Monday Madness: Volume 21

Quote of the Week:

“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” 

― C.G. Jung

I am full of good intentions. It really is on my mind to order that birthday present so it will arrive before your birthday. Then I say…oh I’ll order it tomorrow…and it doesn’t get ordered until after your birthday. t think about that nice card I want to buy just to brighten a friend’s day…but never make it to the Hallmark store. As I’m driving I think…oh let me call so&so because we haven’t chatted in forever. Then a different call rings in. And I don’t call. I get a thoughtful package in the mail from a loved one and instead of dropping what I’m doing right then and calling and saying thank you…I put it off until after dinner. Then after dinner I’m editing. Then I’m in bed. There’s also that errand someone asked me to run or that piece of business I really need to get accomplished and I put that off too. All with the good intention of getting it done right away. But it doesn’t get done right away.

Here’s the thing…good intentions really mean nothing. No one knows you have all those good intentions rolling around in your head. The only thing they know is that you dropped the ball on them. Or they think you’re not grateful. Or they think you don’t care because you didn’t even take the time to show them how important they are to you.

Over time you’re not known as the person with great intentions…you’re known as the person who doesn’t follow through and is ungrateful. I really don’t want to be that. So I challenge you…do what you say when you say you’ll do it! Really I challenge myself on this one more than you.

Highlights of the Week:

* I’ve had a couple of really awesome engagement sessions in the last few weeks. Super fun couples = super awesome session. You can view Stephanie & Phil’s here or Zoey and Wade’s here.

* My kitten boys are seriously the cutest things ever!!! My instagram feed is flooded with kitten cuteness these days. Make sure to follow me @amberkayphoto so you don’t miss any 🙂

* Last Wednesday I read my calendar wrong and thought I had a wedding consult. I cleaned my entire house and made myself presentable…only to realize 10 min prior to the consult ….that the consult was really the following week. Better early than late right? Oh and I had a clean house. (perhaps I should do this to myself every week!)

* On Friday I cleaned out my front flower bed while singing at the top of my lungs. I figure that my singing will surely scare away all the snakes. It didn’t scare away the giant toad and jumped out at me and made me scream. Now I’m not afraid of toads but it scared me. Lol.

* Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting an intimate wedding in the middle of the woods…in the rain. It was romantic and beautiful and I can’t wait to share lots of photos.

* Mother’s Day this year was wonderful. My Dustin came up from Richmond to spend the day with me and having both of my kids together, chatting, and laughing always makes for the best day ever. We went to brunch in Old Town Fredericksburg at Kybecca (which is always a favorite) and had yummy food, yummy drinks, and of course awesome dessert. I of course also made the kids take a few photos with me. Which…is always a challenge with these two.

Take #1…my fault…camera on tripod with self timer…cut off Dustin’s head. ( But this may end up being the best?)

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Take #2…fixed my camera mistake…Savanna’s face is now a mistake…

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Take #25+…finally got decent smiles from everyone…but now have dappled light on Dustin’s face…oh well…we’re done.

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I don’t get too many photos of Dustin by himself anymore…but I LOVE this one. He looks so handsome and grown up!!!

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Mean mugging me…2014-05-12_0006

Finally….here are my cute cute “babies”!!!2014-05-12_0007

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