Happy Birthday Jenny!

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Jenny

Happy Birthday to you!

can you tell we are all SO excited for Hawaii?

Thanks Jen for being such an incredible friend!
We have shared so many memories over the past 20 years!
Can you believe it's been that long?
Well, I don't know where I would be without you in my life!
Here's to a million more memories!

Love, me

Big ACM weekend

So, the ACM"s were in town this weekend at the MGM Grand. Did anyone notice how freaking HOT it was? Maybe it's the combination between 105 degree weather and makeup. Doesn't always blend together. Usually every year that I work this event, I'm backstage having just walked 10,000 steps to get there with ALL my stuff. This year was so much sweeter!

I was hired to do Allison DeMarcus' makeup (wife of Jay from Rascall Flatts) for a hosting show on CMT that she was filming. So, not only did I have to get her ready for all of that, but also for all the Flatts stuff. The great thing....I just had to get her ready everyday in their suite at the Four Seasons. No lugging my stuff around. No walking a million miles. So easy! We did have a driver take us to the Annual Harley ride, the celebrity golf tournament and then the Fremont concert with Sugarland. Jay was so sick all day so he missed everything on Saturday. Sunday was so easy jut miserably hot! We spent 3 hours in the room hanging out getting Allison ready. Eating, painting toes, hair, makeup, dressing....it really was so fun. I think I made a new friend. Jay had a lot going on besides trying to recover from being sick. I went and got us all Sonic drinks. They love the Sonic ice even more than me! Hard to believe I know. The driver came to pick us up and take us to the red carpet. That is when the madness began. There were screaming fans everywhere. Freaking out over Taylor Swift AND my man Keith Urban. He is beautiful. I just had to make sure Allison didn't look sweaty at all. Easy enough. Well, not really with the heat. Anyways, it was a great weekend. I'm so glad I got to do something a little bit different this year!

Blessings, Birthdays, and Baby Rooms

Emerson Jane got blessed last Sunday. She was so stinkin cute. Notice how she's flipping me off though. What's up with that? I think she was about done with all the pictures. I did get a picture of ALL my five nieces. Aurah, Paige, Brooke, Brittney and Emerson. Fun Day.



Got to celebrate my friend Jackie's birthday. This is the first time we were all able to get together since April. Sad I know. But it was a good night out. Had a really great meal, saw a good movie and ate some "oh so yummy" Frieds cake. Went with the little Hawaii themed cake since WE WILL BE VACATIONING THERE in less than 4 weeks. YAY!

Finally finished decorating Hudson's room for the Yakubik family. Here are just a few shots. I LOVED the way it turned out. Cute room for a freaking cute baby. I'll post more pictures later!

Congratulations Chemi!

My week started....

at leaving my house at 4 a.m. for a job! Ugh! I hate those early morning ones! Maybe even more than working 9 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. I haven't decided which one I hate more!

MONDAY...worked 12 hours for a commerical at Barney's New York

TUESDAY...worked another 12 hours for the Palazzo

WEDNESDAY...did errands, tried to sleep and prepare for working 9 p.m. - 8 a.m.

THURSDAY...felt like a zombie. Didn't sleep. Went to the doctor with my friend. Was so excited to crash but then realized I had a flat tire, and an oil leak. When it rains it pours. Spent until 10 p.m. trying to get it fixed.

FRIDAY...worked doing a photo shoot for Redbook Magazine. The article is on "The Hottest Husband" in the U.S. Do you recognize the wife? It's Dayna Rosselli from Channel 8 News. The shoot was a blast.....and her husband is seriously hot.

Went to the Women's Conference for my mom's stake. Went a couple hours early to help in the kitchen and then stayed after to help clean up.

SATURDAY....Had to leave my house at 7:30 a.m. for a few weddings. They all went great! Spilled makeup on my shirt and had to rush home to change before Aurah's 1st birthday party! She had her shots and was soooo sad but soooo cute. Got to see ALL my little kiddos. Got a picture of the 5 generations. Grandma Opal, Cheryl, Robin, Brittney and Emmerson. Went to a movie and it was so stupid. The company was fun though. Oh, and popcorn with butter. So good.

Savior of the World

I was asked months ago to be apart of the Savior of the World production at the Henderson Pavillion. To be truthful, I wasn't all that excited. Doing makeup for 80+ cast members each night for 5 nights....didn't sound all that appealing. But, it has been such a cool experience. It has definitely been a lot of hard work (theater makeup can always be a bit tricky)! I had a great makeup team working with me and we had a lot of fun! I was able to see the play for the first time last night and I really thought it was amazing. I feel really blessed that I was able to be apart of this great and amazing cast and crew.

I have to give a HUGE thanks to my family and friends who supported me the past couple of weeks by helping me every night from trimming the beards, attaching hairpieces, organizing all the makeup stations, making runs to various stores, loading my car...and just moral support! I would have never been able to do all that I had to without you guys! I'm glad you all were there for me! Sorry if I've been a bit stressed!

I had the opportunity to work with soooo many of the cast members but nightly had to spend some significant time with Joseph and the Savior. Every single person was so talented! Here's a few pictures from backstage.

She's finally here!

EMERSON JANE LEAVITT

Which now makes me the proud aunt to Brittney, Brooke, Paige, Aurah, Emerson, Drew, Drake and Dane! Being an aunt is the best!