Spain!

Well, the day is almost here when Daniel and I head to Spain for a week! I can't believe that the day has arrived so quickly! We are so excited to travel and explore somewhere neither of us have been before and even more excited that we aren't paying for it! As I mentioned before, I won this trip through my job and our headquarters is based out of Madrid, Spain so we will be staying 3 days in Barcelona and 3 days in Madrid. What an exciting opportunity!

I'd be lying if I said its been all fun preparing because it hasn't really. We have been away from Gianna before for a day or two but 7 days and a million miles away? This is a whole different ball game! I have had a lot of mixed emotions about going and even toyed with the idea of not going all together. But at the end of day, and a lot of prayer, the opprtunity is just too cool and as a million people have told me, it will be a great trip for me and Daniel to have the time together and Gianna will have a blast hanging out with family.

Of course we have international plans on our cell phones so we plan on calling her...a lot! And because we live near an airport Gianna is already fascinated with airplanes so it was easy to tell her that we will be living on an airplane for a few days and then we will come back and tell her all about it....to which she answered, "wow....cool!" Who knows if she really understands but she loves to find times to say "wow....cool!" :)

Spain should be pretty amazing! Our first stop is the Hotel Arts Ritz Carlton in Barcelona which is right on the beach and next to the 1992 Olympic Park. We have a trip to Stiges right outside of Barcelona planned for Friday for wine and olive oil tasting at a winery thats been around since 1790!

Then we get on the train and head to The Westin palace in Madrid. We are doing a tour of the headquarters Monday morning so I guess a little work is required. :) The we are then taking a tour of the neighboring town of Toledo that is, from what I can see, a cool little mideval style town.

Our last night there is the big awards banquet for us Pinnacle winners and then we are off back to the old US of A.

I am so excited to see everything in Spain and experience the food and culture but I'll be honest...I am excited to see Gianna's sweet little face on April 13th when we get back. I already can't wait to give her a big fat hug and kiss!

See ya next week California!

Busy B

P.S. BIG thanks to our parents for helping out with Gigi while we are gone. We know she will have a blast and be in great hands! xoxo