The Fair was great fun this year, especially in the art department.  Lucy won 3 First Prize Ribbons, here’s one of her creations:

Max won 9 First Prize ribbons, 1 Second Prize ribbon and 2 Honorable Mentions (which means they were considered for Best in Show – very cool!).  (Literally, we have been talking about this for a whole year.)

One of our most favorite parts was when we went to see the animals.  We approached a sweet lady who had brought many goats.  We asked her if we could pet the tiny baby goat in her arms.  She said sure, and said it was only 4 days old.  We then we asked if it had a name, she said no – and then asked Lucy if she would like to name it!  So there is a baby goat somewhere in Santa Maria now, that is named Lucy!

We brought Dad along to show him the art on display, our favorite animals and the like.  We were blown away on the expense of riding rides – most were $4 or $5 for just one ride!  Yikes – so glad that there were many other things to do.  Max and Lucy just rode 2 rides each, but fortunately did not seem to mind. 

Lucy’s birthday party at the beach was a success.  Only half of the little girls cried at any one time.  Lucy had the worst crying as she got fistfuls of sand in each eye.  Below are pictures of some of the more pleasant times.

Max took his friend Ben to the beach also.  Ben was hesitant to go until we convinced him that he was just going to the beach with Max. Ben was concerned that he was going to a girls birthday party and wanted nothing to do with that!

We are headed to the Dodgers vs. Giants tomorrow afternoon.  I spent a lot of time at dodgers.com trying to buy tickets, but ticketmaster kept offering me the same 4 tickets.   I like StubHub.com, but ended up buying from a lady in Ventura via Craigslist.
So many choices…

My sweet friend Judi (my first Arbonne business partner) and I got to go to Vegas to the Arbonne National Training Celebration.  It was SO amazing.  We learned so much about new products, the science behind Arbonne’s formulas, the lives that have been changed through this company, and lots more.  I am ignited!  I’m so thrilled to be working from home, in an industry that is still growing despite the economy.   Yea for Arbonne!  (http://www.arbonne.com)

Plus David Cassidy and David Cook came to sing just for us!  (well, 8000 of us 🙂

Wow – we’re official with our name badges!  (A gal threw her name badge onstage to David Cook during his show; he giggled and said no one had ever done that before!)

Judi, our NVP Jen Landes, and an excited me

Here is a picture of my beautiful girl.