Conferences

I meant to post last week but I got too busy with work. My conference last week on Thursday and Friday went very well. We had about 180 people and it was in Rochester. The course directors were so sweet and surprised me with a bouquet of flowers at the end of the conference in front of the whole audience...it was very unexpected!

On Sunday, I left in the morning for Orlando for another two conferences this week. My mom met me here (Brandon was unable to come) and we have had a great time. It has been so much fun spending time with her and the hotel that we are staying at just opened on Oct. 1st so the beds, showers, towels and everything else is brand new! The service here has been wonderful as well. On Monday, we were the only group here, so the staff was waiting on us hand and foot. The people at the pool were so bored that they cleaned 3 pairs of my mom's glasses, kept bringing her cold towels, laid out her towel in front of the hot tub for her to sit on, etc. We have definitely been spoiled. I will have to upload my pictures later since I don't have a way of doing it now.

My mom left this morning so I will be here tonight by myself and then will leave right after the conference tomorrow afternoon to go home to Oregon for a week to celebrate my grandma's 90th birthday and then Isaac's retirement the next weekend. Even though I don't want to leave the hot weather in Orlando, I am really excited to go home and see family.

In other news, I was not joking in my last post when I said the wind was howling. That night, I was doing laundry and Brandon came down and told me that our table was missing. I was confused because I thought he was talking about the kitchen table but then I realized he was talking about the table on our deck. I went out there and the wind was so strong that it had blown our table away. So, Brandon went out at 11pm to look for it with a flash light. He found part of it against our neighbors house but couldn't find the larger part. When he finally gave up and came inside he found it in the middle of the street on his way in from the garage! That is amazing to me that the wind carried it from the back of our house to the front.

Parts that were found in our backyard
The rest of the table that was in the street

So, needless to say the weather in Rochester has turned very cold. I even heard it was supposed to snow this Sunday. I am glad that I am in Orlando instead! Brandon is at home though so he is in the cold weather. This is just payback for when I was by myself last winter in Rochester when he was sending me sunny pictures of himself in San Diego! Just kidding! I wish he could be in the warmer weather but I will get to see him at home for his dad's retirement.

Last week, Erica and I apparently both thought it was a good idea to wear sweater vests to bible study so I had to take a picture!