are you there, Spring? It's me, Mo

You heard it here first . . . I am the queen of Seasonal Affective Disorder. At this point in the year, if the sun ain't a shinin', I ain't a smilin'. I thought Hawaii would have prevented this from happening again this year, but true to my form, I spend my days staring out the window, tapping the glass, being all Miss-Cranky-Pants and blaming it on the weather.

With that said . . . I am very, very excited for Spring! I hate the mud and I don't enjoy the rain unless my plan for that day was to stay home with a good pile of laundry to fold and a good book to read, but even when those things are present, the smell of the air and watching things come to life slowly is really quite amazing . . .

I am truly beyond excited about this year's wedding season, personal plans, and sunshine coming our way. This month brings a handful of boudoir shoots, an engagement shoot, and my first wedding of 2011, and next month brings Walla Walla wine tasting one weekend, and a short trip to New York to photograph the marriage of one of my childhood best friends the next. June sends me to Detroit for a wedding, and in the midst of Montana weddings the rest of the summer, Joe and I are taking the girls on vacation to the Oregon coast. And among my August weddings, I am traveling to Wyoming to photograph a welcome party and rehearsal dinner, working alongside the amazing talent of Fresh Designs.

What else do I have planned, you ask? Well, we are pretty boring people around here. I am hoping to plant a small garden, purchase a lovely patio set, and paint the laundry room. Joe is planning on completing all of our landscaping, installing some type of invisible fence, and grow his practice with some wonderful new advertising.

As for the Shorties, they'll be turning 6 and 4. They have a beautiful new cousin, Sophie, who we hope to go meet in Denver very, very soon. They'll begin soccer and swim lessons this summer, learn to load the dishwasher, and practice tying their shoelaces.

I have lots of wonderful blog posts planned this week, so stay with me. :) Happy Sunday!