this past weekend, jeremy and i enjoyed our first getaway together post baby. can you believe it?! rivers is 2 and this was our first weekend away from him! i'll admit that i was sad leaving him & had horrible guilt leading up to our trip. jeremy was going to miss him, but was more excited than anything. (i guess that's just the difference between men & women!) our getaway was more work than play, but regardless, we were together & only responsible for ourselves, which was nice. i had a wedding in emerald isle (a beach about 2 hours from us) and jeremy came along as my second shooter. rather than just booking a hotel for saturday night (the night of the wedding), we made reservations for friday night as well. we got in late, but that allowed for us to have saturday morning & afternoon free to beach it up! we only spent 3 hours on the beach after chasing down coffee saturday morning, along with buying beach chairs (we forgot to bring ours) & little gifts for rivers, mom, and dad. turns out, 3 hours was plenty - we were fried b/c i bought spf 15. (we forgot the sunscreen at home as well, and i figured 15 was enough b/c we had "base tans" from our week at the beach - nevermind that was 3 weeks ago!!) anyway, we enjoyed our beach time despite looking like little tomatoes at the wedding that evening. jeremy was a fantastic assistant & second shooter. i have to give him big props b/c he shot in manual mode all night (not an easy task for a beginner) and also put up with a couple drunk guys asking for my photograph with them. (he was happy to oblige & smiled & nodded while taking the picture!) we were at the wedding until 9:30 and then went and had dinner at rucker johns (a local resturant that was luckily still open & serving). that was actually one of my favorite parts of our weekend. we had worked together as a team all night, then enjoyed some down time - just the 2 of us, with a warm meal and adult beverages. it was lovely! sunday morning we got up, checked out of the hotel, and headed home to our boogie! we were so glad to hear that he had a wonderful time with gigi & papa. he has really warmed up to the pool & was busy swimming all weekend! we all enjoyed some pool time yesterday afternoon before returning home. it was a great weekend! here's me & jerm enjoying our beach time without having a little guy to watch! ;) and i should mention, we saw a lot of dolphin again!! no big jumps, but its always exciting to see their fins and tails in the ocean!
this friday will be the 1st of october. october is going to be an exciting month. our good friend, patrick, has his paintings on display in a gallery here in town. this is exciting for obvious reasons, but also b/c he & his wife jaime, will be in town for the opening of the show! they live in virginia beach now, so we don't get to see them like we use to. if you're a long time blog follower, than you know jaime & patrick from past posts. if you're new here, and so inclined, you can check out this post with pictures of them. :) and if you're local here in greenville, please come out to support patrick & check out his beautiful work! it will be at "the art room" - 403 evans street, this friday from 6-9pm.
my dear friend courtney is expecting her 2nd baby this month & i can hardly wait to get my hands & my camera lens on him! i also have 2 weddings that i'm really looking forward to (both at the beach) along with an engagement session. i have to say, i'm feeling pretty excited for fall this year. i'm also looking forward to making some hearty meals for the family & crock pot cooking (assuming i can get my act together)! i've started some fall decorating, so i think i'll try to get a decor post up here on that. recently i did a post over on my photo blog about decorating my mantle. maybe i'll do an updated pic here as well...
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