It's a baby (shower)!

A couple of weeks ago, I went to my friend Megan's shower. I cannot take credit for the great decor, but I can take credit for these pictures. I'm learning from Blake how to get low and get good angles, but I wanted to show off some of my good ones from the occaission. I'm glad they worked out because I became the official picture-taker of the gathering! =) Congrats to Rickey and Megan and we're so excited to meet Isaiah!

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope that amongst the business of the holiday season, we all have a chance to reflect on the miracle of Christ's birth. He is the only gift worth getting. Thanks for everyone's prayers and support this year.

Best.Gift.Ever.

So, on Thanskgiving afternoon, I was minding my own business when my Meme (my Mom's mom) came in and said she had something to show us. We all went in the bedroom and she had laid out this quilt on the bed. After several minutes of ooing and ahing, she handed me a note stating that she had started working on this quilt in 199? (she thinks it was about 18 years ago) because she wanted me to learn U.S. geography. She has been working on it ever since. It is an incredible gift! She spent 18 years on this thing! Wow! She did it all by hand and it is incredible. Each square has a different state: the outline of the state, the state bird and the state flower. And there are buttons for the state capitols which all came out of my great-grandmothers' button boxes.

Needless to say, I have a new treasure. It's going to be the first think I grab if there's ever a fire, that's for sure! Thanks, Meme for the amazing gift!

Merry Thanksgiving!

Well, this is a little bit of a late post, but still worth doing. We spent Thanksgiving at my parents' house with my sisters and mom and dad. Thanksgiving morning started in the traditional way of my sisters being dragged out of bed, but this time it wasn't me! It was Robert C. dropping by wearing his shorts and boots to tell us Happy Thanksgiving! I will take hugs from that guy any day of the year. =)

Later on Thanksgiving day, my Meme and Papa came up as well as my Aunt Joyce and my parents' best friends Curtis and Marie. It was a HUGE spread and one big giant table that we got to sit and chat around. It was so wonderful to all be together. Big kudos to my Mom for the amazing dinner she prepared. It was a perfect Thanksgiving!

P.S. Check out my Dad's sweet goatee!

Franklin

When we were in Tennessee, we had a morning with no wedding events, so Blake and I headed to Franklin, Tennessee, USA to enjoy the fall colors and the really cute main street. We had been there before (when we were engaged!) so it was fun to see it again. We really enjoyed strolling and looking in all the little shops. It was beautiful and the day could not have been any more relaxing!