Reflecting

Soooo we were no longer able to dodge the "sick bug" in our house! BOOOOO!!! It hit me for a few days and it was horrible! I really dislike being sick. Not only did it hit me but it delayed me from getting to start my 21 day fix which I am SUPER stoked to start. I am FINALLY starting to feel human again so as long as I stay good I will definitely be doing that first thing in the AM!!! Now we will sit and wait to see who it strikes next in our house. :( 

Anywhoooooo, so I've been doing some reflecting about all of the good things that have happened since we have been here. (um, yeah I don't do that quite enough because let's face it, it's sooo much more rational easy to be negative! LOL) Seriously, there are some really great things and one started in Arizona and by some weird universe thing ended unbelievably awesome!

Friends from Arizona were visiting their family in New Jersey last year and wanted us to come see them. To make it even better she set up a few different shoots for me to do while we were visiting them. We had such a great day meeting their family and I of course had a blast getting my photography on, but never in a million years could I have predicted what would follow. Our friends flew back to Arizona and I did my editing as I normally would, sent out my discs and then followed up to make sure everyone received them.

When I sent a message to Tina (the sister of our friend in AZ) to make sure she got her pictures and liked them, she immediately responded and asked me if I got her email. Hmmm, email, no I didn't. Thankfully she told me where she sent it because I had just got my new phone and did not have everything transferred over, which made me completely BLANK on checking that email. I immediately found her email and it gave me the BIGGEST smile. She was soooo sweet and basically told me how she knows we only just met but she has a "feeling we'll get to be good friends". It was in that email she invited my family to come spend the weekend at their house to BBQ, drink wine and do some beach pictures!!!!!! WHAT!!!????? Are you serious?!

Now my family is VERY shy. I am the ONLY. LOUD. OUTSPOKEN. person in my house. It was going to take some work to convince them to go spend the weekend with what were basically COMPLETE STRANGERS!!! They all agreed, but were extremely nervous the whole ride there. I was soooo ready for a weekend of fun and not nervous, one little bit. That was by far one of the BEST weekends EVER. We all meshed so well. The kids got along and Tina and I....well we are definitely long lost sisters. We ate, we drank, we went to the beach, we relaxed and we did family pics on the BEACH! From one little shoot came AH-MAZING new friends!!!!!

Since then they have come and spent a weekend with us and now we are already scheduled for another weekend with them. There are no words for how lucky I feel to have got to meet Tina & Bob and their sweet, sweet girls, but then again I adored her brother and sister in law so I shouldn't be so shocked.  It's crazy how sometimes things just work out and in this case they totally worked out. My only low to this story is I wished they lived closer but then again it makes our time with them that much more meaningful. To Ken & Lisa, thank you for introducing us to your fabulously sweet sister and her lovely family. To Tina & Bob, muahhhhh!!! Love you guys so much! Can't wait to see you for our next weekend of memories! XO

And this is WAY WAY WAY over due, but here are some of my favs from their Beach Session!!! Enjoy! XO