Almost done!

I am almost done with school! Hallelujah! As much as I have enjoyed it, I am ready to be done, take my state boards, and start working a couple days a week. I have about 5 weeks left, which I'm sure will fly by, just like the last 9 months have. We are doing some really fun stuff right now, things that made me interested in Aesthetics in the first place. I am taking my laser class, which includes laser hair removal, photo facials, fractional laser, etc. I am also in a clinical aesthetics class, where we are learning epidermal leveling, LamProbe, and injectables. Yesterday I did an "Epi-Plus" on my friend Erin, which is an epidermal leveling followed by a pomegranate peel. Her skin looked so incredibly amazing, it was wonderful! Today I am getting an Epi-Plus, and I can't wait. It's like Christmas Eve. What epidermal leveling is is basically removing the top layer of the skin (the disjunctum) with a razor blade. Sounds crazy, huh?! The results are awesome, and believe it or not, there is no pain with the treatment (unless of course you do a peel). Part of the cost for our laser class includes getting 3 areas done. So last night I got my first underarm laser treatment. I am also going to do bikini and legs. There are only 2 other girls in my laser class (that is what the above picture is from), so we get to let loose a little bit and just have a blast (no pun intended). I LOVE what I do!!

Zoo

Today I took the kids to the zoo, and we had so much fun! Marley spent last night and today with my mom for some special Nana time, so I "just" had 4 kids at the zoo. Scott is in Colorado snowboarding for the weekend for his brother's bachelor party, so we decided that we needed to go do something fun instead of just sitting around the house. It was Ryan and Jenna's first time, and they loved it. Their favorite animals were the orangutans, and Macey and Heidi were crazy about the stingrays. The weather was so nice, it was the perfect day to go to the zoo.















Here are some cute pictures from the last couple of days.

Garden and Sickies

Scott is almost finished with the garden! He will finish painting it this weekend and then we will plant everything. We are also going to paint the chicken coop. We let Macey and Heidi pick what colors we are going to paint everything, and Macey picked turquoise and white for the garden and Heidi picked purple for the coop. We are going to have a colorful backyard! Here are a couple pictures of the construction process.



I am making good progress on my projects as well, but I don't want to post any pictures until everything is done. :) But I absolutely love how everything is turning out! I start my laser course at school tonight, and I am so excited! We do laser hair removal and lots of different laser treatments for the skin, including vein removal and wrinkle reduction. Can't wait!

The kids have all been passing around hand foot and mouth. These poor kids have been miserable! High fevers, no sleep, blisters, yuck. Ryan and Jenna got the sickest. When Jenna had it, she screamed for 3 days straight. She wouldn't sleep or eat, we were all exhausted. When Ryan had it, all he wanted to do was sleep. He would just fall asleep wherever he was when he felt the need for a nap. It was actually pretty sad. Marley got by with a few blisters, she didn't get a fever. Macey and Heidi both had high fevers and only a couple blisters. The only thing that would cheer the little ones up was Elmo. Let me tell you, Cinderelmo is even more annoying at 2:30 in the morning!



Jake must not have been feeling very well either. :)

Sick Jenna, surrounded by Elmo, watching Elmo, trying to eat something.






Nana brought everyone ice cream cones to cheer them up and soothe their sore mouths. These were the twins' first ice cream cones!