Back in Action!!

Hellllooooooooooo :)

I am SOO excited to be typing right now, you have no idea how much I have missed blogging!

Two MONTHS! :( So sad.

I realized I needed to get back to blogging when random people have started emailing me with emails like "Are you still alive?" ... "Are you ok?" ... "Did something happen?" hahaaha so sweet ... thank you for the concerns ... everywhere I go people have said they have missed the bloggy and it made me so sad, but I honestly have been so busy with so many things (we will get to that later ha!) .. and I kind of needed a privacy break for a minute too ... you know sometimes you just feel like you want to keep some things private and enjoy them for a minute? Well that's how I felt. Ha.

OK so many things have happened in the past 2 months I need to share....but first the BIG news ... for those of you who are very keen you might have noticed something new with the blog ;)
Yes the page is wider (thank you PLL), yes I have a Pinterest button now (needed that for a long time, thank you again PLL ha!) .. but my Dana girl has a new accessory ... on her left ring finger ... :) check her out!!

Surprise...
WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!

On July 4th while in Florida I said YES when this sweet man popped the question! :)

It was so sweet and perfect! I was totally shocked!
He did a good job of keeping it a secret lol only like two people knew, one being my dad and he never let on at ALL like he was keeping a secret!!

My ring literally could not be more perfect or beautiful. It is exactly what I wanted, he did such a good job! :)

Sooo pretty :) In love with it! Literally couldn't stop staring at it for like a week straight ha.

We spent the next few days in Florida with my brother and his girlfriend and my dad... it was a blast!

As soon as we got home we told the kids, and they were just as excited as I knew they would be!
They literally were screaming and jumping up and down haha it was so cute!

I knew immediately that we wanted to make them feel like they are a very special part of the day... so thanks to Pinterest I got the cute idea to make them these ...

How cute?

Adorable!!

I was so excited to give them to them ha and they were just as excited to get them! :) 

Next ...
I was off to buy magazines faster than you would believe!

Then I ordered these super cute Thank You cards from Etsy to start sending to all the sweet friends who sent us stuff :)

 Find the cards on Etsy here

And then next on the agenda was to ask my Matron of Honor ... which was never a question (even though I love all my friends equally of course ha!) .. but Chrissy has been my best friend since 5th grade. We lived together during college, have always been there for each other, her son is my Godson, Connor (who I've only probably posted a million pictures of ha) ... so of course she will be the one to stand next to me on our special day <3

How cute is that?
I made this for her ... even found a picture from the 8th grade and all ha! :)
So excited!!

So far the wedding stuff has been going great!
I have an amazing wedding planner, Ginny, who is so wonderful, she thinks of things before I do and is just so good to work with. As busy as I am, I have really been thankful to have her! She was a gift actually from a very close friend, and I am so blessed to have her know me so well to know I am way too busy to have to keep up with all the wedding stuff on my own!
(If you are in Lexington and looking for the best wedding planner, message me and I will send you her info! You will love her I promise!)

We have booked a venue, a gorgeous farm in Versailles and I can not wait!

Booked the photographer ... none other than the amazing Alicia with Aesthetiica Photography and I am SOOO excited to get to work with her! Love her!! XO

Stuart and the boys at House will be doing our flowers ... duh, he's the best! ;)

I will be doing more updating and info on the wedding (which by the way is next JUNE!!) but you can also follow my wedding board on Pinterest where I have a million ideas pinned for a rustic, shabby chic outdoor wedding ;) So exciting!

Ok, let's see ... some other fun things that have happened in the last two months I have been MIA .... 

We did some fun Summer activities before school started back :)
Like this one where we put tape on a canvas in their initials, and then I let them paint all over them, then peeled off the tape to reveal a beautiful picture :) lol it was fun... as you can see Frankie was of course up in the mix the entire time!

Speaking of that sweet angel ... he had a birthday in July!
Frankie turned 4 :)

He wanted nothing to do with the fire on the candle and that is as close as he would get to it for a picture ha!
Also I am a horrible mom and let his birthday cookie melt in the car while I was in the mall :( lol

Checking out all his new toys :) 

(Yes I am crazy, yes I buy him a million new toys for his bday, he probably has more toys than most children, its sad ha!) 

The girls played dress up with Frankie for his birthday ... can't you tell he enjoyed it? lol
Especially the sunglasses!

Let's see ... what else did we do before school ...
we went to the Lego store in Cinci one day ... Jake was in there for like two hours ha it was so funny

We went to Kings Island one day ... they were wild!

We had crazy nail day ... and got manicures :)

Chris and I have visited our wedding venue a few times ... love it out there!

I have been crazy busy selling houses here in the Bluegrass region :)

Congratulations to these sweet people ...

Congratulations to the Monarchs ... they were so wonderful! They bought a new J.Moore Home and it was absolutely beautiful! Can't you tell just by the little pic of the kitchen? Ha! Thanks to them, and their Realtor who were all so great to work with! 

Also Congratulations to the Kunish family!!
They are from New Mexico, were referred to me to buy a home here in Lexington, and they were the best! So happy for them and know they will love it here in Lex! They also built a brand new home that turned out so nice! Could not have worked with a sweeter family than this one! :)

I have been to/hosted so many parties in the last two months you would die ha! 
So I am going to do a separate post tomorrow on some fun party ideas and have lots of pictures!!

But until then I will leave you with a few of my new favorite E-cards on this Monday :)  ...

I try to stay away from political things on here but this is too darn funny haha! sorrry :( 

Love this! 

Story of my life hahaha

I died when I read this, I want to frame it, I literally hate Crocs but suck it up because the kids like them at the beach and pool ha. 

Ha that is just funny 

LOL poor Chris ... this is us every time we eat out ha! 

This was my weekend ... lol ... as soon as I cleaned something up more stuff was right back out, gotta love it ;) 

My favorite haha that is so true! 

What would I do without the calculator on my phone? lol 

hahahahahaha this made my eyes water when I read it! If you know me, you know why haha! 

Lastly, how could you not love that? hahaha 

Well I am sorry for the long post but SOOOO happy to be back!!! 

If you want to do a guest post for me next week on what your favorite thing about your wedding was, and share a few pics, please email me!!! I thought it would be fun since I am all in the wedding zone! :) 

@ShastaAnne I really want you to little lady! Ha! I think I have seen one of your beautiful wedding pics before!!  

Missed Ya'll!!

XOXO

Friday Favorites Link Up ... a day late ;)

Today I am linking up with the beautiful miss Lindsey from The Bargain Blonde for Friday favorites ...


Only mine are a day late because yesterday I left the house at 8:30am and then didn't walk back in the door until 11:30pm last night!!

Soooo here goes :) 
I am OBSESSED with these new shoes that I got yesterday for my Florida trip ... 

How cute are those? And super Comfy! So cute that I also got them for my friend, Kelly, for her bday yesterday too!! They are Dolce Vita .. found at Zappos here. I am dying to wear them with a cute black shirt and shorts and a big floppy black hat ha! 

Speaking of Kelly, last night a few of us girls went out for her birthday dinner!

It was so good to catch up with everyone! I miss you ladies! 

Love you all!! <3

Happy Birthday Kelly!!! XOXO 
My next Friday favorite is the fact that I will be back in Florida next week :) With this handsome fella ;) looking at this view ... 

and with these two people ... 

(my brother & his gf)

Enjoying this awesome weather .... 

Can't wait!! 

(Even thought I still have to do errands, and pack, and a million other things before I leave! Ahh!)

Next,

Friday Favorites have included this .. 

Welcome To The Fishbowl

If you haven't downloaded Kenny's new album ... do it! 

It's awesome!

Sidenote: If any of your loved ones have ever been affected by Alzheimer's, there is a song on here that will touch your heart! 

"While He Still Knows Who I Am" 

Everytime I hear it I think of my mamaw, it's a great song! 

LOVING this bracelet to add to my million bracelets collection .. 

Eternity Love Bracelet. 

Found on Pinterest HERE

Love it.

Lastly, 

My favorite eCards for the day... you can't read these and not laugh outloud .. .not possible ha. 

hahahaha one of my very favorites! so true. 

Story of my life, lol 

Jef from Bachelorette ha, love it. 

And this last one is super appropriate considering I showed houses yesterday in 100 degree weather! 

LOL 

Hahaha :) 

And this is not an ecard but just for fun .. still my favorite song :) 

Have a good weekend!!! 

Go link up your Friday Favorites with the Bargain Blonde!! 

Thursday Randoms

Let me start by saying... holy crap it was HOT today! And it is only going to get hotter this weekend!!

Showing houses in 103 degree temps ... not so fun ha ... but I am thankful to be busy so no complaining from me :) I got 3 referrals this week and am so thankful to be blessed with the business I have!

This will be a bit of randomness ... hence the Thursday Randoms title ha.

I just read THIS POST from my girl PinkLouLou ... if you just read over that and didn't click ... please do.
It will touch your heart! 
(If it doesn't, you shouldn't be reading my blog, or hers, because you wouldn't be human ha!) 
No but really, I wanted to link up so we can all spread the word and lift up Juliana in our prayers! 
When I read her comments, I literally was crying and had goosebumps at the same time ... those of us who have good health are so blessed and it's so hard to remember that sometimes when we think we are having a bad day, but if you don't have your health, you have nothing! 
Even if you are no prayer warrior, you can say a quick prayer for her strength and patience, and her family who worries about her, for her son, for her doctors to help heal her and for their knowledge towards her disease, and just for her to have God's peace no matter what is happening with her day to day! She deserves all the prayers we can say for her!!
Thanks PLL for sharing :) XO! 


Visit Juliana's blog here ...  


***While you are lifting Juliana up in your prayers, please also say another for my Aunt Cathy, she had ovarian cancer about a year ago and they got rid of it and she was healthy for almost a year, and now her numbers are high again and she is doing chemo and back to fighting this horrible cancer. She is incredibly strong, hardworking, and such a fighter, but I would still appreciate your prayers for her please!! <3 *** 


Ok switching gears ... I have not done a TV show post in a while so really quickly here are my two cents on all my favorites .. :) Agree or disagree? Leave me your feedback ha!

Bachelorette 


My fave! Love Emily Maynard! She is adorable.

I mean how pretty is she? 

Love her hair in that pic! 

OK ... so my pick from the very first show has been Arie ... I love him. He is so sweet! 

(And pretty darn cute too!)

Don't you feel like they have the most passionate kisses you have ever seen in your life? 

Or is that just me watching this after reading 50 Shades of Grey? Hahahaha! 

I'm sure he is the winner. 

I refuse to google any spoilers ... so this is totally my gut feeling ha. But every season I am usually right so I feel pretty good about this! I hope she chooses him, I think he would be so sweet to her and Ricky. 

Who is your pick???

Next ... 

Real Housewives of OC  

(PS. I am boycotting New York this season ... they all literally drive me insane, so this is the first time I am not watching! And I am not regretting it so far ha!)

OK ... How does everyone feel about Brooks ??

She seems to be really obsessed with him... but IMO he seems sweet to her ... so who am I to judge? Ha.

BUT if he really is driving her car around and has no job, then he probably needs to step it up a little...

The fact that he did this for all of the world to see really freaked me out ... 

That is scary. Period. There is no excuse for him being on national television with a missing tooth!!

I am glad he got his grill fixed lol but it was a little crazy of Vickie to do all of that on the show and embarrass him... I think she should have had a little more respect for him than that. But oh well. At least he has new teeth now ha. 

Alexis and Jim drove me INSANE this season .... I used to like her, but I think her true colors have come out and now they just drive me crazy ... they both think they are so cute ... and I am just not seeing it ??

What does he have on? ha. can't even handle anything about that. (or his hair!!)

I am so glad Heather came on the show ... I love her and Terry. 

I feel like she is down to earth considering she's probably the most wealthy of all the women. 

I hope she comes back! Loved watching her! 

Gretchen and Slade ... 

Still undecided on them ... I like Gretchen, always have, always will ... but Slade I am not sure about?!?1

When he asked the jeweler about the fake diamond in the engagement ring ... hahaha .. oh lordy, I lost any sort of hope in him that I once had. Poor thing. That is ridiculous. Hopefully he will get it together for her. 

Tamra ... not my favorite, never has been, but this season she really was a little better since she is with Eddie.

She still is on my nerves sometimes, but I thought their engagement was cute and sweet how he did it. 

I think they will be happy together .. they are both kind of the same person I think.

I wonder what Simon thinks about it ??? He scared me!! 

Can't wait for the reunion .. you can bet it will be U-G-L-Y!

Pretty Little Liars

Sooooooooooo glad my show is back on!!!! Ahhh!! Love it!!! 

I am still confused on who "A" is ... but I guess that's the good part about the show! 

Any suspicions?? 

 I am still thinking Jenna has something to do with it all. 

So glad it is back on and my Tuesday's feel back to normal :) lol 

I have so many shows I could go on and on ... it's pathetic I am well aware of that ... but I like it. Don't judge me please :)

Lastly,

Today the kids wanted to go to Build a Bear since it was too hot to go to the pool ... so that is what we did ... and this picture I took is too funny not to share ...  

This is the "close your eyes and make a wish for your bear" part ...

Oh to be a kid again, and really close your eyes, and make a wish and think about it haha

I just thought it was so precious.

Love them. So cute. 

TGIF tomorrow!!