Ronnie and Sam's Photoblog: Blubelle Photography

Hey all! If you haven't heard, Ronnie and I are working on our photography portfolio so that we can eventually build a business of our own! We are absolutely loving the work that we are doing and the people that we have done it with...so much, that we've created a blog just for our photos! Please check it out and let us know what you think! If you or anyone you know are interested in having us take their pictures our contact info is on the blog (blubellephoto.blogspot.com) and rates are really inexpensive since we're just starting out! Just click on the picture or the address above and it will link you to it! Thanks!

I'm going to Caper!!!!

Hey all! Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm going to Caper! Thanks to all those that bought bags from me! I am SOOOOOOOOOO stikin' excited! I get to go to Vegas, stay in a sweet hotel, and learn from the best! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! School is goin great and I'm still loving every minute of it!
In other news...sorry this is the second boring post without a picture...I promise to update with pictures very soon!!!

Hope everyone has a very merry and safe Christmas!!!

Hey Everyone! Can you help me out???

Hey everyone out there! Every year Paul Mitchell and Paul Mitchell partner schools hold an educational event called Caper. It's a 3 day hands on event with future professionals from across the nation. This year it will be held in Las Vegas, Neveda at the Mandalay Bay. There will be many exciting opportunities, including class with the founders of the school! In order for me to go, all expenses paid, I have to sell 36 bag deals at $30.00 each. The following are available:

Color Care, Extra Body, Moisture, Smoothing, and Tea Tree (Aroma Therapy)

If you are interested, please leave a comment and I will get back to you! Thanks!

Sam LeBaron

Made with Love: A farewell to Sister Judd!

Kami wrapped up in her quilt :)
Sam, Amanda, Kami, Makaela, Brooke, and Kari with the finished product!
BFFs!
See the uneven edges?
I am getting SO old! It is So weird! Not only am I married, as are many of my other friends, but I now have a girlfriend on a mission! 21! How did it get here so fast? Anyhow, I got together with my circle of best girlfriends from high school to have a little bon voyage for our friend Kami, who is now serving a mission in Brazil. She had mentioned to me a while ago that she would like to make a friendship quilt that she could take with her on her mission, so we secretly organized a party where we could do just that! We each found six squares of fabric that represented us in some special way to Kami and put them all together, surrounded by some fabric that she chose that night.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get all of the squares sewn together before the party, so the bottom picture is of Kari saving the day with her knee sewing...I totally owe you Kari! It was pretty uneven and scatterbrained, so it became the joke of the night that is was made with love and it didn't matter how it looked...because it was lookin pretty scrappy for a while... Anyhow, we ate taco soup, had some sparkling cider and reminisced and sewed the night away! Around 12:30 we finally got it done and parted ways! I am so grateful for wonderful friends that I can always count on. I love all my girls :D

My Craftiness

I always think that it's really neat when people share their craftiness on their blogs, so I decided to share a little of my own! The first picture is of my from scratch cupcakes (no...not chicken scratch...)! They were really easy and super tasty-I already had all of the ingredients in my house! If you want the recipe just leave a comment! The next is of my coat hanger! I was so proud of this when I finished it! Just a piece of scrap wood that I painted and stamped, then screwed the hooks in with minimal help from my hottie handyman Ronnie! It really cozi-fied our home! Yay for crafts :D

Happy Halloween!

Here's Ronnie as a geek and me in my second costume of the day as a pirate! Arrrrrrr!
Here I am as a fairy princess with my parents. I did my Mom's hair and makeup...she was super creepy....
Here's the Paul Mitchell family! Everyone in the entire school dressed up...it was great :)
Here's my little geek boy Ronnie! Isn't he cute??? I submit that he is.

Happy Halloween everybody! We had a great, relaxing Halloween as geek, pirate, and fairy princess! Hope that everyone had a great Halloween!

Thriller Theme Day

Every month at school we have a themed day where we all dress up to match the theme. For the month of October we had a "Thriller" themed day, as in Michael Jackson's Thriller! It was totally rad! Since I'm on Student Council, I dressed up as a zombie and learned the actual dance, which we performed for the school! It was pretty sweet! Maybe if you ask real nice, I'll show you my moves...maybe...

PS Michael Jackson is actually played by a white girl...hmmm...(the PM version)

Annual Pumpkin Carving

Well...I skipped my first day of school on October 25th so that we could go to my Dad's family's annual pumpkin carving. Every year the Rimmasch's get together at my Uncle Andy's house in Fayette (close to Gunnison, if you even know where that is...) and carve and have dinner. It was a nice little break from real life that we really needed :)
On the way there we stopped by the Cheese Factory in Beaver and got some squeaky cheese! Yummy yummy :) It was a lot o fun!

This is ridiculous!!!

The one night Ronnie and I actually get to be by 10, so we can go to the gym at 6:30, I wake up at 12:30 WIDE awake! Poopy :( Since I can't sleep, I figure, "Why fight it?", so I'm here to update you on our lives! Aren't you lucky???
We have been super busy and I've taken a ton of pictures with this little blog in mind, but we haven't had the time to post any. We've been working like mad people here at the complex because our owners and boss are coming down this week and we want everything to be perfect! Needless to say, it's been a lot of work and stress and hair pulling, wanting to poke my eyes out :( but hey, This too shall pass (thanks for the advice Grandpa)!
As for school, I'm on the floor full time and Ronnie is going bonkers with his boring classes at DSC. I'm excited to report that I have a regular costumer at the school named Berdene who comes in once a week for a shampoo set! YES! She is the funniest, spunkiest old lady I have ever met and I look forward to her appointment every week!
We are wonderfully blessed and life is wonderful!!! We live every day to the fullest and work and play hard! We are so grateful for the Gospel in our lives and our Savior Jesus Christ. That's what really gets us through the tough times! May the Lord bless you! Love ya!

PS Just wait til you see my new hair color...tee hee...

Tag on Husbands

A) The rules are posted at the beginning.
B) Each person answers questions about their sweethearts.
C) At the end of the post, the person then tags people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged.


What is your husbands name? Ronald Douglas LeBaron
How long have you guys been married? 1 year and 2 monthsish
How long did you date? 5 monthsish
How old is he? 23
Who is taller? Ronnie, but only by two inches
Who can sing best? I would say Ronnie...
Who is smarter? I would say that we're both smart in different ways and on different subjects
Who does laundry? Mostly me, but he helps me out! Thanks hon!
Who pays the bills? That would be me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Well, if you face the bed it's me, but if we're laying in it, it's Ronnie...so I don't know man...
Who mows the lawn? Our landscapers...yes...we're that rich!
Who cooks dinner? It depends.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? That also depends. I'm usually the one who wants to resolve the issue first though.
Who kissed who first? I most definitely kissed him first...but he asked me to.
Who wears the pants? That also depends. We're a great partnership so I'd say we both have a leg in :)
I tag Cami, Marci, Rachael, Chelsey, and Tina

A Little Friendly Rivalry

A couple of weeks ago we were able to go to my high school's homecoming football game against none other than Hurricane High school aka my husband's high school! (I went to Pine View high, in case you were wondering) I tried to trash talk with Ronnie, but he was way too good natured and cheered on the PV side...what a guy! Ronnie was able to go on the sidelines and snap some pictures while I pepped it up with the band playing the bass drum! It was also neat to see Steph in action on her violin! Go my favorite sport's team!

Happy Birthday Ronnie!!!!

Happy 23rd Ronnie! I'm SO glad you were born!!! We had a fun time bbqing it up for Ronnie's birthday on October 4th! (I apologize for the lateness of the post...we accidentally sent our memory card to Logan...) I'm so grateful for the wonderful friend and husband that Ronnie is...he is all that I could ever ask for and more! Thanks for all the good time hon! I love you! Happy Birthday!!!!

PS Check out Topher in bottom picture...tee hee!

Topher's Goin' to Korea!!!

We're so excited for Ronnie's brother Christoper who recently received his mission call to the Seoul, South Korea West mission! Ronnie's first reaction was "Ya! Another Asian speaker!" (Ronnie speaks Mandarin Chinese) He leaves on December 3rd. Topher is the 8th of 8 boys to receive his mission call---so props to Mom and Dad LeBaron!!! We'll see what Laura decides to do...Congrats Topher! We love you!!!!

Three Cheers for Andrea!

Happy Birthday Andrea! Okay, so once again, totally behind on my blogging, but here it is nevertheless! I absolutely love all of my sister in laws and had a fun time hanging out with a couple of them and our Mother in law for Andrea's birthday! We laughed the night away and enjoyed our "virgin specialty drinks" in celebration of Andrea's birthday (which by the way, we had a hard time finding in Hurricane...who knew?)! So much fun!

Meet Ah Young

Okay, so I'm totally behind the times, but I thought I'd better introduce our new sister/foreign exchange student Ah Young (she came in August...). She's 15 years old, from Seoul, Korea and she'll be staying with my parents for the entire school year. We absolutely LOVE her and she fits right in with our family! She's a goofy, curious, fun loving girl, and we love having her in our family!

My Crazy Husband

Yes, that is Ronnie in the middle of a winding road taking a picture...and if you'd been able to see me in the picture, I would have been speeding toward him at 40 miles an hour in our car! Ronnie is taking a digital photography class at the college and had an assignment for shutter speed. So I would zoom right at him, then at the last second, swerve past...maybe not so smart...but we got some good pictures :)

The Joys of Hair School

Here's a little update on hair school...the top picture...we'll call it #1 is of my first hair cut! Woo! A square one length! #2 is of my class and learning leader Karen (in the front) playing a team game. #3 is our guest artist Gio cutting my hair! Actually, you could call it buzzing my hair since he basically shave off almost the bottom half of my hair! Ya! #4 is of Micky and me with George Morales (also a guest artist). #5 is of Ronnie and me with Winn Claybaugh!!!!! If you don't know who he is, that's okay, but in the Paul Mitchell world, it was a HUGE deal that he was there! He's a fantastic motivational speaker and co-owner of Paul Mitchell schools! If your intersted, you should check out his book "Be Nice or Else!" (<----click to check out his web site) It's a fantastic book! In short...I love hair school!!!!!! I'll be on the floor in two weeks! Come in and see me!

We Made it! One Year and Counting...

So I'm a bit behind....We celebrated our 1 year anniversary on August 10 and just thought we'd share a few moments from our wonderful wedding! We both agree that our wedding day was absolutely perfect for us and thought we'd share! Thanks again to my Dad for taking these amazing pictures (I think Aj actually caught our Temple exit though)!
I'd like to give a shout out to my awesome hubby Ronnie and tell him how much I've enjoyed and loved our first year of marriage! I love you so much sweetheart! Thank you for our wonderful past year of marriage! Thank you for the joy, the love, the sacrifice, the hard work, and all the FUN! We've had so many good times and memories and I look forward to the rest of the journey!


Then and now! Here are some pictures from our anniversary celebration! It was on a Sunday, so we decided to do it a little early...Friday night we went to dinner at Chili's then to Tuacahn to watch "The Sound of Music"! It was great! Saturday we were able to do two photo shoots (which you can view on our cool new photoblog), have a family lunch, and go to the demolition derby at the county fair! It was totally sweet! I'm going to try and put some video on here from it! Anywhoo...it was a wonderful weekend and anniversary!

I am a Paul Mitchell Future Professional

That's right! I finally made it! I am a Paul Mitchell Future Professional aka student! I started school on Tuesday the 12th and am absolutely LOVING it (though I am quite exhausted)! I get to wear black every day-Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30 to 5:00-and learn about hair all day long! This week we learn blow drying, pin curls, fingerwaves, and the picture is of my first shampoo/roller set! I'm learning all sorts of science and stuff and I can actually pay attention! Woo! Though it's taking a toll on our house and most likely my poor husband (who is totally kick-butt in taking care of things and supporting me in this) I LOVE hair school!