Dorothy's Shower

I helped host a shower this weekend for my friend Dorothy who is getting married soon! We had a wonderful time celebrating her upcoming wedding! The setting was absolutely gorgeous, high atop the mountain....

...with a lovely view from the window... Here are my mom and my dear friend, Rena Carolyn, who also helped to host the shower:

The lovely bride-to-be:

Thanksgiving 2010

We started our day out with a fun family run. The Turkey Trot is an 8K road race, and it was a blast doing it together as a family! Here we are before the race:

Here we are after the race: Celebrating that it is all over!

Next it was time for family and friends to gather at a beautiful feast:

Grandmother holding her great-grandson:

Newly-wed cousins Ashley and Jared:

Sisters:

Granddaddy and Grandmama with their grandson:

Uncle Nathan with his girlfriend,Laura:

Grandmama was talking to him, and he could not stop smiling:

Getting sleepy, and trying out a new trick!

I have so much to be thankful for this year! I am glad for a day to spend time with family and count my many blessings!

Amatuer Photography!

I really don't know what I am doing when it comes to photography! I have so much to learn! But, when a friend asked me if I would take some pictures of her and her boyfriend, I couldn't refuse the opportunity to practice. Thanks to Ashley and Ben for being patient with me and letting me practice on them!! The setting was beautiful and the couple was so photogenic that it made it easy for me! I had a ton of fun with them, and I have to give a shout out to Ben for being a such a great sport! ;) I have lots of favorites, but here are just a few in random order:

Fall Cookies!

It is time for my annual fall cookie bake! I have so much fun baking and decorating these yummy treats! Just take a little of this: Following this recipe:

Listening to a little country music:

Roll out the dough and cut out using this cutter set:

And you end up with something like this:

That soon turns into this:

72 cookies (not counting all the ones eating in process ;)

Recent Happenings...

I got to see my little cutie pie this past weekend, and he stole my heart with his precious smiles! Loving the dimples on my little buddy! Such a happy boy!

The little boy who was a ring bearer in Ivey's wedding knitted this hat for him; pretty impressive!

Outside for a fall photo shoot!

Love his expression!

In other news, I worked on Halloween, so I needed a costume that the children would enjoy! We have a little bee called Buzzy that we use with the children who are getting IVs. It helps to distract them from the poke part. So, I decided to dress up as Buzzy! Here are some feeble attempts at some self-portraits!

My co-worker and I dressed alike! Here we are at work holding the "real" Buzzy! One little boy called me the "fun bee!" I love my job as a Child Life Specialist, and especially so last night--lots of smiling faces in the Emergency Room!

The "Buzzys" with a sea creature! Fun times :)