Foto Friday | Sheboygan Wedding & Portrait Photographer

there are so many things that I wanted to write in this post. I know its actually Monday and not Friday. Friday Mike and I were able to just hang out, have a nice dinner, and a few drinks. just hang out. not something that we have been able to do lately because we have been running here and there...sometimes with and sometimes without the other, and finishing this or that, and meetings running late at work or having to start work earlier and work longer hours. sigh. but! today we both have off so that we can be at home and veg out. and in reality we aren't doing much veg-ing...I am writing this blog post and he is cutting tiles to put down in our new bathroom. oh well, such is life I suppose. 

this week's foto friday is of our yard...which is looking kinda gross right now. except for the fact that the flower buds are starting to bloom :) so excited for the tulips to come up

flower buds and grass...so excited for green grass again (which...right now is really just a whole mess of mudddddd) :D

 yellow flowers in the front

 tucker :D what kind of doggy mommy would I be if I didn't include my fluffy doggy

 annndddd....the tulips. :) grow faster!

happy week :)

xoxo

Maggie

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Foto Friday | Sheboygan Wedding & Portrait Photographer

yesterday was friday. 

today is saturday.

so maybe this should have been called foto saturday.

nah...not as good of a ring to it as foto friday :)

I am patiently waiting for spring to get here. it snowed a couple days ago.

yes. snow. in late March. 

helllloooooo wisconsin spring time. 

its the time of year when you go to work with your heater on and come home with the air conditioning on.

or something along those lines :)

anyway I decided to put up a photo from last fall...because I really can't wait for spring to come so that all the pretty flowers come up out of the ground :D

they make much better backdrops than snow...I mean I like snow because it adds something different into the mix. but it gets boring quick. and is kinda gross when its in the half-melted-showing-all-the-nasty-dirt stage. yuk. spring, summer and fall offer WAY more colors :D

so here's to spring being right around the corner!

(even though as I look outside now....it is...of course...snowing. again. sigh)

happy weekend!

xoxo

Maggie

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Foto Friday & Afternoon Ramblings | Sheboygan Wedding & Portrait Photographer

the end of another week. 

this week felt slow and fast all at once.

I'm not sure how that works.

let's take this morning for example...

my alarm rings at 432 am

yes. 432. am. 

it rings then so that I know I have at least 2 snoozes :)

when I do get up, Tucker goes outside.

and I put in contacts, brush my hair, and my teeth. 

in that order. 

always.

well, during the week anyway.

then I grab my lunch and let Tucker in.

and feed him a carrot. 

because good doggie mommies give their puppies healthy snacks. 

then I get dressed.

by this time its about 525...depending on the amount of dawdling I do. 

yes, I am up, dressed, and out the door in about 35 minutes. 

I give Mike a kiss goodbye and I am out the door and driving to work.

and I yawn. a bunch. because...its early and I want nothing more than to crawl back into dreamland for another  hour.

but this morning...although I followed that very same schedule of events...something was different.

not the dog, or contacts, or hair, or teeth, or lunch, or leaving. 

the sky. it was glowing. glowing because the sun was coming up :)

this, dear friends, is one of my FAVORITE times of the year. 

its the time of year when getting up at 432 am really isn't so bad because I can watch the sun creep up over the eastern horizon on my way into work. 

I get to drive into the sun light. 

its like I'm leaving winter behind. 

this weekend Daylight Savings Time begins. 

when I was younger I dreaded this because lets face it, who REALLY wants to lose an hour of sleep?! 

but the older I get the more I appreciate this time of year. 

because it means spring, 

and warm weather, 

and flip flops, 

and rainy days,

and green grass, 

and pretty flowers, 

and birds, 

and fresh cut grass and hay,

and the smell of farms (yes...I happen to love the smell of farms:) )

and longer days with more sun, 

and oh-so-in-love brides and grooms.

all of these things that make my job as a photographer so much more fun because I get to have the sun, the grass, the flowers, the oh-so-in-love couples in front of my camera.

spring is also easter time. 

and easter candy time. 

and jelly bean time.

I love starburst jelly beans. 

with the exception of the yellow ones. not so much a fan.:)

xoxo

Maggie

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It's almost....

Warm enough to open the windows!! Haha...ok, maybe not...but it is about 40* F here today!! Woo!!! And in Wisconsin that's code for...shorts and a sweatshirt! Well, maybe not shorts for me per say, but I'm sure that there were people in shorts today. I can probably even name one...Tom..yea..I'm callin' you out! haha. My cousin Tom LOVES to wear shorts. In fact, he regularly will be seen in shorts in sub-zero temps. Crazy, maybe. But who isn't?!

I love when the snow starts to melt and the days get longer. It means that spring and summer are coming soon. And that means that flowers will start blooming and the grass will start growing...that is after all the snow melts. But I'm sure...since this is Wisconsin...that there will be more snow on the way before it all melts. 

So anyway, its been a busy time for me lately. Wedding planning...is nuts! There are like 1948745901873405918234 things that need to be done. Good thing we aren't getting married until 2011!

Other than that not too much is new around here. I just wanted to give y'all an update :D I am putting together a contest of sorts because I want to get my name out in the community. So, hopefully tonight and tomorrow I will be putting the finishing touches on this baby! woo!! and then, unleash it to...THE WORLD!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures along the way :) they are photos of our new addition, the dirty window, the ice melting and the pretty sunset.

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