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merry christmas!!!


This year, festive celebrations and work got the best of me and I didn't take the time to send out Christmas cards. This doesn't have quite the same feel (at all), but here is a feeble attempt at sending my seasons greetings this year. I'm finally safe and sound at home in Alabama, and there's no place I would rather be. I hope you all have a merry and blessed Christmas season and Christmas day! Sending good tidings of joy to you and yours from Alabama and New York City on this Christmas Eve.

smores ornaments


My roommate in college would give me ornaments for Christmas each year (thanks, SarahHo). What a bright idea that was because now I have a small collection of ornaments to adorn my future tree. One year she gave me a smore ornament holding an American flag (she is quite the patriotic!) and it was so adorable. I had never seen anything like it, until last year in a Christmas Ornament swap, I got another smore ornament. I did some research and found out that there are tons of them!! I think they are so cute, and would love to have an entire tree with these adorable little characters...... these are the ones I would choose for this year!
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ann-marie & jon's wedding

This past weekend, in a picture-perfect setting, my friends Ann-Marie and Jon tied the knot! They were married in a beautiful chapel on quintessential 5th Avenue and 55th Street with their reception in a spectacular building overlooking Rockefeller Center and the Rockefeller Christmas tree. I could go on and on about how beautiful the whole wedding and ceremony was (and how sweet it was to be a part of it), but I'll stick to letting the pictures be worth a thousand words.

my fellowship group at the wedding! (so happy to have nana back from CA!)

the knott-craigs

our view for the night.

Rockefeller Center ice skating rink

I took as many pictures by this tree as I possibly could...

This photo was taken at 10:45 at night. And the streets are still jam packed!

bride & groom's first dance!

My friend Kristen from Auburn and Ann-Marie are first cousins. What a small world, indeed!

me and Nichole with the lovely bride

NY skyline! (I did the graphics for the wedding - the skyline and their names!)

uws women's christmas party

Bethany and Katherine






A little blurry, but I love how the tree is shining in the background & the bokeh effect.

the 3 women's groups together.





























































Emily with her cute Kate Spade "Taxi" mittens.

Last Tuesday night, all of the Redeemer women's fellowship groups joined together for a festive "Dirty Santa" Christmas party. It was great having the three groups together. And, I walked away with two new Essie nail colors, so it wasn't too dirty. Very thankful for all of these girls in my life!