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