Summer... We Love this Place (Reno-Tahoe)

I cannot tell you how wonderful Reno Tahoe is in June!  You need to be here to experience it.  Today was a great example!  In the morning I went to Sportswest for my masters swim class.  Afterward I headed to the office to catch up and from my office window watched the Reno Rodeo Parade in downtown!  I left Reno at 11:30 and got up to Tahoe City to catch Brian at the finish line of the Big Blue Adventures Bike Race.  He actually got first place!  He had to ride as far as he could for 4 hours!  He's such a stud.  Because he knows I enjoy the easier events of life he was my arm candy at the Tahoe City Wine Walk.  It was spectacular!!  Imagine fine wines, great food, music, shopping all along the shores of Lake Tahoe.  Now you know why we say "We Love this Place".  We made back down to Reno in time to grab dinner at Jasmine's Sushi.  Now where else could you do all of this in one day!!!  Best part.... Tomorrow is Sunday!  Go have fun!!!

Happy Summer,

Brian & Melissa 

 This picture was taken on top of Renown on the helicopter landing pad.  Reno is so awesome!

  

Our dogs!

We're having a blast our first few weeks as a married couple.  We had an awesome honeymoon in Kona.  Brian and I both felt like something was missing by day 7!  It was our 2 lovely, crazy, goofy, cuddly, cute, annoying, spoiled rotten and hilarious dogs Whitney and Tenaya!  These two are often what makes a bad day go away!  Hope some of these photos make you smile!!!

Love,

Brian & Melissa 

& Whit & Tenaya too!!!

Hi again. So much to update you on. We're married!!

We cannot believe it has taken this long to post!  We are currently in Kona for our honeymoon!!!  We were married on May 25, 2013 on top of Mammoth Mountain!  A whopping 11,053 feet in elevation!!  We will update with the details soon.  Off to play in the sand.  Love Mr. & Mrs. Pick!!

Please join us....

... We are having a benefit for Building Winter Athletes (BWA), a nonprofit that helps put kids on the snow and keep them there! It'll be Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 at The Grove. Event starts at 5:30PM and will feature great food, Libations, live music and a silent auction with GREAT prizes. 100% of the proceeds go to BWA. Tickets are $35/advance and $40/ at the door! Tickets available online at www.buildingwinterathletes.com or call 775-762-7990. We will also have Follow Your Heart Photography there to give complimentary entrance photos so you can remember this fantastic event! Please help us spread the word... Hope to see you there!

Summer!!!!

Geez where does the time go! We will be sure to update this blog ASAP but wanted to share just a few adventures with you! Summer started with Brian's 1/2 Ironman in Konakis. He did GREAT! One hour over his time last year at the Boise 70.3! I completed my first Olympic Distance Triathlon. In between our adventures we've been busy with work. Brian sat for the California Bar as he started with a new firm, Downey Brand! I went up to Victoria BC for a Colliers Camp- amazing experience. We are in Colorado for Brian's possibly last race of the season.... He's geared up to be quick. Then I'm starting to train hard for the 1/2 marathon in SF in late August and my FULL marathon in SF in October. yes, I got in the Nike Women's Marathon.

A Week In L.A.

We are back in Reno!  Brian joined me for a trip to Los Angeles for my first SIOR Class which doubled as my Birthday trip.  SIOR is the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and it is comprised of the best office and industrial brokers.  The class was four days and covered ethics, finance, sales skills, understanding the lease and the business process. In addition to learning a lot we ate some great meals.  The best was Waters Grill--- it was a recommendation and now I know why---- their raw seafood bar was AMAZING.  We had the best oysters.  It was also a nice birthday dinner.  So what was Brian doing while I was in class?! Brian enjoyed a week of training since he is on his sabbatical :)  Actually Brian is in transition to his new job and somehow he managed to get 2 months off!  Brian will be joining Downey Brand in May.  He is so excited and I am really proud of him.  We will post pictures later.  HUGS!

Goals 2011

This weekend I did one of my favorite things.  I got together with some of my closest girlfriends or as Wendy calls them my "soul sisters" and planned out 2011 over brunch.  In addition to goal setting we create a visual story of our goals on a vision board.  The experts say if you want to achieve your goal you need to 1) write it down and 2) tell someone (I guess telling the world in my blog definitely counts) and 3) think about them often.  The vision board takes care all three of those! 

I would like to think 2011 is going to be the best year yet (this is what I think every year) and that was the basis for my goal setting.    To ensure I achieve them all I am going to share them with you! 

1- Work: to acheive 90/10 status & to hire a full time employee so I can focus on sales rather than administrative work.  I also want to get back to the basics and conquer the fundamental skills of my career.

2- Spiritual: To attend Bikram Yoga at least 3 x's per week to serve as my meditation time (an get a great workout and detox). Namaste

3- Health:  To finish the Donner Olympic Distance Triathlon and Finish the Lake Tahoe Marathon (Brian and his dad are doing it too)! 

4- Wild card: To be better organized at work and at home. 

5- Relationships: To create a home with Brian and invite our friends over often :)  We are also planning to decorate the house this year... painting, flooring, etc. 

6- Intellectual: To attend classes on things that interest me!  After the last five years of taking classes all about Real Estate I am going to take this year to expand my education.  I actually took my first Feng Shui Class today :)

7- Charitable: I want to help grow Building Winter Athletes (BWA) to help even more kids!

In the process of creating my vision board I found some of the best quotes:

"Learn to find contentment and refreshment in the simple joys of life."

"If you keep calm, with intense concentration, you will perform all duties with the correct speed."

"With unflinching steadiness march on your path, believing that the infinite creative Power is behind you."