Lynn and Perry's son Justin Giddings is enjoying great success with the zombie thriller web series 'Bite Me'.   The web series has skyrocketing reviews and over 14 million views on youtube.  
Justin plays Greg, one of three roommate gamers facing a zombie apocalypse.  The show is currently in its second season and guaranteed to get you laughing.  
The three main characters comedic style combined with a hillarious zombie battle make perfect entertainment for any male between the ages of 15 and 40- and the women will like it too! If you haven't seen the series, grab some popcorn and check it out on the Machinima YouTube channel.  Justin was recently interviewed for mentalswag.com.  Congratulations Justin!  We can't wait to see what the future holds for you!

Perry Still has Ski Dreams

Perry looks out the office windows and sees this light dusting of snow not wanting to melt under a frozen, 'I can't get my car started and why do all my kids have the flu?'  His eyes slowly adjust to a view very much like the picture above of him skiing in steamboat.  Steamboat Colorado is that lovely enchanted landscape in which the rush of a mountain run is interlaced with the ski instructors being oh so helpful in their surfer sounding voices and the restaurants are only accessible skiing halfway down the mountain.  If you stop for a moment at the top of a lift and look out, You'll see a view very much like the one above.  Don't worry kids, we'll be back in school tomorrow. :)

Justin Giddings in the Courier Journal

Perry and Lynn Thomas have the newest Hollywood actor as a son according to the Front Page of the Feature Section of the Courier Journal.  The article goes on to say that over 2 million people have seen him in the 5 episode online webisode called 'Bite Me' in which performs his starring debut as a defender of earth against the 'Zombie Apocalypse'.  He is also on the Nickelodeon show 'Big Time Rush' and the ABC family show 'Pretty Little Liars'.  Details of Justin Giddings can be found on his website.  He is a huge big deal to Perry and Lynn who love him like crazy.

Home for the Holidays

2010 concluded an amazing year with a spectacular visit to Perry and Lynn by their gifted children; Justin, Ryann, Sean and Charlie.  They came home for the holidays and stayed two days with a whirlwind of fun activities and a wonderful time together.  They shopped till they dropped.  They ate out.  They baked cookies and bread on their new Kitchenaid mixer.  They talked and laughed and spent an amazing time together.  Perry and Lynn absolutely loved having their children Home for the Holidays.

Perry and Lynn's Colorado Ski Trip

Skiing Steamboat Springs Colorado

At Keller Williams family reunion 2010 in New Orleans back in February, Lynn made a bid on a charity auction for a ski trip in Colorado.  She knew how much Perry loves skiing, she competed with all the other bidders and won the trip.  She called to redeem the trip in September, then set the date for December 15th-20th.  Never having skied in Colorado, she had no idea what she was getting herself into.

Perry and Lynn Flew in on Thursday on the first flight into Steamboat Springs for the season.  There was an Olympic gold medalist greeting everyone getting off the plane, oatmeal and raisin cookies with hot apple cider in the terminal.  They flew past the festivities to beat feet to get a rental car, check into the hotel and change and head out to the world famous Steamboat Hotsprings to unwind.  Relaxed and invigorated, they set out to find a ski helmet.  They walked around downtown Steamboat Springs and stumbled into a sports shop where they learned about the Colorado wind sheer and how essential it is to cover the face eyes and head with more than just a scarf and hat.  With the purchase in tow, they headed off to the Cottonwood Grill for dinner.  Fully fed, they walked back to the Bristol Hotel and immediately crashed till morning.

They woke up early, packed everything up and headed to the mountain.  After finding a parking spot really close to the Gondola at the base they went to rental place to suit up for the day. That's where they met David Osbourne, Tracy and Isabella.  They instantly hit it off.  David paid for the rentals and lift tickets, Perry and Lynn got fitted suited up and headed out.

They went up the Gondola.  While David was finishing his morning coffee and Lynn was strapping on her gloves and tightening up her bindings, Perry was stunned speechless gazing at the breathtaking ever changing views going up the Gondola.

David wanted to check out our skiing abilities so he skied with us over to the Sunshine express express lift.  That lift took them all to the peak.  He recommended this as a great spot for Perry and Lynn as it was primary blue runs which is what they really wanted to ski.  David headed to a meeting and left Perry and Lynn to ski their hearts out.

After 3 hard core runs down various degrees of the Tomahawk run, Perry and Lynn headed to the Rendezvous food court, a food place close to the peak.  The only way to get there was to ski in.  Once they were warmed up, they headed out to ski the Tomahawk variations again till the serious hunger set in.  They returned to the Rendezvous for an amazing lunch and hot tea.  They left the restaurant and and skied down to the top of the Gondola, make a quick right and skied 3 miles down a meandering trail cutting through the woods and cruising out near the condos finally depositing them at the base of the gondola.  They returned their gear and headed back to the Osboune's.


On their way back, they made a stop at a real estate company that had just been converted to a Keller Williams office.  Perry noticed a temporary sign hanging on the wall and they decided to walk in.  They met the owners who were super excited about changing over.  Lynn gave them a card with an offer to help agents with questions of how things work if they ever needed it.



They arrived at the Osborne house and were blown away with how classy and beautiful it was.  They stayed in the bottom floor suite with a king bed and bathroom.  They also set aside a separate suite for the Panellas with their own bed and bath.  Once they got settled in and showered, they headed out with the Osbourne's for dinner.

Dinner was awesome.  They headed back to the mountain and rode the Gondola, blankets on their laps to Western BBQ  The food was amazing, the company great, there was live country music playing and Lynn did the Hokey Pokey with Isabella.  After dinner, they greeted the Panella's who got in late, snuggled into comfy beds and ended a perfect first day at Steamboat.

The second day was more aggressive,  After a wonderful breakfast of oatmeal at home with the Panella's and the Osbourne's, the Thomas' hit the slopes and headed straight for the peak.  After the first run, Meg and Lynn pealed of to slow down and stay on the green runs while the others headed to some aggressive blues and black blues.  Toward the end of the runs, Perry fell back and got separated and skied back solo to Rendezvous for lunch.  After lunch, Perry, Lynn, Meg and Scott skied these wonder green runs thru the woods.  Scott shot a great video, and Perry commented on the dream condos they skied past on the way down.

The evening consisted of, Scott climbing 'Osbourne mountain' a large hill behind the house, while Meg and Lynn enjoyed conversation time and played with the baby, dinner out and straight to bed tired, aching and relaxed.

Day three opened with some sore people determined to stay on the greens.  So, from the top of the Gondola they headed left to 'Why Not' and headed into narrow trails that went forever.  Meg and Scott skied all they way down to the base, changed out their skies and snow boarded for the next two hours.  Perry and Lynn went ballistic on the green trails and skied till their legs wore off.

The four of them had lunch together at the slopes and watched the Giants loose the second game to Philadelphia Eagles.  They raced...

Perry and Lynn's Hot Spring Adventure 

Perry and Lynn were surprised.

Perry and Lynn's son Justin called and said, 'Ryann bought you guys a Christmas present.  When you get to your hotel in Colorado Springs, go down to the lobby at three o'clock and meet a guy who will take you somewhere special.'  Not wanting to be suprised, Lynn said, 'Where am I going and what should I wear?'  Justin said, 'Oh, wear a bathing suit and loose clothes over it.'

So Perry and Lynn arrived at the airport at 1:00PM and raced past the warm 'Steamboat reception of shake the hand of this formar Olympian and here have some oatmeal raisen cookies and hot apple cider' to track down and get the Enterprise rent a car guy to drive them to town to get the rent a car processed cause they are in a hurry to get to the hotel to 'meet the guy'.

They raced into downtown Steamboat where they got checked into the Bristol.  They did a quick change and sure enough, there was the the man ready to go right on time.  They got into a 4 wheel drive van and headed into the mountains.  Their guide was an entrepeneur who shared everything from the lay of the land to the attitudes of dress coded on a magnificent drive up snow covered roads.  The breathtaking views of snow covered trees lent a sureal feel to an already marvelous adventure.

They arrived and the guide explained that the water for the Hot Springs comes from inside a mountain that is a dormant volcano.  The water comes out at 140 degrees.  There are 3 pools.  One pool is 105 degrees, one is 103 degrees and one is 102 degrees.  'The water contains sulfer minerals and other trace elements that are really good for you.  Soak for a couple of hours and I'll be back to pick you up', he said.

The newness of the adventure wore off quickly as they took off thier cloths and were hit by the December Colorado temperatures.  They went straight for the larger 105 degree pool.  They were practically alone as only about five other guest were even in the place.  The steam rising off the water sheilded them from the few guest that were there.

They tried all the pools.  After an hour, Perry got so hot he went bathing in the ice melted spring nearbly.  The temperature of that water was 45 degrees.  Lynn spent the time leaning back, loosening her shoulders and putting her head under the hot waterfalls.  She even rubbed snow on her shoulders while sitting in the hot springs.  Her hair, her eyebrowws and her eylashes frooze and left little tiny crystals that glowed while sitting in the dusk sun.  She was relaxed.  Perry noted how it removed all the tension from traveling and rather than being 'relaxing now I can't do anything but go to bed', it was more 'relaxing now let's go do something I'm invigorated'.

Once the sun set, the temeratures plummeted.  Two hours of high temperatures in the Hot Springs was enough, so they got out, dried off, checked out the heater cabin, met the guide and set off back to the Bristol refreshed, relaxed and excited about their trip to Steamboat.  Thank you Ryann.

Our son Justin is on the set of Pretty little Liars.  He totally fits with their look.

He is an actor on one of the upcomming episodes, so in his excitement he went through the trailer and took some pictures

This isn't the half of it.

The leather looks good

This is where you make sure you look good

Of course the dining facilities can not be matched.  I am so proud of him.

Perry and Lynn Thomas put the amazing Kathryn Sotelo in charge of the Lynn Thomas Real Estate Team in Louisville Kentucky and headed down to Orlando Florida to meet Micky and Minnie Mouse in Disneyworld.  They drove down on Thursday and Lynn spent the day ,while Perry drove, on her phone and her ipad.  Lynn was amazed how connected they still were to their business while being completely mobile.  Heck, Lynn sold a house while she was in Florida!

Day 1 they drove and stopped in Valdosta and stayed the night.  Day 2, they drove straight to the Magic Kingdom.  They saw Mickey and Pluto and delighted over the kids visibly shaking with excitement as they met with the characters.  They spent the next three nights in the same hotel in Kissamee Florida right next to The Magic Kingdom.  The next day, they went to Epcot and ate their way around the world.

It's a family tradition to have fish and chips in England, quiche in France, Baklava in Moracco, Brats in Germany, Sushi in Japan, Egg Rolls in China, and of course films and rides in every country. They finished up the day seeing Wall Street in Downtown Disney AMC while kids stood in what seemed like 2 mile lines waiting for a free tootsie roll.

Day 3 they went to Hollywood Studios, got bored, and went back to Epcot and stayed through the evening romantically walking along Roman Streets and having Espresso next to lit fountains.  They rested well, got up early in the morning, and drove straight through to arrive home tired, refreshed, and ready to make a difference in the lives of their clients.  Meanwhile, while they were gone, Lynn sold her listing on Willow Stone and Kathryn got her buyers under contract on Woodridge Rd.

Being mobile and connected is a beautiful thing