This past week has been a whirlwind of a week… and how do I balance it?.  Eric & I have been holding each other up & the smiles on each others faces but there’s just times when you have to relax and let go.  There were moments of laughter, sadness, and craziness… and it seemed to have changed every second of every day.  What are you meaning you ask?  Well we had a blast at the pumpkin patch on Sunday with a group of friends filled with laughter- had an amazing family shoot that couldn’t have gone better- this helps everything that’s swirling around in my mind go away… but then our family’s lives changed- in one day.  

Eric’s Grandma Daisy has been sick for quite sometime after visiting us all from Ohio last Christmas.  She had a stroke and could never seem to recover fully.  Eric visited her often at the hospitals and even helped feed her every Thursday night.  After our shoot on Sunday we went to visit her as we got word from Eric’s dad that this might be the time to say goodbye…  sadness now approached.  I’m so glad we went and got to spend just one more time with her.  When the phone rang on Monday we knew -she had passed.  I believe she is now in a better place where she can relax and all her worries have gone away.  And I believe this because of her generosity and such kindness she showed to everyone.  We miss her already.

This is when craziness set in.  We truly wanted to be there in Ohio with the family but weren’t able to make it.  Eric then got word on Friday that him & Brad when be moving to yet another office location.  All I gotta say is having your own business is quite rewarding but takes lots & lots of patience and constant change.  I wouldn’t have it any other way but it is sure the hardest thing we have yet to do.  Then hours later I got the weirdest phone call that the retail space I manage full time has water damage.  No one wants to hear this at 12:45 in the morning.  We’re still trying to recover from the wetness… not to mention the ‘Jurassic’ (this is what I call it cause I swear T-rex is next door) type noises that go on with all the construction.  I swear things are dropping from the sky over there… LOL.

What helps this madness seem to disappear?  Good ol’ Mr. DQ.  There’s nothing more mind relaxing and easy going then a yummy vanilla cone dipped in butterscotch… oh YES.  I just want to say I have gone to visit you -Mr. DQ too many times this month but you have helped me to keep things sane.  Butterscotch just melting down the cone and me trying to rescue it equals laughter and simplicity.  My worries fad away and I just get 10 minutes of pure delight that reminds me of childhood.  

So when I feel stuck & I know we all do… I hop in the car and get mine!

Have you gotten yours today?

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Yesterday a bunch of us photogs got together for the monthly group meeting.  This time it was a shoot out held in downtown Tucson with dancers in an urban setting.  It seems only Tucson photographers attended this time… sad to not see some of the Phoenix faces.  So you better come next time.  Anyhow here’s a little behind the scenes shots I captured throughout our afternoon.  This shoot was a little challenging since we didn’t know exactly what to do with the dancers and couldn’t explain the moves we wanted them to do without sounding like complete idiots.  Example… ‘ok I want you to stand over here, by this pole thingy, and raise your arm & leg like this (and some of us attempted to demonstrate… bad idea).’ Totally silly… cause we didn’t know the correct dance terminology.  So we resulted to explaining the move from a movie or something… lol! Ok here they are & I’ll put up the shots I actually captured of the dancers shortly.

 

Stuart directing the first dancer.

 

 

Joe, Kadie, and Erin photographing Max… who was up for anything!  Can’t get any better than that!

 

 

Ray, Robert, Erin, Joe, and Kadie in action.

 

 

Michelle, Robert, Kadie, and Stuart.

 

 

Ok so who ever can guess who’s shoes these are you will win like a million $$$… ok maybe a shinny penny the next time I see you!

 

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