As of lately!

Well - it is official. I am no longer an associate marketing manager of events and recognition at Nu Skin. This is a bittersweet move for me. It allows me to stay home and be a mother to Claire, but I did love my job. It's not very often that right out of college you find a dream job in the field that you studied. I loved every single minute of it. Right up until I left. Here are a few memorable moments from my Nu Skin days.
****first interview with Scott Schwerdt...went something like this..
Scott (is 45 minutes late) - so you want to work in events
Fallon - yes sir
Scott - *picks up phone and calls Shannon..on her day off...she is walking with Lucy in the park* Shannon, do you want an intern?
*uncomfortable silence while I try to decide if she is saying yes or no*
Scott - alright here is her number *gives Shannon my number - looks at me* well that was the easiest job interview you have ever had isnt it?
Little did I know, he is the president of the company.

****My first day - and surprisingly not my last
Shannon - hey we have a meeting, do you mind moving a couple of boxes into this storage room
Fallon - *moving heavy boxes back and forth*
Linda - who asked you to do this?
Fallon - ummm Shannon - these boxes were in my desk and i need a place to sit
Linda - well this isnt an events storage room and I am sick of this Sh*t being packed in there everytime they need somewhere to put it
Fallon - *stunned* I am just doing what I was told
Linda - *walks away apparently very angry*
Fallon - *unsure what to do, continues to move boxes into the non storage room.
Come to find out, its not Linda's storage room either...who knew

****convention 2007
Shared a room with Shalayne...still friends today because of it.
stayed up til 2am singing american idol to get the judges comments for the nu skin idol contest
worked 90 hours and my overtime pay was only 12.50 an hour...i love being an intern
Shannon's computer crashing...i have no idea how to help
having the bracelet i worked so hard to get thrown at Clara like it was no big deal

****Ruby Trips and Blue Diamond Trips - a grand total of 8...seems like more
being an intern, having an upgraded suite and my own room on my first trip...i didnt feel too bad, i was making $8.50
my introduction to guitar hero and rockband
listening to my favorite distributors while they think they are good at karaoke
collating...need i say more
driving down the canyon in Shelleys car, trying not to throw up in the back seat and watching Brittany - name changed for privacy reasons - brush her blonde hair over and over and over all over a brand new leather interior
millions of complaints
getting massages
sharing a room at the Bellagio with Shannon and Shelley....3 people, 2 beds and no view of the fountains...yet we still had a blast
caravan to vegas with hamilton and dave hanging out the window to get the perfect shot
pirates cove
coming home....always a favorite time after events

****Kick Off Meetings - 2008 and 2009
being in anaheim and orlando in the middle of january, need i say more.
downtown disney...dinner and churros
cheesecake factory 4 meals in a row
going to disneyworld with the girls and nate...never a dull moment when you do 5 parks in one day. it is especially fun while 7 months preggo.
having ride staff look at my belly and ask me if i read the sign (they are referring to the sentence that states "expectant mothers should not ride") i nod politely and continue through the line
waking up shelley
5 hour plane ride 7 months pregnant

****Convention 2008 - longest week of my life
the countless hours leading up to this week
goo goo dolls!
peter vidmar and les brown
crying on the phone when nate tells me the registration packets wont be done
being in the annex collating the packets so they WILL be done - no tears necessary
registration -
distributor - *approaches me wearing a HUGE fur coat, has earings in both ears and rings on every finger* hi i am registering as a rock star, my name is steven ingledue. thats steven with a v ingle - due
fallon - *looks him up on the computer* oh im sorry you actually arent registered as a rockstar so your packet will be in the line with every one else over there
steven - *sweat instantly starts pouring from his head* whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...everybody calm down. my name is steven ingledue and i am a rockstar.
fallon - well your packet isnt here in the rockstar section so you will ahve to go over there
steven - you are not understanding me, i am a ROCK STAR. my packet should be here.
fallon - well its not, so please head over to the other line and they will have no problem helping you out over there
steven - *sweat is dripping on to my station* listen...*raising voice* like i said before my name is Steven Ingledue and I AM A ROCK STAR
fallon - *tired of fighting him for a wristband and a pin - walks over to regular section, pulls out his packet and registers him*
- 120 hours in 6 days 4 months pregnant...not on intern wages anymore
- my mom and diane sharing a room with me as new distributors. i am so proud

my last day
came in at 730 cuz i couldnt sleep through contractions anymore
shannon took us out for team breakfast....we time contractions... 20 minutes apart
work through the rest of the day like its no big thing
come home for lunch and try to work out...too much pain...contractions are now 12 minutes a part.
go back to work for the afternoon planning on leaving around 330.
greg comes and informs us that there has been a huge mistake and we need to go help unload a semi trailer full of product or it will cost the company tens of thousands of dollars.
they look at me and tell me to go home...i refuse
4pm i am in the warehouse with the whole team unloading a semi. johnathan gets me a chair i am not doing well. we are about 7 minutes a part now. i go home at 5 and set up a nursery . then we do all the baby laundry and go out to dinner.
we check into the hospital at 10pm and have a baby the next morning. welcome to the world claire marie

yes...i will miss this place a lot. so much that i refuse to leave for good. i will still be at the call center part time at nights.
i love nu skin.

4th of July

It started out with a BBQ at our house with a couple of close friends. We had ribs, chicken, steak, hotdogs, salad, pop, apple pie and of course, I decorated a cake for the occasion.


Then, naturally, it was time for a nap, because eating is exhausting

Then we headed out to Mona for our annual 4th of July Rope swinging. This year it was also a jumping thing becuase there were so many people on the rope. Here is the progression of my jump :)

It started out happy....

Then we got a little farther up the branch and got scared....but there was no turning back because you couldnt get off the branch once you got yourself up....Here is the countdown....I counted down at least 5 times...And ten minutes later....I did it. For those of you who dont know me, I am a wuss. I dont like bugs, or fish or sea weed and this pond was full of all three...and I jumped anyway....What a trooper I am hahahaBrice had no problem...didnt even hesitate. And he jumped from about 25 feet. I only went from 12....dont even worry about it
Here we are walking as a happy family. We are happy because I am not the one hauling the carseat :) Yes, Claire is 16 pounds...no big deal

Then we headed to the Ruggles' grandparents front yard to watch the fireworks at the stadium of fire. Claire didnt even budge....thank heavens for cotton and headbands :) She was exhausted!
We love the 4th of July!

New Cousin

Yay! Claire has a cousin here in Utah! Unfortunately she is three times the size of him at the moment so we will have to wait for him to grow a little before they can play together. After a somewhat delayed arrival, Ryder Douglas was born! Congratulations to Doug and Bethany! We are so happy for you!

Canada Day!!

Well with me being Canadian and Brice being American, it makes little Care Bear half of each. We LOVE Canada and got to be in the Great North to celebrate Canada's birthday. We spent the day walking around Prince's Island park just enjoying Canada Day with thousands of fellow Canadians. It was fun. And I couldnt resist the Canadian Flag tattoo. Dont worry everyone, it came of with baby oil. No scrubbing necessary. Now that Claire can hold things, we had to get her with a flag. So cute

Mom and Care Bear at Prince's Island Park

My first tattoo :)

Mom and Claire celebrating together!

Claire's Trip to Canada

Although we didnt get to go to Canada for the happiest of reasons (aka Grampa's funeral) we were still able to have a good time and extended our trip so that we could spend some extra time with Grama and Great Grama Claire in her pretty dress for the funeral - I used to think it was silly to put babies in these huge poofy dresses because all they do is spit up on them but she looked so dang cute that I may go buy some more :) Right after I get a job.

Claire with her uncles. She was happy before I took this and by the time I got the camera she was screaming. Thats how I feel in a dress too.

Claire with Grama Klassen

Claire with Great Grama Klassen. I love this picture!

Happy Fathers Day

Happy Father's Day to this guy! I know Father's Day was a couple weeks ago and I am sorry, but better late than never right? I am so grateful to have Brice in my life and that he is Claire's daddy. She is so lucky to have such a good father. We went to church and then I made Brice some dinner and we just hung out the three of us all day long. I love Father's Day. These new holidays are fantastic!

Brice and Claire before she jumped in the tub.

The cake I made...ok thats a lie. This one was cheaper to buy than make:) Yay for Father's Day

Our Garden

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately, it has been a busy couple of weeks. Not to mention Claire is more and more alert everyday and I would rather be spending time playing with her than blogging...

Anyway - above are some pictures of our garden. This is Brices baby. I have weeded it twice, but he is the one who planted the whole thing - with the help of his family - he waters it and babies it. I am afraid of bugs so I am pretty useless when it comes to the garden. Luckily I just got a pair of really sexy gardening gloves so my plan is to go out there for 20-30 minutes a day and pull weeds. More for the tan than the gardening but to each his own right? Anyway, now I need to learn how to can so that we can put all this food into our food storage!