busy bee

so i know i've been m.i.a. for a little while but i have been a busy little bee!

our first glcc event is this weekend and we've been getting everything together and it feels so crazy but i know it will all come together and be awesome. i'm leaving friday, be back sunday. so hopefully i'll be able to blog and put up pics of the event so everyone can see by sunday night! we'll be in sandusky, oh at kalahari; the biggest indoor waterpark in the u.s.a. sunday funday will be me, drinks, water, a cabana and indoor suntanning!

travis' parents are coming in town friday and i'm just so sad i'll be missing them. but they should have a great time this weekend with it being uk's homecoming and trav's dad's football reunion. just wish i could be there!

i have also been running. i started a training program that has you go from the couch to a 5k in nine weeks. i've been researching 5k's and i'm thinking the turkey trot the saturday after thanksgiving in dallas. any takers? :)

had lunch with jon the other day and heard all about bennett! can't wait to see her cute little bitty baby self!

life will be chaotic for a while. don't know how much blogging there will be but i'll try my hardest!

i'll be out of town every weekend starting two weeks ago until the middle of december...crazy!

come back sunday night for event pics...i know you can't even wait!

days like today

days like today make me wish i had somebody to come home to.

i mean, i know i live at home with the fam but i wish i had my own little fam to come home to. i can't really complain to them about loooooong days.

at least dallas listens.

it was a good day...

so today was a pretty okay day but then my boss asked me to plan my very own event!

i'm super excited. it's in detroit (blah!) but still it's my very own. :)

in other news, i'm going to lexington tomorrow. it's way over due since trav has been here the last three or four weekends...yay for grown-up time!

anybody got any fun weekend plans?

i'd love to hear about them...

officially fall

you know it's really fall when you get to go pumpkin pickin'!

trav and i went to huber's farm on saturday and had a blast picking apples and pumpkins. we had lunch in one of the barns there and later on we went to buy some homemade wine.

i can't wait to go to lexington this weekend and drink our wine while carving pumpkins!

i love fall

happy birthday sharon!

today is sharon's 21st birthday. and since technically we were friends before she started dating josh {yes, we really were!} i want to wish my friend sharon the happiest birthday ever.

i hope you enjoy yourself and that josh bought you something super nice and fancy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARON!!!

{where's kalli?!}

p.s. i promise your card is in the mail and gift is to come when i see you next, love you!

i'm tired...

of EVERYTHING.

taking a break from it all.

talk to you later this week.

just an idea

so i'm having an idea.

it all started when i went to an arts and crafts fair at highview and i went into this super cute little booth. i didn't buy anything that day but i took a business card.

a few weeks later, i met with annie petersen at starbucks and bought way too much stuff!

you should visit her facebook page:

cotton + vine

her cute little business is called cotton + vine. she does all kinds of stuff but the baby onesies are adorable. i bought four! {not for me of course, for bennett!}

i think it's safe to say that jon and katie {and bennett} don't read my blog so i'll share pics of the ones she made especially for bennett.

so this is obvi for bennett.

i love this! i told annie that katie was a chi 0 and i wanted to do something owl themed in the red, yellow and brown palette. she did a great job! :)

i hope they like the stuff as much as i do, if not i'll keep it for one day {way, way, way down the road!}.

oh yeah. about my idea: i'm thinking about starting my own little side business making stuff like this. annie has really inspired me to get creative. i'm thinking totes, headbands, pillowcases and maybe a few other little things to start off with. if you have any ideas shoot them my way. i'm going to test my stuff for christmas presents so be expecting some ashley originals about that time!

i can't even wait to get started!

revamp

so i've revamped the blog to prepare y'all for fall!

i love fall.

i wish i could sit on the bench in my pic and blog all day about how much i love fall.

here's my top ten reasons i love fall:

10. falling back {time of course!} gaining an hour of sleep is precious.

9. it's time for hot chocolate.

8. i have really cute fall clothes.

7. football season is underway.

6. leaves change colors.

5. i can wear my cute {not so wintery} scarves.

4. halloween.

3. thanksgiving {this year is extra special since i'll be back in dallas with my momma!}

2. trav's birthday.

1. fall just makes me happy! :)

i hope you're all ready for it. even if you're not feeling the fall weather. it's been unusually cold here lately but it's going to pick back up for a little while.

while we were in chicago this weekend it was frigid, like the winter kind. {ok, not really but still i was freezing!} but we had a great time and we were only there for 14 hours. how i knew that would be the magic number is crazy but really. 7 hours driving there, 14 hours being there and 7 hours getting back, wow!

well i'm tired and tomorrow's monday, which inevitably i'll be even more tired just because it's monday so i'm going to bed.

but, come back tomorrow because i have a great thing to tell you about!!!! {well as long as i don't get distracted by my twenty tv shows i try to watch on monday nights!}

sweet dreams!

first event

so i'm going to chicago tonight for my first event with the JAMBrands!

it's with America's Best Championship, and trav is coming too! he's actually who they wanted to work and so i'm tagging along! they needed an emt and so we're driving there in about an hour. should be super fun. we'll only be there about 14 hours but it'll be great bonding time in the car...haha!

wish us luck!