Last Weekend...

Was really, really fun!! We were in Appleton, WI for the competition for the Land O' Lakes district of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

We were so fortunate to meet three other families in Green Bay who are also adopting from Haiti. From left to right: Brent and Jill, Jaime and Patrick (whose daughter is at Patricia and Philippe's orphanage), and our hosts for the evening, Sarah and Cliff. We are all adopting through the same agency and are in a YAHOO adoption group together. We had a great time visiting about our children and commiserating about the miseries of adopting from Haiti. Hopefully the next time we all have our picture taken together we will have our Haiti kids on our laps.

Sarah and Cliff's son, Atticus, lost his tooth while we were over there! :)

Here is a (apparently forbidden) photo of Lee's group, the Great Northern Union. There were 17 groups that competed and Lee's took FIRST PLACE and will now compete at Internationals in Anaheim next summer! They were also the only group to receive a standing ovation!

The weekend was extra great because of where we got to stay. We stayed in Appleton, with my co-worker and his family. From left to right: Chuck (Chaz, Chucky, Count Chuckula, Chaz-ma-tazz), Joe and Grapenut (I will let you guess which one is which) and Meri. Meri and I met for the first time and we had a wonderful time visiting together! (The guys got along, too!) They were gracious hosts and we hope to return the favor some time when they make their way to Minnesota!! OH! And Chuck makes the BEST chili!! Yummmmmmmmm.

Grapenut, posing for a portrait

What a fun weekend and thanks to everybody who helped make it so!

Vegas, on Business

Ok, so I didn't take any pictures of the meetings, but we DID have them. Who takes their camera to corporate meetings?

We flew in Tuesday, the 26th, and I hung out with my friends Jen and Paula, both Entertainment reps in Texas, before the meetings.

We hung out with this guy, too.

Here we are after the meetings:

My friends Denise and Holly got tattoos.

Holly said, "This is one thing that isn't going to stay in Vegas."

Our boss, Tony, designed both the tattoos.

Don't worry. I didn't get one! Here I am with Jen and Paula.

Here is the view:

These pictures might look the same but look on the left hand side - who is that guy and where did he come from? It was a matter of seconds between pictures. We all got a kick out of this, especially since the place was called the Ghost Bar.

I don't know the exact ratio of women to men in our company (at least in the field) but I do know that more often than not, the men are outnumbered!