welcome back, folks! it’s been a while, but eileen and i have finally returned home from our annual trip to clearwater, florida — our first vacation with baby jasmine! and, boy, did we need it — although i’m pretty sure jasmine got more r&r than we did. you should have seen her sprawled out on the beach, chillin’ like a villain under her little pinwheel umbrella. the sea breeze and fresh air absolutely knocked her out. i, on the other hand, made the mistake of bringing the laptop to the beach house — you know, just in case. needless to say, my workoholism got the better of me and the first two days were lost to photo editing. the good news is eileen whipped me back into shape, and the rest of the week was fantastic — just relaxing, eating, and hangin’ out with family; i’m already looking forward to next year’s trip. in the meantime, i’ll throw some photos on the blog soon to let you see what we were up to…

and yet more good news:  you get to see some of our favorites from susan and craig’s wedding (at least a day or two earlier than you would have otherwise). 😛

i said that clearwater, florida was jasmine’s first vacation. but not her first road trip. that honor goes to scottsboro, alabama, where jasmine (still too little to be apart from momma for very long) and her sweet aunt, my sister mary elizabeth, tagged along on our way to see the one and only national airport unclaimed baggage center! yeah, baby! oh, and susan and craig’s wedding of course. we went for that, too. 😉

we had the best time spending another weekend with this sweet couple. (craig was one of robby’s groomsman down in st. simons.) the wedding was in susan’s family’s home church, and we had a great time visiting some of her old haunts around town during the couple’s encore session the following day. (more of that to come, although i’m posting just a couple shots now to whet your appetite.)

yes, indeed, that is robby eating the “see” food. good eye!

don’t see many of these around anymore. only in scottsboro, alabama, right?

we piled on this statue of jackson in honor of craig’s love for history. (although i’m afraid this could be seen as desecrating history.) all in good fun — making certain the wedding day would make a little history, too.

we were very impressed by susan’s high degree of preparedness. she even had a portable fan to keep cool during pictures! brides, take note!

you would never know if i didn’t tell you — so i probably should keep my mouth shut. but the story is too good to leave untold. for the first time in his many years (so he claimed) — and certainly the first time i’ve seen it — the pastor forgot to direct the exchange of rings. so susan and craig left the ceremony married, yes… but ringless. happily, we took a break from family portraits afterward in order that susan and craig could exchange rings properly. a couple of these shots come from that “ancillary” ceremony. if you ask me, a lot more fun than the normal way of doing things. 😉

congratulations, you two! hope you like the photos. we’ll be back with more from your encore session next.

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