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December 27, 2008

Post Christmas Coffee house coffee at Helios

December 12, 2008

On Friday night we helped out by serving coffee at our church's Christmas musical coffee house.  Afterwards a group of us went down to Helios for some....coffee.....go figure.  

Me, Angie and Erin

Bryan, Su-Anne and me


Jingle Ball 2008

December 11, 2008

On Thursday night we went to the Jingle Ball, a Toy-raiser in downtown Raleigh at the Marbles Museum.  Your "ticket" in is a toy worth a certain amount and then its a big party/dance for the evening.  We went to Cafe Luna for dinner before hand (one of my favorite restaurants). 

The group from Cafe Luna (Eric, Meg, James, Jason, Lori, Me)

Jason and me as pirates

Lori and me stuck in the portholes

Eric and I (self explanatory)
The pirate ship 
All the toys raised 
Lori, Meg ad Me

James and me on the dancefloor

Bryan's birthday and Shane & Shane

December 7, 2008

On Sunday night we surprised Bryan for her birthday with a small party at Jason and Becca's house and then with tickets to the Shane & Shane concert.  What a fun evening!

Susannah, Bryan and me at the concert

Lori, Susannah and Angie
James and me

Angie and me

Bec and me

It's a Pink Christmas

December 6, 2008

Our friends Karoline, Taylor and Trisha had their annual "It's a Pink Christmas" party.  I only got a few pictures from the night (of me and my roomie Susannah).
 

Jackson's First Birthday

December 6, 2008

The day after I moved back to Raleigh we celebrated Jackson's first birthday.  

Jackson's birthday cake.  The party was "truck"' themed

Jackson's personal cake

Me with sweet baby Rachel (Anna's baby girl)

College girl friends

Alison with her ultrasound (how she told us she was having twins)

Jackson digging in to his cake....he loved it

Jackson opening the Noah's Ark I gave him.  He played with it for the rest of the party

Jackson and I playing with his Noah's Ark

Me with Alison and baby X 2

Family Visit

November 30, 2008

The weekend after Thanksgiving my cousin and aunt were in Danville for a wedding (who knew anything else happened in Danville, PA).  It was nice to get to see them as it had been since last January since I had seen them last.

Jenny and I 

Me, Jenny, Aunt Debbie, Alex

Last night in Philly

October 24, 2008

On my last night in Philly the Cerynik's took me out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory.  This is the family that I lived with for about 4 months at the end of my time in Philly.  It was a really nice evening to spend time with them.  I realized that I didn't have any pictures of all of us together so we took one at the end of dinner.  

Me, Doug, Linda, Micah and Stefan

The Redmond wedding

October 18, 2008

On Saturday my friends Becca and Jason got married.  It was such a fun wedding/reception. 

Me with the newly married couple

Becca breakin' it down on the dance floor

Sweet friends Susannah and Bryan

My sweet Su-Anne and me

Bec and Jason dancing with neice Lydia

Lily Ruth Horton

October 17, 2008

On October 16, 2008 Lily Ruth Horton was born.  It was so nice because she was born as I was pulling into Raleigh for a visit home.  I got to visit Suzanne, Aaron and Lily in the hospital for a little bit.  She is such a cutie pie. 

Sweet baby Lily

My first time holding Lily

Me, Suzanne, Amy and Lily

NC State Fair 2008

October 17, 2008

I made a trip to NC for the NC State Fair (my 11th year in a row) and a wedding.  It rained almost the entire night of the fair and was very cold as well but I love the state fair so I had a great time.   Here are a bunch of pictures (mostly of eating fried stuff) from the night. 

Jay chomping on his giant turkey leg

Travis eating skin from Jay's giant turkey leg...ewww!

Travis and me eating a friend candy bar...YUMMMMMM!

Travis and me eating friend pickles in the rain

Travis eating the ranch dressing that came with the friend pickles

Maria and me holding tiny baby chicks....our yearly baby chick picture

Travis eating a friend cheeseburger...I tried it and it was pretty bad

A group shot 

Yea, we thought this was pretty funny

Swain in Philly

September 25-27, 2008

The last weekend in September my friend Su-Anne came up to Philly to visit.  She and her aunt and her aunt best friend went to some Gardens and Ikea during the day while I had to work and then we went out each night.  The first night I took Su-Anne to Continental, one of my favorite restaurants in Philly.  On Saturday we "toured" Philly, including a lunch stop at Geno's, one of the famous Cheesesteak places in Philly.  



Su-Anne and me in front of Continental

In front of Geno's! (my preference over Pat's)

All four of us at Geno's

Becca and Jason's wedding shower

September 20, 2008

I took a trip home to NC for the weekend and got to attend my friends Becca and Jason's wedding shower.  It was a really fun place to have a shower....a little island in the middle of a lake at Pullen Park.  Here are a few pictures from the event.


The happy couple opening the waffle iron I gave them!

Me and Bryan...sweet friends!


Amy and her sweet boy Luke.  What a cutie pie

Amy and me...love this girl!


Another picture of Bec and Jason.