Catch up part 1284761825

Okay okay, so it's not quite my 1284761825th catch up post... but it's pretty close!

Why am I so bad about keeping up with a blog that only contains events of my life?  No idea.... but the fact remains that I am terrible at it!

So... rewind a few months back to December...

Once upon a time, my husband and I got our first real tree!  Which I actually blogged about here. This was a lovely tree.  Perfect in many ways, and just the right size for our little apartment (which in itself was a miracle considering we left all tape measures at home when we went to purchase said tree).  Somehow I managed to misplace about half of my old Christmas decorations.... (COME hommmmmme!) so, I had to make a trip to Target for some new accessories.

On December 3rd, I shot a wedding  for a lovely couple.  Here are a few of my favorites!

On Christmas Eve we went to our dear friends Alex and Katie's house to celebrate Christ's birth! It was a lovely time, there were 7 of us in total I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend Christmas eve. Katie and I strung cranberries and popcorn after we ate and decorated the windows with our creations!

That night we all cuddled up on couches and watched A Christmas Story... if you haven't watched it before.... I'm not sure I'd recommend it- but being with a great group of friends makes all the difference.

After the movie, we had a grown up sleepover!  All crashing in separate rooms and waking up on Christmas morning to eggs, waffles and sausage!

The next morning was Christmas!  After getting up early (like a bunch of little kids), Joel and I went to his parents house for another feast! This time it was prim rib and these awesome little olive penguins Joel's brother Brent made!

It was a lovely Christmas, and through it all we celebrated the birth of our Savior, the love that He has given us and the joy of having amazing friends and family surrounding us.

Fast forward a bit... On January 28, I went and chopped off 10 inches of hair!  Talk about a change!

So.... I'm sure there are other things that have happened in our lives.... but for now I'm drawing a blank.

Happy Presidents day everyone ;)

Love,
Carrie

Blog Fail.

So, I'm supposed to be doing a blog a week with my lovely friend Nicole and her Mother, Marie.  I've mentioned it before, on the blog post Lil More Favorite.  Well.  I haven't been doing so well with it.  We should currently be on week 7, and I've done.... well, none of the original blog post ideas lol. 

So, today I'm going to post a Self- Portrait, which isn't really a self portrait cause my little sister took it of me, and Something Green, to replace a High Angle.
That works, right?

Self Portrait:

The purple things in my ears are ear plugs- this is from our Thanksgiving extravaganza!

Something Green: (photos courtesy Kate Weatherby, our tree shopping buddy!)

Our first real Christmas tree together, my first real tree ever!

 

Isn't it beautiful?!

I'm very much in a Christmas mood- even to where I'm drawing Christmas cards in the paint program on the computer.

 

So there's a couple pics to catch up with my blog post fail.  Hopefully (fingers crossed) I'll do a better job in the future (though not likely)!

In other news-I took some photos for a beautiful wedding this weekend- but sure to check back soon to see the lovely wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn!

Until we meet again,

Carrie :)

Bro & Sis

Today's post is....

Dawn and Derek Elam in their portrait session for their Mom's surprise Christmas present! What a cool way to say I love you then by sharing yourself! I wish I could see their Mom's face as she opens the present and see's their faces! How cool! So anyone who see's this... shhh it's a surprise!

I know Dawn from Gardner-Webb university where I went for my freshman year of college. Dawn lived in the same dorm as I did and we both lived in, or near Winston-Salem so it was a great friendship right from the beginning! The summer after our freshman year we both got jobs working at the same restaurant and remained good friends! Over the years we have kind of done our own things, she is now a Senior in college and will be graduating in May! She is such an awesome girl, full of energy and fun. Dawn is an amazing piano player and singer- unfortunately, we couldn't find a piano the day of the shoot- but her talent it amazing!

Derek, is her 13 year old brother who I believe I had met once before but only briefly- so it was a challenge getting him to warm up enough to smile in some of these pics ;) His comments were hysterical as he talked about food and video games just waiting to be done with pictures. Typical teenage boy.

We met at Target then headed on our journey to Old Salem, an awesome historical place where the Moravians first settled after traveling from Germany! The place is full of awesome old buildings, log fences and history- I love it. Here's some favorites from the day!







I love these photos because they are just so natural, the colors, the sun reflection in my lens, their faces etc!





Annnnd this about sums it up.



Thanks for such a fun day guys!! I hope your Mom loves the pictures of you guys! Merry Christmas!!

Blackburn Family Christmas party!

Every year growing up we always got together with the Blackburn side of the family. It was a tradition of sorts, and one that I treasured every year. As the years have gone on and the grandchildren have gotten older and life has gotten busier, and now that both grandparents have passed away, that family tradition isn't as much a tradition. This year was different though. We got together, those that could (some were separated by distance, others by work) to celebrate the Christmas season. As everyone got there anticipation for the good food grew and we got to catch up and laugh with one another. We met on the farm, which once belonged to my great Uncle Richard, my Uncle Tommy and Aunt Texie now own the farm, and it was so great to hear all the noise and life in a house that has been closed up for years. Here's some pictures of the day- but mostly pictures of my cousin C.J. and his wife Sylvia's beautiful children, Sara and Eli.
I love my family and it was so great to get together with them!! To those that couldn't be there- you were missed! Thanks for all the support over the years and being there! Love you all.
Enjoy!


First- cool Christmas blur lol

Some things around the farm, including one awesome chicken!


A little blurry- but i love how excited Callie looks to be picked on by her older cousin Joshua and Joel!


I love how huge his eyes are- he is such a handsome baby!





Lil' miss thing


Sara is such a ball of energy! She was so cute though as she was trying to feed 'gu-ger' (a.k.a Sugar) the horse and the "moo-cows".