Happy Thanksgiving!!!

As most of you who read my blog and know me personally, we had our Thanksgiving last Saturday. The day we celebrate doesn't matter so much to us as being with our friends and family does. We do this so that the kids dad, who has a ton of family to visit on Thanksgiving, isn't trying to shove it all in a few hours. Being able to compromise is important to us also, especially since we need to share the kids.

Anyways, some things I'm thankful for this year:
*4 happy, healthy children
*1 happy, healthy marriage
*lots of happy, healthy family
*lots of happy, healthy friends
*a good relationship with my ex and his wonderful wife
*having a career that allows me to spend time with my family
*also having a career that allows me to make others happy by capturing those memories that are so important to them
*having a roof over our heads
*food in our bellies
*a job that allows us to have these things
*a good, spiritual foundation that allows me to be confident in myself
*love

My fondest wish is that you who read my blog are surrounded by these things as well. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Breakfast at Bogey's

Saturday was the Galax Conservatory of Dance and Theatre's breakfast benefitting the Conservatory's production of The Nutcracker! In attendance was Santa, the Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara and her Prince, and many more characters from this amazing ballet! We encourage you to come and see the production! For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Conservatory's website or call 276-236-2105.

Galax High School Auditorium:

Saturday, December 6 at 6pm

Sunday, December 7 at 3pm

Ashe County Civic Center

Saturday, December 13 at 2 and 6pm

2009 Wedding Giveaway!!!

Do you know someone who is getting married, but can't afford to have those precious memories captured? Maybe they have been hit by a layoff and are having to scrape their wedding together. There are a hundred reasons we don't always get the wedding of our dreams, but we settle for the I do's that we can manage.

We are giving away 1 Basic Wedding Coverage Package (up to 5 hours of wedding day coverage and images on CD) to a person who otherwise would not be able to afford to have their wedding memories safely captured. Interested? All you have to do is send me an email telling me who you are nominating and why (thompsons_photography@yahoo.com). Include your name and phone number in your email as well as the person you are nominating.

The last day for entries is December 20, 2008. This will give us time to decide on our winner and let them know for a fantastic Christmas gift! So hurry, get your nomination in today!

Juliana's Bridal Session - Redux!!!

Today was Juliana's wedding! So... here are some of our favorites from her bridal session at Cumberland Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway! She is such a stunning woman and was such an easy person to work with! She wasn't afraid to do anything!

No Spots... not today

I was cleaning my cameras today and when I went to load them back up, my kitten, Spots, had decided she didn't want to give up her spot!

New president aside...

This is normally not the forum I would use to talk about this, but I feel I have to. I spent much time before the election doing research all the cadidates, and on that, based my decision on who was getting my vote. Well, the man I chose didn't get elected. Shoot, he didn't even get second place. Anyways, I voted Independent, well Constitution actually.

Anyways, after President-elect Obama appointed his new Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, I did more research and found something VERY disturbing! His Plan.

Emanuel's plan is about "asking" our children to be part of a national service, by spending 3 months of basic training in civil defense and community service. While this may be wonderful if he was actually asking our children to do this, he isn't. It will be mandatory for those between the ages of 18-25. Emmanuel calls for “a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing, for the first time, an ethic of universal citizen service. All young Americans should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service… Universal citizen service will bring Americans of every background together to make America safer and more united in common purpose.”

Personally, this sounds like socialism rather than democracy. How can it be asking if it is mandatory? And what happens to those who don't do what they are asked? Will they be charged with a crime? Can anyone say draft?

What was our new president thinking?

The website is down...

Well, the old website is officially down! Check back for updates on everything!

Juliana's Bridal Session!!!

Wow! I was so worried that since we were doing them on location that they wouldn't turn out very well. The weather was beautiful, the sky was blue, and Juliana was stunning! Of course the wedding isn't for 2 more weeks. Sooo... you'll have to wait a couple weeks to see them. And I can't wait to show you!

Congrats GC Blue!!!

I just wanted to congratulate my son's football team, the Grayson County Blue, on a fantastic 2008 football season! Chase is number 54, can't miss him there in the middle! I would also like to congratulate all the rest of the recreation department teams from Fries, Galax, and Carroll County who all played fair games and displayed good sportsmanship throughout this season! All of you played some awesome games and all of us are very proud of you!