Sunday July 19, 2009

So yesterday I had a wedding shoot. I left at 7am to go to the South of Calgary to meet up with the bride for her "Bride Getting Ready" shots. It's always my favourite part. Watching all of the behind the scenes of the preparation for a wedding. The bride was gorgeous, and I Loved her dress. So beautiful. They were very hospitable offering me breakfast and being accomodating. After, we headed over to a church for the actual wedding. I hate downtown Calgary. I had no idea I would need to pay for parking to go inside a church for a wedding. I didn't bring any money with me. So I didn't buy a parking ticket obviously. It ended up that we were inside the church for 20 minutes in total, and by the time I got out to my van....guess who had a blue ticket waving from her windshield. It was $5.00 for the parking, but since I didn't have the money, I got slapped with a $65 ticket. Sheesh!!! Oh well. The actual wedding ceremonies are always my very least favourite part of a wedding. The churches are always dark, and it is pretty boring (but obviously the whole reason for the day). I made my way over to the reception hall back in the Southwest. We went to a park to take some shots. It just so happens that a golf tournament was happening that day, so it was pretty busy. It was very hot as well. +31. There were beautiful arches though. So nice! Then we made our way to the reception. I was entirely exhausted by this point, but they had a nice reception dinner, speeches, dance etc. It was a nice day, but I was so ready to go home afterwards. I came home and got Grant and I subs. I was hungry. Grant spent the day doing things with the kids. He went to Chuck E Cheese with them, and the mall. They each got a shirt (except Maiya got a bathing suit). It sounds like they had a fun day together as well. It's weird not having Kaitlyn and McKenna around the house. I hope they are having a lot of fun with their cousins.

Today was church. Not a very eventful day. Just went to church, came home and relaxed with the kids. Made tacos and salad for dinner, and had a small family home evening. Not much else to say. I have been so tired lately (must be because I am trying to cram alot of things into our very short Alberta summer).