Back from QVC and Washington DC

We are back from our vacation to QVC and Washington D.C. Oh my gosh, we had such a great time. Here is a recap with tons of photos.

Tracey and I left last Tuesday morning and drove to SLC. We stopped and met with my printer gal and took a tour of the printing facility. It was really cool to see all of the technology they have.

We then caught the plane to Philly.

Long flight, got there at midnight, had to get a car and drive about 40 minutes to our hotel in West Chester. They have trivia contests between all of the passengers on the flight, and look who won this round. Yes, yours truly!!

The first thing that i noticed when we arrived in PA was the humidity. It felt like we were standing in a closed bathroom where there had been a hot shower running. We caught a few zzzz's and then on Wednesday we went to the QVC studio for my first day of classes.

We had classes on packaging,pricing, shipping, toured the QA departments, and took a tour of the studio (Woo Hoo!!)

Tons of information! I really learned a lot. It was so great to have Tracey there with me. The best thing about QVC was that they gave all of the new vendors the same amount of respect. There was myself, someone from Dell computers, someone from Adobe, a guy selling sausage, gals selling jewelry, and a yo-yo salesman. QVC gets about 12,000 ideas sent to them every year and they only take about a dozen new products on. I cannot believe that I was one of them!!

PA was so green and beautiful. There were so many little quaint towns and buildings. Here are a few of my favorites.

Okay, so Thursday was the second day of classes. This was the really fun day. We met one of the hosts, Dave James, ( he was so cool!) and he talked to us about what so say, what not to say, and what to expect on TV. THEN, we were able to go down to the studio and do practice TV segments! IT WAS SO ROCKIN COOL! I had soooo much fun! We did a 3 minutes segment, then met with our Sales Manager and reviewed what we could do better and. Then we did a 5 minute segment, again reviewing it afterwards. It was weird, I felt so comfortable. No nerves at all. I am telling you, it was a blast!! Here I am outside our classroom with there's one with me and Dave the host. My live

appearance will be in January.

We then drove down to Washington DC and spent the next two nights. We went through this tunnel that goes under the water.

We took the Metro down to DC. That is a pretty sweet system they have.

Wow, can I tell you that we were only in DC for one entire day and seemed to barely be able to see the basics. . We hit all of the highlights.

We saw the Washington Memorial.

We saw the Lincoln Memorial.

We saw the WWII Memorial.

We saw the FDR Memorial.

We saw the Jefferson Memorial.

We saw the Korean War Memorial.

We saw the White House.

We saw the Capitol.

Here is the Smithsonian Museum and a shot from inside the Air and Space Museum.

Here are a few shots of the scenery in the heart of DC.

We ended the day at Arlington Cemetery. I will save the pictures for that for another post. That was truly an incredible experience.

I will also post pictures of the flowers outside some of the buildings. So pretty.

It was Tracey and I's 14th wedding anniversary on the 23rd, so we decided to celebrate in DC. We went to dinner at Red Lobster. It was such a good meal! Yummy!!

Saturday we slept in and then travelled back to Philly to catch our flight home. Had a chance to have a Philly CheeseSteak in the airport. Let me tell you, DELISH!!

One we arrived in SLC, we grabbed a bite to eat and then drove home. We were so glad to be home. Missed the boys tons!! Thank goodness for Grandma's who take such good care of them for us!!

Whew, that was a very quick recap of the major events. Such a great trip. Now back to work and spending time with the boys. They seemed to grow a foot while we were gone.

Tune in soon for the flower photos and our trip to Arlington!

Tiffany

July Madness...

June has come and gone, and July is working her way by in quick fashion. Here's what we've been up to.

• Took the boys to Rigby Lake with some neighbors. It was so fun. I think it was close to 100 degrees that day. The water felt great. I loved how close Rigby Lake was and how there was so much sand for the kids to play in.



• Had a great 4th of July. Had a BBQ with the neighborhood and then we had a community firework show. It was so great. I talked the boys into a few family photos before the BBQ.






• My garden is coming along well.

Everything is growing well, especially the lettuce. We have been having a lot of salads lately. :) We picked our first tomato on Sunday. The peas are still small, but good to eat with Ranch!!

• Took a few photos of some of the plants in our yard. Besides mowing and an occasional weeding, the yard and flowerbeds have not been added to. Everything is green and nothing has died this year, so all is well in the yard department.

• Tracey and I are going to Philadelphia and Washington DC for the week. I am going to PA to meet with QVC and get the low-down on the whole process. I have two days of classes there, learning about the shipping, processing, and business side of QVC, and then I will do a run through of the TV segment, take a tour of the studio, and meet with the hosts. The next two days we will go down to DC and see the sights. It is our 14th wedding anniversary on the 23rd of this month, s0 its a business/romantic getaway trip. I am sort of nervous, we have never both been gone from the kids at the same time. They are staying with Grandmas for the week, so i know they will be taken care of.




• Had a chance to finish up my Moments projects for the ETM store.

See you when we get back.

Tiffany

Summer is in full swing.......

Well, we are all hot and happy at the Mitchell house. Summer is in full swing and things don't look like they are slowing down anytime soon. Buckle up, here is our summer ride so far.......

We have been camping quite a bit this summer. We went to Big Elk Creek before Memorial Day, then we went to Massacre Rocks a few weekends later. I went to Girls camp last week (more on that in a minute), and Tracey took the boys up to Palisades for a Father-Son Campout. Needless to say, we are all tan from being outside so much. So far, our camping trips have yielded two large lizards, 5 small lizards, and 2 snakes. Yes, our reptile collection is growing by leaps and bounds.





I didn't have a chance to wish Tracey a Happy Fathers Day!! He is such a good dad. He is so wonderful with the boys. He takes a day off a week to stay home with them when i work. He always seems to have time to clean the house and still have time to take the boys out in the boat for the afternoon. He never lets a teaching moment go by. He is so great about teaching the boys about honesty, responsibility, hard work, and love. We are so blessed to have him in our family!!!

Dalton was baptized. It was a great day! Such a strong spirit we felt. Jaxson was right there on the edge of the font when he was baptized. When Dalton came up out of the water, Jaxson threw his arms up in the air and yells "YEAH". That my boy.



Dalton has started going to Cub Scouts. He looks so cute in his uniform. He went to day camp last week. They were able to ride bikes, do archery, and learn about other countries. He had an awesome time.

Girls camp was so cool! I had a great time and i think that the girls did too. We took 19 girls up to the new stake camp, Camp Cumorah. It is a few miles past the bone store. It was so beautiful!! Our theme was Born To Be A Queen. All of our activities were "royalty" themed. We had so much great food and the girls are so wonderful. They all got along and helped out with everything. Sort of sad that it is over. The girls started calling me Mama Moose, because they said that mama moose always take such good care of their babies, and that I was taking such good care of them. Cute huh!! That explains the antler picture.

Missed my boys so much when i was gone. Dalton has just been my hand-holding-shadow since I came home from camp. He is such a great kid!! Dalton and Jax have come down with a fever the past couple of days (too much sun probably) they have been lying around a lot. Jaxson has wanted me to snug with him. He is getting so tall, and I asked him "What happens when you are too big for me to rock you in the chair?" He responded by saying "Well Mom, we will just move over to the couch!"
So cute!!

I was able to do a little scrapbooking after I went to the ETM Scrapbook Expo at the Shilo Inn. Tons of fun stuff and some great classes. I took two album classes. I will post photos when I am done with them. Here are a couple of layouts that I did...

Trying now to get caught up on house work, laundry, and yard work.