JANUARY

We started the year out visiting the Mauro Clan up in Portland! We had a fantastic time visiting everyone and playing with fireworks (not illegal there like in AZ!).

We also were able to visit our favorite restaurant:

Here they have the most AMAZING (and ridiculously ginormous) pancakes:

The Mauro family has been coming here for generations! Whenever we come here, we practically take up the whole place. Here is everyone that came this time:

The whole trip was a lot of fun, and spent time playing with Andre's new Wii (we brought our DDR mat with us! We're such dorks!) and also just taking some random pictures!

After coming home, it was right to work! Working for Conn-Selmer, I had the biggest event of the year - the Namm Show - one of the largest trade shows in the entire world!

Since the show was held in Anaheim, which was my territory, I had the pleasure of organizing a good portion of the show. I spent 12 hours per day making sure everything went well in the booth, while meeting with dozens of customers, and then each evening was filled with dinners and performances. After the 5 day long event, I was exhausted!

Anthony also came for the weekend, and gave me a great deal of support.