Adios 2011

Before I send this blog off to blurb to be printed as my journal.....

I thought I'd include some last random iphone pictures.

Can't wait to start the new year.

Let's hope I'm better about blogging. :)

Black Friday shopping!

My sweet little Hadley

Brittney and I ready to SHOP

merry....everything.

Aurah and Emmy at moms

snow in Kanarraville

Meeting our cousin Mary for the 1st time

Mom, Dad and Mary at Town Square

my new kitchen tile

and new butcherblock countertops

My little Diva Emmy

Lauren Alaina at ACMA's

Thank you Groupon!

About 6 months ago.....Jen and I ran across a Groupon that sounded pretty fun!

So, on the very last day before it expired....that's how we roll - we booked it!

It was called Scoot City Tours.

Driving in little scooters up Charleston, and through the Red Rock loop.

It was a total blast.  Although I must admit, I was a little scared driving next to regular folk on Fort Apache.

One wrong looksie, and a car would demolish this scooter.

It was in November and cold but so amazingly beautiful.

And to top it off....we stopped at a convenience store after to get a Diet Coke.

You should have seen the people looking at us!

Good times.

Taking the Lonnie Hammagren House Tour

My mom, hayley, the kids and I went to tour Dr. Hammagren's house.

You know the one you see driving down Sandhill wondering what all that stuff is??

Well in October, he opened it to the public.

and it was quite interesting.

The house had SO many different things to look at.  There were odd things, cool things, antiques, junk.....a little bit of everything.  It was actually pretty fun to look through it all.  It could be right on the verge of hoarding though.

I did come across a "religious" room where he had all sorts of articles and pictures of religious leaders.

I was so proud to see our prophets up there.  Very cool.

One of my favorite things (and Dane's) was the UNLV ticket booth.

One of the original ones.  Very nastalgic.  They also had an actual basketball hoop from Thomas and Mack when Jerry Tarkanian was coaching.  Total my era.  Loved it. 

Merry christmas!

Sister Wives

Got to work with the Sister Wives and their husband Cody.
All in all things went great.  Brought my sister to help with hair styling,
You know Cody DOES have a hairstyle that he loves.  We abided.
We met at Mery's house early in the morning and spent time getting Mery, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn ready before Cody got there.  We had fun chatting about their kids and Christmas and all that idle chit chat stuff.  But, before the end of the shoot, Christine and I became tight friends.  We even text messaged each other.  Ha!  She is the sweetest one I think!  I really like her and can see us being friends.  Just not sister wives.  :)  I'll repost when the photoshoot pictures are out!  Fun Times!

Latin Grammy's and Nascar Awards

November and December are CRAZY busy in the Vegas Entertainment World.
I always know I'll be graced with Latin Grammy's, Nascar, Country Music Awards, and Rodeo related photo shoots.  This year was no different!  I didn't take many pictures but I did get a few. 

Latin Grammy's were so fun this year.  2 days spent with 3 of my favorite hair/makeup artists and working directly with 7-up team.  So, the dresses were made from soda cans, lashes were to be LARGE, GREEN and FEATHER-LIKE.  Awesome!  The hair looked amazing for the Carlos Santana video.  It all turned out great!  So glad to be a part of such a great event.


 
 

I also LOVE LOVE LOVE working for the Nascar folk every December.
I always get to meet lots of people (who I never know exactly their fame).
I'm getting better on "doing my research".
I get to work with my friend Susan.  She's so sweet and so fun!  2 redheads should ALWAYS work together I think.  It should be a law or something.  :)
Kid Rock was the performer.  He seemed pretty nice but quiet for some reason.  Maybe he was getting in the "mood" for his performance.  I also got to work with Krista Voda.  She hosted the show and did a great job!  And, she's beautiful so it made my job extra easy. 
Then, I was lucky enough to work with Tony Stewart.  THE WINNER of the whole shebang.
And, he won about 6 million I think.....he began to look really really HOT.  Cause he's single too. Just kidding.  (kind of). 



 
 

A little christmas around here....

Makes me so happy.
Also smiling to blog from my bed on my iphone. Oh technology how i love you.

Made snowglobes. They were so fun. This WILL be a new tradition!

Added a new steinback nutcracker to my collection. Its not pictured but i'll post soon.

Picked out hot pink foil wrapping paper and added some turquoise and white yarn for deco. Love.

Got the twins some sock monkeys with their gifts. Loved looking at them so much so i decided to leave them on the outside!

Love my tree at night. I could just stare at all the sparkly lights. Makes me one happy girl.

And my mantel is my fun crazy over the top christmas decorations. Soon, my red trees will be filled with all my christmas cards from loved ones.

{love} holidays.