Roller-Coaster Ride

This past week was amazingly emotional for me. If you read my post below, last weekend was eventful with Ez having a temperature of 103, at one point, and the feeling of helplessness for my 22 month old. Hope grew though with Monday being MLK Day and Tuesday an amazing day in History, plus Tues. was my wife's birthday. Tuesday morning rolled around and I was excited to celebrate my wife's birthday with her and the boys as well as witness history in the works. Then the emotions go thrown an unexpected twist as I got news that a friend and boss for many years lost his brother unexpectedly that morning, at the age of 47. I don't know how to put it into words the feeling I was going through; joy and pain and excitement. How can all three of those be felt at one time.

Thursday I took the family for a day trip to Portland for yet another emotional ride. Katey's grandma had past away last week and we went down for the memorial service. Being with extended family was what we needed. The memorial service was amazing and encouraging to know the peace of our Savior rest right here with us. Even in a time of mourning we could rejoice in the life Grandma had lived and the memories she left us.

So today starts a new week of hopefully more joy then pain, more laughs then tears.

Cooling Down

Today was quite an interesting day. The morning started off with a great rock out session, to Delirious, with Ez playing the air guitar and me on the air drums. After his morning nap we decided to run some errands cause the sun was out and this was our first Saturday this year to be all together with no agenda. First stop was the car wash, which we thought Ez would like a lot but he just didn't seem himself. When we got to our first destination and the boys were in the shopping cart, Ez started shaking really bad. No errands today, we headed straight back home where Ez and I spent the afternoon sitting watching Nemo.

The hardest thing as a father/parent is to see your baby not wanting anything and in a daze. What can you do, you feel helpless. Katey and I have really been fortunate with the boys that they haven't really gotten that sick. So this kind of throw us for a loop and so unexpected. Now as he sleeps we hope that it won't be a long night for us but if need be I would miss every minute of sleep to be at his side.

Morning Glory

Morning Glory, originally uploaded by Hage Creative.
This was yesterdays' morning sun rise over the city. I promise I still
had my eye's on the road while I was driving :)

Not So New Years Resolution

Today is Jan. 14th and this is the first time I have gotten to my blog this year. At the end of last year, as most people probably do, I started coming up with a list of things that I would put on my New Year's Resolution list. Well at the top of the list I put, "Blog on a Regular basis". Haha.... I didn't follow through with that on very well did I? I promise I am going to work on it.What I have learned from my own experience and friends around me is that Blogs are a very powerful in all sorts of ways. For me and my business it is a way for me to convey to the world who I am, show case my work for all to see and engage in dialogue with people. I know you're probably thinking, duh Corey that's the point of a blog. But take a second to really think about that.... a way to convey who I am. In the wedding photography industry I get asked a lot, what makes you different then from all the others in your area. The answer I always give them is, me. No one can replicate me and the experience you have with me. Now you can see why my blog is one of the things I am really going to work on this year. To the faithful that have not stopped subscribing to it, thank you. 2009 the year of many blog posts :)

It's a blizzard

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } It's a blizzard, originally uploaded by Hage Creative. The weather just keeps getting worse. This is the view from ourwindow. It is currently 0 degrees outside in the wind & freezing rainis on it's way. You wouldn't believe this is the northwest. Be safe ifyou are out.

Cold Feet

It is just plain cold here right now. Typically we get some nice cold, rainy days that are bearable, but this is starting to remind me more and more of CO.

I got to thinking more about CO and I realized that this coming year it will be 10 years that I have been in Seattle. Wow a decade! So much has taken place in my life in these last 10 years where do I begin.... collage, marriage, company, kids, etc. The saying "Life's short..." is so true. In the next couple of weeks I will be surrounded by lots of family and I am going to make sure I take some time to go back and relive some of those memories with them. What are some of your favorite Xmas Season memories that you can relive with loved ones?

They are going to be best friends

They are going to be best friends, originally uploaded by Hage Creative.