A Great Thanksgiving

It was such a great Thanksgiving.


All photos in this post were taken with my point and shoot, just FYI.
I wasn't "allowed" to take my big camera-- which really was for the best, ha;)

I slept the whole way up north, as I only got 45 minutes of sleep the night before-- I was trying to get so many things done!
Here was our view from our cabin when we arrived on Wednesday:


30 minutes later, I got a massage at the Grand View Lodge's spa... a gift from my parents-- it was SO NICE, and it was
a perfect way to start the mini vacation.


Aaron sat in a huge, but cozy and warm room reading the paper while I was getting my massage. I thought this corner was pretty...

View from our room when we got back:


The next morning, we had a wonderful breakfast, and tried not to eat too much, because at 1pm, we were scheduled to be seated for the huge
Thanksgiving meal!!! After breakfast, we came back and watched the Thanksgiving parade together, which I haven't actually done in years.

Then we headed to Thanksgiving meal!
It was a little walk from the cabin, but 'tis the season for cold weather!!



We not only had turkey, but basically, everything you could want at a Thanksgiving meal... it was a super pretty room
(big chalet-type building, with large fireplaces, and seasonal lighting), and the food was amaaaazing... they even had
shrimp and scallops, other sea food, tons of good cheeses, and of course all the traditional stuff. I loved it all,
but the mashed potatoes were pretty fantastic.

We went back to our room and of course took naps in the sunshine:


In the evening, we sipped wine and ate chocolates by the fire, and watched a re-run of The Office
(Jim and Pam's wedding:)). The next day was relaxing as well... it was really just a great time-- good food,
good relaxation, good company... and so much to be thankful for.
When we drove home, I was awake the whole time, because I finally felt rested! :)

Happy Thanksgiving! Things I'm Thankful For.

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!!!



I will be out of the office until Saturday, just FYI!


I love Thanksgiving... the food, the company, and the thankfulness.

A few things I am thankful for, in no particular order:
1. My clients, my job, and the fact that I have a job. I know it's a tough economy right
now. And I love my job... I am thankful for that too. And being able to use my gifts to serve others.
2. My home.
3. My health (even though I had the flu of sorts earlier this week).
4. My family... Aaron, immediate family, and extended family; and my family's health.
5. My friends.
6. Having enough food and water.

Pretty standard, right?

Here are a few less-standard things I am thankful for:
7. Lightroom (it helps me edit lots of photos at once, instead of having to do them individually in photoshop).
8. That my husband warms up the bed for me. I hate cold sheets, and he loves them... and so, this means we are perfect for each other.
9. Almonds... I have been eating them lately, and I really love them. And chocolate too, but that's a given. And coffee...
10. Pet meds. We found out that Sparty has always had hip problems, but he started taking a supplement
last week, and it will hopefully help him be in less pain (pain we did not know he was in).
11. Recent contact with long lost family. Pretty crazy.
12. My cozy sweatpants. Then again, that should be under the "standard" list.
13. Bath and Body Works' hand foam... it's a must have for a germaphobe.
I particularly like that Midnight Pomegranate doesn't give me a migraine.
14. That God loves me, even though I am such a mess sometimes!
15. A new desk that just came yesterday... I can't wait to have room to work.

Anne and Drew-- Getting Married Saturday!

Hi all!

I have been busy, as usual, except for even moreso in the past 2 months than ever before. I am afraid I took on too much this fall! But, it is a learning experience none the less. I am already making a New Year's resolution to blog at least 1 time a week. I will reconfirm this after New Year's... but I really think I can do it, and you know what?? I WANT to. There are a couple blogs I read often, and Jasmine Star's is one of them. I realized that what I absolutely love about her blog other than the fact that I love her writing, she is a sweet person, and her photos are pretty to look at-- is that she updates so frequently. I absolutely love having something to read and look at on a regular basis. And while I would suck at being Jasmine Star, or anyone else for that matter, I want to do this for me, and for you-- because it will be fun, because I have so many photos I want to share that I am not posting because my time is squished to the max right now.... but I want it in my plans to be a more frequent blogger.

Like I said, I am crazy busy right now. Basically trying to catch up on all my fall weddings and portraits. But, for next year, I want my blog to have more of a priority. At the end of the wedding season, when I have all the weddings done, I'll do a post where I pick one or two faves from each wedding I did this year (24:)).



Here are some photos from a quickie engagement session I did for Anne and Drew. (Can we call them "ANNEDREW" when they get married? Maybe;)). They are getting married on Saturday!! This will be my last wedding of this year, and I know it will be wonderful. I've known them both since high school, but moreso Drew because we hung out in the same group of friends Sophomore and Junior year... He is such a good and funny guy-- I know he will make Anne very happy for all of their years. :)

Kara & Noah's Wedding: Five Faves

A couple funnies: