Happy Happy 4th

On the 4th, my kids and I spent the whole morning getting ready for the big parade. We were in the Austin Kade Academy Candyland float. Whew! It was exausting.

Here is Alliya being a frosting princess with my friend Kayla!

Kaylee is a gumdrop princess. Rylan is the red m in the background.


My family came up for the occasion. It was fun to have a chill day with the family. We watched the fireworks from the soccer fields by our house. It is nice to not have to fight the trafffic. Here is my sister Aleshia with her boyfriend Nate.

My sister Heather and her friend Brandon.

All the crazy kids. They sure do love each other!

what a fun day.....until next year!

Special Guest

I had such a great experience the other day at school. Phillip Wilson, an amazing hair artist and innovator, came to Austin Kade. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I will never forget. His wife, Mary, was able to give us a short class the next morning on relaxation techniques. Boy, do i need to breath more.

He is demonstrating a free form haircut.





We all dressed in black and white for the occasion!

Brandon's birthday the big 30!

My hubby is 30! Its about time he joined the club. He had to work on his birthday, but we still had a little party for him. Thanks to my friend Hailey for babysitting, we got to go see Transformers 2. I love you babe!

Rylan's cast is history

The big day FINALLY came! He was sooooo excited yet soooooo nervous!

That is one big saw!

It is off! No more casts please.

Kindergarten Graduation

Rylan is now a graduate! We are so proud of him. After it was over he said, " I am so glad I graduated, I can't wait to graduate from 1st grade." If only they made such a big deal about every grade.

Prom......Commencement.....Seriously

I got to do hair for some of the high school's Proms. Which by the way, around here they call it commencement. What? Isn't commencement what they call graduation? The kids say that the name was changed in order to prevent kids from doing risky things just because its prom. Wow! good plan adults lets change the name and pretend our kids are idiots. Prom is Prom.....let it be.

I only wish they were in their dresses!!!
This was so fun!


She is a stunner!

Broken elbow!

Rylan broke his elbow riding his bike a little over a week ago! He had been such a tough kid through it all! I wanted to take a picture before it got all sharpied up with signatures!

His hand was so swollen for about a week. It was so gross!

This was Rylan 2 days before it happened. He was a basketball camp.

What a kid! I am so grateful it will be off before the summer really gets underway!