New salon services

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InVccGBkcv0

I was really inspired by this clip. If any of you have a cat I can borrow let me know. Lol!

Gymnastics class

Rachel had picture day at Tricks gymnastics. I think she looks like sporty spice in these pictures. She really enjoys her class. She is one of the oldest kids in her tumble bunny class. Pretty soon she will graduate and move up to the toddler class. She has a lot of energy so the gym is really good for her.

Rachel meets Santa

For those of you who know Rachel, know that she loves people and will pretty much go to anyone... ...anyone, that is, except for Santa. We took Rachel to sit on Santa's lap for family home evening on Monday. She freaked! Maybe it was because we put her down on his lap and then ran. We were just trying to get out of the picture. Or maybe Kevin's days of having a mustache ruined her chances to want to sit with someone who has all that facial hair. Who knows. We think her picture turned out cute even though she is screaming her head off. Wish us better luck next year.

The UGLIER the Sweater the better

Kevin and I hosted an ugly Christmas sweater party last weekend. I have been wanting to have one for a while now. It turned out really fun. I was impressed by all the nappy sweaters. My personal favorite was Doug's because it had Kevin's face on it. I really liked Andrew and Meridith's sweaters because not only were they ugly but they even lit up. Thanks to everyone who came to our little party. Maybe we will do it again next year somewhere else so we could invite more people. Another hi light of the night was the white elephant gift exchange when John Blaser opened this really ugly robe and nighty set compliments of the Morgans. I laughed at it for a long time. Good times!

I hope Rachel never does this

movember

Rachel trying to be like Dadddy

This last November my husband and some of his friends decided to grow mustaches for prostate cancer. How it worked was when someone would ask about his mustache he then would explain his cause and ask others to donate to prostate cancer and also grow a mustache. They called it MOVEMBER. Let me just say I couldn't wait till December so Kevin would finally shave.

Thanksgiving

Rachel's Aunt Renee came all the way from Idaho to have Thanksgiving with us this year. It was cute to see her play with Rachel. We had a good Thanksgiving. I baked a home made apple pie, pumpkin dump cake, Peanut butter and chocolate pie, and pumpkin bread. Kevin went and played football with some friends as a memorial game for our friend, Ryan Smith, who passed away last year. Kevin was so exhausted from working till 4:00 in the morning every day this last week, so he couldn't help but try and catch up on some zzzz's. Unfortunetly it was during our dinner, Poor guy.

Messy Eater

Rachel eating pasta
OOumpa Looumpa face

Just making sure it's not easy for mom to clean me up

My baby girl

Look at those pretty blues
Baby got back

I love this one!



Rachel throws a "4 real" sign

Rachel is such a delight to have around. She has such a cute personality. She loves people and likes to go to strangers. The other day Kevin took Rachel shopping with him at Sportsman's Warehouse. As he was looking at some guns (he is really into them right now... thanks a lot Andy jk) Rachel walked up to a group of women and wanted to be picked up. It was funny because one of the ladies kind of looked at Kevin and then picked up Rachel and brought her over to him. When the lady got to Kevin she said something like "I'm sorry, but she wanted to be picked up" and Kevin's response was classic... he looked at the lady right in the eye and with a straight face said "that's not my kid." LOL! I guess it freaked the lady out pretty good. Kevin is always the jokester. I am so lucky to have them both in my life. I love my little family!

sneak preview

My friend Janelle took some family pictures for us. She has a few on her blog right now if anyone wants to take a looksie. She is just beginning her business and I think she did a really good job. You can check them out here http://shaunandjanelle.blogspot.com/

Joe dirt

Rachel got a hold of Kevin's "Dog the Bounty Hunter" wig the other day. I thought she made a really good Joe Dirt. If you haven't seen the movie, the kid on there has a pretty sweet mullet; aka Tennessee top hat, the soccer rocker, beaver tail, the Kentucky waterfall, shlong (short-long), ape drape, neck blanket, camero cut, or my personal favorite, the yep nope.

Our sign part 2

Today we came home from church and this is what our sign looked like. Crazy! This time it was too messed up to fix. Luckily our good friend April brought us a new one. I can't believe how much hate people have towards us. The sign was bad but hearing the stories from friends and families are even harder to bare. We all have friends and loved ones that are homosexuals. This isn't about discriminating against them. It's about our families and teaching them what is right.

Mine and Kevin's halloween costume

The loot

For just going down our own street our little kiddo made out like a bandit.

Trick or treat

So we took Rachel trick or treating this year for the first time, along with my niece Paige and nephews Jaren and Jake. Rachel caught on quick. she went back for seconds a few times. The funniest part was that she kept walking into people's houses. I think she did it 5 times and we just went on our street.

Prop 8

Our prop 8 sign has been vandalized twice. We just tape it back together and put it back out. Although we have recieved some opposition it has been a good thing for us. Because of our sign we have been able to start conversations with neighbors and friends and share our beliefs with them.

Rachel's Halloween gymnastics class

Some random things about Debbie

1. I can bark like a dog.

2. My favorite food is Chili's quesadilla explosion salad.

3. I'm the youngest of 7 kids.

4. My weakness is bargain shopping.

5. My favorite tv shows are So you think you can dance and the office.

6. I have a fear of midgets.

7. My favorite treat is safeway's tuxedo mint cookies.

8. When my hair is really dark I look like Micheal Jackson.

9. If I could be somewhere else right now it would be Tennessee watching the leaves change colors and a Vols game.

10. I hate cleaning stove tops and toilets.

11.When I was younger I wanted to be a Physical therapist.

12. Sometimes I wish I was still a missionary.

13. I still drive my first car.

14. I am fascinated by Afros.

Fruit of the loom

Last friday we were invited to a Halloween party. April and I came up with the idea for fruit of the loom. Kevin came up with the idea to put me in high water purple mom jeans compliments of goodwill. They were nasty. But besides the jeans, Our costumes came out great. I was really impressed with Scott's apple costume. Also Kevin did a really good job creating his leaf costume. The party was fun. Steph and Ben sure threw a good party. April and I both had a hard time squeezing through the crowds. Imagine that!






Check out this video link below to see where we got our inspriation!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE9cWIVnR6A

A few of my favorite things... from the hair show

This last weekend my friend Brandi and I traveled to Denver,Co for a hair show. We had such a good time. It was my first time leaving Rachel (over night) so that was a little weird.

We were lucky enough to stay at the same hotel where the show was taking place. When we were leaving the airport we decided to try and take the city bus to our hotel. Little did we know that the closest bus stop was miles away from our hotel. Some how we convinced the bus driver to take us there. It was so funny. Because he went off his route (he wasn't familiar with the area),he did a three point turn in the middle of the intersection. He dropped us off right in front of our hotel.

We arrived around midnight and were checking in when the lady at the front desk said unfortunately there has been a change in beds for your room. I heard her say they ran out of king size beds and so we would have two double beds. For those of you who know me know I like my personal space so this was great news for me. I told that lady that it would be much better for us and couldn't stress enough how much better that would be. Meanwhile Brandi is looking at me and laughing. As we walked away I mentioned that I didn't want her to mistake us for lesbians. As we finally reached our room I walked in and was disappointed to see that there was only one king size bed in the room. Puzzled I looked at Brandi and questioned. She told me that the lady said no more doubles and that we would be having a king size instead. I was totally embarrassed that I went on and on about the change and that it would be better for us. I laughed for about an hour after that.

The show was amazing all my favorite companies were there; Redken, Infrashine, Pureology, Aquage & my personal favorite Roy Peters. Roy is a businessman who understands the hairdresser world and really knows what to say to get you to see things differently and improve your skills. The man is hilarious!!!!! I about wet my pants listening to him speak. Redken was amazing. One of the models flaked on them and I almost got chosen to be the replacement. That would have been a dream come true for me (getting my hair done by them not modeling) I learned a few really fashion forward haircuts and color techniques. I am really excited to have learned these techniques as they help me step out side the box. Aquage did some beautiful formal styles. I learned a short cut technique for a low chingon updo. Just in time for the weddings I have next week! I also learned from Infrashine an easy way to get the old hollywood glam look with a marcel iron (type of curling iron). I can't wait to try it! Brandi was so funny... she was right there selling Infrashine irons with their employees. In fact, they pretty much offered her a job with the company. For any of you that might know Brandi she is an amazing person. Every where we went people noticed her. She has a great presence about her. It was refreshing to be around her this weekend. One funny thing though was that she made me try an oxygen bar (I thought it looked really lame and she thought it was the coolest thing ever). I have to admit, it did clear my sinuses. If I didn't have to look like a hospital patient it might not have been so bad. Thank you Brandi for going with me. It was a lot of fun!!!

What I do all day

For the last 7 months I have been working from home. It's been fun getting to combine my work with my family life. The kicker is I don't have much of a social life. Although I want to be more social, I do enjoy my work and being a momma. So, I thought it would be fun to post a day in my work life. Thanks to all my awesome clients for letting me take your pics without any notice. And a heads up to those that are coming soon- I'm making a portfolio and might need your picture.