Thanksgiving

Almost every year since I can remember we have gone to the church for Thanksgiving. Always the same core group of people with added people that needed a place to go. We make a big dinner, play games, and enjoy one another's company. Each year we have gotten older. The kids have become the adults, etc. As years have passed the group has gotten smaller and smaller as people move away or create there own traditions. This year the only people left were my family, my sister, and our good friend Ronda and her children. We opted to get together at Ronda's house instead. It was nice and low key. I'll always cherish the memories of Thanksgiving at the church but it looks like they will be no more:( I'm sad but also just so thankful for the family and friends I was able to spend time with this Thanksgiving.

Connor enjoyed a whole turkey leg to himself.

James played in the Turkey Bowl with the missionaries, Elders Quarem, etc. He got a boo boo. It was hard for him to eat:(

Someone is old enough for nursery!!!

FREEDOM!!!!! ha ha ha

The Grand Opening!

Just over four years ago me and two lovely ladies decided to branch out and open our own salon. We found a quaint little mid town location that allowed us all to have our own rooms as well as a little extra room to have some employees and set to work opening Modify Salon. After a few years and many cases of annoyance later I found us a new location. One that had exterior windows, a washer and dryer, no drunks hanging out outside, no lame management company, etc. It was perfect! The only problem is we were legally bound to our other location because of the lease. I had explored all legal options and found our way to get it out but it looked like it was going to be a long hard journey and I was worried that this place would be snatched up. Thankfully Holly was able to find someone just to take over our lease and we were out within just a few weeks. We have been at the new salon since the end of September and we are LOVING it! We have been able to hire on more people and turn into a day spa! On November 12th we had our Grand Opening/Open House to show off the new place and introduce all of the new employees. It was a blast:)

This is the design that I came up with for our fliers and James helped me make it happen. He is much more computer savy then I am.


This is the entry way to the salon. You come in and either go upstairs to the esthetics floor or go down four steps into the salon. The handsome guy on the right is my hubby:)

The three owners. Holly Russell, Carolyn Western, and Carolyn Easton.

The crew from upstairs. Kaelin Gillet is our sugar waxer. She focuses just on make-up and body sugaring. Jessica Pannone is and esthetician as well as Noura Obeidi. Jason Palmer is our massage therapist who specializing in all kind of massage techniques. It is so fun to have them just upstairs for all of our skin care and massage needs. :)



All of the food was put on out the main salon floor, hence the mirrors. We moved the stations and chairs around though so we could have more room for everyone. Our event was catered by Hailey Fike from the Smokehouse BBQ and Catering. It was AMAZING. She is the one who made the party. We are so thankful for all of her hard work. She went above and beyond.

Halloween 2011

Once again I took on the task of making costumes this year. I get so frustrated sometimes but I love doing it. I wanted to make ones for James and I as well but just ran out of time. Time is something I feel I have very little of anymore. It seems like I am always running somewhere or doing something. However, I got the kids finished and that was what was most important. Connor really wanted to be an angry bird so I just made angry bird costumes for all of the kids. I think all of the birds are boys so I just put a bow on Scarlett's to make it more feminine. They were a big hit! Most importantly though, they were warm. I decided to make them out of polar fleece because I knew it would probably be cold. Boy was it ever. It started out okay but by the end of trunk or treating it was a blizzard. We were all covered in snow. We came home and enjoyed a nice cup of hot chocolate before sending the kids off to bed.