Happy Thanksgiving! Wish I were this turkey... getting those rays of sunshine! It's OK though cuz we get to spend the weekend with Taylor and we're so excited to have her with us for a few days!

Hope your holiday weekend is fabulous... and remember: calories don't count today!

utes rule

GO UTAH!!! I AM SO HAPPY WE WON! Take that Provo!!! (thanks to my s-i-l suz for the photo! it's pretty great, eh?)

so fun, but so done

Rise and shout, the twilight girls (and guys) were out! ... And now we are DONE!!! I wish I had more photos of the event, but it was just tooooooooo crazy and no time for photo opts. (If you were out at Gateway anytime this weekend you may have noticed our cute husbands peddling shirts for us. Thanks so much to our men for being such good sports!) Our last night of T shirt sales, and we are pooped. No voices, no sleep, no energy. All gone. ...Until next time.

But, before signing off, a quick shout to JORDAN COMMONS and their AMAZING staff, GATEWAY THEATRES and their staff, AND to our new friends out at JORDAN LANDING! They were so great to us last night out at the JL; Bryan and Kristen, and cute Christian at concessions... all of them were wonderful. So, if you ever frequent any of these 3 locations, just know there are really cool and efficient people behind the scenes making those movie nights happen for us all!

who knew?

Who knew this movie would bring so much hype to the life of 3 Private Design girls, their families, and some of their closest friends? Who knew they could convince hundreds and hundreds to buy tickets to a party that they are hosting on opening night at Jordan Commons, sell 600 tickets in a few weeks and still have people begging for more, sell t-shirts with twilight logos at venue after venue and be asked to come to new venues with more to sell, collect over 250 raffle items from ready and willing business owners, and all the while cross paths with and meet some of the greatest people in our community? It has been a whirlwind and so much fun. Work? Yes, but fun. Thanks to my two comrades Chal and Liv for enriching my life and never leaving a moment for the dull to overcome....

Stay tuned... the PARTY starts Thursday!

sunshine: we need you

If I could just be baking in the sun right now.... We are craving a beach vacation so badly, but know that we need to hold off till after the holidays. It will be our one year anniversary in January, so that is the perfect time to plan a little getaway. But... I am a bit stumped. Where should we go? We want it to for sure be warm, in the states, and not too terribly pricey. Any suggestions?

show time

This past weekend was 'The Utah Women's Show' at the South Towne Expo Center and Private Design was there. Front and Center. We had a great time, met a bunch of wonderful women, enjoyed the chance to network, and worked REALLY hard! We sold all of Private Designs favorite products, offered lip and brow waxing and make-overs using our Mirabella make-up line, and ...

...sold TONS of Twilight T-shirts. If you are interested, we do still have more in all sizes. Just give me a holler and I'll hook ya up! (yes, we know Twilight is spelled wrong on the sign! It ended up working out though, because there was no chance of getting in trouble for copyright infringement!)

Tex missed his mama, so daddy brought him in for some quick lovins. Thank you to everyone who helped us out: Kammie, Dana, Lana, and our two wonderful husbands! You guys are the best!

seattle beauties

And then there's my seattle girls that I miss so much. Come vist Rubix and Sierra Mist!! Let's play in the make-up!

kenzers

Kenzie is bigger. How can it be? I just saw her less than two months ago. My little 18 month old sweetness. I miss you lovie.

hope

God Bless America...

Congratulations President Obama. Now lets look forward with hope...

hallo-weenie

Halloween day. It was beautiful weather.

Every year The Barnson's host a hallo-weenie party in their garage. It is so fun to go see all the kids in costume prior to trick or treating. They are so amped up and excited, it's a riot.

Here's Gary being the perfect chef and host. I'm "getting my head bit off" by the big bad wolf

Cute Brecken dressed as a scary witch THEN... we made our way up the hill to Brett and Kathy's to see the kids before they went out. Ryan decided to wear a scary mask and trick the kids. Keegen was NOT happy about that at all. Go 'way! NO! NO! NO! And the night coud not be complete without seeing our little "skunky" dressed up with no where to go. Chal and Ben met us for a bit to eat at Bountiful's infamous geriatric ward... AKA Robintino's, so we could see Tex before he went with Kammie to see his favorite Papa Dave.

girlfriends

Jamey had a party. It was fun. Dana, Jamey, Chal

The best part was Monique came! I have not seen her in a few years and it was so good to reconnect with her for a minute.

We were crazy, but Carolyn took the cake that night.

Cheers to girlfriends and friendships!