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Ashley Glasco Photography
On-location, natural light photographer in Richmond, VA. Specializing in custom portrait and wedding photography.
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Good morning everyone! I know its been a while since I have posted a Manic Monday and I apologize! I am have been SO bad about keeping up with my blog and I am so sorry for that! This time of year is extremely busy with weddings, shoots, end of school year activities, kids’ birthdays, summer planning, household chores, after-school activies, and family time lol! I have been really trying to keep my priorities straight so that I dont get too stressed out and whatever gets done will get done and whatever doesnt get done, doesnt get done lol. I hope that doesnt make me seem like a slacker. I have just spent too many years stressing out about things that really do not matter in the end. This weekend was SO exhausting haha! Friday, Kaleigh had her birthday party with her friends(a total of 15 girls! for a 3 hour pool party!) I dont think I sat down one time that entire day/night and I didnt eat a single thing until dinner time(when I sat down finally lol!) It was SO much fun but it was realllllly tiring. Saturday, I headed to Williamsburg for Matt and Emily’s wedding(SOOO beautiful, fun, and perfect) but I was TIRED!!! I didnt get home until almost 2 am and I was too tired to even wrap Kaleigh’s presents for her birthday 🙁 I didnt think she would mind because we went shopping together so she knew everything she was getting, but she was a little upset to not get to open anything on her birthday. 🙁 It was also Father’s Day and I feel so bad about this now, but guys….I was beyond exhausted. I dont know why I planned a birthday party around a wedding, but my legs have been throbbing since Friday afternoon. I was worthless on Sunday and I feel bad because that was not “my day” but I kind of made it that way because of the busy weekend I had. 🙁 And if you dont have kids and are reading this….just wait! haha
So the list below is from the last few week’s of my to-do list!
Personal:
-maybe a bowling night and a trip to the zoo this week/weekend with the family! -edit personal photos
Business:
-catch up on emails -write down expenses and mileage
This week’s goals and things I am looking forward to:
Personal: -sign the kids up for the summer reading program at the library -sign the kids up for VBS….at one if not two local churches lol! -edit personal photos -do something fun with the family…its my first weekend in a LONG time that I dont have a shoot or wedding so I am looking forward to the break! I think we may try to go to the zoo or the drive-in movie 🙂 -send off my bills! Ugh! I put this off and I REALLY need to do it this week! -start brainstorming ideas for fun things for the kids to do this summer….they cannot be bored! They will drive me crazy lol! -attend a birthday party for one of Carter’s friends -attend a baby shower for my friend Liz! -paint the back part of my bookshelf -paint the tree house(this has come such a long way! I am not even sure if I have mentioned this on the blog or not, but the kids desperately want a tree house so we asked all family members to contribute monetary donations…instead of gifts!….for their birthdays this year. Jay is almost finished building it!…photos to come soon!) -clean my car and get my house back in order from all of these parties! -take the numerous bags of stuff to the Goodwill! Yay for getting rid of things!
Business: -blog Sarah and Brian’s wedding -catch up on emails -write down expenses and mileage -send out client packages -edit Matt and Emily’s wedding -get my things together for the fun project I am working on…. -backup computer and purge files -send out images to all of my vendors!
So that is A LOT of goals for myself with two children at home all day now that summer vacation has begun. Wish me luck everyone….Im going to try to remember my priorities…    I cannot believe my Kaleigh is NINE years old today! WHERE did the time go??! I cannot believe that she is in her last year of single digits. She is growing so fast and each day becomes more and more like a young lady. It is so much fun to watch her around her friends, she has such a great and funny personality and her smile lights up the room. She has a contagious laugh that everyone loves and is almost always giggling when she is having fun. Unfortunately, I dont always see that side when I am with her because she is very strong-willed and likes to get her way. And when she doesnt, watch out! I am grateful that she has these qualities because it will be so helpful to her when she is grown, but boy she can be tough to live with sometimes lol. But she can be very sweet when she wants to be and we had a lot of fun a couple of Saturdays ago when her and I had a girls birthday shopping day. We went to Toys R Us, Barnes and Noble, Justice, and Claire’s…..all of her favorite stores! After, we had lunch at Arby’s then headed to the movies and met Jay and Carter to watch Epic. What a fun movie! It was a very fun day and I am grateful that I was able to spend time with her. Happy Birthday Kaleigh! You are such a strong, independent young lady. I cant believe how fast time has gone by and each day I look at you, you have grown just a little bit more. I have loved each and every moment of these last nine years that I have spent with you and I look forward to all the wonderful things you will do as a nine year old! Kaleigh didnt want to do a shoot for her ninth birthday 🙁 So I decided to compile some photos of things she loves. 🙂
Kaleigh loves to have fun and be funny!….she loves hiking….
I had the privilege of photographing Clay and Abby’s engagement session a couple of weeks ago! They are both so nice and I am so excited for them! I met Abby a few years ago and she couldnt be any sweeter! I am just so happy for her! She and Clay will be tying the knot in February of 2014 in FLORIDA! How awesome is that?! For their engagement session, they wanted to be near the place that they spent a lot of time when they were first dating. They chose downtown Richmond, and specifically near the train tracks that they visited often. Below are some of my favorites from our session together. Congrats to you both, I wish you all the best!! 🙂
I have had the privilege of photographing this sweet family for nearly two years now! They are so sweet and I cannot believe how big their little boys are now! I first met Chase and Carter when they were just a couple of days old and now look at them! They are walking, talking, and full of personality! Our session was typical of that with any little toddler…on the run, constantly moving! Theses little boys are just fascinated with everything around and want to explore it all. I had such a fun time watching them together. I have no doubt that they keep their Mommy and Daddy busy 😉 I am so glad the rain held off for us during our time together, it was a perfect day! Below are some favorites from our session…
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