Spring Snow

In Colorado March and April are 2 of our snowiest months and we have had a very mild Winter this year. In the past week I have woke up to a WINTER WONDERLAND twice and I LOVE IT! The ground has been pretty warm so the snow has melted in 1 day both times but it is so pretty while it lasts. 

 Ralph and Elway LOVE the snow so like a good Mommy I get all bundled up and we go play around in the snow for a bit!

 Honestly seeing the joy in their faces and running around with them is a TON of fun! Their happiness is so pure and that is hard to not have rub off on me! Look at little Elway running thru like inches! He got a work out in for sure!

When we come inside I warm him by the fire, it's so cute... I mean he is still a little baby! Then through out the rest of the day they cry at the door to go back out.

What is Abner doing while we are outside? Snuggling on the couch of course, he has never been one for snow or rain for that fact!

MOM!

Before I start sharing with you all my Mom's Birthday trip to Denver I have to wish her a Happy Birthday because today if her official Birthday! SO Happy Birthday MOM from Me and my whole Brood!!!!!!!! xoxoxo

I love it when Mom comes every year around her Birthday because it gives us the best excuse to do all sorts of Christmas things around Colorado! We took Mom for her Birthday dinner downtown to Union Station which was decorated so beautiful!

 Then the 3 of us went to see A Christmas Carol the Musical and it was such a fun night full of getting dressed up.... Christmas decor and Holiday Spirit!!!!!!

 The musical was so amazing! We loved every minute of it and even Matt enjoyed it! The sets and actors did such an incredible job, we highly recommend it!

 Mom and I also spent our time shopping, relaxing and seeing movies! Monday night we met Matt out for dinner and then we went to the Denver Botanic Gardens for the walk thru Christmas light displays and we LOVED it!

 It is so fun getting bundled up and walking around seeing all the displays! This tunnel was super neat, the lights changed as you walked thru it!

On Mom's last day we went to the Star Wars Costume display at the Art Museum which included over 70 original costumes including ones from this last movie like Rey and BB8!!

 I mean literally seeing the original Chewie and the famous metal bikini was incredible!!!!! We loved every second of the exhibit!

 Here are just a few of my favorites!! You were also given a headset in which costume designers spoke about the pieces and the movies were playing behind the displays also! Which by the way Matt and I saw Rogue One yesterday and we loved it!!!!!!! The Force was strong in this exhibit!

 And yes, Mom fell in love HARD with Baby Elway!!!! Literally Moms mind was blown the first time she picked him up because he is so gosh darn adorable!

 We had such a wonderful time with Mom here and all my fur-babies LOVE it when their Oma comes to visit! Its always sad for everyone at Casa Savage when she heads home!!!
xo

ONE Night to Give Back...

Last Night was the Charity Event partly thrown by my Real Estate Company and my mentor, the proceeds went to SECOR, here is a little more about this organization and last night...

One Night to Give Back

November 13, 2016, Charity Event with dinner, drinks and auction items galore!

South East Community Outreach provides funding for those in need during financial distress, kids who are on free lunch programs to eat on the weekends and a variety of other support for families in Douglas, Arapahoe and Elbert County. Did you know that 1 in 9 families in Douglas County are living in suburbon poverty? It could even be your neighbor.
Their website has additional content and information if you would like to look around or donate directly to this organization: www.secor.info

I helped do come planning for the event as well as the set up, I also got to do the events photography last night! Matt and I both donated gift baskets.... I did a wine and Italian dinner basket and Matt donated an awesome Farmers Insurance Golf bag, Balls and Beers! 

 I will say draping the lights and the tulle across the venue earlier in the day wasn't as easy as it might look! LOL! The event space was downtown and perfect for our 120+ guests!

 Here are some of the girls I work with at Realty ONE Group Premier! We all had a really nice time last night and it is always nice to get together outside of the office!

 SOooooo....... This happened, my husband won the bid on this Orange Crush helmut signed by the man, John Elway himself! It's all for a great cause and the proceeds of just this helmut that go to the charity are enough to fill up an entire truck of food for this food bank, so we did good!!

It was a great night and in a way a nice way to kinda open the Holiday season by doing something so nice! Happy Monday friends!

Savage #staycation

So I said this yesterday on Facebook and it's true... Sometimes the sign of a good weekend is the lack of a ton of pictures! Matt's parents and brother were here Thur-Yesterday and we did a lot of fun things but honestly we were enjoying the moments and didn't snap too many pictures. And thats a good thing! BUT I do have a few to highlight the weekend!

Friday was Boys Day and Girls Day which was great.... and the guys went golfing!

 Meanwhile us girls starting the day off with a little shopping then went downtown to have High Tea like the fancy ladies we are! It's a special place that I like to take people when they come to visit and my MIL loved it!

 Friday night was GREAT we went to see Styx and Boston and we all couldn't have enjoyed the concert anymore than we did! We got to hear all our favorite songs and the weather was just perfect! I had "More than a feeling" that we would all love it and we did! (You see what I did there?? ha)

 Saturday we started off with a great breakfast here in Castle Rock before heading downtown to the Rockies game and even though it felt like we were sitting on the surface of the sun we all had a wonderful time and my husband has the sunburn to prove it!

 I wasn't as big of a trooper as these guys.... I gave up and went to find a spot in the shade for the last hour, I just couldn't hang! After the game I tok everyone to a German place I love and then we all had a friendly game of Bocce..... and Matt and I won in case you were wondering! lol!

Sunday morning Matt's parents headed out early so Landon and Matt did what else.... GOLF! Then the three of us went to the pool and had a steak dinner on our patio before Landon headed out!
I think I can speak for all of us including my dogs.... we were worn out but only because we had so much fun!

Finally...

Monday again? ha! Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day weekend! Matt and I had a good weekend..... well I know Matt had a great weekend, he played 3 rounds of golf in 2 days! I stayed busy doing things around the house! In between golf rounds we did get to spend a little bit of time together like Friday night we went to our favorite theater to see Captain America Civil War! We love Marvel movies that is nothing new but this one.... I LOVED! Really, this movie was FULL of action and so funny at the same time..... adding in Antman and Spiderman to the Avengers family was great plus the introduction of Black Panther.... GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!! And yes, I am Team Captain ALL the way!

 Saturday Matt and I went to visit a new church in our area called Plum Creek and we really enjoyed it! We love that they have a Saturday 4:30 service which is perfect for us, since sometimes Sunday morning is the only time we have to relax together. I can definitely see us going back, so YAY to that!

 Sunday Matt woke up early to hit the golf course and then I met him at the Clubhouse for the annual Mothers Day brunch! We sat on the patio overlooking the course which is so beautiful while we drank our Mimosas! I may not be a Mom but I never say NO to brunch! It was great... who doesn't love a Brunch Buffet?? After we finished up eating Matt got back on the course for Round #3! ha

 So I checked the extended forecast and it doesn't look like we will be getting another freeze so I was excited to FINALLY fix up the patio and plant a few things.....
This is my BIG 35th Birthday present from Matt, a awesome patio set and fire pit! We have a 2 story patio.... upstairs on the deck is our grill, patio table and that enters into our kitchen. Below is now our lounge seating, fire pit and our smoker as well as the walk in entry to our basement! I am loving this set and can't wait until this rain stops so we can fully enjoy this!

 Upstairs we fixed up the patio furniture we already had with new cushions, umbrella and a rug that I got for my Birthday from family. And we went with a "broncos" ISH theme!

 Look, last Thursday we got to have our first meal on the patio! It was kinda cool but we were determined!

I planted some flowers in our pots out front, what a difference that can make when you pull up!!

 Then check out my herb planter!!! This is a cart from Ikea and I used small pot to plant all my herbs... it turned out so well and what is great is that if the weather is too bad or cold I can literally just roll this inside! Thanks to my Mom who saw this idea in a magazine!

 Lastly, I ended the day with a little fire pit time, magazine reading and a glass of wine with the dogs before I started on dinner last night! Now if only the rain that we are suppose to get everyday this week will go away!!

Walker Stalker Con

The Walking Dead is on of our favorite shows and has been for 7 years, we are 2 OG's..... meaning we watched the premier on AMC, no bandwagon lovers in our house! ha! TWD is so huge that there is a conference for Zombie Lovers that includes our favorite stars from the show! When I saw it was coming to Denver I was so excited and I paid $50 a piece for our tickets! Here we are bright eyed and bushy tailed excited to see our favorite peeps........

 BUT..... here is the thang..... after you pay all that money to get in, that gets you NOTHING! If you want to meet, get an autograph or a picture with any of your favorite stars you need to have your pockets full of cash! $40 per autograph, $40 per picture and that is insane!!! And each line is about 50-100 people deep BUT I would have waited in if it was FREE!

Would I have loved to get a picture with Abraham?? YES but for $40? NO! We decided that if Rick or Daryl had been at the conference we would of paid for a picture with them only. I'm not gonna lie it was super disappointing. BUT...... I did get to play Michonne for a hot minute at the "Sword Booth".....

 And in case you were wondering Eugene's mullet is just as awesome in real life! But man, these celebrities must have banked all weekend with prices that high! We were able to walk around and take these second hand pictures of everyone and I was excited to still be able to see them especially one day before the finale! SO I don't regret going but unless you bring a ton of cash there is nothing for you to do other than stare.

Here is who all we saw.......
Some of the cast of Fear the Walking Dead
Freddie Cruger
AMC's comic book men
Eugene, Merle, Father Gabriel, Sasha, Sophia, Nicholas, Dwight, Abraham, Rosita, Tara, Noah, Morgan, Sam, Jesse, Aaron, Tyrese, Spencer, Axel, Eric, Francine

Anyhow, it was a fun Saturday for Matt and I but I would really think about how much you are willing to spend and that will be your level of fun to be had! wah wah

Hells Bells

I LOVE concerts, I always have and you can ask Matt the minute I found out AC/DC was coming to Denver I freaked! If you remember back when we were in San Fran we toured AT&T park and saw them setting up for AC/DC and I was like "If only..." and my prayers were answered!

 This was my BIG Christmas gift as well as my Valentine's Gift, these tickets were SUPER pricey but OMG were they worth every penny!  Below is Back in Black and my Senior year in High School this was the song we danced to (Pom) at our HUGE Pep Rally at the beginning of the school year, just a super neat full circle moment!

 Matt likes AC/DC but wasn't as excited as I was, this was ME all the way.... but when we left he looked at me and said this was a Top 5 concert of all time. I agree and this might have been my TOP concert ever. It was funny... the crowd was 90% men and they all looked like they crawled out of their 1980s Rock-n-Roll HOLE!

 They were selling the AC/DC devil horns and uh.... ya.... I HAD to have some. Look at me, hard core rocker! I am not sure our fancy Sushi dinner before hand fit in with the "theme" but it was such a wonderful night. I thanked Matt over and over.

 Matt and I both got our souvenir AC/DC shirts on the way out. And our favorite song they did live was prolly... Thunderstruck, we lost our minds! BUT, if I could say one thing negative I would say it was the volume of the concert. We were close.... 18 rows up in front but my ears rung until the next morning. I wish I had ear plugs and I still would of heard it fine, it was the loudest concert ever.

SO we all know I love going to concerts and I doubt I can remember them all but I thought it would be fun to list out as many as I can for ya.........And you can see they span across the board for sure!

 Destiny's Child, N*Sync, Justin Timberlake (4 times), Britney Spears (4 times), Christina Aguilara, Asleep at the Wheel, Jessica Simpson, Ashley Simpson, Olivia Newton-John. The Killers, The Strokes, Incubus (5 times), Coldplay, Michael Buble (3 times), Chicago (3 times), Kansas, Earth Wind and Fire, Rick Springfield, Huey Lewis and the News, Kings of Leon (3 times), John Mayer (2 times),  No Doubt, Sugar Ray, Blues Travelers, Imagine Dragons (2 times), Garth Brooks, AC/DC,....
I know there are more but I can't think of them now.