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Snippets from the Thanksgiving :)

Written on 11/25/2011 by Dreawood in family, friends

My mom and I are about to go out to shop, nothing major.. just getting out together.
So no time to blog much… but thought I would post a few snippets from yesterday…
In pictures of course :)

Here I am making icing with a creamer I have to incorporate for a sponsored post on monday :)
& our neighbor putting in one of the turkeys – into a deep fryer.
Notice the chalk lines and warning signs ;-)

Our neighbors ipad entertaining my kids :)

and of course… a day would not be complete on thanksgiving, without some late night shopping. I was going to go with our neighbor, but we had to make our 1st stop at a different store… so it wasn’t going to work out that way. This year I managed to drag Travis out in it!

…and he will admit, I am sure – that he had fun! We had some good laughs.

Team all this with a sweet family devotional about what we are thankful for… and a good night rest… plus amazing food provided by our neighbors… We were set :) & today, I think we will do it all again! :-D

What did you do on your thanksgiving?

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Sweet Thanksgiving

Written on 11/23/2011 by Dreawood in family, friends

This year we will spend thanksgiving in our new home.

My parents drove here to spend it with us…

No traveling for us.

That is a 1st :)

At 1st I thought that would result in my having to cook a big thanksgiving feast for the 1st time ever… Ever since we were married my husbands family provided this…

However… I don’t have to cook much :)
Our sweet neighbor and her husband invited us over… they plan to have enough food for like 20 plus people… so we will be well fed. They even said my parents were welcome as well.

All I will provide is fresh whole grain breads & dessert.

We are looking forward to it :) & an afternoon spend with these sweet boys…

Those photos btw were taken by my friends Melanie & Jeff, who did our family portraits this past weekend :)

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Changes

Written on 11/21/2011 by Dreawood in friends, photography, travel

This weekend my friend Mel from NC came through our area, on the way back from the Genesis Workshop. Her entire family stayed with us. Making it a house full of 11. We had a great time, even though it was way to short. Caleb was hoping for their 7 year old daughter Mabry to stay another day, and Mabry was giving the pout face when told she had to go. SO sweet to see kids click and become friends so easily.

While here Mel and her husband Jeff did our family portraits.
I got lots to share… but for now, just to tease a bit… ill share just 1.

One of those in-between moments :) – that I love.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Forgive my blog neglectfulness…
I figure people are busy this week any how preparing for thanksgiving.

On wednesday my parents will arrive… and throughout the rest of the week/weekend we will be with them.

Add to that finishing up work for BOBA, changing up the blog, my website and other photo “stuff” :) – I may be a big behind on the blogging. It makes your hearts grow fonder I am sure ;-)

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Photo re-cap of Genesis 2011

Written on 11/19/2011 by Dreawood in friends, photography

I finally went through the photos I took at Genesis this week.
I didnt really get any “portraits” of any one… since this was really more of a watch and learn workshop… I also was asked to take behind the scene photos. So that really is all I got :)

That being said..
Instead of filling up my blog with a bunch of photos… here is a flickr slide show.
(These photos are in no particular order)

Special thanks to the instructors.

Melanie and Jeff Mansfield
Sam Hassas
Tony Hoffer
Ed Pingol
& Evan Baines

I learned a lot!! So much so that it will take me a while to process it all :)

So thankful for the knowledge they shared.

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Genesis…

Written on 11/18/2011 by Dreawood in friends, photography, struggles

It is now 3:33am – friday morning.
As you all may or may not have known, I traveled to Memphis TN this week – to attend the Genesis Workshop.

From Tuesday morning – Thursday – I attended this workshop… that consisted of around 40 photographers around the globe. My friend Melanie Mansfield and her husband Jeff were 2 of the instructions in this workshop.

All I can say is wow.

Between them and the others, there was so much to learn.. soak up and attempt to apply :) – I will admit after the 1st day I felt overwhelmed, excited, confused and unsure all at once.

So many things to consider… think about… change… apply.
I honestly believe I will need weeks, if not months to gather my thoughts… maybe because of the time this took place, with holidays in the air… traveling with family and the winter months ahead… I see so many areas I want to change in the way I run my business… but also at the same time know that our situation is so different right now.

We don’t know how long we will live here.
It may be 1 year, it may be 2 or more.
I would love to have more children, but with the loss of a job, loss of real health insurance, and the uncertainty of so many things, I just don’t know if that is wise right now. Yet at the same time, it really is a great desire of mine.

Finding balance between motherhood… being a wife… possibly entering full time ministry again, home schooling, and just life in general, is a lot. My being a photographer I LOVE – I know I have talent (although at times this weekend I felt so small). I know that with polishing I could be very successful… but putting everything together, and figuring out how to work it all… is so confusing for me.

That being said.

I am so thankful I went to Genesis.
I am thankful for Mel for working it out so I could even go. I don’t feel like I deserved it at all.

I look forward to applying what I learned in the sessions to come.

Now at 3:51 – after I gathered my thoughts… I am off to TRY and sleep. I arrived home last night after 9pm – over 7 hrs of driving, by my self… you would of thought I would crash and sleep all night… I think between the thoughts in my head… the stuffy nose and sore throat I seem to have attained after days in the cold ;-) – and a baby waking at 2am… I just needed to sit down and write.

Tomorrow (today really) will be filled with watching the kids, as my husband is out… My day will be filled with washing linens to prepare for our guest coming in late friday night ;-) – a possible run out to figure out wardrobe ideas for our family portraits this weekend… I hope to bake a few loaves of bread and a few dozen cinnamon rolls as well.

So thankful btw for my husband for watching my sweet boys while away. Despite a mishap with Owens hair… :-\

Also thank you to Nichole. Our sweet neighbor and new friend for providing dinner for my boys as well as some childcare. Her daughter Madison is amazing with our boys. Travis was able to get some things done while she held the fort down.

& possibly… just possibly, tomorrow ill download my card from the week… to share more :)

4:03…. and out.

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