Synergy Worldwide Costa Rica Jan. 31- Feb 7, 2010

Leaving a legacy for a special school in Costa Rica. The distributors and Synergy gave this lucky school some much needed supplies. The kids and teachers were so very grateful.

Here is a little sample of some of the 354 pictures I took in Costa Rrrrrica. (Done with a Spanish accent.) We had such a great time. For those of you that didn't earn the trip. You better work your little tushies off so you can go to Hawaii in 2011. Here are the pale faces of Dan and I. You better view these pictures with some sunglasses on because of the white glare you will see. I was so worried about ruining my skin I think I returned the same shade I left. Thanks to the 90 percent sunscreen I used. I didn't even know it came that high.

Our hotel from the back. It was beautiful and the beds were huge and so comfy. I had a hard time getting up every morning.

The view from my balcony was truly amazing.

Yummy, dinner! The first night we ate a true blue Costa Rican dinner. It was tasty. I however had a hard time eating the poor pig. I don't do very good when the meat resembles an animal. I do much better when you just have some slices on your plate every morning for breakfast with a huge Belgium waffle. Like Tyler R. and I did every morning.

We ate lunch at this place and it was beautiful. Everywhere they took us for lunch after the activities had these breathtaking views. Sorry you can't see it here.

I had to share this picture because I loved it.

The monkeys came out to eat while we were in the ocean swimming. I had to hurry out snatch my camera and take a few gazillion pictures.

Nicole and I at the final dinner. I have every one's picture so if you want it, you should leave me a comment.

I have a ton of sunset shots but these were some of my favorites. Hope you like.

We had such a wonderful time. Send the link to your friends and get them motivated for next year. We want everyone to join in on the fun. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. It was really fun to get to know you a little better. Hope to see you all in Hawaii next year. Maui here we come.

Costa Rica Feb. 2010

Synergy Worldwides Legacy Retreat was held in Costa Rica. It was so much fun. Here is a little sample. Check back there is a lot more to come. If you want a copy of all the pictures I took on a CD. Leave me a comment with your name and I will make sure you get one.

Let's PARRRRRRRRRRRRRTY!

The pretty, party girls. Wow what a day. Read on for a good laugh and more about Katelyns party.

This little bad boy is Katelyn's birthday party invitation. I put some hot pink glitter on the crown and some black glitter on the mask. It turned out so cute. The glitter added so much. This is Katelyn's last year for a big birthday bash so I wanted to make it perfect for her. Her colors were hot pink, white and black. I wrapped the table in the cutest black and white wrapping paper. I wrapped her presents in coordinating wrapping paper with different kinds of bows. I then went around my house in search of items I could use on the table to showcase everything.

THE CAKE UGGHHHH.... Here is a picture of the cake I wanted to make. I took it down to Grandma Julies house to show everyone and my sister in law Whitney started to laugh. I know I'm not a chef by any means of the imagination, but I really thought I could do it. Whitney had to tell me the name of the stuff that makes the cake so smooth and where I could buy it. Well I started to second guess myself and thought I would pay someone to make it. They wanted $300 dollars for a cake. Hello you eat it and poop it out. I couldn't even think about pooping out $300 dollars. So I jumped in bought the crap and brewed up the cake.

Here is my cake I made for Katelyn (below).

Are you just dying. I put the cakes in the refrigerator overnight, brought them out the next day and started with the smooth crap I can't even remember the name of. (Which turned my hand black and then purple, which is the color it remained for about a week.) Decided I didn't have all day to mess with the smooth crap and ran to the grocery store to by frosting. Started to frost the cake then added each layer. By the time I got to the top it started to leannnnnnnnn. So I tried to very carefully push it back on top. Then is started to crumble, so I added more frosting. Which started to gloop and slide down the side of the cake. My friend Heidi came to see my creation and when she stopped laughing came up with an idea to use a knife to prop it up. You can see the knife if you look at the picture of Katelyn blowing out her candles. Anyway, Katelyn felt so bad for me because I worked on it, and planned it for so long just to have it ooze down in back. She came up with a story to tell everyone so I wouldn't feel bad. She told her friends she was dancing and did a kick and accidentally hit the cake. Is that the sweetest thing. I couldn't let her take the fall for my failure so I came clean. I told her she has a great story to tell her kids one day. Did I mention her invitations were so cute.

I cannot cook and sometimes I cannot bake, but I think I can decorate.

Just in vision what the cake could have looked like.

Look close you can see the knife in the back. I do love this picture of Katelyn blowing out her candles.

Katelyn's girlfriends had her wrapped up just like a present.

All the left over Halloween candy was gone in seconds. I think Bailey ate a whole bag by herself. Where does that girl put it. She must have a hollow leg.

Shayla's mom Cindy made this sign for Katelyn and gave it to her along with a present. The sign was to die for. WE LOVED IT. I put the sign to very good use. Of course I hung it up and took the girls pictures in front of it. You can order one for any occasion just go to http://www.cindesignsblog.blogspot.com/ or just click on the link. Thank you Shayla and Cindy it was AWESOME.

Notice the sign in the back.

There were 16 girls invited to the party and 15 who could come. We only had one broken ankle, (which turned out to be a bad sprain thank goodness.) 5 devoured pizzas, 2 gallons of pop gone, 1 goopy cake eaten, (they all said it tasted great. YEA.) 3 big bags of candy eaten, wrapping paper all over creation, 1 big hole in the wall, noise level above 89 decimals, 15 smiley faces, 100 pictures taken, oh ya can't forget cops called and sent out to church location. (NO Lie). 2 scary boys smokin SOMETHIN. 1 adult to handle all these situations, the party was 7 hours long, a movie, the game fugitive, presents, laughter, so much fun. Whew. I'm done.