We took the Canada Line SkyTrain to our downtown hotel – it was super easy to navigate.

My lovely suitcase (the burgundy one) has 4 wheels, so John was really smart and cornered it so it wouldn’t roll all over!

The Fairmont Waterfront was our home for 2 nights – it was a fantastic hotel.

I packed a few pairs of shoes for our adventure – this picture amuses me.

On Friday afternoon, we explored Vancouver by walking the sea board.

With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic caldron and the Vancouver Convention Center (with the living roof).

We walked down and through Stanley Park – so gorgeous and peaceful!

My hubby and I had both been to Vancouver before separately – so we just walked parts of Granville Street & Robson Street.

We found an amazing Mexican Restaurant further down Robson Street called Don Guacamole. John actually said, “This is the best Mexican food I’ve had in Canada” – this is almost an oxymoron – as nothing is comparable north of the Red River (river that divides Texas & Oklahoma). It was a fabulous experience and satisfied our cravings for our favorite food.

On Saturday, we relaxed, read, and walked more!

P.S. For our US/International friends – Tim Horton’s is a rival coffee shop to Starbucks in Canada – these 2 were literally 10 steps apart in an open air building – I thought it was cute.

We got all dressed up for the fancy Charity Auction that were out for.

I was feeling sassy and decided to take a selfie while waiting for John to finish getting ready (just had to rub that in).

Recall me telling you there was a Shoe Raffle – well it was a Christian Louboutin ($$) Shoe Raffle!! The winner was awarded the pair of pumps on display with the option to exchange at Holt Renfrew for another pair up to $800! (Stacy – I trust that could have gone nicely towards the boots on your wish list!)

John did an amazing job conducting the Live Auction & Tele-a-therapy of the evening. I LOVE listening to him auctioneer ;)

Hope your weekend is “amazing”!

Happy Travels,
Robyn

P.S. REMEMBER to enter the Hide Your Straps contest NOW – the deadline is tonight (Friday) at 11:59pm MST!!

Our adventure to Vancouver last weekend for a getaway & charity auction was fabulous!

We took the Canada Line SkyTrain to our downtown hotel – it was super easy to navigate.

My lovely suitcase (the burgundy one) has 4 wheels, so John was really smart and cornered it so it wouldn’t roll all over!

The Fairmont Waterfront was our home for 2 nights – it was a fantastic hotel.

I packed a few pairs of shoes for our adventure – this picture amuses me.

On Friday afternoon, we explored Vancouver by walking the sea board.

With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic caldron and the Vancouver Convention Center (with the living roof).

We walked down and through Stanley Park – so gorgeous and peaceful!

My hubby and I had both been to Vancouver before separately – so we just walked parts of Granville Street & Robson Street.

We found an amazing Mexican Restaurant further down Robson Street called Don Guacamole. John actually said, “This is the best Mexican food I’ve had in Canada” – this is almost an oxymoron – as nothing is comparable north of the Red River (river that divides Texas & Oklahoma). It was a fabulous experience and satisfied our cravings for our favorite food.

On Saturday, we relaxed, read, and walked more!

P.S. For our US/International friends – Tim Horton’s is a rival coffee shop to Starbucks in Canada – these 2 were literally 10 steps apart in an open air building – I thought it was cute.

We got all dressed up for the fancy Charity Auction that were out for.

I was feeling sassy and decided to take a selfie while waiting for John to finish getting ready (just had to rub that in).

Recall me telling you there was a Shoe Raffle – well it was a Christian Louboutin ($$) Shoe Raffle!! The winner was awarded the pair of pumps on display with the option to exchange at Holt Renfrew for another pair up to $800! (Stacy – I trust that could have gone nicely towards the boots on your wish list!)

John did an amazing job conducting the Live Auction & Tele-a-therapy of the evening. I LOVE listening to him auctioneer ;)

Hope your weekend is “amazing”!

Happy Travels,
Robyn

P.S. REMEMBER to enter the Hide Your Straps contest NOW – the deadline is tonight (Friday) at 11:59pm MST!!

John was invited to be the Auctioneer for a Charity Auction in Vancouver on Saturday night. I was invited to attend also. I debated and considered attending…for 1 second…YES I’d LOVE to.

As if you didn’t all know already, I LOVE to travel, love a reason to get dressed up, and escape with my man.

The Charity Auction is for the Phoenix Academy of Learning Society – PALS, a school for children with Autism. Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, John’s fantastic employer (I’m not just saying that because of this event – believe me!) is a sponsor and having John auctioneer is just one of the ways they are contributing.

John also thought I’d love to hear that there is a “Shoe Raffle”. I’m quite curious about this…

We’ve been blessed to attend, support, and contribute to many charity events. However, I’m really excited about this one! Must be because we can make a weekend getaway of it and are flying to attend.

I was stressing about what I was going to wear – I didn’t realize it until my friend Erica and I were talking last week. I didn’t have a dress that I felt awesome in. I REALLY wanted to wear my red heels (that my Grandma gave me for my Birthday last year) and buy a new red dress. Well, after going to store after store, mall after mall, website to website – no luck. My quest will continue to find a red dress, to wear to another occasion. I finally discovered the outfit for the gala at Ronda’ Boutique (aka – my Mom’s closet) and luckily borrowed it.

I’ll try and tweet my way through the weekend (Twitter @robynbeazley) and I’ll capture pictures to share.

Have an amazing weekend friends.

Live Inspired,
Robyn

I’m SO excited to take a weekend adventure with my hubby!! We’re leaving this morning for Vancouver (the 2010 Olympic city).

John was invited to be the Auctioneer for a Charity Auction in Vancouver on Saturday night. I was invited to attend also. I debated and considered attending…for 1 second…YES I’d LOVE to.

As if you didn’t all know already, I LOVE to travel, love a reason to get dressed up, and escape with my man.

The Charity Auction is for the Phoenix Academy of Learning Society – PALS, a school for children with Autism. Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, John’s fantastic employer (I’m not just saying that because of this event – believe me!) is a sponsor and having John auctioneer is just one of the ways they are contributing.

John also thought I’d love to hear that there is a “Shoe Raffle”. I’m quite curious about this…

We’ve been blessed to attend, support, and contribute to many charity events. However, I’m really excited about this one! Must be because we can make a weekend getaway of it and are flying to attend.

I was stressing about what I was going to wear – I didn’t realize it until my friend Erica and I were talking last week. I didn’t have a dress that I felt awesome in. I REALLY wanted to wear my red heels (that my Grandma gave me for my Birthday last year) and buy a new red dress. Well, after going to store after store, mall after mall, website to website – no luck. My quest will continue to find a red dress, to wear to another occasion. I finally discovered the outfit for the gala at Ronda’ Boutique (aka – my Mom’s closet) and luckily borrowed it.

I’ll try and tweet my way through the weekend (Twitter @robynbeazley) and I’ll capture pictures to share.

Have an amazing weekend friends.

Live Inspired,
Robyn

My Texan is on the road for a couple weeks, leaving me at home to fend for myself. I’m really hard done by, I know. Not likely – I get so much done when he’s away so that I can enjoy the time even more when he’s closer to home. I miss my soul mate when he’s away – however we thrive on quality time.

I giggled so hard when I saw this cartoon! Obviously the child and pet are out of the picture for us for the time being. John has a blast when he’s on the road and that is so satisfying. My talented husband loves what he does for a living. If you love what you do – you never work another day in your life.

My amazing husband works for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. He travels lots to sales all over Canada and a few in the United States. John is very passionate about being an Auctioneer and supporting all areas of the company from Sales, Yard, and Customer Service staff. Yes, my hubby can “talk” fast . However the skill of bid calling and being an auctioneer are much more in depth than possessing the quality of being a fast speaker! If that’s the only quality they needed to posess - clearly I’d be very wealthy with my natural ability. He he…

My Texan is on the road for a couple weeks, leaving me at home to fend for myself. I’m really hard done by, I know. Not likely – I get so much done when he’s away so that I can enjoy the time even more when he’s closer to home. I miss my soul mate when he’s away – however we thrive on quality time.

I giggled so hard when I saw this cartoon! Obviously the child and pet are out of the picture for us for the time being. John has a blast when he’s on the road and that is so satisfying. My talented husband loves what he does for a living. If you love what you do – you never work another day in your life.

My marvelous husband’s Star Birthday is tomorrow and I gave him his gift early ;)

(Thank goodness for our Costco rebate check – I could treat him!)

John has been talking about an iPod for a while. He LOVES music (and thinks I should be able to identify the artist and name of song on que – however that is part of the “opposite” skills that brought our relationship together!). My auctioneer hubby also wanted to upload clips from sales he’d done to learn from and improve. Always learning…that’s what life is all about.

Thanks to my beautiful friends Tam & Nolan – I was surprised with an iPod Shuffle a few weeks ago!

Our friends Johnny and Jen kindly shared their playlists with us while they were here. So John had a HUGE head start to his library of music. He has honestly been so addicted to iTunes for the past 1 1/2 days. I love it – he’s so excited to learn everything. John was busy compiling music for his work trip tomorrow with his new toy. I wanted to spend time with him – so I made myself at home next time surfing the net.

I had no idea John was going to get so many hours of entertainment out of this present! Out of nowhere John informs me he’s going to mow the lawn. When I turned to look at him – he was so cute!!

I was doing some things inside when I hear this loud voice singing away. I thought it was the computer still playing iTunes but no – it was John! He was outside mowing and just givener!!

Ha ha – I’m laughing WITH! It was amazing to hear my hubby’s voice singing out loud with the music on his new iPod.

That’s what life is all about. Sing like no one is listening ;)

Hope you’ve had an amazing weekend!

My marvelous husband’s Star Birthday is tomorrow and I gave him his gift early ;)

(Thank goodness for our Costco rebate check – I could treat him!)

John has been talking about an iPod for a while. He LOVES music (and thinks I should be able to identify the artist and name of song on que – however that is part of the “opposite” skills that brought our relationship together!). My auctioneer hubby also wanted to upload clips from sales he’d done to learn from and improve. Always learning…that’s what life is all about.

Thanks to my beautiful friends Tam & Nolan – I was surprised with an iPod Shuffle a few weeks ago!

Our friends Johnny and Jen kindly shared their playlists with us while they were here. So John had a HUGE head start to his library of music. He has honestly been so addicted to iTunes for the past 1 1/2 days. I love it – he’s so excited to learn everything. John was busy compiling music for his work trip tomorrow with his new toy. I wanted to spend time with him – so I made myself at home next time surfing the net.

I had no idea John was going to get so many hours of entertainment out of this present! Out of nowhere John informs me he’s going to mow the lawn. When I turned to look at him – he was so cute!!

I was doing some things inside when I hear this loud voice singing away. I thought it was the computer still playing iTunes but no – it was John! He was outside mowing and just givener!!

Ha ha – I’m laughing WITH! It was amazing to hear my hubby’s voice singing out loud with the music on his new iPod.

That’s what life is all about. Sing like no one is listening ;)