But I also feel very happy. Blissfully so.
The problem with blogging is that it has somewhat taken over journaling for me. So when I get behind a few days my mood is sometimes so different I can't really capture the emotions I felt towards the events past. But I will try.
Last week went by so fast-It began with Hannah coming down with some freak bug that caused her a nights worth of vomiting and a days worth of boredom. I spent most of the week making last minute preparations for out ward Halloween party, filled in the gaps with photo shoots, school projects and emotional realizations that my little girl was getting baptized. Friday came and I...
Okay Friday was a weird day.
I volunteer at the kids school a couple times a month teaching an art history lesson. This time around we explored Picasso. The kids loved the slide show-had fun learning about cubism and totally freaked out gluing their profile face drawing to their whole face drawing. Mainly the girls had the problem. The horror of their monstrous creations were apparently to much to bear. I really should have known better after the pop art incident last year...(a little girl who painted a photo sketch of herself in green called herself ugly and began to sob uncontrollably.) Oh well, we'll learn Monet next time and paint pretty water color lily pads.
I got home at 2:00 and had a million phone calls about the ward party to make and messages waiting for me. I was so distracted on the phone that I completely forgot to take Hannah to her piano lesson until 4:30pm an hour and a half after the fact. That evening Hannah and I made a cheesecake together and prepared for her special day. I felt pretty accomplished getting all the weekend chores done that night, and awoke the next morning full of energy.
We had a wonderful morning together. I began preparations for a family luncheon. (The bread and cake turned out great) My Alfredo- not so great despite the three packages of cream cheese, 1/2 lb of butter and package of Parmesan cheese I used for the sauce) Oh well... We had such a nice time visiting with everyone and I know it made Hannah feel so special. She told me it felt like her birthday but even better.
Her baptism was beautiful. It's one of those moments that I will remember always-I hope she does too. I feel so grateful for the gospel, for the atonement. She is so beautiful-and now she is an achievement day girl. She is very excited about that.
The ward Halloween party was SO FUN! Everything went smoothly, and everyone had a great time. No one broke any limbs, the police weren't called, and we only had one minor concussion and that was at the end of the night. The Bishopric didn't catch pneumonia from being in the dunk tank all evening. All is well, all is well.
I'm ready to refocus my energy. I feel like I've been so focused on preparing for upcoming events, and lots of photo shoots, that my domestic enjoyments have fallen way to the wayside. We have plenty of food storage but no real groceries- does that make sense? Hannah was thrilled to watch me sew her button back on her jammies and can't wait for another baking lesson. That is where my heart is right now. I have all these home projects that need to get done too. Every time someone says they have recommended my photography services to a friend I feel both dread and honored. Jared says embrace it- I'm not sure I want to. I enjoy it- I really do. I love it! I love it more when I'm doing it for service or for the love it, rather than getting paid. I love shooting weddings, receptions and children. I think I need to maybe only do two shoots a month rather than two a week. I rescheduled three of my shoots this week-and am so glad I did. Speaking of pictures here are the highlights from our week.
Sweet Gabriel was born on Monday Oct. 20th to my brother Sean and his wife Amy. This picture is from our photo shoot this past Tuesday.
Hannah's Baptism
The ward Halloween party
My nephew Zane- ARG!!!
PS- I love this song...
Bruises by Chairlift
4 comments:
The baby is so sweet, I can't see his face real well, but his profile reminds me alot of Zane
Let me know when it is safe to call! :)
Haha, I totally feel your pain. I've forgotten EVERYTHING in the last 9 months and can't believe how many random emotions I can feel in a 20 minute period of time. It looks like you ar still being super productive and making fun memories. You picture is stunning - can you come take sme of ours when she gets here? :)
Fun pictures and we had a nice time at Hannah's baptism! Glad the party was so fun. It looks like Hannah was a Pioneer girl? What was Noah?
Noah was Indiana Jones. He was on the trampoline all night long... 3 hours of jumping. I have no pictures... Wait I do but the image is impeded by the black net of the trampoline. :)
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