Ulta salon rules!!!

I finally got to go in and have my hair colored again, it has been since before Christmas. My hairstylist, Brandi, is the best! Mark took some pics so you all can see the updated look I am sporting.

so much to do, so little time

This past week we have just been busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest (to quote my dad). Mark came to school to have lunch with the kids. I volunteered a full day in Hayley's class. Then Thursday night was Portfolio night for Kindergarten. After the Portfolio night the rest of the parents who pitched in to help with the end of the year party stayed to set up for the next day.
What a great group of parents, I expected to do a ton of work myself, but it was wonderful to have these awesome Moms pitch in! We had fun gabbing too.
So today was the big end of the year party
for the kids. We had a big feast and
tons of activities for the kids (including fish painting, fishing for letters, ring toss, visor decorating...to name a few). We ended up having over 50 people including the students so I was thrilled at the turnout. It is hard to believe that Molly will be starting 1st grade already and Hayley is off to 3rd grade next year.
It was a busy day for Hayley too, she had the running eagles party to attend, and just received another Hazelwood way award, this time for quality work. She gets to go to a special ice skating party next week to celebrate her achievement! Way to go Hayley!
Mark and I are super proud of our girls.

Hot Pocket

Only Jim Gaffigan (or my goofy friends) can appreciate this one. I had to run down to this local drugstore the other night to pick up a few pictures for a project I am working on for Mark's Fathers day gift. Usually this store is the MOST boring place on Earth right? Not this time. As I rounded the corner over by the cold drink/frozen section there were three young people speaking rapidly in Japanese and pointing to the two hot pockets in the freezer, obviously not able to choose which delicious frozen gut buster to choose from! I so wanted to yell "warning..you just bought a hot pocket". But alas, I did not, because I am not that crazy.

Beat it!

Here's a little something for you 80's wannabe's . I am thinking of wearing this to our 80's party in August. Hmmm...food for thought. When I was in the third grade my friend Yvonne had the actual red leather jacket like Michael Jackson wore in the Beat it video. We were all so jealous. In fact I think at the time, you could purchase the Michael Jackson look-alike stuff at Fred Meyers. At least in Alaska you could!
Who's in for wearing the Flock of Seagulls hairdo?
Any other cool 80's stuff you miss or loved when you were a kid?

Party like a rockstar

Our MGM suite is booked...and we are Vegas bound very soon. Thanks to Rose for sitting on hold and taking care of getting the 3 BATHROOM suite booked! Mark and I have stayed at the MGM Casino/hotel before and it was great.

Dannie, Rob, Kellie, Rose, Theresa and Alan this town won't know what hit it!

It will be a happy 5th anniversary for Dannie and Rob and 10- can you believe it-10 years for Mark and I. I can hear the slot machines calling...

Above are some pictures from our trip the last time we went. The MGM Grand has a beautiful fountain as you come down from your rooms. As you can see we had a lot to pack up when we left Vegas, including everything our friend Teri left in the room before she left to fly home! Our bellhop earned his money this time that's for sure.

The Teutuls will always have a place in our hearts!

After a busy weekend of sleepovers at our place, I needed a few minutes to sit and be a couch potato. Sunday afternoons are not plentiful for good t.v. watching so I put on the Discovery Channel, which I always forget about! It holds one of our all time favorite shows, American Chopper . Let me be honest, I am not a "biker" per say, or even a fan of watching shows where things are built. But there are a few things about this show that keep me captivated. Is it Paul Sr. and Paulie always battling about keeping the shop clean ( or whatever quarrel comes up for the day)? Is it the fact that the more unorganized they seem, the more beautiful, amazing bike they put together? It may just be that it is a family working together, and I feel that connection despite the fact that our business and the American Chopper business are completely different from each other. Who knows really, I just know I love watching them...my dear hubby even has the American Chopper Full Throttle game for his xbox . Yes we have just admitted that we may be a little "you might be a redneck if..." . Have you ever seen the bike they made for the Prisoners of War or the bike designed for the New York Fire Department? It is a toss up which one is our favorite, but you really must take a look at the airbrush paint job done on the P.O.W. bike, as well as all of the detail put into each bike. The Teutuls come up with some amazing ideas for the custom Choppers.
Plus, they do a lot for charity, which you can also check out on the website.
Ok, so my love affair with the Teutuls has not ended yet!

Does anyone remember this show?

Today I was thinking of long forgotten shows and I had a sudden thought...what happened to Mr.Belvedere? This was actually a pretty good show. I remember the episode where they talked about the classmate who had AIDS...it was rarely discussed in any t.v. show at the time! I only got to watch this show if I was at my Grandparents, for some reason we didn't get it on t.v. in Alaska. I guess our local stations were too busy showing Hee Haw and Little House on the Prairie! Wahoo!