so much fun!

After going back to the hotel, Julie treated us to Appletinis. I usually don’t like alcohol. I haven’t found a drink I like the taste of. Appletinis weren’t half bad though. LOL

So again….sleep was sacrified for fun.

Saturday morning was great. Daven, Tracy, Adam, Sara, Scott, Lori, Jenn and I held a full fledged team meeting. I am smiling while I am writing this. This is only the second time we met in person. We usually meet in a cyber room. It was great!!!

Then we rushed to Jess’s house (you can see Mount St. Helena from her balcony!!!) to have a SCS lunch.

Sharon Harnist brought her copics and showed us how to use Nestabilities with a cuttlebug. Needless to say I ordered those from Ellen Hutson’s store and they are on the way to me now. I can’t wait!

Then we drove back into the city for a quick shopping trip to Paper Zone. What a SWEET STORE. They had shimmery cardstock in every color!!!! I don’t think anyone of us left without at least one bag. lol

We had to be back in the hotel around 5:30 p.m. to change and go to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner. Daven and Tracy had invited the team members, moderators and former and current DD girls. That was fun too. We took this picture when left the restaurant.

From left to right (top row): Adam, Sara, Lori, Cami, Leann, Lisa, Beverly, Jenn, Scott, Beate, Daven, Tracy, Jess and Jami

Bottom row: Joy, Julie, Leslie, Sharon and Emily

Once we got back to the hotel, we had to talk a little bit more about some SCS stuff, then headed back to the hotel room.

We had to party one last time to say goodbye.

 So we didn’t get much sleep the last night either.

That’s the story of how I got so tired! LOL

It was definitely a trip that I will remember for the rest of my life! It was a priviledge to meet all these awesome women (and men).