Ashley Glasco Photography

Good morning friends!  I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather we are having!  I hope it stays like this for a while!  OK, I have to admit….I’ve been slacking in the blogging department, What a crazy couple of months it has been!  BUT I have been doing A LOT of “behind the scenes” work with the business and I am so happy to see my hard work paying off!  I have designed and ordered new sample albums, updated and ordered my bridal guide, completed all of my tax paperwork, stayed up to date with all of my 2016 expenses, updated my wedding contract and all consent forms, designed and ordered new marketing materials(business and thank you cards, and brochures), updated all of my business email documents, decided on my couple’s gifts for the year and ordered everything, shot a few sessions, and am almost completely booked for 2016 and even started booking 2017 weddings!  Im sure there are plenty of things Ive missed listing, but that is a big chunk of it!  Now that wedding season has officially kicked off, I will be posting more frequently! 🙂  I am looking forward to implementing the Manic Mondays again because it really does help me stay on track with my “to-do” lists.  I have my goals for the week below the sneak peek from Jesse and Charity’s wedding this past weekend!  I am excited to share more soon!

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Personal:

-download our beach session photos and order prints

-finish taking down Christmas decor

-Pinewood Derby on Saturday

-take photos of our finished attic and share!

-Leah’s birthday party on Saturday

-gymnastics meeting today

-dentist-I chipped a part of my cavity last night!

Goodwill-lots of stuff to donate!

-attend a friend’s party this evening

-Kaleigh’s band concert on Tuesday

-paint hallway, Kaleigh’s room, and our bathroom

-attend all of Kaleigh’s gymnastics meets for school

 

Business:

-blog sessions!

-edit newborn session

-begin getting tax stuff together

-design and order new sample album

-send out client orders

-8 client meetings!

-calculate all business expenses/profits from 2015

-update wedding contract

-phone conference at 2:00

-update bridal guide

-order bridal guide

-order new marketing materials

-skype meeting with 180 Reflections

-shoot Charity and Jesse’s wedding

-assist Hollie with a wedding

 

 

This week’s agenda:

Personal:

-attend a YMCA training course for a volunteer position

-order light fixtures for hallway

-have lunch with Carter at school

-catch up on laundry

-get stitches taken out

 

Business:

-send out client gifts

-blog Aaron and Denise’s e-session

-cull and edit Charity and Jesse’s wedding

-clear space on computer and back up files

-assist with a wedding for Brian and Brandie this weekend!

-record expenses

-client meeting on Wednesday with Megan

-implement 17 hats(which means I need to learn the program!)  It is a system including time tracking, bookkeeping, quotes, forms, calendar, invoicing, contracts, email and more! 🙂  Yay!  I am excited for this program as it will help me be even more organized in 2016!

-follow up emails

-order boxes for Bridal Guide magazine

 

 

 

Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  So lets talk about SNOW!  For one, I was not expecting any snow this past weekend…in fact, I really wasnt sure that we would get ANY snow this winter.  It has been exceptionally warm(hello?!!?!  Christmas!?!) so the thought of snow has not been on my mind at all!  But I am glad it came and it was beautiful!  Just enough to coat the trees, but not enough to stick.  That is my kind of snow!  And if  you have ever driven down my driveway, you know why! 😉  I am excited for the weather forecast this week, with expected snow coming in and then warm weather to melt it away!!  I hope we get enough for the kids to be able to sled down our driveway….we shall see!

Anyway, this past weekend was jam packed with lots of fun things!  Friday night, Kaleigh had a semi-formal dance, so it was kind of a big deal…her “first” dance!  We went out and purchased a new dress for her and I did her hair that evening.  She looked so beautiful and grown up…I cant believe she will be 12 in a matter of months, that is scary!!  I am not ready for all of the new things that are coming our way(well, mainly boys and hormones haha!)  I guess we will take it one day at a time! 😉   Kaleigh had a great time at the dance and had a few friend over after for a sleepover.  I’d say that they had a great time hover boarding, eating junk food, singing, dancing and being typical 11 year old girls!  We took Carter to G-Force Go Karts with his cousin and my dad to do some racing…they had a great time as well!

Saturday, we took Carter to his basketball game in the morning and them dropped him off with my dad, aunt, uncle and cousin to hang out and play for the day and to spend the night.  Jay and I had a co-ed baby shower to attend and then we had dinner with friends that evening.  We ended the day watching the crazy Packers/Cardinals game!  And because Jay and I never get to do this because we usually have the kiddos, we treated ourselves to brunch, mimosas and more football!  Later that day, we headed over to pick up the kids and watch the second game.

Although it was a busy weekend, it was very relaxing!  BUT, its time to get moving…the kids are out of school today and I have A LOT of cleaning to do….so can you guess how my day will go?!  Haha!  I’ll end this post with a few photos of Kaleigh from her dance and the goals below!  Have a great day!  PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE

 

Personal:

-download our beach session photos and order prints

-finish taking down Christmas decor

-Pinewood Derby on Saturday

-take photos of our finished attic and share!

-have lunch with Carter at school

-Leah’s birthday party on Saturday

 

Business:

-blog sessions!

-edit newborn session

-begin getting tax stuff together

-design and order new sample album

-send out client orders

-client meeting on Saturday

 

Hello Monday!  What a BEAUTIFUL weekend we had!  I hope everyone got the chance to get outside and enjoy the weather!  We had a weekend FULL of Christmas fun!  Friday, we went out to dinner and then went to the Illuminate show!  The kids had a great time and Jay and I always enjoy the lights. 🙂  We made it home just in time for Santa on the firetruck!  Its a Mechanicsville tradition where Santa visits ALL the neighborhoods!  Its been going on for the last couple of weeks and it was finally our turn to get our visit!  I love that they do this!

Saturday, we went to Carter’s basketball game and I treated him to lunch with just the two of us.  After, we came home and did some cleaning while the kids played outside and then I had a photo shoot!  I am excited to show you the images soon!  Saturday evening we went ice-skating and the kids skated for 3 1/2 hours!  It was after 10:00 when we left and they both fell asleep on the way home…they were exhausted!

Sunday, we spent all day cleaning and preparing for my niece, Raelynn’s, first birthday!  It was such a fun celebration and my sister did a fantastic job with all of the decorations and food!  I am excited to share the cake smash session we did last week!  🙂

This week is another busy week and I am STILL not finished Christmas shopping!  I am hoping to get a lot accomplished this week, wish me luck!  Below are some photos from ice-skating and then the goals!  Happy Monday! PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE

Personal:

-Carter’s Christmas play at school!  He has a leading role! 🙂

-begin Christmas shopping

-laundry and clean(massive amounts!)

-prep for Raelynn’s birthday party for Sunday

-Carter’s book fair at school

-Raelynn’s 1 year photos

-photos with Santa and drive around to look at Christmas lights

-possible Spider’s game??

-download our beach session photos and order prints

-send out Christmas cards!

 

Photography Business Goals:

-edit and blog!

-record mileage and expenses

-family session on Tuesday

-client photo orders

-engagement session on Saturday

 

This week’s agenda:

Personal:

-download our beach session photos and order prints

-photos with Santa and drive around to look at Christmas lights

-finish Christmas shopping

-take photos of our finished attic and share!

-Carter’s boy scouts Christmas party on Tuesday evening and his classroom party on Friday

-plan some fun things to do for Christmas break!

-Mitchel’s annual Christmas party on Saturday!

-Nana’s birthday dinner on Saturday evening

-Tacky sweater and gingerbread house making at Blake and Kati’s on Sunday

-edit photos from Raelynn’s birthday

 

Business:

-edit and blog!

-client meeting today!

-family session on Tuesday

-possible maternity session on Friday