Tuesday morning, we woke up early for school. I got the kids up at about 7:15, got them ready, fed them, and then we took a few pictures in front of the house. They headed off to school on the bus and we got in our cars and headed to Woodcrest. It was a really rainy morning and of course, I had forgotten to bring an umbrella. We had to park pretty far from the school and walk in the rain to Woodcrest. We met the kids inside as they came off of the bus. Then, we walked them to their classes and got them settled. Hurley has Mrs. McGee this year. She was Brooklen's first grade teacher and she is such a sweetheart. Brooklen has Ms. Stanton. She is a brand new teacher, fresh from Michigan State. She seemed very impressive and her room was so cute! After we dropped the kids off in their classes, Rob went to work and I headed home with the two little kids. We had a wonderful day at home. Zaya helped me do my chores and we spent the afternoon making dinner together.
On Wednesday, we sent the kids to school and I think we hung around the house for most of the day. I have a huge list of chores to get done around the house and I am enjoying being home with the two little ones for part of the day. In the evening, Brooklen had scouts. I dropped him off and then I headed to a parent meeting at Chippewa Preschool.
On Thursday, Zaya started gymnastics again. She is in a class with Nev Weideman again and there is also a new little girl, Ella, in her class. She just loves being in that class. Coach Michelle is amazing with her and I am so glad that she is able to participate in an activity that is fun for her and that makes her feel really good about herself. Thursday evening was downtown event for the hot air balloon festival. We took the kids downtown and they collected trading cards for all of the balloons. They can collect punches as they go by each balloon and once they have their entire card punched, they get a pin and a prize. The kids love this free event; it has become a tradition for us.
On Friday, Zaya had her first day of preschool. She was so excited! Her teachers said that she was shy, but that she was very well-behaved. On the way home, she told me that she loves it there and that "she never wants to stop going until she goes to Woodcrest." I love that she is so excited about having her own school. While Zaya was at preschool, I took Kaiton to Coffee Chaos for a meeting with a bride and her family. I was preparing to shoot her wedding the next day and I hadn't met her yet. It was a brief, but good meeting for me. It helped me to understand their expectations and to help us come up with a timeline.
On Friday night, we went to the Fairgrounds for the hot air balloon festival. We saw Jeramie and Susie Soderberg there with their 6 kids, and we ended up hanging out with them for the evening. The balloons couldn't make it off of the ground, due to wind, but we were able to watch the glow and spend time with friends. It was a good evening.
On Saturday, we spent the morning at home. Emma Hirschi came over at 2:00pm to babysit the kids while Rob and I went to the wedding. I was super nervous, but I tried to reassure myself that I could meet and exceed the client's expectations. It was a very laid back wedding. It was very small, and fortunately, it was only about 5 minutes away from our house. There were a lot of things that went wrong. Nothing major, but, like always, I definitely learned a lot. One of my biggest takeaways was that I revised my package to be a 4-hour package because they said they didn't need a lot of photography time. But, I ended up being there just as long as most weddings because the things they wanted were so spread out. I don't think I will ever revise that again. Lesson learned . . . since I haven't done many weddings, it was great experience.
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