When it came time to brainstorm ideas for our annual Exum family Christmas card, we were tired. We were wrapped up in Bella and Sawyer's busy schedules, school and work and longed for more "down time" with our family. We wanted to create a photo that would capture this seemingly elusive dream--a simple, beautiful family experience. Of course, Steve and his team managed to execute this flawlessly, but creating the photo wasn't so simple. On our "quest for simplicity," we dug up a tree in the dark on a mountain (don't ask) and then two weeks later drove it to the beach and "planted" it in the sand where we wrapped it in hundreds of lights and lit it up with a generator which roared in the dunes as we ran up and down the beach barefoot with frozen toes. You may ask, "was it worth it?" Absolutely, we were together. May we all cherish the simple, beautiful moments shared with those we love. Merry Christmas - The Exums of Elon

My good friend and financial advisor Rick Fisher knows the value of his network of family, friends, and clients. Rick is a successful family man, businessman and community leader. He works tirelessly at all three and has been an inspiration to me. I was honored when he asked if I would create a memorable Fisher Wealth Management Birthday card. The fact that Rick has always sent a personalized birthday card shows how much he cares about his network. The fact that he and his staff were willing to go to great lengths to help my team pull off the card "HOPE YOU HAVE A BLAST!" illustrates just how special is Rick's team at Fisher Wealth Management. FYI - No Armani or Gucci suits were hurt during the execution of our photo shoot. All participant's brought second hand clothing that could be sacrificed for the cause.

Special thanks goes to Rick and his associates, Dick, Wllly, Johnathon, Tina, Patsy, Vicki and Emily for their enthusiastic cooperation. A big thanks to Rick's daughter Candace pictured helping us with our mayhem during our cake and icing backyard sling fest. Thank you to my associate Griffin Davis for his help setting up the shoot and his stellar retouching of the final images. His work breathed life into the imagery. Many, Many thanks to my mother-in-law and super-creative set design coordinator Elizabeth Hensley (aka - Squeaky). Thank you to Terry Christian for her "explosive" make-up application. Thanks to our amenable baker Jorge from Compare Foods who made a beautiful AND delicious cake. A HUGE thanks goes to my graphic designer Rob Edwards of Prairie Dog Illustrations who helped conceive the exploding cake idea, the card verbiage AND who worked on multiple drafts until I was happy. I think I drove him a bit crazy with all my requests. For some very sound and grounded financial advise please contact the team at Fisher Wealth Management. Tel: (336) 532-4396 Website: http://www.fisher-wealthmanagement.com/