A Veteran's Day Honor :: Featured

Happy Veteran's Day, Friends! Today I'm thankful for the incredible men and women who have sacrificed so much to give us this beautiful nation we call home. I am blessed to be able to call some of these individuals friends and I am genuinely in awe of their selfless desire to fight for our country. We are protected by a truly wonderful collection of military personnel.

For this reason it is such an overwhelming honor to have been featured today on two different wedding blogs recognizing our courageous veterans. A few images from Adam and Karin's day after session can be found on the new {and ohmygosh so fabulous} Washington DC wedding blog, United with Love. I am so bummed we are moving away from the area just as United with Love is launching. I know this blog is going to do great things!

And I cannot express just how humbling it is to say that the second feature of the day is on the Southern Weddings Blog. Less than a year ago I was the bride planning my own wedding and checking Southern Weddings on a twice daily basis. To be featured on this site on any day of the year would, simply put, be an absurd excitement. But to be featured on a day that is so dear to both my heart and our home truly means the world. In a word, Joe and Jill's engagement was surreal and I use all sincerity when saying that I was the lucky one to be part of such a day.

Tonight I'm cyber-hugging all of you amazing people who have so selflessly served our country. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. It is because of you that I sleep so safely at night.

Michelle

Packing and Beach Houses :: Personal

We’re moving. Technically we’re supposed to be moving but the thought of packing up my entire life and watching it drive away in a 16ft. trailer sounds slightly morbid. I’ll be the first to say that my methods of handling stress aren’t the most efficient. I first noticed it in college when instead of, say, studying for the final that would constitute three quarters of my overall grade, I would stop, everything. I would leave my desk and all of its study materials and run for the living room where I watched marathons of Law and Order, HGTV, and Shake Weight infomercials. Anything, really, to avoid the nauseating emotions associated with my impending test.

And quite frankly, not much has changed. We’ve known about this move for almost a month but for some reason we’ve gone to great lengths to avoid buying boxes, taking down curtains, or even accomplishing the little details like finding a new place to live. Which is why this week we’ve decided to change our plans. Instead of watching our lives drive away in a big yellow Penske truck, we will instead be throwing everything we own into the storage unit down the road. We’ve rented a beach house and we’re planning on living out of a suitcase for the next six months. Six months. One suitcase.

…But we’re living in a beach house!!!

I realize that someday, most likely sooner than later, I will need to adjust my stress management skills. But this time it seems to have worked out for us and in honor of this good news I’m going to continue to avoid packing just like I avoided studying for important Biomechanics finals in college. By doing completely ridiculous things like having my change jar counted at the bank.

Happy Monday!

Michelle

The Website :: Photography

It's been one of those weeks like passes like a jar's last drop of molasses. Given the fact that I loathe molasses it's fair to say that the longevity of the past five days has been brutal. If this week were a person it would be a mix between the professor who thinks his microbiology lecture is the most important sixty five minutes on the planet, and the annoying kid with glasses sitting in the front row who extends said professors lecture by asking questions every thirty four seconds. I'm not even kidding when I say that this week would be the ugliest of ugly people. In light of  the week, I did make some changes to my website that make me an extra happy girl. Over the past few months I've listened to your suggestions and requests regarding the Michelle Cross Photography site and I've decided to take action. The updated website should be a little more clean, a little less busy, and a lot more pretty.

On that note, have a wonderful weekend, do something fun, and by all means, take a minute to check out the new face lift I got. I think it's nice.