Viva Las Vegas !

Another guest posting by the other half of Team Mitchell! As usual, during my work trips I carve out some time to make a post. This post comes to you from 32,000ft as I am flying home right now. This week brought me to Las Vegas Nevada for our National Sales Meeting. Although I certainly missed Ashley, I did enjoy my time here. My company, Healthpoint, arranged for us to stay at the Westin which was a very nice resort. Most of my time was spent inside reviewing company updates and changes, however did get a chance to play golf one day. Here is a photo of where I spent the past week.



Westin Resort

 



Golf Course

During my time in Nevada, our company also had a guest speaker, a women who has hiked to both the North and South poles and also reached the summit of the highest mountain on all 7 continents including Mt. Everest, twice. She talked about how climbing is similar to life. Sometimes things go exactly as planned, yet sometimes the road beneath you may crumble in an instant. It's those moments that either make us quit or find it in ourselves to find a new road to the top. When an avalanche is upon you, you just hold tight and have confidence that you'll get through it. You have to create a good team of people around you who can help you make it to the top, and sometimes when it gets really tough, you just have to take one step at a time. Her talk, which was 10x better than my description, made me think a lot about Ashley and I and our journey over the past year. Our journey has certainly been a tough climb. The road beneath us crumbled, but Ashley and I had to make the decision to keep trying, just on a new unplanned road. Thankfully, we too are surrounded by a great team. From family and friends, to our team of specialists, we rely so much on the help of others to reach our summit. Although things are moving along very well, sometimes we have to slow down and take things one step at a time and just hold tight to one another. We can finally begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel and we are confident we will reach the top. 



When I wasn't golfing, working, or learning about mountains, I did get to spend time with my close friend David Lipp. David has been my close friend since college and lives in Vegas. His Chippendale career has been going really well. Kidding! He isn't any type of preformer, but Ashley does think quite highly of David's appearance. 

So with our 28 week milestone behind us, our sights are set on the baby shower. My family comes into town next week which I am very happy about. If you didn't know, I am a huge ginormous mommas boy. Ashley is pretty certain I listen to my mom before I listen to her, which isn't the case, however I can ask my mom and double check that. All jokes aside, I only see my family a few times a year if we're lucky so when they're here, it's fun for me. 

Hope I post again soon but until then, we will keep climbing! 

Marty -seat 13D 



I know all of you pictured Ashley and I acutally climibing a mountain so here is what it would look like