Sledding in 48 degrees!

This weekend a friend of our's invited us out to a property where they have some snow machines that

MAKE SNOW!

What better thing could you think of to do?

Go sledding ... on real snow ... when it was 48 degrees outside ... and then get in your car and drive away, not on slippery roads with snow everywhere ha!
It was a blast!

Photo Dump ...

They got these snow bibs year before last, for Christmas, and it didn't snow a single flake all winter! 

So they finally got to break them in! 

She stole my new Free People leopard toboggan, but she looked cute in it so I gave in because I love her:)

So excited! 

Isn't it funny to see snow and then a bunch of green grass in the same area? lol it was weird! 

Lastly, my personal favorite, that is Chris thinking he can snow board down a big hill, maybe he has been watching a little too much of the X Games ;) 

We had so much fun! Can't wait to go back again! 

Today I am off to work for a bit then run some errands and get ready for the Bachelor party tonight which is being held at my house with guests including this pretty lady and this pretty lady!  :) 

I am going to make snacks and dinner while we enjoy Sean and his crazy ladies on the television ... and make our guesses at who will stick around another week! 

I wasn't a huge Sean fan in the beginning ... when it was between him and Arie, I was Arie all the way!
But I will say he is growing on me. I love his personality and how kind and giving he is.

And I think he is so sweet with Sarah ...
 I like her a lot.
She is super sweet and just a normal girl I feel like!

I wanted to like Tierra ... I really really did.
When she did her interview on the first episode I thought she was so cute and fun!
I will say, after the last episode, she is a little out there... and that is being nice ha.

And I hate to say this, but I am glad to see Kacie B go home ...
I liked her previously, but this year I kinda felt like she was trying too hard and maybe she was just back on there to be on TV ... I didn't like that she had one up on all the other ladies, but hey, that's reality TV for ya!

Have a great Monday! PS. Who is your pick for Bachelor thus far? :) 

Sunday Social Link Up

Well hello there Sunday night ... my favorite TV show night...  I look forward to you alllll week! Ha! ;)

Tonight I am linking up with Ashley and Neely for a little Sunday Social!

1. What is your ideal way to relax? Definitely all snuggled up in a blanket in bed with Frankie... 

(and sometimes Chris if he is good, ha I kid, I kid)  while watching a plethora of trash knowledge & information on TV including: Teen Mom 2, Real Housewives of anything, Pretty Little Liars, Bachelor, you name it ha.  2. Where is your favorite place to be? Hmm... this is a difficult one. I guess it depends on my mood. Sometimes I like to be at home with Chris hanging out and relaxing, sometimes I like to be working because I could never stay home all the time, I would go loco! Or if I had to pick an actual place, I would say the beach for sure, nothing better than some sun and sand in my opinion! 

3. Who do you consider your biggest role model?  This is too much for me to think of right now, lol  I don't know the answer to this. Ella just asked me the same thing for some school project last week and I told her that was my least favorite question because everyone expects you to say some fabulous person that is famous, or someone who totally changed your life! I need more time to think on this one.  4. What does your life look like in 3 years? I think in 3 years I will be happily married :) Hopefully living as great a life that I am now, running a successful business, and whatever else is in God's plan for me ;) Just thankful to have the blessings I have now. 5. If you could go back and change one decision, what would it be? I think this is a hard one too, but I would have to say the decision to end a really special friendship I had with someone a few years ago, over a reason that I am still not even sure of, is probably the one thing I would change. It is so hard when you're so close to someone, to lose that when you're not even really sure why. Responding or reaching out to that person after years is a scary thing to do... but lately I have been feeling led to do that, so I will keep you posted on this one!  6. What is your biggest accomplishment in life so far? Ok now if you would have asked me this about 9pm last night I would have answered: "Learning how to fishtail braid by practicing on Ava a few 100 times" haha

I have been wanting to learn for a long time now and just never had the time, so last night we watched youtube videos and played and finally I got it! :)  However, the real answer to this question ... my biggest accomplishment so far is just how much I have grown my business and the fact that I sold over $10million in real estate in 2012 on my own!!! I am proud to have started my own team...

 ... proud to be working with some amazing people, and proud to know that I have done this on my own... not handed down a business from my parents, not by riding someone else's coat tails, but by truly learning the business and how to help people, and learning what NOT to do from previous people I was around in this business, and what TO do by some other very successful people.  This is my biggest accomplishment without a doubt, and I am very blessed to have my business.  Happy Sunday Friends!  Go Link Up! 

TGIS!

You have NO idea how happy I am that it is Saturday!

I have had a crazy busy week, and today I purposely scheduled nothing so I could relax, enjoy some time with Chris and the kids, clean my house, do laundry, get a spray tan and my nails done ha, and just play catch up on my personal life!

This will be a random tid bit of fun pics and events from the week :)

I cleaned out my office and desk and added some cuteness:

 New Lamp, TJ Maxx $39, steal!!! :)

New Chairs ... also TJ Maxx find .. $89 each! Aren't they so cute? They're comfy too! I am adding a little table in the middle but waiting on my mom to make the burlap table cover :) Can't wait! 

School was called off on Friday because we literally got a centimeter of snow lol so Ella and Ava learned real world skills and went to work with me! 

They were stuffin' envelopes, printing return address labels, returning text messages haha you name it, they were doing it! Such good little helpers!

Frankie went and got his hair did and now he is even handsomer (is that a word?) than before!

I found two wedding hair styles I like ... 

Chris wants me to wear my hair down and wavy like normal, but I want to add a little something to it, I like Jess's hair do above, kind of teased up a little, I think that would like pretty with my veil. What do ya'll think? 

Then I love this Carrie "do" below for bridesmaids ... 

Side swept is my fave ... it would be so pretty! 

That's pretty much all on the wedding front I have right now ha. 

Last night we went to Chris's nephew's 1st Birthday Party! 

He was so cute as always! And a very neat cake eater too! He didn't make a huge mess like normal 1 yr olds lol ... he kept wanting to feed it to everyone else :) So precious!

We enjoyed some yummy chili for dinner! 

How cute is this sign Lisa made? 

She and her house are straight out of Pottery Barn and Pinterest ... the cutest you have ever seen! 

I got to play with Jack, my favorite ;)
I mean he is literally a baby model ... he needs to be picked up from Crewcuts!

How cute is he? 

Adorable. 

I will leave you with this ... 

I saw this a while ago and loved it, then couldn't find it ... and then this week I saw it on Emily Maynard's Facebook! Love her. And love this. I am printing it and putting it in my Bible so I won't lose it again!

Happy Saturday!

I am off to clean and run errands :) 

Wedding, Work and Realty TV ha

Hola Chicas!  So today I had a really good TV update post planned ...
there is SO much going on I have THREE of our TV's being held hostage by DVR because of all of these shows on right now ....

Pretty Little Liars
(Holy Toby! What is happening?)
 Kourtney & Kim take Miami 
 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills AND Atlanta 
(Kenya is cray-cray can we all agree on that?)
Private Practice
Honey Boo Boo 
(don't judge, it's comedy at it's finest!)
The Good Wife 
Grey's Anatomy
Nashville
and ...
Duck Dynasty
(yes, I let Chris watch this one show on "my" dvr TV haha I am a good fiance!)

There are sooo many more I am just drawing a blank ... 

Anyway, I wanted to do a TV catch up post but honestly there have been too many more important things going on in this crazy life of mine, so I thought I would share those instead ;)

In no particular order ... 

We finalized Bridesmaids Dresses!!

Whitney, Kim, Chrissy & Emily 
(Missing Kelly!:( She couldn't go. And Ella and Ava too!) 

We had a girl's day and went back up to Bridal and Formal in Cincinnati, OH to finalize and purchase the dresses and I am SO excited because everyone is going to look perfect and so pretty! Each of my friends are wearing the same brand dress (Waters) but in different styles and  3 different colors ... kind of a blush/light pink, a champagne and a stone color which is like grey kind of.  They are all gorgeous!!!! Can't wait to show everyone!

I also tried on my dress again and they had a smaller sample size this time so it fit a little better and I LOVED it so much more than I even did the first time when I bought it!!! Ahhhhh!!! It's so pretty!!!!!!

I am loving this makeup ... on one of my fave PLL ladies ... 

How do you feel about that for my wedding makeup?

I love it! Looks so natural but stunning! 

Do you know about custom stamps? Or have I been under a rock?

I came across an advertisement in a Shutterfly magazine I got in the mail about ordering custom photo stamps from Stamps.com and I thought to myself "hmmm.... now that's amazing!" 

So of course I got online instantly and ordered some for our Save the Date's that are going out this week ... and we finally got them in the mail and they are EVEN MORE AMAZING in person!!!

Are you dying?

How cute are those? 

Ahhh I just love them! They are my new favorite thing! 

They are BIG too! Like over twice the size of a regular ugly stamp ha. Love them!! 

It was super easy too, you basically just upload a picture and Ta-da! 

View the wesbite and order some HERE

Lastly on the wedding front, I ordered Frankie's tux ... 

Brace yourself .... 

Precious!
He will be so handsome I can not even stand it!!
So excited!

Speaking of Frankie, 
and my never ending, ever growing, sometimes crazy, love for him ....
Look what I saw today and couldn't help but LOL ....

Bahahahahaha
So true! I love it.
I literally laugh out loud every time I read it ha!

In Real Estate News .... 
Yours truly has been quite the little Realtor lately ;)

Lexington Herald Leader's "Realtor of the Week" in last Sunday's paper!

So awesome, loved it, and so did everyone else! My Fbook and phone were blowing up with messages! :)

Then .... 

Double spot ad in Skirt! Magazine 
in the Fabulous Faces of Real Estate in Lexington, KY article! 

I can't wait for this year! My business is growing more and more every day!
I just know we are going to kill it this year!
If you're in or around Lexington please remember me when you know someone looking to buy or sell!
And if you're not in Lexington, that's ok too ... I can refer you to a great Realtor in your area!
I have Realtor friends in a lot of other states that would love to help :)
Buying or Selling a home is a BIG deal ... don't go at it alone, work with a professional!
After all, I always tell people, if you were having trouble with a tooth you would go to the dentist and let the professional work on it, not try to work on it yourself ha!  So the same should be true with your home, which is the single biggest purchase in your life!

Pinterest Snack ... 

If you haven't seen these on Pinterest or tried them yet then you need to.

I made them for a lunch at my office and literally they are delish!

And soooo easy! Takes like 15 min total. So yummy. 

Perfect for Valentine's Day school treats too! 

Lastly, 

a Birthday Shout Out! 

Happy Birthday Leslie!!

Leslie is my brother's girlfriend, and also my assistant :) And she just had a birthday over the weekend so I wanted to give her another little bday wish just because I love her ha :) Glad you had a good birthday! XO!

Well I think that's it for now ... 

I have listed 3 new houses this past week so going to post some cute house pics soon. 

And of course more wedding updates as they come ... I am trying to keep some things a surprise but it's so dang hard! I am already dying to show Chris my dress... but don't worry, I'm not! He will have to wait ha! 

XO,

Wedding Wednesday and Updates!

Well hello there!

I have been a little MIA for the last 10 days ... busy working per the usual .. I have been thinking of different posts to do but today will just be a random I think ;) Those are usually fun!

First topic of discussion ...
I have kicked into wedding gear (5 mos away!) ... 
I went to the How Charming Bridal Event at Keeneland this past weekend and it was awesome!

Visited these two lovely ladies there ... ;)

These are my so sweet friends and wedding planners ... 

Lauren & Ginny from Sharing Special Moments. Love them. 

Of course you know Ella and Ava were dying to go so we had to sneak them in :) 

They got little visors when we walked in that had veils on the back ha you can't see in the picture but they were super cute! I think tasting the cakes and drinking all the ciders was their favorite part! Shocker! ;)

They had a red carpet entry way and the girls had a fun time walking and playing on it like stars! :)

We had such a fun time! 

The BEST part was that I actually won an amazing door prize!!!!!

A night's stay at Gratz Park Inn in a beautiful suite and breakfast the next morning!! Ahhh!

I was SO excited!! Chris and I can't wait to stay there! 

Next topic ... 

The NEW issue of Kentucky Bride Magazine is out ... 

And my full page ad looks perfect! 

I love working with Brides & Grooms, and recently engaged couples to look for their first home!

It is such a fun and exciting experience, one of my favorites! 

It is so important when you are buying your first home that you have great representation, someone to do research for you, negotiate for you and get you the best deal possible! And that is what I do for my clients!

Thank you to my gorgeous clients for providing such beautiful pics and thoughtful testimonials! <3 XO! 

If you are planning a wedding and in KY you NEED THIS MAGAZINE! 

It is my favorite! Love everything about it! 

They sell it in Lexington at Joseph Beth, Kroger & lots more places! 

Hmm... let's see ... what else??

We did our wedding cake testing!! 

This was something Chris was really excited about ha ... I wanted it to look pretty, he wanted to see all the different flavors we could choose ;) What a typical guy! 

Feast your eyes upon this ...

Can you even handle that? 

That is what Chris and I got, each, to sample! 

Yum Yum Yummy!!

Please don't judge my nasty hair, it was raining and freezing today! 

And because I know you will ask ... earrings are from my girl Rebecca @ KiKi LaRue!

Obsessed with them! Thanks lady, they are my fave!!!! :) 

We had such a fun time tasting cakes! We decided on some amazing flavors (keeping a surprise ha!) for our 5 tier cake ... but I am still having a little bit of trouble deciding on exactly what we want the cake to look like. We know we for sure want to keep it kind of simple but with fresh flowers incorporated all over it! 

Here are some I am liking ... 

So we will probably decide on something very similar to one of these and use whichever fresh flowers we decide on :) How do ya'll feel about it? 

Ok next random tid bit ... 

I have a new favorite nail polish color!  

 OPI Pink Friday

It is the perfect pink! 

You will love it! And I love the name, perfect for a Friday mani/pedi after work ;) 

I love meeting fellow bloggers!! 

My friend Stephanie that I work with was sweet enough to invite me over to a girl's night to watch the Bachelor where I got to meet Jill and Sarah! :) 

How cute are they? 

I had such a good evening with them! And we are doing it again next week I think! 

Go follow their blogs if you're not already ... Jill has a great blog I love and Sarah is new to the blogging world and could use some follower love ;) 

Lastly and most importantly, 

For those of you who are in Lexington ... my friend Stuart's dog has been missing since Christmas :(

It's the saddest thing and I just can't imagine. 

This is Miss Cleo.

She is a black lab and she went missing in 40502 around Tates Creek Rd. and Alumni Area... they have searched and searched and no luck thus far :( 

It literally makes my stomach turn. I am praying that she was just so sweet that a family found her or saw her and just isn't wanting to give her back, but she is safe in their home. 

If you have seen any dog looking like her ... Please contact me or Stuart! 

If you aren't in our area, please say a prayer that someone will turn her in or find her ... dogs can go missing for weeks then be reunited with their owners and I'm praying this is the case for Stuart and Cleo! 

Ok friends, 

Gotta go finish working on the computer tonight!

Chris is making me watch an awful movie that I am sure will keep me from getting any good sleep tonight ... Taken 2 ... if you've not seen it then I'm jealous of you ha I hate movies like this!! Too scary!! 

Going to catch up on everyone else's blogs now too!

Nite!