Love is in the air!!!!!

Zeb is going to kill me for posting this picture, but I couldn't help myself! I managed to convince Zeb to do a mask with me by using my mad negotiating skills! He didn't like it very much, he said it was cold and it dried all crusty on his face :) But hey, it got us ready for our Valentine's date!

We had such a fun Valentines Day. For one, I didn't have to work which was awesome. We spent the morning at the Temple doing baptisms for the dead with Don and Faye, Mike, Tanner and Rachel. It had seriously been years since I'd done baptisms and I really enjoyed it, not to mention it was a great way to start out our day!

Our afternoon was a nap, followed by dinner that night. We gave each other a joint gift this year- dance lessons. It's something we've always wanted to do together and we didn't have time to do it before we got married, so why not now? It will definitely help to improve all of dancing we do in the kitchen, and hopefully help so we can rock it on the dance floor in public too! I can't wait!

There's a few different myths about the history of Valentine's day- but I think my favorite is the one about St. Valentine being imprisoned and falling in love with the jail keepers' daughter and sending her love letters ending with "love, your Valentine". I tell you this because that is one of my favorite things Zeb did for me this Valentines, he wrote me a letter. I'm still amazed at how sometimes the small things, like little love notes, make the biggest difference! His letters are something I'll save forever! When the holidays have passed and the chocolates are good and gone, it's nice to have things that will last beyond that- things we can read and re read and dances we can dance again and again. Thanks for a great Valentine's Day honey! I love you!
I love you Zeb!!!!!!!!

BHR girls in Longbeach!!!!!

Tera, Randi, Tanya, JC and I went to California for the weekend to go to the Longbeach Hair show. It was a much needed get away for all of us. Our amazing boss paid for our hotel so all we needed was our tickets and we were off!
We were like kids in a candy store when we walked into the hair show. Everywhere you looked there was platform artists teaching new techniques for color or cutting. There were vendors everywhere for make up and hair tools, nail polish, lotions, new products, etc. We walked around for hours just being handed free stuff right and left and stopping for education shows! AHHHHH it was amazing! Not to mention it was so fun just to people watch there. Hairdressers are... can you say eccentric!!!!! They were so fun to watch!
We also had fun walking along the pier, eating at "The Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaraunt", and you could say we made our own fun in the hotel room! Wait, that didn't sound good- all that meant was Tanya and I were jumping from bed to bed and Randi and Tera were on the floor taking pictures! Yep, we felt like we were 5 years old again!
It was hard to come back to the Utah weather, but I'm excited to try out all the new things I learned!

Hot Items for 2009

In an attempt to share my love for fashion and beauty and still be "in the world but not of the world", I want to share what I've seen is coming (or is here but not going anywhere) for 2009. In my field as a hairdresser I take education very seriously, so since I don't see all of you in my chair at work, I'll just take the opportunity to share it with you here! Are you ready???
- gold gold gold
-purple is huge
-short fringe is coming back
-shorter necklaces
-warm natural hair colors
-balliage technique for weaving
-big gaudy jewerly
-root shading
-flats
-lots of hair accessories:scarfs, pendents, headbands
-whispy up do's
-geometric hair cuts: more blunt lines and bold looks
-shoulder length hair
-lace and frills on clothing and accessories

Hopefully that gave you some good ideas, but before I go, I do need to share with you one of my favorite quotes from Elder Jefferey R. Holland " One would truly need a great and spacious make-up kit to compete with beauty as portrayed in media all around us." Truly words of wisdom.

Respect for the past, hope for the future.... 2009

Well I can hardly believe that 2008 is over and now we're looking at 2009. 2008 had a lot of memories and good times for us, and some challenges of course, but I am excited for what's ahead. We made some New Year's Resolutions- want to hear 'em?

1. Zeb wants to get unaddicted to soda and lose 20lbs
   
2. Buy a home
   
3. I want to do a tri-athlon
4. Zeb wants to keep plugging away at school (with the goal to finish as soon as possible)
5. Go on a cruise
6. And last but not least, I have the goal to not be such a control friek anymore! I sometimes wish I had a magic wand and could control my life so nothing bad would happen to me or those I love- but as we all know that's just not possible. Life is not perfect- so I'm giving up my control, handing it over to the Lord and putting it in his hands!

Who knows what this year will bring with it- lots of change most likely with a new president and a less than stable economy, but I'm still excited for it! Maybe a miracle for my brother, maybe a mission call for my in-laws, maybe an addition to our family :), maybe a diploma for Zeb.... I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

All I want for Christmas...

A new baby niece that is healthy and happy. Her name is Jenni Marie Reeves.





Is for my baby to have a merry Christmas and love all the presents Santa brought him!





To visit my Mom, Fred and his kids and to give her a long awaited album of our wedding pictures for Christmas. Not to mention enjoy a yummy dinner with them!




To have a party with Katie and her family. She made me a quilt with material from her wedding quilt. We love it so much and had so much fun.





And my sister Nora and her family to come visit for Christmas and stay with us!

Days Before Christmas

One of the funnest things we've done this month... was make a gingerbread house. I know it sounds wierd, but if you had a husband like mine, you would understand. It was like a 5 day process! It started off being just a fun thing my mom wanted us to do and then email her pictures of it so she could scrapbook it, but somehow that meant it was a contest to Zeb between us and all of my neices and nephews.
I was only given the roof to decorate (which he ended up embelishing after I was done :) )When he was all done it was the best ginger bread house I've ever seen. He melted mints to make stain glass windows and then cut holes inside and installed a light inside. We even put two little ginger people inside (that was my idea- they are suppost to be me and Zeb)
This is the finished product-
He's so cute!!!!!
We've also had fun decorating our Christmas tree. The last 2 years we've gotten real trees which reminds me of Christmas when I was young. There is nothing like the smell of a real tree in your living room. And I am proud to say that I have turned into quite the haggler- I talked the guy's down at the tree lot from $50 for our tree to $35. I was proud of myself :)
And you can't have Christmas without going and seeing the lights at Temple Square. We went with Don and Faye, Matt, Steph and their kids. We ate at the Blue Aguana and then went to see the lights.
And last but not least we had an early Christmas party at my mom's house because Nora and Jason are in town. My mom gave us the sweetest gifts. Her theme was "memories". She made albums for all of us with pictures from throughout the year, she gave me a comb that used to be my grandfathers when he was a barber and had a salon and beauty school. She also gave me a bracelet that used to be my grandmothers, it has trinkets from all over the world that she collected.
It's been such a memorable Christmas already and we still have 2 more days to go until it's here!

A sunny Thanksgiving in Arizona