Sunday News & Easter Basket DIY Tutorial

Today was a complete FUN DAY because ...

The CATS Won!

Our team was amazing... we played so hard and deserved this win without a doubt!

Who was there with open arms to welcome them back to Lexington...

Of course my famous assistant, Emily, who else? LOL 
Emily with Terrance Jones, Darius Miller and Michael KG 


I will not lie, I am a little jealous of her right now ha.. how does she always end up with famous people?
(yes I am calling those 3 "famous"...they will be in the NBA next year so that's famous in my book!)

Look who was so exhausted after the game that he had to take a little nap with his two favorite squirrel toys...

Hahaha <3 him!

Ok next on the agenda :

Am I the last to find out the news about Tori & Dean ??

Pregnant AGAIN with their 4th baby ... when she just had Hattie 5 months ago! 
WOW! 

Did yall know this??

They are crazzzzzy! But I still love them :)
Can't wait for their show to come back on!

A week from now we will be on our way to NYC!!

I am BEYOND excited!

Can.Not.Wait

I think I've asked before but since I have new followers ... if anyone has any advice/suggestions on where to eat/shop/visit please comment and let me know! This is my first trip to NYC and I am pumped! We are going to be doing so many fun things! It's the kid's spring break so we will be doing lots of exciting kid things too :)

Lastly,

My Pinterest has been BLOWING UP about these Easter Buckets I made for the kids last year...

and I have had several emails... so wanted to just give a quick run down on how to make them :)

You will need these supplies:

 Silver Tins
 (Hobby Lobby last year)

 Sharpie Paint Pens 
(also Hobby Lobby)

Fingernail Polish Remover, Q-Tips & Paper Towels
(The Fingernail Polish Remover will remove the paint pens on the tin should you mess up, then just wipe it down with a paper towel and start over!)


1. Make sure the tin is clean (no dust. wipe off with wet paper towel)
2. I started with the name FIRST in the center on one side so then you can determine how much room it takes up and what you can do on the sides
3. Next I did the bunny... the white paint pen takes a couple of coats
4. After that the grass at the bottom
5. Next, different colorful eggs
6. Then if you have room you can add little curly q's or whatnot around the tin for decoration

I am NO artist, let me tell you!

So if I can do this, so can you :)

They were a big hit, all the kids in my family loved them! Of course the kids knew I made them, but set them out for the Easter Bunny to fill the night before ;)

Link up with me if you make some, I would love to see them!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
I've got a busy week ahead!

XO,

St. Patrick's Day Recap

Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day!!

I celebrated mine based around this...

We had tickets to go to the YUM Center in Lousiville to watch the CATS play!!

It was totally packed!!

We actually got tickets to the game before that too which was Murray St vs Marquette ... any fans?

That was a great game too!

Of course I wore my blue in support of Big Blue Nation :) But I did sneak a little green on me...

LOL, just a hair tie/bracelet ... but enough not to get myself pinched all day ;)

(I think I'm finally getting obsessed with Instagram now, where have I been?

How am I just now on the bandwagon???)

Before the game we went to eat at The Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown Lousiville... one of my favorite places!

Our seats were awesome... on the suite level in the terrace...

(I think the man behind us was smiling too haha)

The Cats played an AWESOME game, despite shitty refs the entire time! They pulled out a big win over Iowa State ...

87-71 ... GO BIG BLUE!!

So if you know anything about KY Wildacts, you know Ashley Judd is quite possibly the biggest fan... and she was in full spirit at this game... right down in the stands behind the bench!

After the game she had a little mishap...

Do you know Terrence Jones? One of our best players...

Well according to Terrence Jone's Twitter ... Ashley must have gone back to the locker room after the game and mistakenly grabbed his phone!!

Jones' tweet:

"If your trying to reach me on my phone you cant because @AshleyJudd took my phone to e town"

Judd tweeted at him:

"@TerrenceJones1 Terrence, your Mom called!"

I guess Ms. Judd got Terrence his phone back and left him this note

(which I stole from his Twitter ha, don't think he will mind, I'm pretty sure he doesn't follow my blog )

How funny is that? I love that the Wildcats are so popular :) hehe! Go CATS!!

Hope your St. Patrick's Day was just as fun!

XO,



 

My Bracket & Randoms

Today I took a day off (kinda) and watched basketball, was lazy with Chris and Frankie, and ate so many SweetTart Jelly Beans I literally could vom right now

(and I'm supposed to be on a diet since the pool will be here before we know it!)

However, it was a fun, much needed, relaxing day...

Somebody was so lazy today he barely got out of bed!! :)

Speaking of basketball... I wanted to post my bracket before the games started so everyone would know I didn't cheat (because, knock on wood, my bracket is usually pretty good!) ... but that didn't happen. So you'll just have to take my word for it ;)

Before we get to that... I feel like everyone should take a moment and read

 THIS POST

from last year on my Top 10 Reasons Why I Love Coach Cal :)

It's pretty good!

With that said... here is a horrible pic of my bracket... (sorry!)

Because it's so bad and you can't see, I'll go ahead and tell yall, the CATS are going all the way!!!

I can feel it!

And yes I highlight when a team wins, ha, OCD much? Yes, that's me. I love bracket time!

Last year I won some $ from the office pool ... this year I just want bragging rights that my bracket will be higher than Chris's on ESPN.com  :)

Congrats Wildcats on your win today! Can't wait to cheer them on on Saturday at the YUM Center!

Ok... I've been obsessed with the side pony braid....

It is the easiest, quick thing to do to my hair right now. How do you feel about it?

With this awesome weather we have been experiencing, along with the fact that we are going to NYC in a few weeks and then it will be Keeneland and THEN Easter (my favorite holiday) right after that... I have been trying my hardest to do minimal Spring shopping (since we are going to NYC and I am sure I will want to bring the house down there with shopping!)... but I have done the annual Spring Lilly run thru and here are a few things I'm obsessed with and ordered/ordering :)

The Elsa Top ... LoVe!

The Ellie Top ... love all the different colors this comes in!

The Belle Top Solid ... so cute! Comes in pink too.

OBSESSED with these wedges!!! So freaking cute!

Lastly... someone sent me an email today with a little thing I wanted to share:

ASAP

Always Say A Prayer

You can say this quick, little (but powerful) prayer over your own home, your own family, or pass along to someone you know who might need some healing. I thought it was sweet to share and you just never know who may be in need of it :) XO

"God, our Father, If it is your will, walk through my house and take away all my worries and illnesses and please watch over and heal my family in Jesus name, Amen."