Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Jaci's Birthday
Jaci will be 20 in a week!!! May 7th....we are all going to The Cheesecake Factory fri May 2nd to celebrate!!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Last day in New York
Today was a rainy day, and so we saw something we rarely , if ever, see in Utah, ...people out walking in the rain with umbrellas!! I know that sounds so simple...but it was so fun!!! We walked to the Javitz Center for the 2nd day of hair show , in the rain...this time we wore coats....much smarter than yesterday....LOL... At the show , we saw the rest of the exhibits, and chatted with people about various products , from extensions, to springless irons, cordless irons, new dryers that hang from the ceiling, to salon software, Whew! soooo much stuff!!
We left the show around 3 pm and went to Soho by subway, and began walking, in and out of streets, looking for something cool for me to buy...I wasnt having any luck, and soon we were all the way down to World Trade Center location, so we began our treck back through Tribecca, which I did find some cute clothes to purchase, some Missme Jeans, T's and a couple of retro 80's outfits. Then onto Little Italy, China Town, Soho, Noho, and landed in our favorite spot, Greenwhich Village. We wove in and out of streets, until we found the familiar area we had been in on Saturday. We ate at a fun and crazy place called Jeckyal and Hyde, Donovan was a bit skeptical at first because it has spooky stuff all over the place, skeletons, werewolfs, gargoyles, and the bathrooms are in a hidden doorway hall, but the food was excellent! best I have had (PERSONALLY) since we came to NYC. After eating, BTW we have been walking since 3 pm and at the time of eating it is 9;30, we have been walking for 6.5 hours not including walking to the show and all around it.....there arent many fat people here, I know why!!!! so after eating we walked to the subway, and came back to midtown where we are staying....we are totally worn out, mosty soaked, and ready for a hot bath and bed! What a fun day playing in the rain, and walking all over downtown.
I really want to bring Jory and Staci and Jaci and Callan here next year, we will wait to bring Paige and Kaden when they are older, and would enjoy it so much more.
New York has been a blast, and we have done so much that it seems like we have been here for a couple of weeks, not just 4 days!
We left the show around 3 pm and went to Soho by subway, and began walking, in and out of streets, looking for something cool for me to buy...I wasnt having any luck, and soon we were all the way down to World Trade Center location, so we began our treck back through Tribecca, which I did find some cute clothes to purchase, some Missme Jeans, T's and a couple of retro 80's outfits. Then onto Little Italy, China Town, Soho, Noho, and landed in our favorite spot, Greenwhich Village. We wove in and out of streets, until we found the familiar area we had been in on Saturday. We ate at a fun and crazy place called Jeckyal and Hyde, Donovan was a bit skeptical at first because it has spooky stuff all over the place, skeletons, werewolfs, gargoyles, and the bathrooms are in a hidden doorway hall, but the food was excellent! best I have had (PERSONALLY) since we came to NYC. After eating, BTW we have been walking since 3 pm and at the time of eating it is 9;30, we have been walking for 6.5 hours not including walking to the show and all around it.....there arent many fat people here, I know why!!!! so after eating we walked to the subway, and came back to midtown where we are staying....we are totally worn out, mosty soaked, and ready for a hot bath and bed! What a fun day playing in the rain, and walking all over downtown.
I really want to bring Jory and Staci and Jaci and Callan here next year, we will wait to bring Paige and Kaden when they are older, and would enjoy it so much more.
New York has been a blast, and we have done so much that it seems like we have been here for a couple of weeks, not just 4 days!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
New York International Hair Show
So today was day one of the "Big Hair Show" We attended every class and booth on Hair Extensions, and happy to say..they may be a jump ahead of us, but we will be presenting a better product all the way around with Vanity Hair Extensions!..Some of the classes were very unprepared to teach , which was suprising to us since they are the best looking company when it comes to marketing ....they looked "great" on the main show floor, but they babbled for 50 minutes before they actually started teaching.....and the class was only 90 minutes...
We located hair extension companies that we didnt know existed....there are alot of new companies emerging, most of them offer two of the newest methods, keratin bonds and micro links. Alot of the hair seems to be quality as far as one can tell with out it being in the hair, and washed and styled etc.
Bohyme has a new product, its it called Reprieve, its a fully integrated hair extension for the top of the head. I have a large number of clients that are in need of top hair, so I am thinking of going o Chicago in May and becoming cerified by them to offer these pieces to clients. Plus I could plan to see the White Sox, and the Cubs Stadiums!
Enough business chat for one night!
All in all it is a great show, and We are looking forward to returning tomorrow for more, since we only made it through half of the exhibitors!!
We located hair extension companies that we didnt know existed....there are alot of new companies emerging, most of them offer two of the newest methods, keratin bonds and micro links. Alot of the hair seems to be quality as far as one can tell with out it being in the hair, and washed and styled etc.
Bohyme has a new product, its it called Reprieve, its a fully integrated hair extension for the top of the head. I have a large number of clients that are in need of top hair, so I am thinking of going o Chicago in May and becoming cerified by them to offer these pieces to clients. Plus I could plan to see the White Sox, and the Cubs Stadiums!
Enough business chat for one night!
All in all it is a great show, and We are looking forward to returning tomorrow for more, since we only made it through half of the exhibitors!!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
NEW YORK CITY
Ok...so we arrived in New York at 5:45 am on Friday.....not much sleep on the plane...put our bags with the concierge at the Windham Wingate, freshened up and hit the subway to Central Park..we started at 59th and walked the WHOLE Park, including the Museum of Natural History, and back to the subway at 59th!!! we walked for 8 entire hours! We had a blast and took a bunch of pics that we will post when we get home...After we were able to check into our room, we both "crashed" for a very needed 2 hour nap.
We freshened up then headed off to the subway again to find our way to Shae Stadium for the Mets game. Before we left the hotel , we asked the front desk girls how to get where we were going, and after doing their best to explain, and print off a google map, they say" have fun and try not to look so touristy".....since we were going to Queens, I told Donovan I think that means "dont look so white".....we laughed and headed out on another adventure!
I have a hobby of visiting all of the major league ball parks in the country, and collecting the team jersey and hat of the home team, so after I got the goods we headed to the hot dog stand, (We were starving!!! ) then to our seats right behind home plate!
It was a fun game, even though the Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves. At the top of the 8th, the Mets were behind by 6, and we were both feeling quite tired, so we left the stadium, and retraced our steps back to our Manhatten hotel, and climbed into a very welcome bed!
Saturday AM:
Well maybe it was more like noon, we left the hotel and did some shopping around 34th and Fashion Avenue, after fighting our way through tons of people, we couldnt really find anyhting to buy so we decided to head to SOHO.
Back to the subway, but ended up in Greenwich instead, we found much better shopping, and a really great place to eat, it is our hope to get more time there before we leave.
Tonight we got all dressed up and saw Wicked! We enjoyed the play so much, loved the story, but I felt I would have liked the music to be a bit more upbeat! slow, soft songs tend to make me dose...LOL, and I caught D doing the same thing!! However the creator of this story was genious! loved the new twist on the "Wicked Witch of the West"...If you have the opportunity to see it ...GO!!!
After the play, we took a ride back to our hotel on a bike and buggy thing....I Loved it!
We freshened up then headed off to the subway again to find our way to Shae Stadium for the Mets game. Before we left the hotel , we asked the front desk girls how to get where we were going, and after doing their best to explain, and print off a google map, they say" have fun and try not to look so touristy".....since we were going to Queens, I told Donovan I think that means "dont look so white".....we laughed and headed out on another adventure!
I have a hobby of visiting all of the major league ball parks in the country, and collecting the team jersey and hat of the home team, so after I got the goods we headed to the hot dog stand, (We were starving!!! ) then to our seats right behind home plate!
It was a fun game, even though the Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves. At the top of the 8th, the Mets were behind by 6, and we were both feeling quite tired, so we left the stadium, and retraced our steps back to our Manhatten hotel, and climbed into a very welcome bed!
Saturday AM:
Well maybe it was more like noon, we left the hotel and did some shopping around 34th and Fashion Avenue, after fighting our way through tons of people, we couldnt really find anyhting to buy so we decided to head to SOHO.
Back to the subway, but ended up in Greenwich instead, we found much better shopping, and a really great place to eat, it is our hope to get more time there before we leave.
Tonight we got all dressed up and saw Wicked! We enjoyed the play so much, loved the story, but I felt I would have liked the music to be a bit more upbeat! slow, soft songs tend to make me dose...LOL, and I caught D doing the same thing!! However the creator of this story was genious! loved the new twist on the "Wicked Witch of the West"...If you have the opportunity to see it ...GO!!!
After the play, we took a ride back to our hotel on a bike and buggy thing....I Loved it!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Kadens 7th Birthday
It was Kadens birthday sat the 19th of April, We sent him a phone so he can stay intouch with his Dad and call anytime he wants to!
Staci"s Wedding Shower
Jaci and I are planning Stacis shower, and the day we picked is Sunday July 13th, its going to be a Pantry /Cleaning Supplies/ Medicine Cabinet shower....different huh?? well they have everything cuz they have been living together for 31/2 years so they are mostly set up, but everyone can always use the basics, right?? wish us luck at making it fun and getting lots of our family and friends to show up!
Vanity Hair
It is monday, and we are starting on our "second job" for the day...we have pages and pages of information to build for our web site and our final business plan for Vanity Hair Extension Company. We have been searching and compiling information for 18 months, and we are about to "pull it all together". Our marketing company, Think Box has been really awesome at getting our look for the company, to see what we have done so far go to www.vanityhairextensions.com and watch us grow!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
New York IBS
We are off to New York next Thurs night! IBS, The Mets, Wicked, Shopping, and Central Park!!!
Weekend in St. George
This is my first blog, so here I go...LOL
We are so ready for the cold weather to end! We had been invited to go on a camping trip this weekend, but the news reported bad weater so we blasted off to St George where the weather was 80 degrees and pure blue skies! We enjoyed going for a walk out in "little Valley", we discovered a place where they fly radio controlled airplanes! It was so cool! We saw a couple of movies at night, during the day we just "hung out" at our house and puttered around the yard and the inside of the house.
We love to be together and be silly, or cook together, or whatever may come about.
But its back to Pleasant Grove tomorrow, it is supposed to be snowing sunday and monday of this week.....bummer......will spring EVER come?
We are so ready for the cold weather to end! We had been invited to go on a camping trip this weekend, but the news reported bad weater so we blasted off to St George where the weather was 80 degrees and pure blue skies! We enjoyed going for a walk out in "little Valley", we discovered a place where they fly radio controlled airplanes! It was so cool! We saw a couple of movies at night, during the day we just "hung out" at our house and puttered around the yard and the inside of the house.
We love to be together and be silly, or cook together, or whatever may come about.
But its back to Pleasant Grove tomorrow, it is supposed to be snowing sunday and monday of this week.....bummer......will spring EVER come?
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