Why I love what I do: Part 2

Last week was my third O'Reilly Managers' Conference in St. Louis, MO. More than 6,100 O'Reilly store managers gathered for education and awards. My conference responsibilities, with the help of a wonderful team, grows each year and ranges from signage, presentations, name badges, photography, and really all the behind-the-scenes stuff to make sure it goes off without a hitch. It is an exciting but exhausting job and not for the faint of heart. Each year I learn more and feel more confident in my role. My favorite part is that I get to take some awesome photos and meet and/or reconnect with some incredible people across the country. The hardest thing about last week was being away from my boys for 7 days. Scout even crawled for the first time while I was gone! BUT...they were in amazing hands with John and my parents helping out. His teachers sent me videos and photos that helped too.

Congrats to Tracie & Julie for another amazing conference, you ladies are rock stars!

Here are some photos from the week:

The crew heading up Sunday

This is our "before" picture Monday morning

the Ferrara Theater set being installed

The screen itself weighed 9,000 lbs.

building the set

Pano of the dome getting set

A little face time with my main man

Theater set complete

Pano of the set complete

Rehearsals for the first General Session in the Dome

Regional and District Manager Dinner at Ball Park Village

Dinner at Sauce on the Side after a long day

Our travel team working hard!

Tracie and Julie, the women behind Conference!

Hugs for hard work! We were ready to get the show started

shooting T-shirts into the crowd!

Moderated discussion with the O'Reilly Family

We fit two full size semis in the dome

The photo team!

Arch Rivals Roller Derby Girls

Cheryl with Charlie O'Reilly

Machine Gun Symphony rocked the house!

Drummer in his undies!

With the band!

HR Photo Booth with Cheryl & Julie

Closing Ceremonies

Meet & Greet with Uncle Kracker

And our "After" photo. We survived

Scout's 6 Month Photos

Like I have said before...I WILL NOT LET SCOUT SUFFER FROM 2ND CHILD SYNDROME.

I have to remind myself of this constantly because having two kids definitely keeps your mind busy. So, just like Sawyer, I scheduled a 6-month photo shoot with J Design and they turned out adorable (of course!)

It was a very cold day as you can tell by his cute red nose but Scout was a trooper. His big brother was NOT! He refused to get in one photo and threw quite the fit when he saw Scout sitting in "His" yellow chair. Oh well, Sawyer's 6 month photo didn't have Scout in them so it was equal.

Here is Sawyer's 6 month photos (on a much warmer day), amazing how similar they are but also very much their own personalities: http://www.hamratime.com/2012/09/sawyers-6-month-photos.html

Below are a few of my favorites, but check all of them out here: https://karitravels.shutterfly.com/4402

I LOVE this one!!

Scout // Newborn Photos

J Design Studios did it again! They were able to capture some super sweet photos of Scout, just like they did for Sawyer. (see Sawyer's photos here: https://karitravels.shutterfly.com/2326)

It was so hard for me to design his birth announcement because they were all so cute but here are a few of my favorites.

If you want to see the whole shoot, visit our share site here: https://karitravels.shutterfly.com/4068