Ohh May…I think back to college when this was about the time I was finishing up exams and gearing up to head home for summer…well now it’s kind of the opposite! The busy season has arrived! I’m so excited for each of my couples who are getting married in the next few months…They are all so special to me and I want to make sure I’m serving them in the best ways possible! That also means I need to kick it into high gear to make sure I’m accomplishing all of my goals…

The biggest May goal is to help my designer launch my brand new website! (AHHH..cue the applause! It definitely couldn’t be coming at a better time since my current site is kind of falling apart…or maybe you didnt notice how choppy the blog looks or that the get in touch button doesn’t work..which is kind of crucial to receiving inquiries and continuing to run a business don’t you think?). I think it’s going to feel really great to be able to check this goal off the list to say the least!!

So here’s a list for the month of May…April was pretty productive for me if I do say so myself..so let’s hope I can keep it up this month!

Business Goals

• Launch the new site!! We are shooting for Wednesday of THIS week! I am so excited!!
• Finish up putting together my new collateral/packaging to match the new brand…It’s starting to come together!
• Send off the styled shoot I photographed to hopefully be published on a wedding blog!
• Finish putting my office together…most of the stuff is up on the walls at this point, thanks to Ryan…but I still need to ask him to help me hang the curtains! And I need to order some prints for my gallery wall of frames! They are all empty and sad looking right now…
• Finishing entering all 2013 weddings into ShootQ…a few of my brides booked before I started using this software, but it’s so incredibly helpful and awesome that I want to make sure all of my couples are using it!
• Shoot my last 3 May weddings well!

Personal Goals

• I’m not someone who values routine that much…I’m one of those people that gets bored easily if things are TOO consistent. But I think there is value to living consistently in some ways…for example, I want to continue working out consistently with my friend and workout buddy Melanie, I want to consistently make our bed every day because Ryan really appreciates it, I want to consistently take Lexie for long walks on Sundays together  (or at least whenever I dont have a Sunday wedding!) because it’s good for her and our little family, I want to consistently keep track of our food budget each month, etc. I think living consistently in some ways builds good habits and soon enough these things will hopefully become second nature!
• Eat healthy and limit ice-cream intake! I’m pretty good at maintaining a healthy diet overall…I just dont usually ever crave fried foods or too many carbs…but ice-cream is my weakness…right now I’m hung up on the Ben and Jerry’s greek yogurt flavors…sooo I’m thinking I should try to avoid eating it every day.
• Begin work on our kitchen renovation…we have the design for it in mind..but now it’s just about time to knock out the wall in between our kitchen and dining room…I’m excited for our old house to feel more open!
• Blog dining room progress..I took pictures of the progress we’ve made on the dining room so I want to share them before the wall is gone!
• Get rid of junk…our second bedroom is still kind of a hoarders paradise right now..or at least one half of the room…we want to clean it out and get it looking nice and welcoming so that people will actually want to stay with us!
• In church yesterday each person in the service was given a fortune cookie that had a little slip of paper inside challenging us to do something nice for someone…the theme of the message was repreSENT…As a Christian, I’m called to represent Christ by going out and being his hands and feet..too often Christians live in a so-called theoretical bubble where we just talk about what were supposed to do as followers of Christ but never actually take the step and actually do anything about it…My slip of paper said to surprise a neighbor by cooking them a meal..soo that’s a goal for this  month too! On top of already trying to cook better for my husband…we’ll see how it goes!

And these two are coming to the blog tomorrow! I loved the peek Lauren stole at her soon-to-be husband in the middle of the prayer during their rainy ceremony…also that her dad is holding an umbrella for them…so sweet! I cant wait to share these!

Happy Monday!!