I'm still here

Dear Readers,

I must apologize for being gone for so long.  Just about the time of my last blog post, Charlotte Photography got swamped with work.  PRAISE THE LORD. ( I am always thankful for every job that comes our way. )  Anyway, we have been up to our eyeballs in editing, weddings, holiday portraits, events, etc.  I have not had the extra energy to sit at the computer longer and blog when I have already been editing for hours or shooting all day.  I miss it though.  I also miss catching up on all my blog reading.  Bare with me a little longer.  I am finishing up some wedding albums this week, have a big even going on Friday that I have been planning for weeks, photo shoots all weekend, and then out of town again to FL next weekend for another wedding.  It is the season to be jolly! :-)

I cannot wait for Christmas.  It is going to be fabulous.  I love the music, decorations, smell, and feel.  We got our tree last week, but it has been sitting undecorated in our living room.  I believe either tonight will be the night we get it all pretty or this weekend.  We bought it from our churches highschool as they are raising money to go to Ireland in May.

In closing, I am going to post some iphone photos I have taken in the past few days of some of the decorating I have done around the house in between work. Enjoy!

These glass birds were my grandmothers.  They will stay up all year round. 

This was my holiday craft, a yarn wreath.  It doesn't look very holiday-ish, but I love it. :-) 

 Hot cocoa break. 

 Our undecorated tree.

 I took some of the christmas tree clippings and put them around my candles on the mantle.  There are my colorful felt stockings i got last year too. :-)

The only ornament on the tree as of yet.  Just bought this today at Target, thought it was so cute.

A day with my husband...

Today was one of those days where we left in the morning and took everything we would need for the rest of the day because we would not get home until dinner time. It's so funny how much those days wear me out.

We started out the morning by taking 20 min. and talking to the CSCL Senior Class about fundraisers for Ireland. Beginning this weekend we are going to be taking Christmas Tree orders. These trees will be Fraser Fir's from the Blue Ridge Mountains and cut 3 days before they are delivered. This could be a GREAT money maker if we get a good amount of orders. There will be trees from 6-9 feet available. If you are local to the Charlotte, NC area and are interested in purchasing a Christmas Tree, please email me. :-)

Also discussed was information about our Music/Art night on December 3rd. This is going to be such a fun evening that TJ and I are heading up along with the students. I will definitely be posting more information about this in the next week.

After meeting with the students, we headed off to photograph two Pubs in Charlotte. Luckily they were only a couple blocks from each other. Before heading over to the second pub, we stopped at Molly MacPherson's Scottish Pub (notice a trend here? ha) for lunch. Last month we had purchased a GROUPON and were very excited to use it today. It was actually our first time using a GROUPON. Worked like a charm!

In between meeting with students and photo shoots, we also made a stop at Landau Guitar Company. TJ has gone there for years because of how amazing the guy, Craig, is at guitar repair. I remember going with TJ back when we were dating (one of these days I will tell our story). Below is a photo of TJ & Jason (aka Buddy) back in the day at Landau Guitar, when TJ and I were just getting to know each other. Wow, I cannot believe this was 4 years ago.

This evening TJ and I went out to eat with my parents. It's always great to spend time with them. We went to Trio, a local American cuisine restaurant. Afterwards we came back to our house and I was able to give my mom some of my Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls.

Tomorrow is going to be very exciting. We are taking our photography class on a field trip to the Light Factory. You can be sure to see a post about it tomorrow. :-)

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