work weekend

Their expressions say it all. We spent 20 hours of our weekend, cutting, cleaning, building, and repairing a family member's yard and house.

Ross and I built a new porch and hung new shutters:

Linds and Steph chopped down the jungle:

And we all worked to clean out the garage:

All in all, we filled 65 trash bags; trimmed 40 shrubs and 4 trees; clean out and organized 6 rooms and a garage; gave away 4 desks, 1 couch, 2 lamps, 5 chairs, 2 beds, 3 shelves, 30 books, 8 sets of sheets, 16 blankets, 1 chainsaw, 22 picture frames, 6 baskets, and 30 years of miscellaneous knick-knacks; hung 10 shutters; and built 1 porch.

dancing in beaumont

dance with the bride, originally uploaded by kab_live.

I shot my first dark indoor event this weekend. It was a learning experience. Mostly, I concentrated on lots of close shots of small groups and individuals...and some slower shutter shots on the dance floor.

left out

left out, originally uploaded by kab_live.

We spent the weekend @ the lakehouse in tyler. On Saturday, several of Linds' cousins showed up to celebrate my, and gpa Max's bdays. One of my favorite things to do out there is shoot baskets with the boys. Somehow, "big E" always ends up on the outside-looking-in...sometimes he gets his feelings hurt, but other times, I don't think he minds all that much. It's possible that he is instead, pondering the mysteries of the universe (or plotting revenge on his brothers).