can't make up my mind!

I am having a multiple personality disorder over on my photo blog. I change my logo and header on my website and blog it seems on a daily basis.
This does seem to be the time to be making all these changes as of course the workload is down over the winter. I just can't seem to get across what I want.
I "think" I have finally found it though today. We'll see what tomorrow brings ;)

Cans for Comments

I am so excited to be doing cans for comments on my photography blog. You can check out the details at www.kenzie-kenziesphotography.blogspot.com

Falling off the wagon

I just can't seem to keep up with this blog thing. I guess I just don't have anything that important to say.
Or when I do I don't seem to blog about it. Facebook is like such a daily blog that you can just post whatever you are thinking anytime that to put it all in one paragraphy here just doesn't happen all that often anymore.
I guess I could say I got a new camera but of course have already mentioned it on fb :-)
I took the kids out for fall family pics and even managed a self timed one of ourselves as a family! I must say it turned out pretty good considering I was the one running back and forth.







I know this sounds crazy but I'm kind of waiting for the snow to fall. Birthdays and Christmas are just around the corner but with no snow it is hard to get into the groove.

Day 1-Canmore Alberta July 19th

What an amazing journey we had for a week in Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Drumheller. A part of me says I could stay there forever with the beautiful mountains and ice blue lakes but the part of me that loves our lakes that we can swim in says I am happy here.
I could have taken sooo many photos of the gorgeous things we saw however I wanted to enjoy our trip in real time so I limited it to 200 ;)
I'm not sure if Jordyn was car sick or what came over her but she threw up and had diarrhea the whole way there :( By the time we got there she had no clothes on and everything we had access to was either poopy or pukey.
Otherwise the ride there was really good. Jay and I took turns driving with of course him doing the most. I just cannot see well enough in the dark so he gets stuck. He seems to enjoy it though and finds it relaxing.
We left Saturday night after a wedding I shot (July 18th) and we arrived in Canmore at about 3pm and after a full night of driving and changing sick babies. Once in Canmore we decided we would hotel it for the first night just to get a good nights rest and cleaned up etc... We found a great little hotel with a pool for the kids and who would let us bring Lacey. Dinner consisted of Dominoes Pizza and then we explored town a bit. A swim and an early evening to bed in lush beds and we were all done for the day.

Hotel was Quality Resort.


View from our room


some friends along the way :)

Should have stayed in bed....

You know when it's one of those days where life would have been better had you not even gotten out of bed? Well so far today has certainly been one of them. The funny thing is that this morning for my fb status I specifically commented on what a great day it was going to be and it's like karma just had to come along and bite me in the a$$.
We started off the day by going to church where I worked in the nursery. Pretty safe so far. Jay sat in the service himself and of course our pastor went way over time but that is pretty much par for the course.
After church we wanted to run some errands and thought we would grab lunch at Costco. While there I let Jordyn play with my wallet as she was sitting in the cart. In this wallet of course had my cash from last nights wedding, my ID and all my bank cards etc... Well wouldn't you know somewhere along the way she must have dropped it! Panic sets in as we retrace all our steps through Costco. Can't find it anywhere. Oh did I mention this is the first time I'd even used this wallet?!? New purchase from Etsy.
Home we go feeling super deflated and depressed as everything I had worked for yesterday is gone :(
Get home and the phone rings. It is one of my couples waiting for me to do e pics at the park. Holy Smokes I totally forgot. I apologize profusely and run over there to do their session.
Hopefully that is all the mishaps for the day because I'm pretty worn out.
I'm just hoping some honest person will come across my wallet and turn it in...

Crappy Weekend

I was so disappointed this weekend. Thursday night Jay went out of town to do some fishing overnight and then the plan was to pack up and spend a night out in the Whiteshell camping. I had planned our menu and ordered a sleep sack for Jordyn. The camping stuff was put together and ready to be thrown into the van for our quick trip.
And then it rained. And it rained, and rained, and rained, for 2 solid days. Oh but don't forget the wind. I guess we could have gone but I would much rather sit in my house doing nothing than sit in a tent doing nothing :p
So what did we do this weekend? We had a playdate and dinner with some friends on Friday evening. Saturday went for a pedicure with Carrie and ran some errands with Jay and the babies. Sunday the sun finally shone in between the clouds so we went for a bike ride this morning, did some more errands, washed diapers, went for another bike ride and finished a wedding.
I guess overall it wasn't really a horrible weekend... just not what I planned.

Supermodel?

Kianne wanted to do a photo shoot so with nothing really better to do today out we went.
She was pretty stiff at first but it ended up being lots of fun. She actually asked if she could bring a friend next time :)

A boy and his Dog

Otherwise known as Corey and Lacey!!!! Because it was such a gorgeous day today we headed out to King's Park for some fun and some photos!
Corey brought his snow board and hit the hills for a little while and Lacey got some socializing at the off leash park. Unfortunately though for her she is not nearly trained enough to go off leash ;)

Just for Fun?

You'll have to excuse my whiny post this time round. I've had a pretty bad month of weddings and this last one just made me rethink my whole career path.
There are definitely pros and cons to being a wedding photographer and I guess you just have to take the good with the bad.
Some of the pros are the hours (funny though it's also a con) I love that I can stay home during the week with my kids but I do miss the weekends. Especially during summer.
I love the fact that you get to spend your day with beautiful people who are generally excited and happy.
I do miss picking up my camera just for the fun of it though. That is something I am going to have to make an effort to do.
So, no pics this time but from now on there will be more of the what makes me truly happy content. My family, my kids, my life.

Wonderful Wedding Show

If anyone was lucky enough to get engaged over the holiday season the best place to be is The Wonderful Wedding Show

I'll be there with Carrie Ekosky Photography . I hope to one day have my own booth but until then I will live vacariously through her :)

I always love being there and seeing all the sights and sounds as Nicole said it is sensory overload.
It is fun though :)