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Congratulations to my friends Jonathan Rollins and Janet Custer on their engagement. I had the privilege of taking engagement shots with them a few weeks ago, and this is what we captured...

So happy for these two friends of mine and how the Lord has brought them together!

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Over the holidays Jon and Ronnie took Sarah and me on a special trip to Asheville. When Sarah turned 16 we did this exact trip with our family, so it was extra special to be with our guys! We first stopped at the Grove Park Inn to see their gingerbread houses. We had the best time walking around, sitting by the (massive) fire, sipping on coffee and listening to the hustle and bustle of Christmas excitement. After, we went to dinner at the Deer Park Restaurant, which is on the property of the Biltmore Estate. The guys had planned dinner there before we went on a candle light tour of the estate.

There were so many funny stories that night... for example, while we were eating dinner the electricity went out. We ate buffet style in the dark for over an HOUR! And to make it more intense, it was the Friday that "the world was supposed to end!!"

Lots of laughs over that trip and I'm so thankful for our guys for planning something so special!!



Gingerbread houses at the Grove Park Inn




The sky was SO BEAUTIFUL!!





Somebody had written this on the window and the light was shining through so perfectly to catch it with my lens.





Ronnie and me at dinner



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Time to catch you up on my trip with Ronnie to Florida (In OCTOBER... I'm a little behind). Ronnie's mom and Danny take a month every year and spend time in Palm Coast, Florida. This year I was able to go along for the ride and we had the best time! We stayed with them for a few days and spent our time relaxing, eating delicious food, and exploring St. Augustine. What a great time getting to know Ronnie's family- they are wonderful!

Palm Coast, Fl
This was the view from our condo... beautiful! I'd like to go back today...

While we were in St. Augustine we visited the Fountain of Youth... Ronnie hasn't aged a bit since he drank that water! 

Michelle (Ronnie's sister) and Dannie (Ronnie's step-dad)

Trying on the gorgeous hats of the day...

Style at its finest!

The fort in St. Augustine

Beautiful sunrise we enjoyed every morning!

 Palm Coast, can we come back now??

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In honor of Christmas that is right around the corner, I thought I'd share some memories of our family from Thanksgiving... a picture's worth a thousand words!!

Kathryn loved Foot Foot, our neighbor's cat. She was chasing him ALL around the yard!!

Best friends!

Gigi and Ellie

Gigi, Boppa and Kathryn Louise

Uncle Clough and Aunt Lisa



I love this boy!



We Campbell girls know how to eat!!!

After lunch some of us sat around and listened to Grammie play the piano... and this
time Ronnie joined in!!

It was such a fun day with the family! And It would be a shame if I didn't show you a few pictures of the crew who helped make the day a success....

Daniel, our little chef!

Kathryn, our taste tester... (very important job!!)

Daniel and Ellie, our clean-up crew!

And Benton, our cutie pie!

Happy Thanksgiving- 2012

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TRADITIONS.

Our family is big on traditions. Anybody who has spent a holiday with my family knows this.


With that said... here are pictures from our Christmas tree hunt!

Every year since we were children, our family has gone to a Christmas tree farm to adopt a little green family member. Many of you have seen pictures from previous years. These will look similar, we just keep adding little family members.

So happy the Wilson family could be home for the grande adventure!
Benton and Daniel were so excited to find a tree...

This is the tree they selected for Gigi and Boppa's house...
Maybe a TAD on the large side!

Thumbs up- Thumbs down... who will the lucky winner be this year??

It was a big decision, but Big D pulled through!

We love the Wilson girls!!

We successfully selected a tree and I'm pleased to announce that we have enjoyed it immensely. :)

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Merry Christmas... and Happy Thanksgiving, late!

I would like to confess that it has been far too long since I have blogged. Life has been so incredibly exciting in the last few months! After all, it's been FOOTBALL SEASON! (but we won't mention that last game...)

Along with football happenings, Monroe and Katie have successfully moved to Clemson AND we've moved our office and are finally settled. All of the files are moved, most of the furniture is permanent, the walls are painted- now to find the perfect finishing touches. We've enjoyed working in our new place in Pendleton and boy have we been busy! So very blessed to work with my family... just wish the ARIZONA family would move back!!

Kathryn Wilson :)-- when they visited for Thanksgiving

I am going to attempt over the next week or so to post pictures of the kids. It's been far too long since the blog world has been updated. I also owe you a little office and house sneak peak! I'm so sorry to those of you who have contacted me... and do realize that I have left you all hanging. :) SO, be watching out!

The outside of our work of art... :) So happy to be in historic downtown Pendleton!
 I'll post more pictures of the interior...

UNTIL THE REAL UPDATES, I leave you with a few Smetana family pictures. These were taken downtown Pendleton right outside our office... What a cute place to be if you've never visited! Come see me!

And if I didn't post this picture below, I feel like I would be a failure! Look at that little Ellie... future pianist for sure! (Or she can be like me and go to piano lessons so she can shoot hoops....) :) 

Thankful for this little family... now, back to work!