I wasn’t ready for yesterday to arrive. 4.5 years was just not long enough. We had a fabulous last day together…. brunch in uptown, Crate & Barrel browsing, Lilly Pulitzer shopping, Pinkberry treating, and Cotswold Marshalls bargain hunting. To be honest, looking at the photos makes me think…. that doesn’t look too bad! What you don’t see is that tire is completely busted, the axle is in 2 pieces, bottom rear & front bumper are gone, rear taillights are popped out and trunk bed is pushed up into the car. I got sandwiched between the Honda Accord you see to the left, and a minivan in front of me. I stopped short of hitting the van, but got plowed into by the Honda and pushed into the van. That little car was a TANK! I’m so thankful it took care of me so well. If I’m a little slow responding back to any emails it’s because I’m furiously searching for something new. I’ve got a bruised knee, a chipped tooth, and a bad seat belt bruise, and generally sore all over….. but I’m ok!!!  

How is it 90 degrees already?! Holy moley this has potential to be another blistering summer :-/ I guess I should just be thankful that all the summer weddings we have booked are indoors! Let’s chat goals…. April- 1. Finish editing a baby shoot DONE! 2. Finish editing Jake & Katie’s wedding DONE! 4. Cut the grass on our beach lot (ok, so this is on Jeremy’s to-do list… but we’re heading there on Saturday afternoon, and spending Easter Sunday at the beach!) DONE! 5. Complete some events and projects for work DONE! 6. Order a new sample album from RedTree (cannot wait to get this!!) Eh… decided to hold off for now :-/ 7. Complete quarterly taxes… ugh. DONE! Eh. ….. Not too shabby for a busy month! OK…. now for May! 1. Photography, edit & blog Ashley & Justin’s wedding 2. Enjoy Memorial Day weekend with no shoots or obligations! 3. Do some family sessions 4. Complete album orders 5. Finalize the beach house plan 🙂 6. Start narrowing down builders (we have one we like, but want to do more research)   Some Instagrams from April…. (the house is the front elevation of our beach house!)  

I hope you’re all enjoying a little R&R, quality family time, and yummy food! I’m about to being baking my moms famous four-layer chocolate pie…. yes, be jealous! Here’s a little of our holiday around the Horton house….. Our new monogram on our front door (I totally plan to leave this up year round!) from Southern Nest. I love that she’s a local etsy vendor!   These are some of my favorite ornaments…. They’re both from Poppies and they are personalized with our names & years on the back. I got the Rockettes ornament at Radio City on opening night 3 years ago, I’m dying to return! The one on the right is from our dear friends Matt & Aeriel, I love it! Some of Jeremy’s favorites 🙂 We’re big fans of Larry’s Beans, and this year they came out with a Holiday Blend, of course we had to try it! We also love that they’re local, roasted right in Raleigh.   ….. and finally, this year’s holiday card….. This is self timer action at it’s best…. place camera on back of convertible, push shutter, run, put hand in pocket & try to look like you didn’t just run back across the street in high heels 🙂 I’ve been lucky to have lots of vacation days left to burn. I’ve had all week off, and have the entire next week off, hallelujah! Too bad, i’ve been working hard during this “vacation”….. the office is finally getting a makeover! Flooring is what’s currently on the agenda and I cannot wait till Monday when Jeremy installs it! I’ve been busy this week pulling up nasty, commercial carpet. Here’s what the office looked like today when I left (via iPhone).    

Remember when we traveled to DC during October? Well, we shot a little film there too 🙂 Jeremy’s birthday was that weekend, so we had to make a special pit-stop at his favorite pizza joint, 2 Amy’s.   Taken on the Minolta Maxxum We took a few of Melissa & Jonathan on the F5 later that night…. I love these 🙂