The Bray Bunch: 5/3/09

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Beach Bums

Chris and I went to a wedding in Siesta Key two weekends ago and it was a-may-hazing! It was just a short little trip (drove down Sat. morning, drove home Sunday afternoon) but still a nice little getaway. We hit the beach first thing with our books and some frozen lemonade. The water was actually not all that bad and was BEAUTIFUL. You would think all of these mini-vacas would leave me feeling relaxed, but what they do is just leave me wanting MORE!!!! I am so ready to just veg at the beach for a good solid week (or two).......

Yes, we are NERDZZZZ who take pictures of ourselves {Chris will be disapointed to read this since he's convinced we really are cool}

Told ya so....total.cheesey.nerds :P

Take 1.

Take 2. Haha!

And, OMG - who even knew that it was possible to get such an angle......

He is going to kill me, but how could I not post these .... ??????

I tried to replicate it but couldn't get it quite right.

But here's a lovely close up shot of my huge face anyways :)

...and another. No clue what I was doing, but I do think it's kinda cool that you can see the clouds in my sunglasses!

Oh! And how could I forget - read a great book - Water for Elephants. Definitely recommend it, it's a good, quick read!

We did manage to clean ourselves up for the wedding at the Ritz, which was stunning (I love using that word lol).

Told you I was diggin yellow lately!

OK, well I'm off to continue daydreaming about the beach. Have a lovely weekend friends :)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Sorry about that....

Whoa, so I guess I've been a pretty lazy bloggie lately. That's what happens when I blink my eyes and a whole week has passed :P Not to mention, I have been having a really hard time finding inspiration this week, blah. I feel like I have all this creativity stewing just beneath the surface but can't access it because I'm too busy cleaning up goldfish off the floor for the 9,789,783,898-th time (in one day), driving here, driving there, trying to cook up nutritious, delicious meals for the fam....well, you get the idea, sometimes LIFE just gets in the way :) Not that I would trade my day job for anything in the world, but sometimes we artsy folk just need a respite from the grind to clear our head and find inspiration. Fortunately, I have a husband who tries really hard to understand this and gives me lots of little pockets of time to myself to just be "me" not mommy or wife or daughter, friend, hired photog. etc. However, his latest, greatest act of kindness has me literally jumping and down with excitement (I know you're probably picturing that in your head right now). So, I didn't win the free seat to the Marmalade Photography workshop in Chicago (although supposedly I was veryvery close). BUT - little did I know that Marianne (photographic genius from Marmalade) and Chris were conspiring behind my back to figure out a way that I could somehow still go. Chris thankfully ended up spilling the beans, which was very fortunate, because I ended up booking a wedding for that very same weekend. Instead of attending the workshop, I am now scheduled to attend a 1:1 mentoring session the following weekend with Mare in CHICAGO!! I'm so excited I just about can't stand it! SO, that's what's new with me ~ what's new with you?? Just in case you are also in need of some inspiration today, here are some beauties I found this week that will brighten up your Tuesday!