ARIZONA (Not so warm)

This is our team when we checked into Crown Council.  We had a great time.  However Arizona was not warm.  When we go there they were under a freeze warning.  It was the coldest it has been in 25 years.  (Go figure)

This is a picture of the shrubs in front of the Biltmore where we stayed.  It was beautiful and very nice.  It was been there for a long time.  Many celebrities have stayed there.  They said that Ronald Regan honeymooned there. 

These are pictures I took (with my phone camera) of the grounds.  They had an 18 hole putting green scattered around behind the area where this orange tree was. 

We ate outside in the courtyard for lunch both Friday and Saturday. It was a little cool but okay.

On Friday our first speaker spoke on Living our best life:  1) live today like it is the last, might be the last time you get to do that one thing. 2) Live dynamically 3)  Live Grateful 4) Leave a light 5) Live a life of love.  It was really good.  Our 2nd speaker spoke on avoiding procrastination and taking the stairs rather than the escalators in life.  Instead of being a "Shouldhead" and asking ourselves Should I ask "How will I?".   3rd speaker spoke on how to change things when change is hard.  How to create triggers for ourselves for change.  Saturday morning we watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ0zqo1opv8.  Talked about rising above adversity.   Our next speaker was on creating "moments of magic" with our patients and families.  Friday night we were entertained by Jeanne Robertson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFRUSTiFUs.  This is one of the many stories she told.  She was hilarious. 

It was a good time (not quite as good as last year).  I was told that last year was probably the best in all 16 years.  I count that as a "tender mercy" as I learned so much and needed it a whole lot. 

At the airport on the way home our "boss" got the pat down so we had to take pictures.

Then from the plane I took pictures of the "Grand Canyon"

On my "bucket list" to see close up someday.  All in all a great trip...next year it's at the "M" resort in Las Vegas.