After a very long dreary, wet, dark winter and a spring that’s still deciding what it wants to do, it was so refreshing to spend a gorgeous afternoon in the park with Holly and Matt, documenting the beauty of pregnancy and twins on the way. Lovely couple, warm day, sun shining, tall grass (my favorite)…what more could you ask for? Not a thing.
Whoa…it’s been 10 months since I last blogged! It’s been a crazy-busy end of 2012 and beginning of 2013. Adjusting to the move to Germany, adjusting to being home with a toddler, traveling, sports, Scouts, and traveling some more. My computer crashed last fall and I lost all of my photography, design, slideshow, and bookkeeping programs and the paperwork to start my business in Germany seemed incredibly daunting–these are the things that kept me from getting back to work. Oh, and did I mention that I have a full blown toddler in the house? One that prefers to spend her days climbing our see-through stairs (holy danger!), dancing on top of the dining room table, pulling stuff out of the cabinets, and any general daredevil feats. Yeah, she’s probably kept me from the business a bit, too
Well, enough about me and my woes and on to the very first KHP “Germany Tour” photoshoot! It couldn’t have been a better family to start off with. The Van Epps became clients back in the first year of my business in 2007 and now they are some of my best friends EVER! Click HERE to see their Texas wildflower shoot and HERE to see their deployment homecoming. There were two other previous shoots but my old blog deleted those photos, darnit.
They’ve been living in Garmisch, Germany since last summer and sadly are on their way back to the States this summer for their next adventure. I know they are as sad to go as we are to see them leave us…again. Garmisch has to be one of the most beautiful places on the entire Earth. It’s just breathtaking.
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I love this family. I love that I’ve been their photographer since Lauren was a newborn and I’ve been able to watch and document her and her brother Jack grow up. I mostly love that they wanted me to shoot their family photos so much that they were willing to reschedule twice AND wait for TWO MONTHS to see their sneak peek because of our move to Germany. Well, we are finally settled here in the Stuttgart, Germany area…and by that I mean that I was able to locate the box with my desktop computer We are still organizing, hanging pictures, and unpacking the last of the boxes, but I just couldn’t wait any longer. I knew there were some real gems in this session and I was excited to finally be able to pull them up on my computer and share them with the Wilson Family. So here you go Lindsay…an extra big sneak peek for being so patient!!
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I’ve been putting off writing this blog post for awhile, but I suppose it’s time to do it. It’s been a whirlwind few weeks packing up our Texas home, shipping our vehicle overseas, living in hotel rooms, renting two separate vehicles, a 10 day visit to family and friends in KS, numerous calls to Lufthansa and United to make sure my dogs had their spots reserved in the cargo hold of the flight. I could go on and on. Thankfully, we are pretty much at the end of the months long preparation to move our family of five from Ft. Hood, Texas to Stuttgart, Germany! We arrived safe and sound about a week ago and so far, we’ve survived…which is something I wasn’t sure was going to actually happen.
I got my car back today after a 60 day separation, Jason and I both passed our German driver’s license tests, we found a house we love and living in the hotel room isn’t as horrible as I thought it would be. So far, so good We find out tomorrow evening if we get the house we like and if not, I know we’ll find something else. I’m finally feeling like I can relax, and it’s a very good feeling.
I’m not sure what this move will mean for KHP. I would love to continue my business over here, but I want to make sure I can do it “legally” first. I believe there will be lots of hoops to jump through, so I want to get settled first and research to see what it’s going to take. I will keep the blog and continue to blog about our European Adventure in the meantime. Thanks for sticking with me
I’m on my old laptop and can only access a few photos from my mobile phone, but I’ll share a few from the past few weeks.
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More gorgeous wildflowers…and a beautiful girl to go with them! Thanks Alex, for traipsing all over central Texas to get the shots I wanted…I had fun! :)
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