Drea Wood

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Weekend Wrap Up

Written on 03/13/2011 by Dreawood in babywearing, caleb, Owen, photography, Taite

A friend of mine does a Weekly Wrap up :)
I thought Id do a weekend Wrap up.

Not much time to really wrap it up, so ill let the pictures speak for themselves :)

- more from the little girls session HERE
I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

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Stress of a Child or lack there of.

Written on 02/27/2011 by Dreawood in caleb, motherhood, Owen, photography, struggles, Taite

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to sit back in a swing, with the wind hitting our face – and just soak up the joy of that day. It seems like there are periods in my life – that get SO busy – that to find a day that is stress free is almost impossibly.

I thought I was getting better at saying “no” – and prioritizing my schedule – but lately its just gotten a bit out of hand. Im taking on to much and while Id like to blame others :) – the real fault falls on myself. I want to pretend like I can do it all, but I just cant.

I am exhausted.

Running a business…
Editing Sessions
Trying to stay fit (this takes work!!)
Staying in the Word (seems like this takes the most work some days… Satan really has been using my busy calendar to distract me from Christ)
Home Schooling…
Keeping up with Church events…
Keeping up with Home School events…
Keeping up with the House, GOOD GRACIOUS cookie crum, its ridiculous some weeks. I mean seriously, why cant I catch up on laundry? really – how come it just seems to pile up every single day and is never ending? where on earth did all these clothes come from? Can we say YARD SALE!

There are so many things that pull my time – that when I sit down to relax, im so stressed out from everything I have done or still need to do – that the time I spend trying to relax, really isnt all that relaxing, because my mind is never done.

Ive decided that after June – im taking a break from my business. Not quitting :) – but just stepping back so I can figure out a way to balance things out better. I need to figure out a better routine for my chores – aka house work :) – I need to get the school routine a little bit more organized… and I just need to figure out what I can handle as far as business goes.

Despite today ending on a few stressful notes… with cloth diapers to wash, 3 laundry baskets full of unfolded clothing… and 4 more waiting to be washed… with a sink full of dishes, and a dish washer waiting to be emptied… lets just say my night was not restful – although here I am blogging out my thoughts – I managed to skipped out around 4:30pm today with the boys – alone – and enjoyed this amazing NC weather… and as I sat there and watched the boys played – I couldnt help but think – why are things so crazy… I just want to enjoy this.

I love being a mom…

…. but I got lots of learning to do in the area of balance… and trying not to stress out over the little things.

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Back View

Written on 02/26/2011 by Dreawood in photography

Behind the scenes view thanks to Aliesha :)

Pictures from this session over on my photo blog.

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Who doesn’t love a Photobooth

Written on 02/21/2011 by Dreawood in family, photography

At a wedding I helped photograph on Saturday – the bride hired a company to set up a HUGE photobooth for their guest to use.

It was the 1st Id seen like this at a wedding.. and I must admit, was pretty darn cool :) – the booth came with props, a privacy curtain and after you took your photos, it even printed them for you.

During some down time at the reception – Casey, Kristin and I got in and had a go.

It was fun :) and I love the pictures we got.

I had to share these as well :)
During the group photos – Kristin wanted to help visualized to the bride how to lay her head on the grooms chest for a photo – and so she grabs me, while in the church sanctuary started moving my arms to hold her – I just couldnt help but think “ooooo goodness what are the older people thinking?” LOL – im sure they were unaware we were both believers and that I was a Pastors wife – and that this was just “for demonstration purposes” – no one said anything – thankfully, it sure was funny.

We re-created our scene outside before taking a few more photos of the bride/groom.

Being a photographer btw is such a fun job!
Although 13 hrs on your feet can result in slightly sore limbs the next couple days :-)
I had a great time with these two ladies! Wish they loved closer…

Ooo and heres the beautiful couple in our romantic spot :)