New Year Wishes

Happy New Year!!!!!

Here is to yours and our best year ever ~ 2009!!!

See you in 2009.

My Christmas Wish

My Christmas wish for you is that you will be surrounded by those that you love and that you make many memories to laugh about at future Christmas gatherings. And I wish for you that you are blessed with the love and peace from our Lord on our Savior Jesus Christ’s birthday. May we all remember that was the best gift of all; given to us so many years ago and it is still giving.

Merry Christmas,
Denise

The Abernathy's And A Thank You To A Sailor

Here is a fun family that I am glad I have gotten to know. They sure know how to have a blast together.

Randal and Elaine have done a great job raising these kids. Stephen is a fine young man and Hailey and Jessica are turning into beautiful young women.It was an honor to photograph Stephen in his uniform. You can really tell he is proud to be a sailor in our Navy and serve his country. We should all take a moment this holiday season and say a little prayer for all of our troops and their families; so many of them are not able to be with their families this year because they are serving us. It is because of the men and women like Stephen that I am able to do what I love to do for my career, sleep in my bed at night without worrying about a bomb going off and that my child will grow up in a country that has so much more freedom than any other country on this earth. Thank you Stephen and all of your fellow servicemen and women; may God Bless you and protect each and every one of you.

Watching Ella Grow

One of the joys of my job is to get to watch so many wonderful families grow and watch their kids get bigger each time we do another session. I feel lucky to not only be able to photograph these changes, but to become a small part of their family as well. Here are some images from the past year or so from one such family.
It is hard to believe that Ella was ever this small now. We did this one when she only a few days old.

She is definitely a daddy’s girl.

But she loves her mommy too.

Look at her now. She sure has grown.

Christmas Fun

Oh I love this time of year. Christmas carols on the radio, candy canes, spending time with family and friends and most importantly reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas.

And as you all know me there is some Christmas fun to be had. I wanted to share with you some fun and free online activities you can do to kill a little more time at work till Christmas or to just have some fun with some friends or family members.

Here is one I found out about last year and they have improved it. It is through Office Max http://www.elfyourself.com/ I did this using some of my dearest friends and thought about sharing it with you all, but they have ammo they could use as revenge. So try it out with some of your friends and family and see just how well they can dance.

The second one is one I found this year and it is from Ace Hardware http://aceyourface.acehardware.com/ace/index.jsp This one let's you build your holiday portrait; that is if you did not make it into the studio for one this year. But hey it is a load of fun to do, so give it a try.

The last one I have is one I just found out about this morning from a friend up in Canada (she is getting a ton of snow today -wish, wish, wish) http://portablenorthpole.sympatico.msn.ca/home/ This is a cool way for your kid to get a personal video message from Santa himself. I did one for Sarah for when she got home from school.

Okay those are the fun Christmas things I have to share with all of you. If you have any fun stuff to share, please feel free to post a link in a comment. Have fun with them all.

Oh forgot the most important one. The Santa Tracker, we have to keep up with where Santa is on Christmas Eve. http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

Dear Santa, cont...

Just got notified that the RFL team is extending the time period to take orders for the sweatshirts with "Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a cure for cancer" on them. So if you would like to have one of these wonderful sweatshirts for yourself or to give as a gift to someone special than please contact

Tamela Mosteller
704-472-6709
Tamela_Mosteller@yahoo.com

This is a great way to get a gift and to give to a great cause at the same time. If you would like more info you can read the post below or contact me or Tami and we will be glad to answer your questions. Thanks for your help and Merry Christmas!!!

Just as with the Grinch that could not steal the Christmas spirit, we are not going to let cancer win.

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a cure for cancer.

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is a cure for cancer.

Love,

Denise (replace my name with yours)

Here is your chance to give a gift (even to yourself) and work towards saving a life too. The Valdese Relay For Life is taking orders for the “Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a cure for cancer.” Sweatshirts. The sweatshirts are $18 and the hoodies (my personal choice) are $20. Pre-orders will be taken through this Friday (Dec 5th). You will receive your sweatshirts next week. The money made off of these sweatshirts will go to help find a cure for cancer. Above is an image of the design on the sweatshirts. If you have any questions or are interested in orders one, heck some of these sweatshirts contact Tamela Mosteller 704-472-6709 Tamela_Mosteller@yahoo.com .

Remember, these sweatshirts make wonderful gifts that will keep your loved ones warm on these cold days we have been having lately and that include you too.

Join The Relay For Life Team In The Parades This Saturday

It is parade season. This Saturday, December 6th is full of them. Sarah and I will be hitting the Hildebran one and the one in Hickory and hope to see you there. Below is a note from the local Relay For Life Committee on the parades that the Relayers will be involved with. Please feel free to join them at either or better yet both parades. I will definitely be at the Hildebran Parade (and possibly the Valdese if we can get out of bed in time) taking images of the Relayers and will post some on the blog. So give me a big smile and pump those fists to let cancer know we mean business!!!


Hello Valdese Relayers!

Come One, Come All
Join us for the parades!!!

Please wear the Dear Santa... Sweatshirt if you have one or your Relay Gear, and your walkin’ shoes - but make sure to stay warm!


Parade info....

*VALDESE PARADE*
9am line up near Valdese Elem School - off Church St. We will meet at the Children's Park at 8:30. So some of us can leave our cars. We will leave the park by 8:40 and get in the line up near VES. Parade will start @ 10am.

*HILDEBRAN PARADE*
12pm line up at East Alps, Tech Department, Hildebran Elem. baseball field. Parade will start @ 1pm.

We will pass out invitations to our Relay For Life kick-off.

Don't forget our next meeting December 18th - Committee @ 5:30 and Team Captains @ 7pm. Hope to see you soon!!!

If you have any questions, please contact
Tamela Mosteller 704-472-6709
Tamela_Mosteller@yahoo.com

Celebrate! Remember! FIGHT BACK!!