Friends, February has just been the absolute best. I’m super sad to see it go in a couple days! For the first time (besides maternity leave), I took some intentional time off of shooting, not booking anything for the entirety of February. And now I feel so refreshed! I’ve been taking time to do things that get backed up and put off during the normal crazy of wedding season. And I’ve been getting to watch lots of educational shooting videos which are my fav. All of that adds up to me being SO excited and confident about having a busy shooting weekend starting a week from now :]

In short, it kinda makes me feel like this.

Personally, the last few weeks have looked like self imposed four day weekends and time with friends and family coming into town! Typically, our Fridays are reserved for travel and wedding prep or finishing up wedding edits. But, since it’s “off” season, Fridays have been for whatever we’d like :] And since Thursdays are reserved for me and Ollie, that means Thursday through Sunday are essentially the best ever! We had my best friend come into town, my sister one weekend, David’s best friends (and now mine too haha) came in, and a lot of our family came in for Ollie’s birthday! It’s been lovely and I wish we could do it all over again.

I’m also planning for Cru’s Spring Retreat in Radford! We don’t typically do that retreat here so there’s a lot more planning involved than usual! And just in case you missed it, Ollie turned TWO and we had a very Sesame Street birthday party for him. So that was where all my excess creative energy went :]

Anyways, that’s our little life update. Life is good and slow for at least another couple days! We’re still here! We’re just enjoying the off season. Don’t you worry, there’s literally three sessions and a wedding coming up in a week, so the blog will be back to being FULL very soon!

Here’s some feels:

• Movie theatre by yourself is the best kind of movie there is. Maybe that’s just momma me talking, but goodness do I love it. Even if it’s not a great movie :]
• Our house is still FULL of sesame street goodies. And I’m a little concerned that most people who walk in our house don’t even notice haha. What does that say about us? Does even think we’re a fan of sesame street home decor?
• This is Us has had us weeping all season. And by us, I mean me. It was almost nice to have a few weeks of a break while the Olympics were on. But now my tear ducts have recovered and I’m ready for it to come back!
• Speaking of the Olympics, we didn’t watch a single second! I’m not a big fan (don’t hate me), but David DEFINITELY is. I guess me and not having cable rubbed off on him?
• Our 2017 wedding season is FULL! In theory, we could take one more if it was at the exact right time, but yeah, we’re all booked up! And I’m 100% excited for every single couple we’re going to work with! There’s a great mix of new friends and old friends and even my sister thrown into the mix!

Ollie has only gotten cooler in the last month. He’s talking up a STORM and we are finally understanding what he’s saying! And also, watching my friend cut these letter out with her cricut makes me want one real bad.