Before we walk, we crawl {Our first steps}

posted November 6, 2011 in Happenings

Learning to be a student isn’t much different than learning to walk. We want to run so quickly. Yet, our feet falter at the slightest bump in the sidewalk. Sometimes it’s the fault of iOS 5, or the US mail forwarding service, or the end of daylight saving wasting time.

Making first steps ain’t easy. Yet, life’s little stumbles make us learrn. The last 4 weeks have been nice pistachio flavor I’ll still call “NUTS!”

My first ‘STEPS’

Finally unpacking most of my moving boxes from the move out to the Midwest {It has snowed twice in CO and not once in MN yet this Fall, making the transition easier}
Prioritizing quality family & friend time over business with many rewarding experiences. I fell asleep on a Friday night watching a DVD movie with Justin Bieber {true confession}.
Savoring world-class nomnomnom beignets and learning from the finest in the wedding industry including David Murray, Ben Chrisman, Huy Nguyen, my friend Jan Garcia, along with many other Fearless Photographers at the Foundation Workshop in New Orleans. Beignets & chicory coffee, image critiques, and NoLa here I come!

Spent wonderful time with my clients in person finalizing their wedding album, hearing some REALLY good news from Grace Ormond (stay tuned), and rediscovering my affinity for sharing un-published images like this one from Davuth & Judy’s wedding:

My first ‘FAILS’

Not exercising in 7 days, a not-so proud record. My legs feel like over-cooked linguini noodles.
Clothes go from the dryer straight to the suitcase and I call it packing. I’ve caught myself doing this FOUR times in the last FOUR weeks. Uncool.
Missing my connection in Dulles because I forgot to set my clock back from the previous time zone. Ug. Forehead slap and slight ‘moment’ to myself. Krista made it better by sending me a photo of a homemade dinner yumminess.

Sometimes luck graces our first few steps and it is a blessing to boost confidence. Other times, I feel there is sooo much to learn that I forgot how to tie my velcro shoes and still manage to trip over my laces. Either way, we should learn from both. Let’s get moving without much thought, see what happens, then learn from mistakes. Like that metallic taste of a not so good wine, or table as this little one figured out:

Congrats to all those new born babies from this weekend, especially to Fort Collins wedding photographer / my match-maker Rachel Olsen!!!!). You’ll make a great Mom!