ABC questionnaire.

I got this questionnaire from Brooke at Pieces of the Reese Life. It looked like a fun post to do and I was super bored! Enjoy! Xoxoxoxo

A - Age: 22

B - Birthday: February

C - Color: Pink!

D - Drink: Water & Starbucks Iced green tea!

E - Eyes: Brown

F - Flashback: to Florida because I am counting the days til this years trip & I miss these girls more than anything! 

 

G - Gent: the best husband in the world!

H - Hobby: Makeup, hair & cooking!

I - Indulgence: I love to indulge in good food!

J - Job: in banking

K - Kiddos: Just two four legged furry ones so far! Hope to have a big family in the future!

L - Love: all the little things & just everything and everyone in my life!

M - Music: country music. & Tori Kelly 

N - Nickname: Kels, KiKi

O - One Wish: hmm... Can't think of anything! Blessed as it is can't wish for anything more! 

P - Pets: Tex & Lola

Q - Quote- I am super obsessed with quotes and couldn't possibly pick one favorite so here's a good one that is definitely up there:

R - Residence: "the little house" as my family calls it! Until our house is done this coming summer! 

S - Siblings: 5 siblings. 3 sisters and 2 brothers. And all my cousins that feel like siblings to me.

T - Temperature: 39 degrees! And it was 95 just a few days ago! Welcome to West Texas.

U - University: haven't gone to a university.

V - Vehicle: My pretty red mercedes benz

  

W - Worst Habit: hmm... Probably picking at my nail polish when it starts chipping. Ugh I hate that I do that!

X - XRays: Dental only.. 

Y - Yuck: Mayonnaise, Mustard, Ranch, tomatoes, olives... YUCK.

Z - Zodiac: Aquarius!!

Progress on our house + Picture overload!

Hello! I hope everyone is having a good weekend! Just wanted to make an update post on the house with tons of pictures. I can hardly believe how fast everything is going! When Casey first said he really wanted to build a custom home instead of a move in ready home, I kind of cringed just because I was so ready to move, I had already waited so long! I had heard horror stories on how long it can take, but it is flying by like nothing! I am on cloud 9 and couldn't be happier with our decision and I'm trying to document it all so that we always remember! God is SO good!!

 

 Custom Ceiling in living room

 

 

 The pups loved it too!

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 Casey's MUST HAVE: big Walk in shower

 Back

 covered back porch

 back porch

 

Thanks for reading! Hope you all have a great weekend!

 

 

House Progress

So if you have me on Facebook you know that this weekend I drove out to our land to see the progress on our house and boy, was I surprised to see what I saw! It's actually starting to look like a house... Well, not exactly, but at least it's not just dirt anymore! I went Friday by myself and got to meet some of the contractors that were out there working & they had some of the frame up! The next day (Saturday) I took my dad and step mom to see it and they had a lot more of the frame up. Enough that we could walk thru and I could tell them what all the rooms are going to be. They were super excited, they loved the location and had never seen the neighborhood before so we drove around and admired all the new houses. 

Friday: (from side of house)

Saturday: (front view) 

I've had a lot of people ask me who our builder is, so if you'd like to check them out their website is below! Dudley Mason & Dudley Jr have been a joy to work with! So helpful and had great ideas! They really helped make sure we had the perfect balance of what both me & my husband wanted! 

Mason Trendsetters

masontrendsetters.com

My new favorite trend + House Stuff!!!

Hello! I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend! We haven't done much besides do some visiting with family and went and visited our house... Well, the foundation of our house. They did get ALOT done this week, we were impressed! 

We decided we are going to go check on it weekly, every Saturday from now on!

Now for some Style:

(I really need to go dig out my camera charger from storage so I can take better pictures. SORRY!!!)

I got this outfit in the mail this week from a site called Necessary Clothing and I am in love! My new favorite trend of the season is definitely matching separates! This outfit is high waisted shorts and a slightly cropped top that buttons up in the back! I think that matching separates are a good way to change it up and give the typical summer dress a rest. (Don't get me wrong I LOVE my summer dresses) I would wear this outfit to any dressy spring or summer event like a wedding, or just out on a date with my hubby if I'm feeling fancy! Or just throw on some flats and sunnies to dress it down and head to a BBQ! I have seen so many of these little outfits that I love, some with shirts and some with skirts, and I can't wait to get more!  Also I have to mention I am wearing my 22" Bellami Bellissimas in Dark brown, like always! All links will be listed below!

Shorts HERE 

Top HERE

shoes HERE

Hair HERE

So I finally came up with a new, much cuter name for my blog but I am waiting to debut it when I get my new template which will be either Monday or Tuesday (I will post an announcement on social media when it's up and running! 

As always, thanks for reading!

XOXO-Kelsey

House update plus pictures!!

Hellloooo! So today was such a big day for us. We closed on our house and we found out our offer was accepted for the land we wanted! 5 1/2 acres!!! So perfect for us! Last week we got our official floor plan and I am already so in love. It's so much fun getting to pick exactly what you want and how you want your house! I can't wait until I get to pick colors, tile, wood, cabinets... All that good stuff (and don't worry I will be posting about it ALL for those of you who are interested in following along in this journey)! 

We had to move most of our stuff into storage and we are almost settled into our temporary home. I'm so incredibly thankful that my family had my back (as always) and my grandpa gave up his "man cave" house for us while we are in limbo with the whole house situation. Tonight was my first night cooking in our new place and I made white chicken chili to go with this crazy freezing weather! Can't believe we were having lunch out on the patio of a restaurant on Sunday afternoon and now I don't even dare step outside besides walking to my car!!

Anyways, I wanted to share some pictures of the land we are building on, I can NOT wait until we start seeing progress. Thanks for reading!!! 

XOXO- Kels

Sunday Randomness + OOTD

Well my family all headed back to their homes is Fort Worth and Atlanta today, I had such a wonderful time with them as always! Goodbyes are always the worst, but we will see each other again for my little cousin Brianna's graduation in MAY! Today was spent doing a whole lot of cleaning and laundry and a little running around town. I thought I would share my very simple OOTD because I am so in love with this sweater I got. I love the distressed look on the bottom and the sleeves.

sweater is from a boutique in downtown San Angelo. similar here

leather leggings from Daily Look

over the knee moto boots from JustFab (Chessey)

ring from a boutique downtown

 

I straightened my hair with my new Nume Megastar Straightener, and I am in love! it leaves my hair so silky and shiny! I love Nume products, they are by far the best hair tool brand I've tried! Check out their products here

 

I am sad Christmas is over but I am more than ready to ring in the New Year, I just know that this year is going to be so great! We already have so many things to look forward to! 2013 was more than wonderful, I made so many memories with my husband and family, here are a few of my favorites. :)

Xoxoxo- Kelsey <3

 

Christmas + moving + makeup!

Hi everyone!!! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you spent it with the people you love most like I did! Christmas is the best time of the year for my family because we make SUCH a big deal out of it. Christmas Eve is my grandparents on my dad's side anniversary and this year they celebrated 53 years of marriage! AMAZING! 

This year my husband got me a CHI touch screen hair dryer, a Nume Megastar straightener and of course our trip to Jamaica. And from my family I got the clarasonic Mia 2 that I wanted so badly!!! And lots of cute clothes!! My cousin got a MacBook Pro and I am seriously jealous... My birthday is coming up and I know my hubby is reading sooooo... Hint hint. ;) 

I have been having a blast with my family! When we are all together we act so silly and are laughing non stop. Without them, I don't know how I could handle my husband not being here for the holidays. I miss my hubby so much and it's really sad when he misses stuff like this but he always makes an effort to make his time home so special so it makes times like these a little easier. For Christmas he wanted a puppy, so a puppy is what he got! We are so in love with our new little pup, he is just the sweetest thing.

Meet Tex.

We finally sold our house and we close next month! We searched and searched for a new house for months and couldn't find the perfect one so we decided to build a custom home with Mason Trendsetters! I am so pleased with our decision even though that means we won't get to move into a new house right away, because it will be so worth it in the end! We already had one meeting with them where we got the rough draft floor plan, decided the sq footage, how many rooms and basically just told them everything that we want our new house to have! We are so excited for this next chapter in our life! I plan on blogging about the whole process and posting pics when there are pics to post! It's so funny, the house were going to be living in while ours is being built is the house I lived in when I was born til I was 3 years old and it's been in my family for about 50 years! So cool when life comes full circle like that!

 

I was loving my Christmas Eve make up! I used the color taupe (lorac pro) for the crease and also to blend everything out at the end, deep purple (lorac pro) to define outer corner and also for my lower lash line and the NYX pearl pigment on my lid. Pigments can be tricky, be sure to use a brush with some kind of makeup setting liquid to apply them or else you will have a big mess! I sprayed my flat shader brush with urban decay's all nighter makeup setting spray, but mac fix+ will work too! (Too faced makes a "glitter glue" specifically for pigments and glitter but I haven't tried it)

XOXO- Kelsey <3