I had such a fun time with this sweet family last weekend!  Their two little boys are so adorable and I loved seeing how much their oldest has grown(I did his 1 year photos!!) The first part of the session, we did a few posed portraits in their formal clothing and after I was there to catch all of the fun candid moments they share as a family.  As you will see from the photos below, these boys have so much personality and there was never a dull moment during our session.  Thank you “P” family for inviting me into your home to document this time in your lives.  You have such a sweet family and it was a pleasure working with you all again!  PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE PIN IMAGE

  

This is what our typical Saturday morning looks like….the kids love to watch a show or two while they eat cinnamon rolls and milk.  The week is is busy with homework and running around and I know they need a break too.  It also gives Mommy and Daddy a chance to sleep in 🙂

Notice they are watching a DVD on the tiniest screen ever!  Its actually a karaoke machine but will play DVDs as well and for some reason the kids really like to watch it on there…I guess it could also be that we have a password lock on the big computer in the living room(where we watch our “tv” because we dont have a dvd player or cable!) Ha!  🙂

This makes me look forward to the weekend already!

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  • February 26, 2013 - 7:31 PM

    Kristy, Life-n-Reflection - I agree, we all need a break on the weekends. I love their paintings hanging randomly up on the wall!ReplyCancel

    • February 26, 2013 - 8:22 PM

      Ashley - Thank you Kristy! 🙂ReplyCancel

Good morning!  Can you believe that this is the last week of February??  Time is flying by SO fast and wedding season is quickly approaching.  I have really been enjoying having free weekends.  We had a pretty full weekend, filled with lots of fun activities for the kids.  Friday, Kaleigh and I met up with our friends Carly and Leah at the Jefferson for afternoon tea.  The girls got dressed up and enjoyed feeling pampered and “rich” as they referred to it.  🙂  I love “the Richmond” tea, it is cinnamon flavored and tastes delicious!  I probably had at least 5 cups and we had 3 tiers of sandwiches and treats.  It was a fun time…until we got the bill! :/  See, when I called to make the reservations, and asked for a total, the man replied, “Its going to be 31.25″…or something like that.  Naturally, I assumed that when I asked for the TOTAL that he was giving me the total for everyone.  Well, when the bill came and it was for $126, my jaw about dropped to the floor!  I was NOT ready for that.  We’ve been hit pretty hard with some unexpected expenses and with tax season coming up(we have to pay taxes with my business so thats no fun at all)  I was pretty bummed.  It was still fun, but my wallet is mad at me.  Anyway, Leah came over after for a  sleepover.  They have so much fun together…maybe too much fun because they always end up staying up past midnight.  This time was no exception and not only that, but they decided to wake up at 7:30 haha!  I left for a photo shoot around 8:30 and Kaleigh headed off to World Thinking Day for girl scouts shortly after.  Best part of the day….meeting up at Mexico for lunch!  Jay took Carter to a bouncy house after(Kaleigh doesnt like going if you can believe it!) so we just headed home for the rest of the evening.  Sunday, Kaleigh and I went to the Landmark Theater  with a friend to see “Mary Poppins.”  It was such a great performance and Kaleigh really loved it and she is very proud of herself for learning to say “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”  haha.  My dad took Carter to the circus so it was nice to know that he got to do something fun.  He had a great time and was so excited to go.  He said his favorite part was getting the snow cone….of course…;)  That was pretty much what our weekend looked like and this week is is somewhat low key until the weekend.

Last thing,I didnt realize this until yesterday, but I totally forgot to post the Project 52 on the blog on Friday!  So be sure to check out this Friday’s post for weeks 8 and 9 🙂

So..below are the goals 🙂

Last week’s goals:

Personal:

-parent/teacher conference with Kaleigh’s teacher  Teacher said she is doing great!

-tea with Carly and Leah at the Jefferson(this is our third attempt to do this lol)  What a fun day!  It would have been even more fun if I had known that it was going to be $30 per person NOT total. 🙁

-Mary Poppins play on Sunday  Loved the play!

-schedule a girls day with Kaleigh(we dont get much one on one time together)

 

Business:

-meeting with Angela and Joe(prospective clients) 🙂

-attend lighting course on Tuesday

-record mileage and expenses

-send off tax stuff

 

This week’s goals and things I am looking forward to:

Personal:

-Kaleigh’s gymnastics meet

-girl scout cookie sale at Marty’s 🙂  Come buy some cookies!!! 😉

-Carter’s school to talk with his class about photography

 

Business:

-deposits to bank

-pick up client order and send off

-miscellaneous tasks(updating a few things, ordering new cards and batteries, album design, etc)

-catch up on my inbox!

 

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

  
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  • February 26, 2013 - 3:20 PM

    Hollie - What a fun weekend! What lighting class did you attend?ReplyCancel

Happy Monday!  🙂  So, today is a holiday for Kaleigh so we are going to take the day and just hang out!  No errands, no running around….just simply staying around the house…I say that now but I know when tomorrow rolls around and the kids are driving me nuts we will have to get out of the house haha!  So, maybe a trip to the bowling alley 🙂

We had a pretty good weekend.  The Valentine’s Day and anniversary festivities continued and we went out to eat with Nana and Papa at Outback on Friday.  No cooking for me, yay!  Saturday evening Jay and I went out to eat for our anniversary since our plans to go out of town changed and then headed to his brother Will’s apartment to celebrate his birthday.  It was a fun night, but we stayed up way too late and I paid for it yesterday.  I was SO tired and useless!  Im just glad I got all the cleaning done Saturday so I was able to allow myself to be lazy.  I am so thankful that I can mentally be able to take weekends and relax because I know that soon enough I will be photographing weddings and I wont have weekends for a while!

FYI, if you have never been to Edo’s Squid before in Richmond, you HAVE to try it!  Definitely make reservations in advance because it stays packed and even when you make the reservations you may have to wait, but it is SO worth it!  It quickly became my favorite restaurant and I LOVE everything about it!  You wouldnt think that its that great based on the location and how it looks(like a hole in the wall haha) but I just love the atmosphere and of course the food is beyond amazing.  I always get the eggplant parmesan and I love it but when I tried Jay’s dish on Saturday the flavor was so amazing so that is the dish Im getting next time we go(which is very soon I hope lol)

Like I said before, I was really lazy Sunday and basically did NOTHING!  Well, I cant say that, but it felt like I did nothing haha!  I finished editing my  bridal session, did some light cleaning and wrote the blog entry for today, but that was it.

 

Last week’s goals:

Personal:

-make teachers and Kaleigh and Carter’s valentines

-my anniversary! (9 years on the 14th!!!)

-Nana and Papa’s anniversary dinner(they share the same anniversary as we do)

-weekend getaway to celebrate our nine years together!      Well….plans were changed and we had to cancel our reservations 🙁  They are made for April now(so sad we have to plan that far in advance lol)  But we did get to go out for dinner at least! 🙂

-sell more girl scout cookies(we did NOT sell nearly as many as last year…Ive got to step up my game!)

-blog Valentine’s Day shoot with the kids 🙂

 

Business:

-catch up on emails

-edit bridal session and church photos

-set up a potential client meeting

-meeting with my lovely March bride 🙂  Yay!  So excited for their wedding! 🙂

-photographer’s group outing 🙂

 -finish filling out all of my tax papers!

 

This week’s goals and things I am looking forward to:

Personal:

-parent/teacher conference with Kaleigh’s teacher

-tea with Carly and Leah at the Jefferson(this is our third attempt to do this lol)

-Mary Poppins play on Sunday

-schedule a girls day with Kaleigh(we dont get much one on one time together)

 

Business:

-meeting with Angela and Joe(prospective clients) 🙂

-attend lighting course on Tuesday

-record mileage and expenses

-send off tax stuff

 

Hope you all have a great week!


  

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