Our Ultimate Life: MK Retreat

Last weekend I went to Leavenworth for the first time for our annual Mary Kay retreat - but more on that later. Let's catch up on other happenings of the Rose household:

First - my books! I finished "Why Gender Matters" and loved it - and I am 75% done with "Girls on the Edge" which I found particularly interesting as a girl who went through a lot of what he pointed out in the book. One of the factors affecting girls today is obsessions: in high school when I wasn't the basketball star anymore (cue basketball coach telling me I needed to lose 25 pounds before I could start - TRUE story), I definitely felt lost. But thankfully I had parents who taught me that I was more than an athlete. He talked about the way girls use social media, and I see this translate to adulthood even in myself. We tend to write things on our blogs and on our facebook and instagram what we think people will want to read rather than what we're genuinely thinking or feeling. I've done that in my head many times in writing my blog: things like "I won't include that, nobody cares" - etc. But who cares what other people think? I'm going to try to care less what other people think of my writing - and what's funny about that is, isn't that all in our heads in the first place? The idea that someone might be judging my writing may in fact, never be true, but just a story in my head. I know, this is deep, philosophical stuff up in here.

Last Monday I decided to delete my facebook app off my phone. I was sick of constantly scrolling throughout the day in any down time: it was like I couldn't have a down moment without looking at it. I was very aware of it, but couldn't seem to just have a moment where I was just sitting - and it was okay. So I decided to just get rid of it. I'll tell you - I don't miss it! Yeah, it might make posting pictures from my phone more of a pain, but I am loving the freedom from the negativity and comparison on facebook - especially this election season!

Poor baby Emmett has come down with a severe case of eczema. People were telling me it was heat rash and it would just go away, but then I used my BRAIN and determined it is not hot enough outside or in my house to be heat rash. I got a professional diagnosis, and we are working on a solution.

This picture is to document his first time rolling from back to belly! Interestingly enough, he rolled back to belly before belly to back. He is rolling like crazy now :)

Morning walks

trying to feed baby with a dog going nuts-o in the back...yes, he climbed on the chair and was attempting to climb over the couch! Chase come take our dog away!

More morning walks :)

Saturday morning bright and early Justin took my to a carpool location to get to Leavenworth for my MK Retreat. Every quarter we tend to have a big event, and this is the one for fall. It was an educational, inspiring event and I will just say this: I absolutely love the people I work with. I love being a mom and staying home and enjoying that lifestyle: and I also love having a part-time business where I associate with a lot of positive-thinking women who uplift me. It's a unique culture and I'm grateful I have a way to make extra income for our family while enjoying this new stage of motherhood. Last month I celebrated 3 years with MK! Crazy.

Being away for 36 hours meant a lot of pumping! Thankfully I had a mini-fridge in my "luxury cabin" to save all of it.

Leavenworth looks straight out of Switzerland - I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I should

My new friend Debbie and our chocolates

We learned how to earn a diamond ring for seminar - isn't that crazy? Those are real diamonds next to my fake one ;) That training came from someone who's earned SEVEN diamond rings. Whaaat?

I got to sleep in the loft! It was so cool

The name for our future national area is the Hero Area - hence the hero themed photobooth!

My scarf is covering my awesome #unstoppable t-shirt I won which gave me and the other qualifiers special privileges all weekend - so fun! And I got these slammin pair of BKE's this week - can you believe some idiot at the post office yesterday commented on how cute Emmett was, then said "Looks like you're expecting your second?" ... #whatareyousmoking

The fruit of all my pumping labors ;)

I loved coming home to my boy!

Monday Justin and I carved pumpkins while Hocus Pocus played in the background. Today we are gearing up for the Halloween party later today. I will say that I've always considered myself a summer girl, but this fall has me thinking I may actually prefer fall. The leaves are simply out-of-this-world beautiful, and we've had a decent amount of sunny days to enjoy.