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Jun 09
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the pretzel!

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lucy and grant’s rockin’ wedding has hit the gallery page!

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we’ve joked before that it wasn’t our most rational decision to start a business right after we got hitched. we never really took the time to get our ducks in a row, so (to unnecessarily extend the metaphor) our ducks kinda had to fend for themselves – the exercising duck is still rather weak…

our little photo biz grew up so fast and immediately started trying to outrun us (maybe this is what having kids is like…sorta?), and as proud as we are, it takes serious work to keep up! being together all day every day we’ve learned a lot about give and take, picking our battles and communicating but we are nowhere near done learning. our clients sometimes laugh at us because we both see great light and end up tangled trying to get the same shot, like i said, we’re learning! i thought of this today because one of our past brides, leanne, sent us this ridiculous picture of us shooting together that one of her guests sent her. i cracked up when i saw it because it is the perfect picture to describe the past few months for us! thanks leanne!!

Jun 04
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working out…?

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jessica and mark, i’m in love with your pictures! everyone – check them out here!

i’m unbelievably good at excuses when it comes to working out.  i’ve been perfecting this skill since late high school, and really, i’ve arrived!  like a lot of other people (i say ‘other people’ to make me feel better) i can’t summon up the motivation to run to a point, turn around, and run back.  matt knows that unless there’s a goal (other than toned calves, that doesn’t count to me, i’d rather just wear jeans ;) ) i will immediately have 10,000 (quite valid, after all that practice!) excuses to not go.  

what he also knows is that deep down i’m as simple as a little puppy, and if he dangles something out in front of me i’ll follow almost without thinking.  this means that matt has gotten creative.  he’ll come up with something we need at the grocery store and we’ll walk there, or he’ll mention wanting to look at something particular in the book store and we’ll trek over there (although, not his best idea, he basically has to drag me home after that!), and on sundays the parking is so nuts at our church that he’s convinced me to walk there too.  that usually means that almost without realizing it i’ve walked two to three times during the week and with shooting on the weekends (shooting = pilates) i’ve always thought that’s enough.  

until recently.  lately, i’ve been waking up puffy-eyed and exhausted even after my normal eight hours! i did some research and it sounds like i need to work out more…so matt (and his sedentary lifestyle theory, haha) wins permanently.  i’ve asked that no matter what fabulous excuse i come up with that he ignore it and make me do it anyway.  what in the world can i tap into for motivation!?  um, no idea, i’m searching.  but with much creativity gone to waste on reasons why not, we have started our new routine.  we’ll see how it goes and of course i’ll keep you posted!  

Jun 02
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just a thought*

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leanne & ed, welcome to the gallery!!! :)  

to most of my friends matt is ‘uncle matt.’  they started calling him that when he graduated and became an adult three years before any of us were even considering growing up.  he started learning things about insurance and cooking and budgets and we gave him a hard time about all of it.  i think he knew that deep down we were all really just impressed and a little intimidated – he probably knew that because of his adult related wisdom or something ;)

looking back on those days i laugh and miss all of my crazy friends but i also see how beneath my jokes i was secretly growing up.  without much experience himself, matt was patiently leading me into adulthood. we spent time learning to cook together and proudly forced down every concoction we created!  we talked about money (something i was rather convinced i didn’t need at all: ‘matt i just want to make art!’ ;) ) and he convinced me that budgeting can be a good thing.  

today we are still not really grown up but thanks to matt we’re at least adult-ish in the necessary parts of life.  he’s still leading me and i still can’t resist an old man joke every now and then, but we’re totally in this real world thing together.  it’s different than i expected, way more fun and free than the rumors suggest.  i’m learning that being an adult doesn’t mean i have to stop watching ‘scrubs’ with friends, eating a handfull of marshmellows at 11:00 pm, or even creating art – and i love it.  

so i guess this post became more serious and contemplative than usual.  sorry for that but it’s the beginning of the month and we spent this morning budgeting for june so i guess adulthood was on the brain.  keep in touch for lucy and grant’s wedding pictures coming soon!  sweet dreams friends! (part of adulthood i kinda like, bedtime!)