special delivery...

from corrieberrypie aka corrie alvaro (corrie, her husband john jay, and son judah have been such a blessing to curt and i here in durham). anyway, corrie is super cool and way talented and a superb wifey and a splendid momma...you get the picture. she recently opened an etsy shop to share her many talents with the world...so i indulged and bought potential christmas gifts for the fam and maybe for myself ;) i just received my first five purchases...check them out...and if your lucky, santa may drop you a corrieberrypie original under the tree.

all of her earrings are hand crafted

i love this necklace...santa said i could keep it.

meet the artist corrie, along with husband john jay, and look-a-like judah

please check out her stuff...if you look to the right, you will see her link, and check back after thanksgiving...she will have lots of new stuff.

oh so happy...

for my great friend mary ellen...she is engaged to the lucky jay harden...WOO...WOO! i am so so so extremely happy for the two of them. it has been a blast watching them grow with each other over the last four or so years...lots of sweet and funny memories (i.e. like the first time they said i love you..ha.ha.). the invites will be perfect, the wedding will be fantastic, the bride will be breathtaking, and their love will be forever...i can't wait ;)

also, i am oh so happy for jessie and vince...one year of marriage...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

and last, but not least, i am oh so happy because my in-laws came to visit. we had such a great time hanging out, catching up on sleep, eating fabulous meals, and exploring durham. and the best part is, we get to see them again in a week...Thanksgiving. thanks guys for coming to spend time with us...it was a much needed break.

our trek to bobbitt hole

although curt is barely treading water with school work right now, he did accept the life jacket I tossed him on thursday afternoon to take a well deserved break. we decided it was just the right time to head over to the eno river state park to indulge in the splendor of fall. the leaves here are spectacular right now; they are every conceivable shade of orange, yellow, red, and green. isn't fall lovely ;)

we hope you are able to soak up our scenic and captivating hike to bobbitt hole....and please observe the sky...it was so blue, it reminded us both of our wedding day.

and we're off into a sea of yellow...

we love self timers...

we met a friend on the way...

so yellow...

the reflection was awesome...the water was so still

we also met a family of five...the turtles were sun bathing on a log

bobbitt's hole...we made it...and the water was freezing..burrrrh

look what we found...a tree with a built in toliet

thanks for sharing in our first trip to the eno!

pumpkins, candies, and russell henry, oh my...

although our halloween treat bowl is still full...yes not one cute little trick.or.treater...we had a spook.a.rrefic halloween celebrating with our friends. and who is russell henry? well wonder no more...meet russell dressed in his sunday best...and his wife dr. holly warren.

russell and tom solving the world's problems

russell, cowboy tom, johann, brad

holly and i...she dressed as me (nurse) and i dressed as her (MD)

me, emily (she and brad dressed as mr. and mrs. pacman), jina, and holly

we hope your halloween was a boo.tiful day.