We celebrated Jord's youngest brother, Joseph's, high school graduation at the beginning of the month. The kid's a total stud and is headed to Montana Tech this fall for college. Side note: When I first met Jordan, Joseph was a little kid, or at least it seemed like it. Apparently I am an old fart. How did this happen?!
We had the craziest weekend Flat 4 has ever seen the second weekend of June. From Thursday to Sunday, we had seven Photo Booth events and I shot a wedding. I know you're not supposed to complain about being busy when you have your own business, but seriously?! The kicker was that two of the Photo Booth events were Senior All-Nighters, which is exactly what the title implies: ALL NIGHT. I couldn't even remember the last time I saw 3 AM was without an adult beverage in my body. Jordan gets the MVP award though because he worked every single Photo Booth event of the weekend. How does it always happen that I'm the one complaining when he is really doing the majority of the work...? Whoops.
Ironically, the next weekend we had zero Photo Booth events so we naturally packed our schedule full of other things (because heaven forbid we just stay home and catch up.) We celebrated Jord's 27th birthday with a casual BBQ up at our property! We recently built a sweet little deck with a fire pit up at the property, so we had a huge bonfire, good food, and some great friends join us to celebrate my man being born 27 years ago.
As part of Jord's birthday celebration weekend, we got Tim McGraw concert tickets at the Gorge (with The Band Perry and Luke Bryan as the opening bands.) I really can't decide what I am more in love with: the Gorge or Tim McGraw. There is something about this concert venue that is seriously rad (except for the $12 beers... those are definitely not rad in any way.) Jord had never been to the Gorge before, which was simply not okay with me, so we splurged a little on good tickets and ended up having a blast. A night with good weather at the Gorge is like a sunny day in Seattle; you just can't beat it.
I wasn't allowed to bring my big girl camera into the concert venue (LAME), so I tried my best to get pictures of Tim's ass face with my little point-and-shoot. Going from a great camera with a zoom lens to a little point-and-shoot is like going from a Mercedes to a Kia. Not that there's anything wrong with the Kia, but you get my point.
Not that I feel the need to explain my love of country music, but I'm going to step on my soap box and do just that because I do occasionally catch some heat for it. First things first: my favorite band is Counting Crows, which is the farthest thing from country. I love so many kinds of music and don't feel the need to stick with just one. Second things second: I do not love all country songs or singers. Anything with twang (so basically any country song that is fifteen years or older) makes me want to puncture my ear drums with a fork. BUT, there is something so pure and REAL about a good country song these days that will often make me choke up in the car all by myself with the radio blaring. Most country singers are real people singing about real things. I can relate to it and I love that. I can't relate to rappers singing about bouncin' in the club drinking Cristal (although those songs are fun to work out to.) So next time I get flack for having never heard a Top 40 song by Justin Bieber or Rihanna, please just know that I am 100% okay with that. I will take a little Zac Brown Band or Tim McGraw any day of the week. I guess that's just the cowboy in me.
Moving on...
A huge chapter of my life recently came to a close. I have worked for my Dad at Home Environments for almost five years (if you don't count the five month stint in London) and I am officially unemployed until I start school on Monday. Leaving Home Environments was completely bittersweet for me and it ended up being harder than I thought it would be. I actually had a whole blog post written about it but it just didn't seem to do any justice to what I will really miss...
Okay, no, my work days did not consist of going fishing but this is the only picture of my Dad and I that was handy on this computer. I will miss going to work and getting to hang out with my Dad all day, plain and simple. I'm getting choked up just typing that. I know most people don't get the opportunity in their lifetime to work with their dad; believe me, I know just how special that was. And it breaks my heart that I don't get to do that anymore. But I know my relationship with my Dad has grown exponentially in the last five years and I am forever grateful for that and for him putting up with me as my boss... and my friend. I will always look back on my years at Home Environments and smile.
Like I said before, June is not over yet! This weekend is Hoopfest, which is like a holiday in our household. And then I start school on Monday... yikes! Time to saddle up, hold on, and get ready for the next chapter of life!
