Emotional. That’s the word for this past week. We’ve had major exciting ups and a few big downs and lots of in between. It’s one of those weeks that feel about ten years long. Yesterday I was trying to process the fact that Saturday had only been 24 hours ago. Phew. Where do I even begin?

(still so thankful that my weird work hours include the most beautiful things. even when I’m missing weekends or times with my friends, I’m getting to be a part of someone’s best day and I’d say it’s well worth the lack of sleep :])

First! As you know, my sister got engaged! Still so surreal! We’ve been exchanging texts about venues and photographers and details since this time last week and it’s so crazy! And literally two days after she got engaged, one of my besties got engaged as well! EEK! Those are my big ups for sure :] I’m sure I’ll share more as I go through this crazy process of two of my most important people getting married in the same year, but for now, I’m just so overwhelmed by God’s goodness and faithfulness. He sees how it all fits together and it’s so intricate and beautiful. We also got to ATTEND a wedding on Saturday! It’s so weird to be on the guest side of things. We got to just enjoy the day with the baby bear and celebrate big! We chased Ollie around in the heat and he made a ton of noise during the ceremony and he fell dead asleep during dancing. Sooo in a nutshell. That’s why we don’t bring him to weddings we work 😉 I had a blast with my little fam.

Now for the downs. My sweet dog Cooper passed away on Saturday morning. He got pretty ill last year, so we’ve known this was coming, but it’s still been so sad. He was the best of friends, especially during those treacherous high school years. He’s always been my little buddy, so my heart’s been hurting pretty bad over this. He lived a really good life though, and my family is all headed to the beach together next week with our other pup Bailey, so we’re hoping that’ll be a great time to be together and heal. He was a big part of our family and we’ll miss him like crazy! Thankfully we’ve got a lot of other happy things to focus on right now too!

We also had some big adult decisions to make this week! When do you start feeling like an adult? Please someone tell me! I’d still love it if people could just tell me what to do because I can follow rules like a boss 😉

Now for some feels from the past week:

• I recently realized I’m not a dreamer. I quite literally do NOT think about the future ever, so trying to plan for the future is STRESSFUL. I’d rather just let what happens happen and leave all the decision-y planning stuff to David. Luckily, he thinks about the future too much. So we balance each other out well :]
• We had church at the park on Sunday so I ended up chasing Ollie around instead of listening to the short sermon…which led me to chat with another mom for awhile about Harry Potter. So yeah, I’d call that a big win. Finally someone understood what a bummer it was to clear out my Harry Potter room to make room for Ollie!
• It’s absolutely an honor when someone decides to let out their crazy in front of me! Whether that’s uncontrollable giggling, crying, or any type of feels really…we’ve got a bond for life when you decide to be ALL you right off the bat.
• Speaking of, I had a laugh attack tonight at small group. I’m the kind of person who can start laughing and then is physically unable to stop. For real. My current anxiety includes thinking about giving a speech at Kelsey’s wedding and starting to laugh and not being able to stop and just having to walk away….
• I know I say this ALL the time, but we’ve just got the weirdest hours. I’ve been working until like 2am some nights so that I can do fun things during a normal work day. It’s totally screwed up my sleep schedule…but I’m making the most of the time I’ve got!
• Ollie’s started singing along when I sing to him. My heart is going to melt away ASAP.

We also shot an engagement session with the best couple on Thursday! So looking forward to sharing their images!