The Company Christmas Party

Compass Care Alliance (where I work) had their annual Christmas party on 12/17/08 at Wendy's house in Erwin, Tennessee. Everyone was asked to bring a dish that is special to them around the holidays. The food was FANTASTIC and everyone had a great time! Here are some pictures...

This is our table of food

This is Christy (one of the case managers) and her daughter, Natalie
This is Shawnda, our newest case manager, and Bambi - our billing specialist
Case Managers Claudia and Rick

Our Client Services Manager, Wendy (LOVE HER) and myself

Claudia and I

Shawnda and I
Katrina and I

And finally, Christy and I

Decorating at The Lambert's

Jason and I went to his mom and Greg's house on Tuesday night (12/9) for a night of decorating the tree and catching up with family! We had YUMMY food and TONS of laughs! It was a great time and Granny and Jim even joined in the fun! Here are some pictures from that night!

This is Jason and Jared, being goofy...

And this is Jared and his girlfriend, Sam - who I LOVE!!! I wish she was going to be at Christmas Eve and Christmas with us :(

Jason and I decorating...well, and cracking up!

Kona, with her pretty Christmas bows!

Just the Kids!

Having fun decorating the tree!

I call this one, "Sam with Jolly Hands..."

All this Christmas joy exhausted Greg and Kona...

Group shot!

The J's - Jared, Jim, and Jason...

Jason's mom and grandmother...

Jason, looking a little sleepy after a full night of decorating!
Sam, opening her Christmas presents since she won't be with us on Christmas :(

We hope you are all doing well and getting ready to celebrate the holidays!

Decorating For Christmas 2008

~ Hello Everyone ~

Jason and I decided to decorate for Christmas over the weekend! Luckily the weather cooperated and it snowed ALL DAY! What could make the day better and the home more cozy? Anyway - both of us were decorating, however Jason seemed to "Man" the camera so Diablo and I are in a lot of the pictures :) Of course, when you're as stunning as he is, you can't help but be photographed constantly :) PS - did I mention it was BARELY 20 degrees? FREEZING this winter!

This is us at the tree lot, picking the perfect tree. They are SOO cheap up here - only $30, regardless of the size!

Diablo and I putting the star on the top of the tree before hanging those DREADED lights!

And...said dreaded lights...

After the lights, we decided to dance in the snow - here are some pictures of Diablo freezing his tail off in the snow!

This is me decorating the banister upstairs!

And...Diablo, Josephine, Jason, and I with the finished tree!

Jason and I LOVE Christmas and have decided to collect ornaments from everywhere we travel. This is the completed tree and some of our favorites! We just got the sheep and the gator ornaments from Brooke - Thanks Brooke - LOVE them!

After a full day of decorating...Diablo was EXHAUSTED!

Thanksgiving in Florida

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones! Jason and I decided to head down to Florida this year to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. They will be headed up here to the snow for Christmas! Here are some pictures from our trip, which was WONDERFUL and relaxing!

This is my parents' newest kitty, Freckles! Named after Kate from my favorite show, Lost :)

On Thanksgiving Day we headed over to my Aunt Sue and Uncle Dave's house. Here I am cooking the sausage for Dave's famous stuffing!

And...helping Suzie with desert!

Jason and I with an awesome anniversary gift from Suz and Dave!

This is Andrew Zimmern - Uh - I mean Dave, looking like Andrew Zimmern, from Bazare Foods on the Travel Channel (one of my obsessions) - eating the turkey heart - YUCK!

Jason, proving that you can, indeed, eat healthy on Thanksgiving...with fruit!

Dad and I (in the middle) with Jim and Cassie (Suz's sister) :)

All of us (minus Jason and Dave) before dinner!

Mom, Suz, Cassie, and me :)


Our signature pose :)

Me and my beautiful mom

And my beautiful Aunt Suz

My family

After dinner, relaxing on the couch!

Shopping at Bass Pro Shop the next day!

Me with the kitties who are enjoying their Christmas present, a little early. We got them a big bed for the study, so they can lay together while I work! Come on now, you KNEW I had to throw in a picture of the kitties SOMEWHERE!

I hope you enjoyed! Have a great week everyone!