Dye-saster!

So I had some blonde highlights for a while and I am manic about grow out and felt my roots were getting pretty bad. Ken was coming home in a few days so I decided I better dye my hair before he got home. It is so expensive to go have it done and not always convenient so I had Brandi come and help me do it myself. I decided to go red this time. I have done it before and really liked it. Brandi started putting the dye on my hair and got one side done and didn't realize just how thick my hair is. We ran out of dye really quick and so were struggling to get the dye even over all my hair. Brandi did what she could and we both hoped for the best!! Well I loved the red color but it was quite uneven when it was all dry. I should really leave it up to the professionals! (sorry Desiree') I decided I couldn't live with it the way it was so we headed to the store for something to fix it. I chose to just go dark brown to cover it up. And we were smart and bought two boxes!! We had plenty of dye this time but again my hair is thick and so when I dried it, we missed some spots and the red still shows through. I can live with it though because they look like peek-a-boo highlights ;) We had fun and I don't think it turned out too bad. But I think I am done with the DIY. I will be heading to the salon for the next one. It actually turned out much darker than I thought but it has grown on me and Ken likes it so... all's well that ends well :)

Sleep Over

So Friday night I finally got to talk to Ken on the phone. I hadn't heard from him for 9 days!!! I was going crazy. It was amazing to talk to him but I was upset because we had to talk about worst case and make funeral arrangements. It was absolutely awful. So I was pretty emotional after the call and so Brandi said come over and we will have a sleep over. Brandi drug her mattress in the living room and it was a sea of blankets and pillows. We laughed and had a great time and I forgot all about being sad. Thank you Brandi you are the best!! In the morning we made cinnamon rolls and juice and then vegged all day. And I mean ALL DAY! We were so greasy and lazy and it was awesome. The boys just played and watched tv. They played super heroes too! I took some pics of me and Brandi but really we were not presentable so we were hiding :)

SO MAD!!

So I am not one to ever change my background on here but everyone else's is so festive so I thought I would do it. Well I changed it and lost all my gadgets on the side!!!! I was so mad! I was worried I would but figured there is no way that everyone reloads everything when the change so I didn't really think it would happen. Guess I am a big dummy!! Ugh!!

Christmas Party

So Saturday was our ward Christmas party. My parents were in charge so I had to go to wrestle the kids. I invited Brandi and Austin so it would be bearable ;). The boys had a fun time playing together. They had the Syracuse High School choir there and they did a great job. Santa was there and he brought his wife. The kids loved it. Austin was a little nervous at first but when he saw Michael and Donovan run up to see him he quickly forgot all about it:) They all asked Santa for the same thing... a light saber. hmmmm we will just have to wait and see what he brings :) Of course Brandi and I had to join in the fun too. Then Brandi and I left all the kids with my family and did a little shopping. Good Times!!

Girl's night out

Well since it was my birthday last sunday, and Miss Brandi's big 30th birthday today (Happy Birthday Brandi!!) I decided to get a hotel in Salt Lake for some girls time. Amy and Brandi met at my house and we headed to Salt Lake. We stopped at the Old Navy in the Gateway to get some pj's. We ended up getting matching "I've been naughty" shirts. We thought they were fitting for the occasion! Here we are goofing off in the store. Outside at the Gateway. We then met up with Shannon and Destini at PF Changs. The food was yummy and we had a lot of fun. We laughed and chatted for a while. I just want to say how grateful I am to have such a wonderful group of friends. Our lives are all unique and we all walk our different paths but I feel so blessed that we have been able to be there for each other and make the time to get together. I truly cherish you all! (And that goes for all my friends even the ones who weren't with us this weekend!!) Sadly Destini and Shannon couldn't stay so after dinner they headed home and Brandi, Amy and I headed to the hotel. We stayed at the Marriot. We overlooked the Galavan Center and had a blast watching the ice skaters below. We laughed and made jokes about what was going on down there... the show offs, the "daters", the people falling. It may sound kind of boring but we thought we were pretty funny. We laughed until we almost wet our pants and we did have a pregnant lady with us (That would be Amy, just to avoid any confusion) and so there were a few times we had to stop walking to avoid disaster. I even had to pause to regain control. We really had so much fun. We laughed and talked until about 2:00am. This is us hanging out. Brandi modeled the hotel robe!! And here are the Naughty Girls.... In the morning we went to Denny's for breakfast. We ate alot and laughed a lot!! Thanks girls for an amazing time! We will have to do it again for sure :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We always have a million people at our house for the holiday. And one more than expected... I love you husband! We had a grown up table and a kid table upstairs. We had a lot of yummy food!! We also celebrated the November birthdays since all the family was already together. Happy Birthday to me, Chloe, Alaster, Robyn and her boyfriend Adam! :) It is tradition for the women to go shopping after lunch. We had fun as usual and got a lot of Christmas shopping done. In the evening we have a big buffet and hang out. Some how we got into some contest of who looked the funniest in a batman mask... yeah I don't get it either but we were all laughing. My Dad started us off. Then Auntie Julie took her turn. Who is that sexy girl? ;) I think Michael wins!!