I'M BACK!!!!

Hello hello again! I'm finally officially back after an awesome family reunion at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. At our peak there were over 50 of us (cousins keep having kids so we are multiplying exponentially). It was super crazy, kids running around everywhere, eating extravaganzas, beer in every cooler but it was great. I have to admit that I was a bit like "ughhh this is going to be too much" prior to leaving, but I forgot how funny my family is. Everyone has such a good sense of humor, so I only really had to censor myself in term of bad words haha.

All the cousins minus Jeff

Let's see... activities included: reading, napping, boating, tubing, hiking, cornhole, can jam, Euchre (a midwestern card game my whole family plays) tournaments and card playing in general, jet skiing (sorry for screaming in your ear Lindsay!), and zip lining. Oh and eating and drinking haha. I saw deer, some sort of small rodent and a BEAR! It was a black bear in a tree down the street from one of our houses (did I mention that we rented 3 huge houses were we all stayed). I didn't technically see the whole thing, but I saw this black mass moving about in the tree, and guys that got closer said that they heard it grunting and that it was about 100 lbs. So I didn't get the best glimpse but it was closer than anyone else!

My other activity which I'm super excited about was my first Stella and Dot trunk show (thanks fam for being my guinea pigs). We have lots of stylish ladies in our family so I thought it would be a great opportunity to bring my jewels and see what magic could happen. It was cool seeing everything all set up (even if it was on a pool table), and really got my confidence going as far as my Stella career. It helped me realize that I am going to have a more laid back trunk show style-- not so many flowery speeches, no need to be pushy when styling. The jewelry is so nice that it really sells itself. So now I'm just hoping that I'll find more people who want to host trunk shows at their places (I got $230 in free jewelry and 3 pieces half off-- the more your customers buy the more the hostess gets! So I can't see why you wouldn't want to host). Any takers?

So coming up for this week: more sh*t I wish I did and that I'm glad I did! :)