My AWESOME trip.

Hey it Robyn reporting here from Boothbay telling you about my awesome trip. I went to Minnesota (if you didn't hear) for a conference called Healthy Kids/Healthy Community Convention. A group of us called the Core of Leaders raised money this past year and got lots of grants and a large donation from the old YMCA director of $620. (Didn't feel bad he has a Porche). Let me explain the Core of Leaders to you. It is a group that helps build the 40 developmental assets in our community. Let me just say if you have never heard of them then you must read this, http://www2.search-institute.org/assets/. So we hold a Youth Summit every year for all BRES and BRHS students to attend at our local YMCA that is "within a stone throw of the schools'' that basically reminds all youth of the 40 assets, that our schools try very hard to help build. We do fun fundraiser that no one would ever think of. Such as a Flamingo Flock, which is were you can pay a small fee to get a group of flamingos put on a friends lawn anonymously. We have raised $6,000 dollars off that at least. We have done a Guitar Hero tournament, Car Wash's, bake sales, and basically anything you could think of.

The conference was at the Hyatt hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The outside of the hotel. It looks small but it was everything that you can see the tall building, the little thing that says Hyatt, and everything else around it. It was 25 floors.

This was the speaker room were we had an opening ceremony everyday ceremony everyday with a variety of different speakers and performers.

My favorite class was a class that was called Tel-a-vision. (See if you can get what it means............................................................Tell A Vision, get it??? Well back on track. It is a website that allows you to make a video of your dream for America and anything else that you want to make a video on. Here is the website http://telavision.tv/ give it a try it is free, fun, and no downloads.

Here are some pictures of the confrence.

A very good speaker.

The lobby from one of the floors.

A bathroom were 4 girls stayed.(my room)

My hand on the hope wall.

A room where 4 girls stayed.

More of our room.:)

I LOVED these little people. They had different colors everywhere and I wanted to take one and take it as a carry on!

Lovely me on the 25 floor!

Ok. My most favorite part. So excited..... Drum roll please..........

THE MALL OF AMERICA.http://mallofamerica.com/. I had the best time there. I would sooooo go back if I had a chance. We went one day and didn't even get through half of it. And we didn't think that we would get to go back..... but one of the adults wanted to go back and offered to take me... so do you think I would say no? Well I didn't. I got to go to the mall 2 times. We got through most of it. It was so saweeeet. You just had to be there to see how amazing it was. There was 3 roller coasters in it. A log flume, a Dora the Explorer Ferris Wheel, and plenty more. We could have spent at least a day in just that part. I went into the QVC Store and they were airing one of the shows there. I have a picture of the on air sign that was LIGHT UP. It was amazing. There was an American Girl Store that was 3 floors, a zillion other stores that I have never heard of. Here are some pictures. And by the way it was AMAZING.

Our dear friend George Bush is behind me in this pic.

Ohh.... don't i miss the Rugrats.

George again!
QVC at the mall!! and the on air sign....

Well i am VERY tired so i am going to take a nap. I have more pics so maybe i will put a few more on later. TTYL;)