Holiday for Her 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Every year my church, LCC, does a holiday event for women called Holiday for Her. It is one of our largest events of the year involving amazing inspirational speakers, catered dinners and beautiful decor! Every table is individually hosted and decorated by the women of our church so no two tables are alike. Each one is different and unique. I have been attending this event for 10 years but this was the first year I hosted and decorated my own table. I've been wanting to do one for years but it takes planning and I never got everything together until now. If you decorate a table you are responsible for supplying everything needed...from linens to dishes, silverware to centerpieces and everything in between. You may decorate your table in any theme of your choosing. Most choose a holiday...Christmas, Thanksgiving , Easter etc...some choose a decor theme. The only requirement is that you have a bible verse to go along with your theme. I wanted to do something involving birds, nests, moss etc. Not sure what I would call it...something between enchanted woodland & feather your nest. I filled different size apothecary jars with moss, lights, eggs, nests, feathers and birds and set them up on stacks of vintage books and then surrounded everything with lots of candles, tall and small. It was beautiful all lit up! The verse that went along with my table comes from Psalms 84:1-4. It reads:

How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.




It was a fabulous night and I cannot wait to do a table again next year!

Thanksgiving recap

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and took time to reflect on all the things they have to be thankful for! I know we did! We spent ours visiting my aunt and uncle who live in a secluded home in the woods in a small NC town! The kids always love playing there b/c they get a chance to run and play in the woods which is not something we can do at home. Ella enjoyed going on little hikes and nature walks, Halle and Hayden enjoyed the rope swing...it's the simple things in life that are the most fun. My uncle now has chickens so the kids found it amusing to toss feed to them and chase them around a bit, lol! I enjoyed playing a few games of Rummy with my cousin, her boyfriend and college roommate. I haven't played Rummy in probably 10 years...but it was kind of like riding a bike. I lost though, lol! And Todd, I think he just enjoyed relaxing, playing with the kids, and watching a little football! The food was great too, as always. We had a smorgasbord of delicious choices including turkey (of course), mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, corn casserole, butternut squash souffle, deviled eggs, 2 potato salads, the best stuffing ever, green bean casserole, my mom's cranberry jello mould, a veggie casserole, broccoli cheese casserole, homemade rolls & homemade bread. Then there were desserts...pumpkin pie, pecan pie, my pumpkin cheesecake, homemade cinnamon rolls and reeses peanut butter cup pie/cake (whatever it was it was GOOOOD!). The weather couldn't have been more beautiful...around 70 degrees and sunny! Perfect! It was a wonderful day spent with family! I didn't take too many photos...I was too busy enjoying my family! Here are a few I did snap. How was your Thanksgiving?!

Holiday Twinkle Minis are HERE!!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Who doesn't love the twinkling of white lights during the holidays?!! Now you can have the magic of those lights captured in a unique holiday portrait of your children! Click the contact link above to book now!

the "L" family {oak ridge family photographer}

Saturday, November 12, 2011

I was thrilled when I was contacted by Carla to do photos of her sweet family! Carla and Brent are newlyweds and she wanted some beautiful photos of her family including her two handsome boys! They know the owners of a local farm and and I was so excited to get to photograph them on this amazing landscape! The light at sunset was incredible!!! Our session was a ton of fun especially with the boys, Brent included, constantly making funny antics to drive Carla crazy! Poor thing :) All in all it was a great session and their photos are among my favorites! I hope they will think so too! I had to create a collage so you can see them all together! Thanks B&C for choosing me to capture these beautiful memories for you!











Happy 9th Birthday Hayden!!

Monday, November 7, 2011

This weekend we were finally able to have Hayden's 9th birthday party, postponed from two weeks ago. I have a 9 YEAR OLD!! Still hard for me to believe those words! 9!! For the 3rd year in a row he requested a sleepover...oh my! You can just imagine what my house sounded and looked like on friday night! But he had a blast and that's all that matters! His party was lego themed...don't you just love the lego face balloons?! Such a cute and easy thing to do! Here's a few snaps from his special evening!

Halloween Review

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween full of surprises and lots of candy! Here are a few pics of my crew getting ready to take on the neighborhood! It was a great night! Now if I can keep just myself from constantly raiding the stash, LOL! Have a great November 1st! That's so hard to believe :)

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