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- This is going to seem like a “duh” statement, but here we go: it’s really hard to take the Abby’s Saturday photo when Abby isn’t around. There’s more to this story (that I’ll share in a moment), but we came down to the Lake, spur-of-the-moment, on Thursday morning & we left Abby behind to come down on Friday with Derrick. Literally all day long on Thursday & Friday I kept thinking: I need to take the Abby’s Saturday photo, wait a minute, where is Abby? We always bring her with us & we just didn’t have enough room to squeeze her in this time. Needless to say: it’s really hard to take an Abby’s Saturday photo when Abby is in another state.
- So, the reason we came down to the Lake on Thursday was because my parents got conformation that the couches that they had ordered were going to be delivered that day. It’s a LONG story, but in a nutshell: my parents ordered new couches for the Lakehouse – couches that would fold out into sleeper sofa & thus be much more practical (with our ever growing family & people needing to sleep in the living room on a more regular basis). They ordered these couches back at the beginning of May, hoping that they would have them by Memorial Day. Well, thanks to all the shipping delays due to COVID restrictions, the couches did not arrive by Memorial Day. My parents literally waited all summer long – eventually hoping they would arrive by Labor Day – and still: no couches. They honestly were beginning to wonder if they would ever see the couches they ordered when they began getting shipping confirmations a few weeks ago. It took way longer than it should have, but that brought us to this week – when they gave my parents a window of “sometime in the next 5 days” they would be delivered. Thursday morning – they got the call: the couches will be delivered today between 12-2pm. Needless to say, we packed our little butts up & hurried down to the Lake. We waiting anxiously for the truck to arrive. 12pm, 1pm, 2pm came & went and no couches. Finally, around 3pm, my Dad (back home) got a phone call that the truck had determined that it could not drive down our road & would not be able to complete the delivery. He would have to switch the couches to a smaller delivery truck & we’d be on the schedule for next week. Obviously, this was not going to work, so my Dad called him back & said: “Is there any way we could meet you & pick them up from you?” My parents have a 12-passenger van & thankfully, it had been left at the Lakehouse (specifically because my Dad plans to pull the boat out this weekend). So, off my Mom & sister drove (in a quickly emptied out van) in an attempt to go pick up the couches. About 30 minutes later – they returned: successful! And about 2 hours later, we had swapped all the couches in the living room, put the new couches together, and finally had the couches my parents ordered nearly 5 months ago!
- I’m off to second-shoot a wedding today with my sweet photographer friend: Jessica Like! I helped her with a wedding last year & I’m helping her this weekend plus next weekend this year! I’m so excited! It’s always so fun to second shoot wedding days – there’s no pressure, it’s all laid back, creative fun & it’s refreshing!
- Speaking of weddings, if I disappear down a deep-dark rabbit whole for the next 6 weeks – it’s because I’m shooting 8 weddings over the next 6 weeks. I have one or two weddings every single weekend from here until November – so wish me luck (and maybe bring me some coffee!)
