So many exciting happenings these past few weeks. I have wanted to get lash extensions for years. I have always thought they would be to expensive and a royal pain and lets get real, I didn't think I "should"spend that kind of money on me.....insert selfishness!!!
Well, after years of research and inquiries I finally got over myself and made my first appointment. Um, can we say life changing. I love them and so does Corby so its a win win. My lash lady, Jenise, is the best. I will tell you if you desire lashes get a good one who knows her stuff. Jenise is a professional in every way. Her work is so natural(you know what I mean, we have all seen those lashes that are just......) spend the extra and get someone who's good.
So now that I have so much free time on my hands (since I don't apply mascara anymore) lets talk about what else we've been up to.
Corby rocked his profession this year. Mind blowing how well he did. He finished the year in 3rd place (barely missing 2nd place by a few notches) in his company Futurity First. I am not sure how to describe Corby's achievement but out of a nation wide company with thousands of agents Corby was 3rd highest in the company. That is no small feat. Dreams do come true peeps, we are the only people who stand in our own way. Get out there and make a difference my friends. Every year Corby writes himself a check with the amount he will gross that upcoming year. At first I would roll my eyes and say whatever but when it happened for 5 years straight I became a believer ha ha.
For 2018, he jumped the end number up many 0's. If you have questions about vision boards and how they work I would be happy to explain the process. The feeling of achieving something, especially if it's something others have told you you can't achieve is one of the finest feelings around. BAMM!
Malia dances for Taylorsville High School. In fact, she is the president of Dance Company. She is a natural leader and really loves performing. She performed at two half time basketball games this week. I love watching her graceful body in her element. Such a beautiful art. Whenever I get to attend a high school basketball or volleyball game my mind drifts to memory lane. Man was high school awesome. I loved my years in high school and especially on the court. I would not want to go back but what fond memories I hold for the sports. Look out for #32 ha ha
Thursday evening we were fortunate to attend an awards banquet for Corby held at the Gathering Place in Gardener Village in West Jordan. I love sitting by people I don't know and come away feeling like I have new friends who inspire and uplift me. This industry my husband is a part of is just full of good hearted souls. We gave a moment of silence for a fellow agent who passed away a few months earlier. Such a sad story. He was 46, married and raising 5 children in Paradise Utah. He just didn't feel right so he made an appointment and a few hours later was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. He was given 6 months with chemo to live or 3 months without. He tried one round of chemo and said no thanks I will take quality over quantity he passed away only 2 weeks later. Many of the nearby agents pooled their money and collected over $30k so this man could take his family to Disneyland. His youngest child is 10, heartbreaking. Another testament to my heart that we live each day with no regrets life is unpredictable and too short. Don't get caught up in the petty things and always leave someone feeling better about themselves than you found them. Luckily this man had life insurance and his family will be ok financially. Get your life in order even if you are 20, you just never know!!! During this evening this beautiful lady kept smiling at me and I thought "oh wow, she is gorgeous and nice too" Afterwards she came up to me and said "I keep seeing you and I can't remember how I know you but you are so familiar to me" side note, Corby and I attended fit expo a few weeks earlier and apparently she saw me there too. As soon as I looked at her I said we worked out at Golds Gym in West Valley together. She smiled and said yes, thats it. It was fun to reconnect with that part of my life, such good memories. I miss that camaraderie.
The highlight of the evening, listening to our guest speaker, Steve Starks. He is the President of the Jazz and works for the same company as Teesh La Reesh. He is a stake president and has 3 little girls. If I had to guess he is in his early 30's. I think we have another President Monson on the horizon. He worked side by side Larry H. Miller and was mentored by a great man. Larry Miller has done so much good in this world. He had a heart of gold and knew how to create dreams. Steve gave a powerful message about going after your goals and keeping your eye on the end goal. To never be complacent and theres always something to improve. This was particularly impactful for me as I had two different ladies tell me the previous week that they were completely content with their life and had no desire to change. It struck me off guard when it was said the first time but then a second time really engaged my mind. Now I am not saying to never find contentment and never be satisfied but the part that is confusing to me is why wouldn't you want excellent when your life is considered great. Isn't one of the purposes of living this life to learn and grow? To each their own but I thought when I heard this comment and then repeated I actually felt sad for my friends. Let your light shine!!!! We can always improve. We are enough don't get me wrong its just you can do more than you think you can at the same time.
My girls were out of school Friday so we filled the morning up with errands and secured my Mafria's passport. She is headed to Dominican Republic in May. Man time is flying, May will be here in a few more blinks. My girls get drug around so much so we kept the errands to a minimum and the girls got to get their creative juices flowing and played with EVERY toy we own all day. It was glorious. Early Saturday morning I was up with my calling. I am the Stake Sports Specialist for YW and older more mature women. What that means is I must make sure the building is open and we have the supplies available. Because I am an overachiever I play with the other ladies ha ha. Its a hard job but I try. I ended up playing 2 hours of basketball and 1 of volleyball. Got a few kills with some spikes, my glory days....felt so good and then I came home to sleep for 2 hours ha ha.. My body isn't in Kansas anymore.
Around 6pm, we piled in our truck and headed to Midway. Malia wasn't able to come. We went to the Ice Castles. Not to be negative or a downer but this year was the worst I've seen. So disappointing. We made the most of it and still had a good time but if it was your first time going please give it one more try. I think the lack of snow and the man made snow was the first issue. We did get to see some fire people and even had front row seats. Like I said it was a good evening just not like in previous years. We got soaked as we slide down slides without snow pants! Yay for feeling like we urinated ourselves (insert fact smack emoji) why we didn't wear snow pants was just a little confusing to myself. On the bright side we hardly needed a coat throughout the evening and we rode a shuttle to the parking lot. See not all bad. Teesh and James joined us in the evening fun. I love spending time with my family sure do miss Sierra and Malia.
Sunday we spent the time in Pleasant Grove supporting Brooklyn Dahl as she embarks on her new journey in Romania. She is one impressive young lady. She gave a discourse at her farewell that just left my jaw dropped. These youth are so prepared for this calling to bring souls unto Christ. Watch out Romania, Brooklyn is a force to remember. We enjoyed our time with cousins, aunts and uncles. My family is so huge(three more babies to be joining the crew in 2018) that it's hard to make connections but today it was great. Getting reacquainted is my passion. I love hearing all the accomplishments that are happening. We have two new RN's in the family a few more dental hygienist and 8 missionaries.
There's my week in a nutshell. It was fun, full and family. I will take it.
No comments:
Post a Comment