I promise, after Saturday, I will have some new stuff on here!! 4 more weddings in fact…maybe some Christmas fun too!

But, the reason for this entry is to hopefully tug at your heartstrings….

Just over the weekend, a family from the school my husband teaches for, lost everything in a fire. EVERYTHING!! I can’t even imagine something like that happening. So, we are rallying up the troops and getting donations to help them since they have nothing.
Now, I am not asking you to send money, I just wanted to put out a reminder that there are so many families that have nothing this holiday season. If you feel it in your heart and you see something that makes you say, “Hey, I can help”…Do it! Whether it be Toys for Tots, the Salvation Army, anything….. Giving feels so good!

Please take care this Holiday Season!

Leslie

Since the year is winding down and I am catching up on all my work to get everything out for Christmas, I am just now getting to my own Christmas cards. Every year for our family card, I usually dress my kids up and do a silly card. But, this year, I decided to keep it simple and and show how sweet my boys are. They are growing up so fast! So I wanted to share with you my gifts from God!
I know we are all so busy with trying to get our shopping done and writing our Christmas cards. Everything is so rush, rush, rush! Let us all remember that Jesus is the reason for the season!
Leslie

I must have been out of my mind today! I met Stevie and Andy in Harrisburg for their engagement session. Holy Cow it was cold! We started down at the river front and I wasn’t sure we were gonna make it! The wind was constant and bitter cold! But, once we walked into the city, it was fine. We had such a good time talking and getting to know one another. Then we went to Fort Hunter for a change of scenery. There were a few events going on there that we had to avoid, but managed to get by.
I will know from now on to bring my gloves on a day like today!!
Here are a few of my favs…..

This year, I decided to be a part of the Lancaster Host Bridal Show on January 21, 2007 hosted byCelebrations!
Katie, Liesa and myself will be there to answer any questions. So bring your Mom and bridesmaids and check us out! Booth #53
Click here for the coupon!

I saw this on another blog today and thought I would try it. I warn you, it does get addicting. You have to have a shot of you looking almost straight ahead. I don’t have very many of those and it kept rejecting the pics I already had. So I shot one of me quick. I know, like I don’t have enough work to do….
I thought you might want to try it too!!!
Here is mine….Never thought I looked like them before…..

Have fun!!

Ok, so I had to do my husband too….

Mary, Vicky, Amanda, Kelsey and Natasha have all been friends since highschool. Now in college and living in different places, they all still seem to have a close friendship that is very rare for a group to have. I loaded them up in my Mom van and we drove around to different places to shoot. Just listening to them giggle and talk about all the things they do together made me miss my girlfriends!
They were fun to hang out with and I actually didn’t feel old this time!!

Yes, yes, I know….What the heck?
Every Thanksgiving my family gets together at my Mom’s house for dinner. After dinner, my sister and I put up the Christmas tree. Kelly would put on the lights just like my Dad used to. Then comes the fun, the reminiscing over the ornaments we made growing up, tinsel or no tinsel and then….who gets to put on the cross-eyed angel ornament. This thing is older than I am…I don’t know how it started either, but my sister decided to call me up earler today to say it was her turn to hang it…(like kids fighting) ” nuh uh, you got to do it last year!” It was my turn!! She was the first thing I hung today!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Today, I headed up to Rocky Ridge park to meet Katie and TIm for their engagement session. It was a little chilly, but a nice day to walk through the park. I did find out, I have no sense of direction when it comes to being in the woods! I get turned around so fast…
Rocky Ridge has a cute little Christmas light show set up to walk through opening next weekend that we got to preview on the way to the look out. What a great view! I actually faced my fear of heights to grab a few shots. It is always nice to have couples that are willing to do anything to get the shot! Especially a few days after running a marathon! That is still amazing to me guys! I hope you have a safe trip back home! Let me know how the seatbelt situation turned out!
Leslie

My friend Matt asked me to be a part of his new website that caters to South Central Pa brides as part of a panel of experts.
This is a great new resource to help brides find the perfect vendors for their wedding. There is also a message board to talk to other local brides for help and suggestions. So go check it out and drop me line if you need help with anything!!
Unique Celebrations

My Saturday started off in Philadelphia, my old home, (well for 2 years) for Jen and Derek’s engagement session. We met them at Logan Square and then walked around the city for a while. Big cities are such a great place for this because there is always a hidden treasure of a spot! And what an incredible day we had! I was a little leary about doing a session so late in the season, but it was perfect!!! Thanks guys for humoring me a bit with my requests!!