Back To School X 4
Thursday, August 28, 2008
This year's an odd one for "back to school" in our household. Amanda started college this week (we moved her to GVSU last week) and her new post-secondary life has begun. Conner starts High School next week, but already has been running with the Cross Country team a few weeks, competed in two meets, and made many new running buddies. That leaves Dillon, starting 5th Grade next week (he'll be one of the "big kids" on campus, since it's a K-5 school with 6-8 going to Middle School), and Jack, who starts 1st Grade (the first time he'll be an "all-day" kid every day).
New chapters for each of my kids. Perhaps the best new chapter is for Kari, who will not have a kid at home at all during the school day for the first time in more than 18 years. I'm not sure which of my family members will experience the biggest life change this year ...
While the kids are getting ready to board the bus for school, we're coming down the final stretch before boarding a bus (and semi trailer) of our own. We're just weeks away from completed Mobile Brand Experiences for Artistry and Nutrilite, just in time to hit the road to accompany "Amway Global Presents Tina Turner Live in Concert." And, while we get them unveiled and prepped for nearly three months of "big wheels keep on turnin,'" we simultaneously will kick off the YMCA relationship with survey results, advertising, and wellness assessments at 100 local Ys across the country as part of America on the Move Week.
The fun does not stop there, of course. More announcements will come regarding other ways we will be hitting the streets, getting the Amway Global, Nutrilite and Artistry brands in front of North American consumers, who are your potential customers and prospective IBOs. My family's getting back on the bus. For the kids, it's yellow. For me, it's branded Artistry. For Kari, well, she gets a well-deserved break!