So I apologize once again on the severe delay in my posting J
I really have a gap this time! I’ve just been so busy these past couple months
and so when I actually thought about posting and went to look at my last one I
was kinda surprised how long it has been! So I figured I’d better get one out
of the way before the holidays and I get even more behind! (Although I'm writing this as we travel and I left all our pictures on our other computer so this might not post til after we get home :)
Let’s see…after Evelyn’s birthday one thing we did was go
pick out pumpkins and carve them! We were gonna go to the farm nearby and do
the hayride like we did last year but the day Mark had off they were closed so
we just went to one of the nearby churches that brings them in every year and
got some there instead. I was pretty pleased with our pumpkins this year, they
turned out pretty cool! I found both Mark’s design and mine online and really
loved them. Unfortunately the days after we carved were pretty wet so they went
bad realllly quick. Super gross.
Next up was Halloween! I went pretty simple with the kiddos
this year and Evelyn went as a “nice witch”, I made her tutu and then she just
wore a hat, leggings, and shirt with it, and I found Andrew a
sweatsuit/skeleton costume…which I thought would be easy to find, and they
were, but only for little babies! So I finally found this one at a consignment
sale and luckily it fit him at Halloween. He was so excited to go around with
the big kids though and had so much fun! He really think he’s such a big boy
and can do anything the big kids can. It’s so cute!
One of the bigger things we’ve done since my last post was
take a little family vacation to Myrtle Beach! Mark had a long weekend for
Veteran’s Day so we decided to take the time to get out of town and do
something different. I originally wanted to go up to Asheville and do stuff up
there but it was just gonna be too expensive and the drive was much longer so
we just found a hotel/resort place in Myrtle Beach that had a nice indoor
pool/water park area and was on the beach and enjoyed a nice relaxing time away
from home!
As for day to day, Mark has been busy with his usual work
stuff. Evelyn has her preschool 3 days a week and then dance once a week still
and is loving both. They had a parent watch day (we don’t get to watch every
class period which kinda sucks but I get to run errands while she’s in there so
that’s nice J
) so that was fun. She was super cute and did really good! She got a little
“report card” that day and she had good remarks and only had a lower one on
rhythm or something…basically timing issues really…which I did notice during
the class that she had everything down but she was ahead of the beat/other
girls. So yeah, she’s doing great though! Her Christmas recital is in December
so I’m excited to see her on stage.
Andrew is keeping me busy cuz he’s getting into everything
but he’s really a good boy and I’m so grateful he’s good at entertaining
himself, especially while Evelyn’s at school, cuz I can get a lot done! He’s so
adorable and fun though.
And then the biggest picture happening for me is I did my
first wedding in October! I can’t remember if I mentioned anything on here
before or not but a co-worker/friend of Mark’s (I actually did their engagement
pictures) got married in October and had a photographer but a month before the
wedding backed out so they were kinda freaking out and asked me to do it. I was
a bit hesitant at first, mainly cuz that’s just such a bigger undertaking than
a family session in many ways…timewise, editing wise, planning…lots more
pressure cuz it’s one of those moments you either get or don’t get and you
can’t really redo J.
Anywho, so I thought about it for a couple days and finally said yes and really am glad I did. I very luckily got a friend from church to second shoot for me and together we did a really good job! I’m super happy with how everything turned out anyway so I’m pleased with myself. Still not gonna go out and make weddings my main focus or anything cuz they are pretty stressful and I got super lucky and had a really low-key/low-stress wedding for my first one and I know they definitely are not all like that. But at least I have that experience now and know that I can do it if I’m ever asked to do a wedding again…WHICH I actually am gonna shoot my second one in December! J My friend Kelly that I work for, has a best friend, Melissa, up here that does videography for weddings so they team up a lot and do weddings together, the photos and video…anyway, I’ve met Melissa and have seen her around a lot and really like. Anywho, she contacted me the other day about a small/intimate wedding (like there’s only gonna be 12-15 people total with the bride and groom) that she’s doing video for and needed a photographer so she asked me and I’m gonna do it! I’m super glad it’s gonna be so small though. Definitely seems like less pressure/stressful.
Here's a few collages of pics from the wedding :)
SO yeah! That along with my YW calling at church and then
the little projects I throw in for myself here and there…I’ve been busy! It’s
good though, makes time go by and I feel pretty productive! I know that next
year is gonna be super different so I’m really glad for all the pictures I’ve
been able to do lately.
Here's our Family pics this year...I know almost everyone has seen these already or gotten our card but they're so cute! My friend who shot at the wedding with me took them and I love them!
The kids didn't cooperate enough that day to get one of the two of them so I took them out one day myself and took some pics in the cotton fields...which I've been dying to do cuz they're so pretty!!! Nothing has worked out to do anyone's pics there though so I used my two favorite models. :) Doesn't hurt to have more pics of your kids! I love how they turned out though, even though they still weren't cooperating together so I only got the one good shot but that's all you need sometimes! Evelyn was great though and I got some awesome shots of her...she's just growing up too fast though!
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| Happy girl! |
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| Not the best shot ever but they're both looking and smiling so score for me! :) |
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| My beautiful girl! I love this one |
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| and a little more serious/grown up! eek! |
So yeah! I think that's all for now! I'll be posting another smaller post soon with some pics from our Thanksgiving week trip to Alabama!
