I am Thankful for.........

.....FAMILY MOMENTS

Each family has moments,
Moments of happiness and emotion.
Moments that show love and kindness.
To each member of the family.

Some family moments are sad,
Some show hate that never lasts.
Then the truth shines and shows,
Each family moment is special after all.

Family moments may show happiness,
Happiness that lights up the earth.
Family Moments are amazing,
So don't forget your...
Family Moments.


I am thankful for every single person in my family! I have also been blessed with 2 wonderful photographer friends :) Who took photos of my family the first 2 weekends of this month.

Caroline Corwin Photography
http://carolinecorwin.com/

She took our photos the first weekend of November at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island, NC.





Amber Styron of Ambiance Photography
http://theambiancephotography.blogspot.com/

She took these photos the 2nd weekend of November at Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, NC

I LOVE each photographer's photos they both captured something different in each session. I want to thank both of them so much for their talent and time :)

"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter."-- Brad Henry

"Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future."--Gail Lumet Buckley

Been awhile....

Well it has been awhile since I've updated my blog...sorry Jenny :) :) This is for you!

Eric and I got MARRIED June 27, 2009 at 7 p.m. at Camp Albemarle! It was such a great time! The rain held off long enough for the actual outdoor ceremony and then it started to rain right at the end but not bad enough where everyone had to take cover--the tree's were our cover for the light rain. We weren't able to do a lot of pictures after the ceremony like traditional shots with the family and stuff because it did start to rain pretty heavily. But they say its good luck for it to rain on your wedding day right?! I'm saying it is :) I married my best friend in the whole world and I think that is luck right there!

The reception was real nice too! Very busy with mingling and taking pictures with the family and with friends. Brides don't get that much time to relax and actually eat the food they took so long to plan all year long :) I did get a meatball and that was very yummy :) From what I hear the rest of the food was really good too, so that's all I wanted!

Mine and Eric's first dance was "Love You Till The End" by The Pogues. It is such a beautiful song but while we were dancing we realized we should of picked a shorter song or at least cut it shorter. We felt a little awkard out there dancing when everyone is just watching us haha. Eric and I aren't the greatest dancers or anything we didn't do one of those crazy dances where they are choreagraphed, which would of been pretty cool though :) We joked to each other while we were dancing that we felt like we were in middle school dancing cause we just swayed back and forth haha :)

My dad and I danced to "Daughter" by Loudon Wainwright, III.
After all was said and done Eric's brother Aaron drove us to the Dock House where we continued to party the night away with everybody :) It was like a high school reunion there that night because we saw EVERYONE! Including other brides grooms. Then Aaron drove us to our hotel in Atlantic Beach.

The wedding was absolutely perfect I wouldn't of changed anything about it! It all went by soo fast though. They always say that it does, but you don't realize just how fast, fast realy is until its over.

We went to NY for our honeymoon, it was AWESOME! We were there from Monday until Thursday. We did the double-decker tour bus everyday, that way we could try to see as much as we could and get the tour guide to tell us this and that of what we were driving past. One night we went to see Shrek the musical on Broadway which was a lot of fun and pretty funny! I gave Eric the choice of either Shrek, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King or Mama Mia....no surprise why he chose Shrek I guess :) I want to go back and see more plays and of course more sights! You could visit NY for an entire Month and still not see or do everything!

Our hotel overlooking the Hudson River

Central Park

Us on our to see Shrek

I took a picture of the curtain at the musical...then I got yelled at by an usher

We went to Ripley's Believe It or Not after we went to the show and ate dinner :)

Yeah he picked up a woman while we were there :)

So I didn't have much time to really relax after the wedding and honeymoon because during the week of the wedding I called 32 attorneys offices to see if ANYONE was hiring! I had called so many offices saying the same thing "Hi, my name is Chelsea and I'm moving to the area and wanted to see if you were hiring?" Many said the same phrase back to "Not at this time" but I did get a few that said "Not at this time, but if you would like to send us your resume so we could keep it on file" which I did that, with no hopes. Well I get to "Mapp, Mapp & Klein" and the receptionist who answered the phone had said the same thing I had heard all day long "Not at this time, but if you would like to send us your resume so we could keep it on file" so I listened to her tell me the email address to send my resume and then got off the phone. I emailed my resume and didn't think anything of it. Well later on that night I had a 757 area code call me, I had missed the call, but luckily they left a voicemail. I listened to it and it was Mr. Klein--the actual Attorney who called me and said that his receptionist told him that I would be sending him my resume. I told him I had tried but the email I was given kept coming back. So he gave me a different email and told me to try again. I did and he emailed me back a few hours later asking me to call him the next day to set-up an interview! I told him on the phone that I was getting married that Saturday and we were going to NY for our honeymoon but I would be available to start working on July 6th! He asked me if there was anyway I could come up here for an interview. I said yes definitely. He knew I would be driving 5 hours one way to come for the interview. So the Tuesday before the wedding, Eric, myself, Karli, and Brandon drove up here just for the night so I could make it to my 10 a.m. interview on Wednesday. I got to the office had my interview and he hired me on the SPOT :) So that made the entire trip worth it! Not tooo many brides would throw in a job interview the week of their wedding! But I did it and I got it!

I have been working for Mr. Klein since July 6th Mon-Fri 8:30-5 as the Real Estate Closer/Bookkeeper :) Its been tough learning all the new things that I'm responsible for but its worth it! Its a small office, which is something I'm use to having worked at Mr. Thompson's office for 3 years. Mr. Klein is the only attorney, then there is Janie the receptionist/personal injury person, Mrs. Klein who comes in the beginning of the months to do the books and then me! We have just moved back into the old office because of a fire that happened here back in March. They have been remodeling it since then. So its their old office but new to me! I love my new/old office because I have 3 windows :) I'm not use to working with windows because at Mr. Thompson's office I had zero!

Mapp, Mapp & Klein

Me in my office :)

Janie at her desk

Mr. Klein at his desk

Mr. Klein in the TN hall--he's a huge TN fan and every picture on the walls have to deal with TN football or basketball :)

So overall my first 2 months of being Eric's wife have been GREAT! Everyone has asked me if I have learned things about him that I didn't know before and the truth is I guess after dating for over 7 years we basically know everything there is about it each other. So no I haven't found anything new about him that I didn't already know. :)

Also wanted to wish my HUSBAND a HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! I Love You and couldn't ask for a greater husband!

One year ago today...

One year ago today, Eric asked me to be his wife! He was home for a week and it was just any typical work evening. I got off of work at 5 and headed over to his parents house. Nobody was home so Eric and I decided to go shopping. He said where do you want to go. So I was like "I have a gift card at Bed Bath and Beyond we can go there" so we proceeded to go outside to the car. As we stood outside trying to pick a vehicle to get in (his or mine) I finally just unlocked my car door and sat in the passenger side because I didn't want to drive. He was being weird about driving and I couldn't figure out why. Because normally he just automatically gets in the drivers seat. Well after a few minutes of us bickering back and forth about driving and what not. He finally came over to my side of the door and took my hand and said "we will just take my truck if I'm driving" I said "can you just make a decision already!" haha. Then as we are going to his truck (which was right next to my car) we got in between the vehicles and as we got around my car he got down on one knee and held up the ring in his hand and said "I Love you and I'm never leaving" then asks me to marry him. My initial response well of course was SHOCKED and I believe I kept saying over and over again "Are you serious?" "Are you sure?" I did finally say "YES" but I was just in complete shock. After all the excitement of being engaged Eric said "well what do you want to do now, do you still want to go to bed bath and beyond?" hahaha! I was like "no we must call everyone" HAHAHA :)

My dad was the first to know because Eric had actually called him and asked his permission first :) Aww so cute and traditional...loved it!

My mom's reaction was a bit funny. We went to my house so I could tell my mom and sister in person. Of COURSE neither of them were home! I had the biggest news EVER and they weren't home to tell! I had called all my friends and Kathryn came over and she was jumping up down with excitement :) :) She got to witness us telling my mom!

Well here is what happened. I had called her and asked her where she was and she (not knowing anything of course) was like "I'm at the grocery store, do you need or want anything?" you know being the typical mama that she was just making sure I had everything I wanted. I said "no, just wondering when you are going to be home" she said "after I leave the store" so me, Eric and Kathryn waited patiently in the living room for her to come home. About 20 minutes after the phone conversation she walks in the door. I said I'll wait until she puts the grocery's away. Well she puts the dog outside then starts to put the grocery's away. I'm trying to draw her into the living room by asking her about her day and what not thinking she would walk into the living room to have the conversation with us. Well another 20 minutes go by and she has not walked into the living room yet. I finally just said "will you come in here and talk to us!" she was like "I have no time I have to finish putting the grocery's away, take a shower,get in my pajamas and make me something to eat!" So I really and truly had to force her to come sit with us haha! I said "well I think you need to come in here and sit down" she was like "why whats the matter?" I said "nothing its just something you want to sit for" So she FINALLY comes into the living room and sits on the couch we are ALL smiling! I hold out my hand and say "look" she looks at my hand and is like "is this for real?" and she was shocked as well she was like "oh my gosh are you serious this isn't a joke right?" hahaha! She of course started to tear up and gave us all hugs! It was soo funny!

In 24 days I will marry my high school sweet-heart. I have loved him since 9th grade and will continue to love him the rest of my life. Its the best feeling in the world to be committed to one person for the rest of my life and I look forward to that commitment. We will start a new chapter in our life together.