Happy Halloween!

Here is a few pictures from today at our shop. We just have too much fun!

Happy Halloween Pre-K!

Since tomorrow is Halloween, I took Riley's Pre-K class cupcakes today. Riley's birthday is in June so he won't be able to have a Birthday Party in class, so we decided that we would celebrate this way. The kids LOVED them!

Spooktacular!

Our salon set up a booth for the annual Spooktacular at Southwest Point, so I had Mom to bring my firefighters over to trick or treat!

Our booth won the best booth award!

Riley gettin' his candy.
Hayden really enjoyed it too!

Skyler the fairy!

Hayden was poutin'!

That afternoon, I fixed Leah's hair for her Halloween party......look at how talented I am...LOL!

The finished product.

More baseball pictures!

Here some pictures from Riley's game the other night.
YAY!!!! He made it home!

Hayden loves to play ball too!

Customer Appreciation Midnight Bash

Unique Connections Salon
Customer Appreciation Midnight Bash
November 7, 2008

(Noon till midnight)

Price List
Hair Cuts only 10.00
Shampoo, cut and style 20.00
Wax 5.00

Color (h/c only)
Basic color 25.00
Cap Hi-lite (short hair only) 25.00

Foil Weave (h/c only)
Short hair 35.00
Medium hair 45.00
Long hair 55.00

Perm (h/c only)
Short 25.00
Medium 35.00
Long 50.00

Massage
30 minutes 20.00

Chemical Peels 20.00
Ionic Foot Bath 15.00

20% off Hair Extensions
All Products Buy One Get One ½ off
Free Eyebrow wax with full service color services

* Door Prizes Every Hour *
(Rockin’ L Rentals, Gondolier, Los Primos, Cancun, Mr. Clean Car Wash, Pizza Hut, My Shutterbug Photography, Jazzi Jewels by Kristin, Sweet-n-Spicey, Ella Minnow Pea, Arbonne, Tupperware, and Pampered Chef)

*All clients are treated to a complementary hot dogs & refreshments *

* Bring a can of nonperishable food and get a free gift*
(proceeds go to Hands of Mercy)

* Bring a friend and get a free gift *

*First 25 clients who book with Julie, Tiffany or Michelle receive a free gift *

(of course all m y clients get a special gift!)

Call today and schedule your appointment!
865-717-6262

Finally Cruise Pictures!

Sorry, I have delayed so long on this post but things have been crazier than normal around here. I have been working 12+ hours a day, then our softball, Riley's baseball and soccer, my photography business picking up and then all the weddings, parties and all the other events that we have attended, I just haven't had the time to sit down and work on all these pics. I took all the memory cards from all the girls camera's and made one big folder with everyone pictures. Which was a GREAT idea, so we got so many pictures you never knew was ever taken. So I did that as soon as we got back but haven't had the time to sort them out and pick out my favorites to make a slideshow. So last week I hooked up Wi-fi at our shop, YAY! the only salon in Roane County with free Wi-Fi, look at how much we love our clients. Anyways, with me having internet access, I have been bringing in laptop and working on them between clients. So finally I have a slideshow.

We had a wonderful time. Most the girls from our salon, Mary,Kristin, Heather, myself, Brandi and April (owner of J Lynn's Salon) signed up for this cruise several months back. White Sands was having a hair show on the cruise, so we spent 6 days away from our family! (It was hard being away from my boys (yes all 3 of them :)) for so long but I did get a break, more than my one night a week Girls Night Out. Thanks Nana for helping Craig with the boys.

The take off from the Cincinnati airport was HORRIBLE, we got grounded on the runway for 2 hours because we had 70 mph winds. California was beautiful, we stayed in Long Beach the day before our cruise departed. The cruise was amazing! It was so fun, I want to go again now. The food was delicious. We ported and toured Catalina Island, Baja, and Ensenada Mexico. We learned several new hair cut technique from the White Sands instructors, which is a great hair product. Unique Connections and J Lynn's are the only salons in the area that sells it. I bought the new razor scissors, which I just LOVE! Then we toured LA in a black limousine. The driver was crazy, but we got to see all of downtown LA. We stayed our last night at Marina Del Ray, which was really nice. Our last night we went down to Santa Monica Pier and done some shopping. Funny story, 6 hairdressers can pile up in one cab! The cab driver thought we were crazy, well we are, but it was hilarious. Heather, Me, Brandi and Mary sat in the backseat with April laying across us and Kristin rode in the front seat. I tried to take a picture, but we were all laughing so hard this is what I got.
So we finally made it down to 3rd Avenue for more shopping. Thanks God we made friends with the cops on the Pier. We were hoping to see some famous people, but we did run into Lil Bow Wow at LAX. The flights home were very calm and relaxing, until we were loading our plane in Atlanta and looked over and seen our luggage sitting beside us. So we ask our flight attendant, and she told us that we were mistaken that out luggage was under the plane. Well guess what wasn't in Knoxville, our luggage. So Delta had our luggage delivered to us the next day, except for Brandi and hers didn't get delivered to her (in Atlanta, that is were she lives) until the middle of the next week. I was so happy to see my guys standing at the gate waiting on me. I am one of the luckiest woman in the world, my family means SO much to me, I am truly blessed!

Hope you enjoy all the pictures, I tried to eliminate a lot of them.

Circus Fun!

Sunday morning we loaded up and headed to Knoxville to the Shiner's Circus. This was the first time either of the boys had been to a circus, plus I hadn't been since I was really small. Riley had talked about going to the circus for a while now and when I told him that we had tickets, he was so excited. Kristin, Josh and Emma met us there to join in on all the fun. As soon as we got there, Hayden said he wanted to ride the elephant, so I asked Riley if he wanted to and he said "no way". So we went to purchase an elephant drivers license for Hayden. We waited in the line and when it was our turn to ride, Hayden decided he didn't want to. Imagine that! So then I asked him what he wanted to do next, he said that he wanted to ride the ponies, so we went and exchanged our elephant drivers license for a pony drivers license. So Hayden and Emma both rode the ponies. Next they all jumped in the tiger balloon. Then we all took a seat for the show. Riley was literally on the edge of his seat the whole entire show. Of course, we bought coloring books, light savers, hot dogs, popcorn and balloons. When the show was over, Riley cried because we were leaving and Craig had to explain to him that the show was done. He assumed that we were leaving early.

Riley's favorite part was the motorcycles, so was Dad's! Hayden said his favorite was the go-carts or the 4-wheelers. He told me that he wanted a big go-cart for his birthday!

The Hillybilly Kerbela's

The pony ride
Riley enjoying the show and eating his popcorn.
The "big" elephant's
Emma's passed out!
So is Hayden...LOL

Jennifer's Wedding

So Saturday we attended Jennifer's wedding. Jennifer is Sonya (my sis') best friend. So we packed up and headed to Clinton. It was a beautiful wedding. The boys did get into trouble because the staff didn't want you to throw the rocks into the creek, who knows, but they got in trouble.

The Bride & Groom
"Sissy"
The proof that they were getting into trouble.

Sonya and Chris
Hayden didn't want his picture taken.
Thumbs up!
Mr. Riley Jakob
Hayden loved his chocolate apple
Riley and Sissy being silly like usual....
My world
Riley's showing off his dancing skills
The father/daughter dance....it was a tear breakers!