BUSY BUSY BUSY

Okay. So life got super crazy.

I was doing a great job keeping track of our 10k training

(After every run, I would log in and write about it- like a journal!)

Then life got crazy.

And now I can't even finish the 2nd week of our training,
let alone begin week 3.
And now it's week 4!

Yikes.

So, I am not going to share either of those.
I am instead going to share exactly why life got crazy.

At the end of week 2 of training, my dad and step-mom, Katy, came into town.
We had a blast with them!
First, they took us to a delicious dinner at a steakhouse.
Yum!

Saturday morning, I went to breakfast with them while David worked.
To pass some time, we checked out the Fall Festival down the street from our apartment.
So cute!
It was a family with small children's dream.
We had fun walking around and checking everything out.
We even snapped some fun pictures :)

Did I mention that I launched my photography business?!

Well, kind of. 

I'm building my portfolio, but the best way for me to do something is to just jump right in.

So, I launched a Facebook page.

Go check it out!

I have absolutely LOVED every second of learning and growing in this journey.

Now I'm saving to upgrade my camera :)

In the meantime, I bought my first "must have" lens- the 50mm f/1.8

It is very new for me to not be able to twist the lens and zoom, but I am obsessed with the picture quality I get with this lens!

Thoughts and opinions on my branding logos?

I've recently starting reading a blog from a photographer who started her business a year ago.

She shares her journey and important things she has learned along the way.

The biggest help for her was when she decided to do Project 365.

She says that it got her to snap at least one photo a day, and that it has really helped with creativity, editing, angles, learning her camera, etc.

So, I am going to take a picture every day, edit it, and post it to my instagram.

I'll post a monthly recap on here.

Hopefully I actually stick to it.

We all know I get a little overexcited sometimes [hehe].

Anyways. Back to my dad and Katy's visit.

After the festival, we made a trip to the mall.

Katy treaty me to my first lululemon experience.

[swoon]

Can I just buy the whole store?

Then we met up with David and went to this cute restaurant in Castle Rock and sat on their outdoor patio with Lylah. It was a gorgeous day to be outside.

For dinner, we hit up a sports bar and caught part of the Notre Dame vs Florida State game.

No worries, David and I remembered we still had to run 3 miles…at 9pm.

So, alcohol and lots of food in our tummies, we took off.

We ran 3 miles in under 30 minutes!

What?! Who are we?!

No worries, we thought we were going to puke the whole time [ha!]

Then we woke up at 5:30am, yes, am, and took Dad and Katy to the airport.

I passed out on the bed the second we got home…

and maybe slept in the car [shh]

I have such a sweet hubby!

Week 3 of training.

Much more difficult than week 2…weirdly.

We did great with out Monday and Wednesday runs…

Then we left town Thursday.

We did run Friday morning though!

We were so excited to finally be back in Texas!

We pigged out on breakfast tacos, Rosas, and I treated myself to a Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit at the airport on our way home.

Food is so much yummier in Texas.

We had a blast staying with my brother and sister-in-law.

My mom and step-dad, David, came up too!

I got to get breakfast with my longtime friend Kara,

My best camp friend, Kariss, and her husband even came over and played Taboo with my family!

Bradley and Brittney's wedding was gorgeous!

I'm bummed I didn't take any pictures :(

But I left my camera home…

I didn't want to be obsessed with my new lens the whole visit [haha].

We did not sleep a lot while in Dallas, so coming home all we wanted was our bed.

Now that we are rested, we are ready to get back into the swing of things.

Here's some pictures I took playing with my new lens.

Can we just swoon over those fall colors?!

I am obsessed with the bokeh I can get with this lens!