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Thursday, May 27, 2004

Viva Las Vegas

It has come to my attention that I have quite a few fans out there (yes, Grandma, I'm talking about you!) So here it is, your first ever Jenelle post on Ben & Jenelle's Web Journal. Enjoy!

The past few weeks have been pretty busy for me, and since I know you all find my life fascinating, here's the 50 cent tour of the month of May:

May 7-9, Ben and I went to Oklahoma City for Lia's wedding-- we had a great time and it was nice to be back in a sunny state! I got to catch up with friends from high school and college-- Lia, Rose, Justin and Melanie.

May 14-15, I spent the weekend in Lake Geneva with my AWANA group. The goal of AWANA is "to reach boys and girls with the gospel of Christ and train them to serve him." Throughout the year, the girls work through a handbook and this year, we took those who finished their book to Covenant Harbor Bible Camp in Lake Geneva. We had a blast- the weather was gorgeous, the camp was beautiful and the girls had lots of fun running around, sitting on the pier and toasting s'mores.

May 19-21, while Ben was in Philadelphia, I went to Las Vegas for the Ragan Corporate Communicators Conference. Each year, Ragan presents 10 awards to outstanding corporate publications, and this year, my team at SC Johnson was honored with three awards, including Best Overall! On top of that, we gave a presentation on how to have a quality publication without a lot of money. It was my first time presenting in front of a big group of people who were interested in what I had to say. But it went very well. We even hired some actors to dress up as a giant ziploc bag and a giant bottle of pledge to greet people as they entered the presentation. I did lose about 20 bucks at the slot machine, but as Ben says, they don't build those places on winners. We'll have some pictures up on the web site soon. As Ben mentioned in an earlier post, we got back home pretty early Saturday morning, so we slept through most of the day.

May 23 I woke up to the news that Sam Johnson had passed away after battling cancer. Until a few years ago, Sam was the Chairman of SC Johnson (where we work.) He had passed the baton to his son Fisk, but has long been the guiding force behind many of the company's decisions. He was a brilliant businessman, and environmental leader and a true family man. Throughout the past week, we've realized just how much he meant to the Racine community. Flags are at half mast, white ribbons tied throughout the city in honor of Sam, and today thousands of people attended his memorial service. He will be dearly missed in our community, and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Johnson family.

As you can see, May has been a pretty busy month for us, and this weekend we're thinking of heading to Rock Island, Illinois to visit my good friend Sarah. She's home from law school in Boston for Memorial Day weekend. More on that next week.

And, finally, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

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