I mowed our entire yard by myself last week! This is a big deal for me, embarrassing as it may be, I had never done it before.

As a kid, I never really got the chance because my Mom absolutely loves to mow, so she always did it. And as a married adult I hadn’t done it (till now) because Stu enjoys it and used to work at a golf course, back in his college days, where he practiced striping and his golf swing

Now, don’t get the wrong idea here, our yard looks nothing like a golf course! Far from it in fact. But, the two times I ‘practiced’ mowing (in the backyard of course!) I felt like he was watching and thinking “ohhhh no!” Even though he’d give me the thumbs up each time I dared to loosen my grip on the bars and give my white knuckles a break and steal a glance at him. (we have one of those zero-turn mowers, and that is what makes this a bit challenging to me)

Anyway, I jumped on the mower last week while he was at work. I mowed the front yard, the back yard, the side yard, and anything in between. And I was sad to be done after an hour and a half! I loved it. (aside from the sneezing and other allergy-related problems, even though I took Clairton) And while I still had white knuckles part of the time, I felt more relaxed and confident the more I did. So, while I don’t see a lawncare business in my future, I do think I will be mowing my own yard now!

I stepped out of my comfort zone for something else this weekend too. I photographed a wedding! Yes, I.photographed.a.wedding. Eeeeiiiiii! This is not the first wedding I have shot. But it is the first in a while. I normally shy away for several reasons. But every now and then I find myself doing one.

I was a little nervous. But not too bad till I woke up the day of the wedding to bad weather that only got worse. As in lots of rain, high winds and even a tornado! But, thankfully it cleared up (except for the wind) in time for the wedding. And I’ll show you a little peek at what I got….

As you can see, Katie made a beautiful bride and Kemp a handsome groom… and, I think we rocked that sun flare!! I’ll be posting a full post soon….

Happy Monday!