10 January 2007

"California, Here we come!"

Hi Family,

As you all know, Mom has been working so dilligently and faithfully in her business and she is going to officially promote to National Marketing Director at the convention this March. And we get to celebrate with her. Little Rachel is so excited to "stand up on stage with Grandma". Mom, we are all so proud of you and we are honored that you want to acknowledge us in your time of recognition!


The actual dates of the convention are Thursday night, Friday, and Saturday (March 22-24). Mom will probably walk across the stage (with all of us) either Friday or Saturday. The convention is in Long Beach. Then, on Sunday... Disneyland? "I'm going to Disneyland!" (I'm singing that, can you hear me?) So, we were thinking that we would stay close (well, close enough) to Long Beach Thursday and Friday night. Then, move over to something in Anaheim for the next two nights while we are at Disneyland. Of course this depends on when Mom will walk and whether or not you are attending convention and stuff like that. So, if you are attending convention or if Mom is walking on Friday night or if you would just like to be there Thursday and Friday, mom has booked three rooms at the Marriott . Those rooms have been spoken for already. So let Mom know ASAP if you are going to be able to join us for either of those nights. (Danny, Kendall, John and Joey let Mom know if you are coming.)

Then, we will move over Saturday afternoon to Anaheim. The Sheraton is where we stayed for Joel's wedding (I think). It is the most reasonbly priced at about $140 a night. The rooms are newly renovated. The Marriott is also nice. It is about $259 a night. There is also the Hilton which is comparable to the Marriott. It is about $239 a night. Check out the sites and tell us what you think! They all have shuttles to Disneyland and stuff like that!

So, the main purpose for our trip is to celebrate Mom and be there with her when she walks across the stage. An added bonus will be Disneyland! It will be so much fun!

Congratulations to Joey. We now have a musher in the family. I love you all.

Christmas was such a special time. Can't wait til March when we will be together again in sunny California! Love, Christy

3 comments:

Smith Fam said...

Ryan and I will be there. We are hoping to head out on Thursday taking advantage of the rooms that mom and christy so graciously worked at and reserved. Can I just say that I cannot be any more proud of mom. She is so amazing how she has never given up and remained so positive through this JP journey. Mom, I can't wait to be there with you. Holy Cow, I want to tell everyone I see about how my mom is going to be NMD! I feel so proud. Thanks Christy for putting this together for us.

Kendall Garippa said...

Daniel and I really hope to be there too!!! Daniel just got a new job yesterday at the Hyatt Mountain Lodge doing front desk/maintenance/whatever stuff. He's really excited about it! I should be able to take off from the babies on that Friday, and Daniel is going to see as soon as he can if he can get off. We will be there if at all possible.

We are so proud of Mom too - that is some crazy perserverance! Miss all of you guys and can't wait to see you, hopefully soon! Love ya.

MissHannah said...

I'll be there...I'm so excited. Good job Mom, thank you for all your help as I attempt to educate. I love you.