Elle Effect Photography

’tis the season for senior portraits… Michael started the wonderful madness this week:

and a little vid for fun:

Jess and Dan leave for San Fransisco early in the morning. They’ll be gone for a week - and they’ll definitely be missed. It’s been an amazing month… full of its share of ups and downs, but it’s definitely made me stronger in ways I never thought possible. You know when you haven’t exercised in… let’s say, months… and then you decide to jump back into a new routine of exercising again - welllll you’ll definitely feel muscles you forgot were there/didn’t know where there ; ) That’s a pretty clear depiction of what’s been happening - and it’s been so good.

I’ve been reading a little bit of ‘Thirsty’ - a collection of poetry by Mary Oliver (thanks to Dan), finishing ‘What is the What’ by Dave Eggers, and starting a new way of reading the Word every day… I’ve been lacking in the daily-reading dept, and I think I’ve finally changed my pace.

Okay, Target run about the happen… Grocery store run to finish Chicken ‘n Biscuits for dinner. And ohhh, it’s been great to cook again. Sunday night, we had a dinner party here at the house - Jess, Dan, Andrew, Britt, Lydia, Bradley, John and myself were here - Dan, Jess, Bradley and I got the good, the ladies (plus the wonderful Bradley) cooked the meal and we partook… ahh, so good! We made a vegetable pasta of sorts - zucchini, yellow squash, onion, red pepper, tomatoes; tossed with angel hair pasta; white wine, olive oil and our choice of spices made the light sauce; asparagus on the side. mm, mm, mmmm. I want it again right now just talking about it!

Sigur Ros film happened - ohhhh, Sigur Ros : ) Last night, another film - “Into the Wild” - was watched… It kinda messed me up, in a good way. I was definitely glued to the screen.

…and I can’t wait to show you all the bridal shots of Jodi in a few weeks ; )
-lauren