Well that was crazy.
Not that my long holiday weekend was entirely packed, but packed enough to make me want to sleep for a solid 12 hours yesterday. I was d r a g g i n g yesterday. I slept till 8ish, but I honestly think I could have slept the whole day. I drove back to St. Louis last night and literally dropped my bags when I got back to my apartment, got ready for bed and was nearly passed out within like 15 minutes of walking through the door.
Not this past weekend, but the weekend before, Andy & Autumn come into town on Friday, then on Saturday we did the Zoo all morning, went to lunch and then FLOORED IT back to KC to make it back in time for Briley’s T-Ball game. I was scheduled to do shoots in St. Joseph on Sunday, so I just decided to head back with them on Saturday, stay the night and then drive up to St. Joseph on Sunday morning. So I did shoot’s all day in St. Joe (mixed in with a trip to the Gladstone area to see Caroline & Jared’s new house) and drove back to Kirksville after that. I really didn’t want to drive all the way back to St. Louis from St. Joe, so I just went ahead and planned some shoots for Kirksville last week since that was a shorter drive :-) I did super cute shoots all week, got manicures & pedicures with my mom, had battles with my computer, laid out by the pool once (I anticipated a lot more laying out), made dinner and had girls night with some friends, went to some baseball games, played with some babies, learned my CD burner wasn’t working again, got really mad about that, etc. You know, the usual :-)
The weekend is when things got real crazy. I was able to work most of the day Friday, but I had to get up super early on Saturday to make it down to Washington, MO by 9:00 to start shooting my first wedding of the season :-) I don’t sleep well when I know I have to get up crazy early. SO rather than laying in bed, not sleeping, I decided to wait until late Friday night to start getting all my stuff ready for the wedding and getting some sneak peeks ready. I didn’t go to bed until 1:30ish…..I had to be up at 5:00. Surprisingly, I was fine until we were driving back to Kirksville later that evening. Then it started to hit me. BUT once we got home, I had to race into the house, change out of my wedding shooting clothes (shooting a outdoor wedding, in the middle of the afternoon, in a vineyard, in close to 100 degree weather does not make for nice, clean, fresh clothes at the end of the day) and head to my Aunt & Uncle’s 60th Anniversary party. Even though I was exhausted, it was so much fun to see and hang out with so many members of my extended family. Love the Killday’s :-) I honestly don’t even remember what time I went to bed that night, but it was another early morning on Sunday with a big family shoot that started at 9:00. I ended up getting back from that at like 1:00 and actually got to hang out with my family by the pool for a little bit!!!! Laying in the warm sun and playing in pool was a great way to spend the afternoon. Then I got ready and headed out to another family shoot that evening. Later that night, some of us went to go see What To Expect When You’re Expecting.….my verdict is…..thumbs down. Attention Tabitha Cleaver, you owe me $8 because that movie had some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen, hahahaha! Love ya, Tab :-) Don’t get me totally wrong, I will agree with you and say there were some really funny parts and Elizabeth Bank’s character was pretty funny, but overall………..not such a fan. I just kept waiting for it to get to the really funny portion of the movie. I did laugh pretty hard every time that kid fell down, tripped or ran into something :-) Turns out going to see a 9:25PM movie is a HORRIBLE idea when you’re extremely tired. Luckily I had no shoots yesterday, because like I said earlier, I was worthless yesterday. I was lucky to make it back to St. Louis without falling asleep :-)
This evening I squeezed in one more shoot to toss into this MASSIVE post of sneak peeks. Seriously- I can honestly say that this IS thee biggest sneak peek post I’ve ever done. I guess that’s what happens after a week of travel???
Enjoy the sneak peeks!!!!! P.S.- Some of these were posted on my Facebook page last week, but I didn’t have time to upload them to my blog yet. So that’s why you’re seeing them again :-)
This next picture is just for fun. It’s not unusual to have kids digging through my camera bag while I’m taking pictures of them. They’re just curious :-) If they go for a lens or camera, I’ll sneak in and grab it before they can, but typically they’re just looking, so I let them. Well…..this was the first time I’ve had one of them turn a lens hood into a cup holder, hahahah! I LOVED it :-)
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Holy smokes!!!! SO happy to have all those posted now :-) Now it’s time to get the sneak peek ready for the wedding I shot this past Saturday at a SUPER CUTE little winery in Washington, MO! Look for that in the next couple days :-)
Good night!
