The Woolf Pack

Two years and he still likes me!

Monday November 3rd was our anniversary. With our limited funds we had to creative this year…REAL creative! It was actually fun. Monday was also my first day of hair school, it was quite the day. Some days I feel like James and I just got married, other days it feels like we’ve been married all of our lives. I remember one time James told me that he’s loved me all his life. I have to agree with him, I prayed for him for a LONG time. I could write paragraphs on how James has blessed my life, and I am so grateful for him. I often wonder what I did to deserve such a wonderful husband (I don’t mean to brag, or sound sappy…but I can’t help it!). He lifts me up, tells me I’m beautiful, makes me laugh, reminds me that we need to pray before we go to bed, knows when just to give me an extra squeeze when I’m having a bad day, and knows that I’m his forever!!!!!!!!!!! He is the ying to my yang (HA!)

But really it was a great day, James had rented a girly movie just for me, made a reservation for dinner. It was a great night. We’ve been married for two years….time to make some more memories! I love you babe!

Here’s how I said “happy anniversary” to James

Car Art:

Here’s how he said “happy anniversary”

My favorite things…flowers & people magazine

A Funk(y) weekend!

Two weekends ago, we met up with Amber & Wayne Funk (the coolest last name ever!) in Dayton. Wayne’s Family lives in Dayton and they were visiting them so we went down on Saturday. Wayne’s dad is in the Air force so we were able to go see lots of cool things at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum. One of the coolest things was walking through the actual air planes that the US Presidents traveled on, we saw FDR’s wheelchair in one of them!

Amber and I have been friends forever, and it’s so fun to see her married and happy! We had a GREAT time, below is proof!

Styles by Stephanie

Well, today marks my last day as a job free homework free lady. Tomorrow I embark on a journey that’s been a long time coming. 12 years to be exact! It all started the end of my Junior year of HS when I learned about our school’s vo-ed program in cosmetology. I’ve always loved doing hair…here are a few early examples:

1. I once got a brush stuck in my cousin Allyson’s hair and my Aunt Judy had to cut out the hair around the brush…sorry for the large amount of bangs I left you with Allyson…this was when we were probably 7 or 8. Thankfully her hair fully recovered.

2. My best friend (now cousin) Sarah used to reluctantly let me do her hair and I would run around her house yelling “volume! volume!” (she later let me do her hair on her wedding day, no mentions of volume were used)

3. Another best friend Andrea let me straighten her hair..imagine my curls but about 100x curlier, yeah that was her hair. She has beautiful hair but very curly! This was back in the day when there weren’t straightening irons. Four hours later, her hair was sleek and straight.

So when I found out about the vo-ed program, I was very excited. Only later to be sad b/c realizing if I were to enroll in the program, I wouldn’t be able to play the clarinet anymore. Being the band nerd I was (i played the clarinet for 9 years) I didn’t enroll in the program….Although it was always a thought of someday in my head about going to cosmetology school.

Fast forward 12 years later….After asking a million people the same questions over and over again, praying like crazy…staying up late talking to James about the pros and cons…Cosmetology school is going to be a reality…tomorrow! I am so excited! I feel so blessed to have a husband that supports me, a family that supports and friends that are as excited as I am. So, thank you to everyone who have given me advice, told me I’m not crazy. I will be a full time cosmetology student in less than 24 hrs!

And for a more recent example of my love for hair…my gracious wonderful sister in law Jamie, actually let me cut her hair, she was my first “client” ever! Isn’t she sassy and hot?

In case you’re wondering where I’ll be going… just go to www.regencybeautyinstitute.com and you’ll see!

Slumber party part II

Girls don’t have all the fun. This week Mason and I had slumber party (James was invited, but opted out for the Cavs game w/ my bro..whatever, ha ha ). We went to Blockbuster and Mason picked out Jungle Book II. We came home and popped some popcorn and watch Baloo and Bagera (I have no idea if I’m spelling their names right.) I am still signing The Bare Necessities in my head…We had a great time. Mason decided he wanted to sleep with me, and really when mommy and daddy aren’t around…I sometimes MAYBE bend the rules a little bit. (not that you’re surprised Greta, lol). So he fell fast asleep, he was so cute and slept all night! I woke up before him, but I think I just wanted to make sure he was still there, ha ha. He has the cutest personality for a sneak peak take this quote from him for example: (after asking about 100 questions) “I ask a lot of questions”. I love being an Aunt.

Mason’s photography skills:

Getting ready for the movie

A Ghoulishly Good Time

Saturday we had a halloween party {thanks to all that came and helped!}…hopefully we’ll be in a big enough place next year to have a second one!

It was great to see some old friends from the singles branch and make some new ones from our ward. All in all I think everyone had a ghoulishly good time!!!

Some of the highlights of the party: Bobbing for apples, donut eating contest, the separation of the house once the OSU game was on {girls on one side boys on the other}, Making a playlist with songs like Thriller, Monster Mash and The Cha Cha Slide.

Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure, to view all click HERE

Weekend Wonderment

This past weekend was a lot of fun, we went to visit the Woolf’s in Michigan. It was a nice relaxed weekend with the fam. We hadn’t been there since June so we were overdue for a visit! We went to an apple orchard in which we turned some yummy apples into an even yummier apple crisps! Thanks to my SIL Jamie, we had two delicious varieties to devour. I love watching James with his family when he’s in his ‘element’ I won’t get too cheesy, but I especially love seeing him with his mom, so cute. I love that man. I have to admit, long car rides are not my favorite, usually anything under 5 hrs I’m ok. Thankfully the drive is only 3 hours. It’s rare these days (as I’m sure you can all relate) that James and I get more than 5 minutes of uninterrupted time together to just shoot the breeze and talk about life and other randomness. Another highlight of the weekend was the $1 white sunglasses Jamie and I found.

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Slumber Party

Tonight my 5 1/2 year old niece Corinne and I had a special slumber party. There’s no school tomorrow and I’m not working so it was a perfect time for a little Aunt Stephanie and Corinne time. We headed over to Blockbuster where she got to pick out a Barbie Movie, then to Target to pick a treat out of their $1 area. It was a lot of fun, and she had lots to say which is one of the things that I love about her. Some of the things she says are hilarious. Here’s one from tonight while we’re watching the Barbie Movie (it was about an Island Princess) “When you get married you know the same things as your spouse.” I can’t wait to have more slumber parties with this beautiful, inquisitive, funny little lady!

Shutting it down with Melissa

Last week my friend Melissa was visiting her Grandparents in Ohio, so we were able to meet up and catch up! We were neighbors my freshman year at Ricks College (now BYUI). We had run into each other while we were both at BYU, but that was over 8 years ago! We reconnected on Facebook (naturally, ha ha). We had SO MUCH FUN! We met 1/2 way in this little little town between Columbus and Dayton. We ate at this place called “Ann and Tony’s” which we noticed was the only place to eat besides Mcdonald’s. We stayed there for 3 hours! I guess we had a lot to talk about…it was funny b/c we were the youngest people there by about at least 20 years, ha ha. We had a photo opp with Deputy Sheriff of Franklin County (the county I live in) Not sure why he took his picture with us, but ok! We then wanted to have some more fun, it was almost 10 p.m. by this time, and we found this coffee shop that had free live Blue Grass…what they didn’t mention was that it was Gospel Blue Grass…pretty interesting. We sure did stand out too, everyone looked at us when we walked in. It was quite the experience! Afterwards we walked down to another place to play some darts…it was about 10:30 this time…and we literally “shut down” the little town. It was fun. The best part about reconnecting with old friends, is learning new things about them! Here’s to next time!

Here she is! Isn’t she beautiful?

Our random deputy sheriff photo opp:

Most confusing dart game…ever

Blue Grass Sermon: