The 4th Thursday in November

Happy Thanksgiving all! It's officially the holiday season in my book and for me it's the most wonderful time of the year!

This year for Thanksgiving I did more cooking than I've ever done in the past and it was a success. Normally, we have a turkey that we'll cook or have deep-fried but this year we ordered a smoked turkey from Greenberg; and it was delish! I highly recommend them! Usually, I have my mom make her dressing for me, but this year I did it on my own. And other than forgetting to turn on the oven at first, it came out almost like my moms. Along with the smoked turkey & dressing rolls I also made some southern style greens and tried The Pioneer Woman's Soul Sweet Taters for the first time. I added some cinnamon, nutmeg & rum extract to the taters and they were to die for!

Our day started off by sleeping in and prepping dinner. That afternoon, we headed out to visit some of my extended family whom I hadn't seen in a while, which was nice and then headed to his parent's house to watch some Thanksgiving day football and relax. We finally made it back home around 7:30pm and it was rest & relaxation from there along with some more eating.

The day was filled with much gratitude and I hope everyone had a great day filled with family, friends and food.

I headed to Costco for a tiny bit of Black Friday but that was it. How about y'all? Did anyone do any midnight shopping for Black Friday?

Here's a peek at my day via Instagram...

Team Jenkins Together for the First Time

Have I ever mentioned that Kawon has a part-time deejay business and that I work full-time as a photographer? Yep, we're pretty much a dynamic duo! And for the first time,  we'll be working at the same wedding tomorrow! Whoop, whoop!

We're always being told that we should offer packages together, but I didn't feel it would be right considering we haven't actually worked together yet. So depending on how tomorrow goes (well I hope) starting in 2013 Shayla J. Photography we be offering photography packages that will also include a deejay as well.

It's so nice when we get to work together on the weekends instead of him working one event and me working another. Some weeks we're like two trains passing in the night. Literally, he'll get in from working at 3am and I'm leaving the house at 5am. So being able to spend time with him on the weekends, even if we are working is going to be nice.

In addition to the wedding tomorrow, We are also booked together for a wedding on Sunday but instead of the photographer I was hired as the Day of Coordinator. Yep, you got that right, I'm a jack of all trades! I acted as the Day of Coordinator for a friend's wedding back in May and did such a good job making things come together that I was contacted by a friend of the bride to do the same for her wedding. So once, we get to work together!!

I'll be sure to share sneak peeks of both weddings via Instagram (@Shayla_j) since we'll be away working for the weekend! Wish us luck!!

Enjoy  your weekend!

 

Wedding Registry, Part One

Made a last minute decision this morning to head to the mall and start working on our wedding registry. The only problem was we started at Macy's on the day of their biggest one day sake of the season. FAIL! It was so packed it didn't make our experience very fun.

We registered mainly for kitchen items and a few towels and that's it. We're also registering at Target but we had enough for one day.

We headed to eat lunch across the street afterwards and will give it another try in a few weeks. But next time I'm sure we'll go in the evening during the week to miss the crowds with the holidays coming up.

Stay tuned for part two!

The Day After

Yesterday, I voted yesterday and then went home, turned off the television and stayed off of Facebook for the rest of the day.

These last few weeks have shown people's true colors about how they feel and while it's okay for everyone to express their own personal opinion, it's not okay to put others down.

I'm just happy that it's over. Well, that the elections are over. People need to understand that Americans had a choice and the majority won. Now as American's we have to deal with it whether you agree or not for the next 4 years.

Just remember that everything happens for a reason and everything is working out just that way that God has planned it.