Thanks to our clients...

Hey Staisha...

Thanks for bringing your "hobbit feet" in for us to work on!!

This joke brought to you by your friends, family, and the funny staff at JJ's Nail Academy :)

Car wash fund-raiser for Allie

As a school we want to be a positive influence to our girls, and show them that one person can make a difference. We love teaching our students and building up their self confidence. Pay it forward. You do something kind and giving to one person, that person carries it on to the next person, and so forth. Well, we as a school are working on helping a young girl get the surgery on her face she needs to remove a big birthmark. It is on her lower right cheek and is significant in size and needs to be shaved often. Allie is a great young lady and such an example! She is a 4.0 GPA student, sings in choir, loves to read, is active in her church and would love to go on a mission someday. She wants to be a massage therapist when she gets older. We are trying all summer to help raise money to get it done before she starts high school in the fall. We know high school can be tough already, and even as humble as Allie is, why not try to get it removed before she has to take on the experiences high school brings?

As our first of many fund-raisers, we held a charity car wash. We had a great turn out and had a lot of fun for a great cause!

We sold donation tickets for a Little Giant Ladder and JJ's Nail Academy gift cards raffle that will close in August when we run our 5K.

I want to thank all our friends and family who helped volunteer their time for a good cause!

It was a great kick off start to the fund-raising season!!

It's Monday... back to school

It's Monday and time to get back to learning. I (Ashley) was at the school Friday and learned that the girls have a test today on the muscles. Who knew?! Who would think that studying the muscles would have anything to do with artificial nails? But when you think about it, you do massages on the hands, arms, feet, legs. That's all muscles you need to know about when you are doing client care. Our course is great because it covers all the aspects of nails. It's wayyyy past just slapping paint on a nail bed. There's hygiene care, chemistry, muscles, OSHA, money management, public engagement. Theres so much to learn so everyday we learn something new!

Home Sweet Home!!

We are excited to say we are home safely and in one piece. It was a shorter route coming home than going out. Who let Clint do the navigating?? We had a lot of fun and are eager to put our new knowledge to good use. We know it's just a step in a long line of many, but it's a step forward!

 We wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July and will see you all on Tuesday the 5th for classes.

Playing in Pennsylvania

We finished all our training and received our certificates of completion. YEAH!! One more step done and closer to the big goal. Whew! Boy did NACCAS make ya work for the certificate.

Now that the works done, it was time to play. Clint, JJ and Steve were able to cruise along the Ohio River and sight see. The views are so pretty and it's so green in Pittsburgh.

They were also able to take a trolley ride

Along the Ohio River

Then for lunch, we of course had to stop at the J&J restaurant... convenient huh?

This trip is coming to a close and were excited to come home and share our experience. Looking forward to 2000 miles of driving about as much as we can muster :)

Day two of NACCAS conferences..

Training, training, training....

One of the seminars

Clint and JJ posin' for the pretty camera guy..

(Yep, side pic's the best I got)

Look innocent enough, right??

Only cuz they have to be behaved during training. We know what's goin on outside classes... TROUBLE!

And were off........

We are in the process of becoming NACCAS accredited and boy is it a lot of work!! One part of the process is conferences. So JJ, Clint and Steve (JJ's husband) set off for the road trip of their lives!!

Steve and Clint bonding over 2000 miles. EACH WAY!

Clint's good luck flamingo. Even risked his life (okay, his hat and glasses) over it trying to save it as it blew off the antenna. (Forgive the side pic!)

Bugs, bugs, buuuuggggssss!!!

Kansas and beyond!!



Road trip gas $800. Hotel $2000. JJ's shopping habit can't disclose. Finding a sculpture of Clint along the way
PRICELESS!!!!





Bridge in Pennsylvania

View from the coffee shop in Pittsburgh.

Be sure to check out our post while we were in Pittsburgh, and the trouble we get into.