A Freedom Celebration

We just got back from an awesome weekend, the annual Business Conference and Freedom Celebration. We spent 3 days in this packed coliseum in Greensboro, NC learning from great business owners and celebrating with the ones who have achieved a milestone of sucess in their business. As you can see in this picture, there was an 8' red carpet roped off on either side that the business owners being recognized for their accomplishments walked down with nearly 12,000 people cheering for them. It was a ceremony similar to the Grammy or Emmy Awards. We all dressed up for the occasion in suits and dresses and shared in the joy of the couples accomplishments. We learned a lot and had an awesome time. Here are a couple of pictures of some of us ladies on that special Saturday night.

Maize Adventure

Tonight we decided we would try something new and different. We took 2 friends with us and went down the road to a cornfield that they had made a maze out of. Now I have actually been to a maize maze 1 time before, but it was somewhere else several years ago. I remember it being really cool though. We had gotten so lost in the corn and couldn't see anything but the path we were on and corn all around us. So I anticipated that this maize adventure would be very similar. Unfortunately it was not because we have had a terrible drought here this year and most of the corn died while the rest of it didn't grow very tall. So what they did instead is made it a scavenger hunt for the pirate's treasure. I'm sure this would have been a blast for a little kid, but we made it fun for us too. We all got litte punch cards, and we had to go all around the corn maze to find these little boxes in the ground with X's marked on them. Once we got all 6 we had to find our way back out and then we got a prize! We finished the hunt in record time (less than 1/2 an hour) and did have a good time.

Here are the guys having fun in the maize maze. We will have to try it again next year and hope for a better corn crop so that it will be a real maze next time.

Me and my brother at Daniel Gomez's Wedding

Here's an old friend of the family's, Daniel Gomez, and his new bride, Tia. It was a beautiful wedding. My whole family was invited, but just my brother, Michael, and I were able to attend.

Daniel and Tia met taking dance lessons, so they had their instructor do the reception and give dance lessons before the bridal party arrived.

Michael has spent a little bit of time around Daniel and Tia while in college at NC State, since they both live in Raleigh, and he has actually taken some dance lessons too. He and his friends like to go out dancing on the weekends. I actaully had a chance to visit him and go with them once. It was so much fun.

Here is Michael dancing with his good friend, Julia. I also got to dance with him a little. He is a pretty good dancer. I, on the other hand, am not so good. I love to dance, and I have a great time dancing, but I think I need more lessons. : )

Anyway, I was just excited that I was able to get some nice, up to date, photos of Michael and me together. We had a really good time hanging out at the wedding and I look forward to more fun times we can spend together. I love you, bro!