weekend shenanigans

I feel like KR and I started our weekend on thursday last week. That needs to be a new rule in our house. Even though we still had to work friday, we took thursday night off from the daily grind.

We headed out for some greasy-cheesy mexican food. Yum!

Oh by the way, I got bangs again on thursday.

Very long bangs, just in case I change my mind and want them to grow back next week into my inner carrie underwood bang swoop :-)

Chips, salsa, queso dip and margaritas for two please!

Oh mexican food, i do love thee.

Friday after work, we hit up target and walked away with a thinner wallet....how does that happen?!?!

Every.Time!

We ran some more errands and bought some finishing touches for the office are area that we have been re-doing in the house.

Pic to come, don't you worry. We are still waiting on our beautiful chaise chair that was damaged when we went to pick it  up Saturday. Major Bummer!

Saturday mornings are my favorite!

Before the wedding I spent saturday morning sweating for my wedding dress.

The dreaded morning aerobics class.....

I am still all for sweating for the bikini these days, but there is just something about sleeping in on Saturdays that I love.

Needless to say, the aerobics class has not seen my face in a few months weeks.

I love waking up to no alarm clock, cooking breakfast, lounging around the house with Kev and the doggies and talking about our plans for the day.

I made french toast saturday morning. Was sooo good.

and that's pseudo-sausage down there - going vegetarian strong since august - i gotta post on that topic soon.

Saturday afternoon we watched the UK game after our furniture pick up plans got a snag thrown in them.

GO BIG BLUE (Cats are finally ranked again!!! wooty woot)

Saturday night we spent the evening out with friends in Lexington.

I could not tell you the last Kev and I went downtown and stayed out till 2am, but we did and had a blast.

We celebrated our good friend Gene's birthday and caught up with some familiar faces.

We met for dinner at The Vue on top of the Chase Bank building downtown.

I sipped quite a few glasses of vino......and chowed down on sushi, crab cakes and birthday cake.

After dinner, we made our way to one of my favorite lil Lexington night spots - Parlay Social.

They always have a live band every night and a full dance floor. It's not one of our regular spots, but is always a good time.

I ran into these beauties from the good ol' college days. Loved seeing them out and catching up on their lives. Sweeties!

and also ran into the fabulous miss brooke and tara

I just love these girls!!

aren't they dolls?

We came home to the doggies that night as usual. Bailey actually handled being in his crate well that evening. Our normal routine is to take him out of crate, out to potty and then back in the larger pen.

While i was eating some 2:30am mac-n-cheese (the best kind of course), bailey decided he would just jump over then pen and on to the pallet (the nickname for our current bed in the living room) and just sit beside of me. Can we please keep in mind that he has strict precautions of NO JUMPING!!! I almost had a heat attack. Thankfully, he seems a-okay. Shewwwww.

Sunday we spent quality time on the pallet watching movies and consuming carbs.

Have y'all seen Flight with Denzel?!? Sooo good!

We let bailey boy out of his pen for some loving and snuggling. Lord knows he needed it....and so did I.

We made it to church Sunday night. We are in a great series called Marriage-ish that has been so powerful for Kev and I as newlyweds.

I treasure my weekends and sure do hate it when Monday rolls around.

At least it is tuesday, and that means we are that much closer to friday :-)

Enjoy the rest of your week friends!

One year ago....I said yes

One year ago today, Kev got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

It was one of the greatest days of my life.

You can read all about it here

February 11th, 2012

Fast forward to the present.......

We have been happily married for 3 months this weekend.

I love him more today than I ever have.

Kev and I don't really celebrate anniversaries (except for our wedding one of course).

 I can't even tell you the exact date we started dating. I just know it was March of 2009. So no, we will not be celebrating an engagement-versary today, but this day will always, always make my heart smile.

Happy Monday y'all!

Honeymoon Preview

Here is a lil photo preview of our honeymoon in St. Lucia.

One word: AAAAHHHMAZING!

Don't worry, I have a whole post lined up with all the St. Lucia fun :-)

The resort had private photographers roaming around to take your pic at any given second. Ummm hello, you know I was all over it.

Poor, poor Kev.

A couple of mojitos and breswkis later, I even talked him in to getting in the sand with me for some beach photo ops. I need y'all to appreciate this because it is so not his style.

We did almost get washed away, but it made for a great laugh and memory.

I thought Kev would have a heart attack when we went to the photo station at the end of the week to bring some pics home with us. Let's just say for for 10 -14 digital images I could have done some damage in the retail therapy department. But hey, it was our honeymoon and like any good husband, he bit the bullet and broke out his credit card :-)



More on the honeymoon to come.

I can't say enough good things about St. Lucia.

Total paradise!

Bailey Recovery Update

Sweet Bailey is 3.5 weeks post surgery.

We had our follow up with the doggie orthopedic surgeon last week and Bailey Boy checked out fine.

He said everything looks great so far and we can start backing him off the pain medicine. We go back in 6 weeks for x-rays and to make sure the bone has healed completely. At that time we can start slow leash walks. He said to continue to keep him "quiet," meaning 6 more weeks locked up in his pen. Out only to go potty on a short leash. Sigh....we are all hanging in there.

We have spent every night beside of our lil guy right here...

On what we have grown to call The Pallet.

On the upside, our master bedroom has never been so clean

His personality is starting to come out in full force.

He is full of energy in the A.M, making it difficult to keep him from playing too rough.

We have always called him "a morning boy" because he is so hyper when he wakes up.

His hair is growing back slowly and I think he is less embarrassed about it.

Uggie is ready to have her brother out of there so she can play with him.

Bailey has tried to chase her some along the pen, but we always have to make him stop :-(

It's pitiful, but we have to the bone heal fully.

Kev has been a trooper when it comes to taking him out in the frigid cold.

The 7 degree temperatures on Friday were miserable.

Overall, Bailey is doing great! He is putting weight on his back leg and starting to walk without a limp. We think he is feeling great, which makes it even harder for him to understand why he has to be all couped up. It's been a challenge to keep him as inactive as possible when he is starting to feel so much better.The TPLO surgery is definitely hard on the owner's. It has changed the doggies routine and ours too, but we are not complaining.  Kev and I have started getting out of the house together for longer periods of time. We have made bailey's pen larger, giving him more room to move around. Don't get me wrong, the first two weeks were miserable, but every day has been better. It's just been a change for the four us, but we have adapted and are almost at the 1/2 way mark.
I am hoping by the middle of spring we will be back to normal....and maybe sleeping in our king size bed again :-)

Rehearsal Dinner

November 17th, 2012

My last night as a single gal.

I seriously LOVED our rehearsal dinner.

It was very small and intimate with only immediate family and the wedding party.

We wanted a comfortable and down home type atmosphere for our rehearsal dinner.

With all the stress that can come with a wedding planning, Kevin and I insisted the rehearsal dinner be a causal affair where people could let their hair down, kick back and have a good time.

And that is just what we did!

We choose Ramsey's diner for our Rehearsal dinner.

Ramseys is a very old fashion yet eclectic diner locally owned in Lexington since the 1980s. Their menu includes things like the infamous Kentucky hot brown, fried cat fish, soup beans & cornbread, and chicken fried steak with gravy.

It may not be the best place for you cholesterol, but I guarantee your taste buds will thank you.

 If y'all are ever in Lex it's a must stop on your list.

We snapped a few photos of the house before making our way out for the evening

I just love this pic of me and Kev

Kev and all his groomsmen minus Ron

Our menu included the Ramseys' staples: fried chicken, fried catfish, hot browns and country fried steak to name a few....and all the country fixins to go with it.

(there was a grilled chicken option - just fyi for all you health nuts)

We also served pecan and peanut butter pie family style. It was all so delish!!!

Kevin "Rex" and his parents

My close gal pal Caitlin and her bf

Although the dress at Ramsey's is very casual, I rocked my Vera Wang dress.

Jeans and boots were encouraged, but I was the bride and I could break any rule I wanted to.

When my momma and I picked out my dress, it became a running joke that I was wearing such a fancy schmancy dress when most people would be in blue jeans.

I remember trying it on for Kev the first time...his reaction....

"are you REALLY going to where that?"

Hells yeah I am! And I did.

My bestie Meg, my MOH

Shauna, a bridesmaid, and her sweet baby Quinn

My long time bestie and other MOH, Katrina

On the left is lil miss Anne, one of my closests friends. She would be the one marrying us the next day!

That sweetie on the right is Cati who is finally living in the USA! Watch out Austin, Texas!

Bridesmaids: Megan, Katrina and Amber

My new in-laws :-)

Kev got all of his groomsmen these fun Justin belt buckles with their last name initial on them. They wore these with their suits and boots on wedding day. I love the country/rustic look to them

The whole wedding weekend I was in love with having friends together from different parts of my life. Childhood, high school, college, grad school, post college

It was on those paths that I made some of the most important friendships that made our wedding that more special.

There was something about your friends and family in one place that completely filled my love tank.

I still can't believe I got to marry this man!

After we gorged on pecan pie, the bridal party headed over to my favorite hole in the wall bar in Lex...

Chinoe Pub.

This isn't just any dive bar, it comes equipped with karoke. And karaoke here my friends, is taken very seriously!

It was the perfect way to spend the night before our wedding if I do say so myself. Nothing better than you and your friends crooning some country tunes with some cold ones.

Baby brother's girlfriend, Brittany, was the ultimate right hand woMAN this weekend to my mother and I. I don't think we could have done it without her. I will murder my brother if he doesn't marry her one day. We just can't let her take him to back to sunny California. We like them here in Kentucky.

My brother had the weekend of his life...oh to be 22 again.

The lil momma to be didn't let her bun in the heaven keep her from hanging out with us all night. She was a trooper!

I felt so lucky that night because not only do I have such a great group of gal pals, but Kev has the best guys in his life, too. I love all of them to death. I am so thankful for them and the relationships they have with my groomy.

Baby bro and Megs got the party started with some Tom Petty.

How many of you gals can say you sang karaoke with the pastor that is going to marry you the night before your wedding.

.

I bet not too many of you.

and if you did happen to do that the night of your rehearsal....did you sing Gangsta's Paradise Coolio style?

I think not! :-)

It was classic

We were planning round 2 to be TLC's Waterfalls, but it just didn't happen. Too much excitement or booing in round 1. oops!

What rehearsal dinner night could be complete without the last single girl kiss?

That night all I could think about was ....i am going to marry Kev.

I mean let's be honest, I had nine months to think about that, but that night it just hit me. I was gonna spend the rest of my life with this man. Nothing on this earth could have made me any happier.

We spent the night in a local hotel, me in the bridal suite with my gals and Kev was with his boys.

I had butterflies all night.

Megan and I shared a bedroom that night and I remember he saying before I went to bed......

"you are gonna be Whitney Winchester tomorrow"

I had dreamed about that moment for years.

It was happening!!

2.5 months later, I still think about that night and how excited I was to wake up the next day to marry my best friend. I can honestly say that I wake up everyday still excited about being his wife.

I love you Kevin "Rex"!