Tis the Season!

Last night was our office Christmas party at the boss's house. We have a great office and everyone gets along for the most part, so it was pretty fun!

Here's me and two of my work girls:

I hope everyone else is having fun celebrating the Christmas season!

What I've Been Up To Lately...

In addition to all the wonderful Christmas shenanigans that are going on lately (Christmas parties, shopping and wrapping presents, decorating, eating candy canes and cookies and watching Christmas movies on tv) I've also been shooting quite a bit. Here's a look at my latest series of family portraits and Christmas card photos:

Jessica and her Daughters

Baby Jace

Miss Mattie

Mamie and her three Sisters

Fakesgiving 2009

So, I know I'm way behind and Fakesgiving actually happened weeks ago, but I'm sure y'all want to see how it turned out, right?12 of our friends came from all over (everyone was from out of town but 1, and we even had 2 international guests this year!) and it was a blast!

Kelly's Hubby, Eliot and their puppy dog Mims in her Christmas sweater (E is Scottish!)

Kelly and Mims in her doggy jacket

Thorben and Twyla (He's from Germany!)

Kelly's delicious cheese ball:

Turkey and Mashed Potatoes, my favorite!

Me and the BFF, Andy who is a fantastic cook!

Me and Miss Twy -totally related :-)

Mrs. Mikell and Mrs. Meikle (we're convince that we're Scottish cousins b/c of our husbands' roots!)

The dessert table halfway through the night

(nevermind the papa johns box in the corner-one of the boys who don't cook brought cinnastix!):

Andy brought delicious treats! Red Velvet Cake and Pralines!

The end of the evening was spent around the bonfire with glasses of wine and good conversation:

Favorite Ornaments

This week has been cold and busy, hence the lack of blog posts. If I'm not working, getting ready for Christmas vacation or wrapping Christmas presents, I'm trying to stay warm. I really don't remember it being this cold so early last year. I thought since I didn't have time for a huge post I'd share a few of my favorite Christmas ornaments. We used to have a 'Statesboro Blues' tree when we first started dating. It was completely blue and white, as a nod to Statesboro and our alma matter, Georgia Southern. Since we've been together, we have started collecting ornaments and receiving them as gifts. I've even started creating some of my own. Hopefully our collection will get even bigger and better. One of my favorite parts of Christmas is pulling out the ornaments and putting them on the tree, it's like they are new every year!

The engagement ornament Matt's mom got us last year.

I painted this one for our first 'married' Christmas. It has our last name on one side and wedding date on the other.

This one is a tiny piggy bank, which I got Matt for his first year in accounting. I thought it was cute, even though his job has nothing to do with 'counting' or change.

This one is from my best friend, TW and I love it because it looks lovely and old-school.

What are your favorite Christmas ornaments?

Over the Top!

Disclaimer: I have been really bad about passing along Blog awards lately, so I"m trying to catch up. Sorry y'all!

1. Thank the person who gave it to you – Thanks for thinking of me Amanda! Her blog is super cute and always reminds me to be thankful for my Hubs.
2. Answer the questions below using only 1 word answers.
3. Pass it on to 6 other bloggers you think are Over The Top!

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your hair? dark
3. Your mother? energetic
4. Your father? tall
5. Your favorite food? pizza
6. Your dream last night? crazy
7. Your favorite drink? wine
8. Your dream/goal? photography
9. What room are you in? kitchen
10. Your hobby? cooking
11. Your fear? alone
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? content
13. Where were you last night? Augusta
14. Something you aren’t? blonde
15. Muffins? Strawberry
16. Wish list item? Relaxation
17. Where did you grow up? South
18. Last thing you did? ate
19. What are you wearing? earrings
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pets? none
22. Your friends? funny
23. Your life? fabulous
24. Your mood? anxious
25. Missing someone? totally
26. Vehicle? truck
27. Something you’re not wearing? socks
28. Your favorite store? Sephora
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? morning
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday
32. Your best friend? amazing
33. One place that I go over and over? Kroger
34. One person who emails me regularly? Andy
35. Favorite place to eat? Mellow Mushroom

Here are 6 ladies I think are marvelously OVER THE TOP!

1. Erin at Blue Eyed Bride

2. Katie at Don't Warn the Tadpoles

3. Stephanie at Walking Contradiction

4. Lori at Holley Ryan Happenings

5. Stacey at The Bowman Family

6. Maggie at The Freckled Citizen

Christmas in Augusta

Christmas time is here, so I thought I'd share a few photos of downtown Augusta with y'all. Especially since I missed Wordless Wednesday this week!

It has been crazybusy lately and I can't wait for Christmas break. I thoroughly plan on enjoying it by visiting with family, reading a ton, partaking in Christmas cocktails and basically relaxing.

Fra-gee-lay!

I love the movie A Christmas Story...

'It's a major award!...Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian!'

'Uh, I think it says "Fragile", dear.

'Oh Yeah.'

Here is my office door decorated for Christmas! We're having a decorating contest and I'm in it to win it. I spent 3 hours putting this together last night. I didn't think it would take that long until I started on the fishnet hose...Either way, I'm really excited about the way it turned out.