Duke Chapel, Durham - Hinton Family

It was a real pleasure meeting the Hinton family this past Sunday. Brad is one amazing young man. He is currently attending Duke Divinity School where he is in his first of the three years he will be attending. His mother, Sandra, wanted a photograph of him in front of Duke Chapel. The school means quite a bit to Brad - so after taking a few photographs by Duke Chapel, we went and took some at Duke Divinity that were important to Brad. The school, like the chapel, are both beautiful and rich in architect. We took some time to create a few portraits of Brad, as well as both of his parents Sandra and Bill and his friend Erin. Brad is also an EMT and loves the outdoors. He should be happy, they are calling for snow this weekend, and he loves to ski.

Biz-Link luncheon fundraiser for Loaves & Fishes

Biz-Link recently held a wonderful luncheon at the Cutting Board Restaurant in Burlington. The luncheon was put together with one thought in mind – giving back to the community. According to Jennifer Lloyd Ball of Pine Lake Pavilion (and Biz-Link Member) said that, “78 people attended the event including the Biz-link members. The Biz-Link Collected a total of $883.14 for Loaves and Fishes!!! What a great success!” Loaves and Fishes is a wonderful organization who helps the many local families in need with food.

It was great to see many businesses come out to spend the afternoon networking and hearing keynote speaker Doug Stevenson talked about “How to Thrive in a Tough Economy.” There were many prizes won throughout the afternoon, lots of laughter and good food. A BIG thank you to all who attended and help make this a great success. Biz-Link has a weekly meeting held on Thursday at Benjamin's Seafood Restaurant in Burlington off of Church Street. If you like to learn more about Biz-Link call: 229-6103 or visit them at the The Biz-Link.


Sponsors:
The Cutting Board
Fire Cloud Design
All State Agencies
Texas Road House
Pine Lake Pavilion
Action Travel
Kitchen 14 Catering
Help Me Debbie
Shiloh Presbyterian Church
Red Bowl Restaurant
Lifeway Christian Center
Alamance Glass & Mirror
Hayes Homebuilders

Some of the beautiful tables for the event.

Getting to know one another..



Winning some of the wonderful door prizes

Loaves and Fishes

Doug Stevenson of Abundance Business Solutions Company gave a great presentation, "How to thrive in a tough economy."

A contest between two of the members - who could get the most people to attend the luncheon.



All in good fun, the loser would have to eat crow. Which btw tasted like chicken.

Happy Thanksgiving

I am so very blessed – celebrated a wonderful “early" Thanksgiving with my family last Saturday as my husband went to Germany for his work. We enjoyed all the traditional foods of Stuffed Turkey – my mother’s recepie of wonderful stuffing and loads of other goodies. It isn’t the food – it is the time that we finally get to sit down as a family and be together. Today, I am enjoying the day with my children, we are going to make a huge pot of pasta sauce that will last us through the holiday. With 8 pounds of ground sirloin and Italian sausage - it is one meaty sauce. Then we are going to make Gnocchi. A family tradition for every Christmas Eve since I was a little girl, making homemade potato dumplings. So we thought why not today? These are so yummy – but after you eat Gnocchi, you are done for the night – it is on the couch watching a movie. I have many blessings this year – my family, my friends, the wonderful people I have gotten to know and photograph and my all my pets (Precious, Wishbone, Sweetpea, Jake “the cheese puff”, Tigger, Oreo and Mushu). I wish everyone a very Happy and a blessed Thanksgiving!