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Amy and Sam...Are Married! (Part 2)

Amy and Sam...Are Married!

Hello! Here are a few getting pictures from last weekend. I am off to prepare for wedding #2 of 2 this weekend and will post more when I get home. Happy Saturday!

Samieh and Ali: Married.

Here are a couple pictures from Samieh and Ali's wedding reception last month. I had such a great time with these guys and their family! Happy Thursday!

Kristen and Ben: Engaged.

Here are Kristen and Ben; a really, really cute couple. Enjoy and scroll down for Jonah and Wyatt as well as an MLP update.

I am back, and leaving again.

Hi everyone! I have returned from my overseas summer adventure! It was so great and I cannot wait to share pictures and stories with everyone. But they will have to wait a bit longer because I have hit the ground running! And I can't run very fast because I sprained my ankle around the tail end of camp while I was playing a wicked game of Capture the Flag. It was sad day and I have come away from it with anew hatred/appreciation for crutches. The ankle is healing slowly but healing well.

Anyway, business is great and I am came back to KY with a huge line-up of shoots and weddings! Yay and yikes. Lots of editing. Throughout your day, if you think, "What is Mary doing?," odds are I am at my computer (my computer I love) editing. Next week I am headed to Atlanta for the Love Affair Photography Workshop, where I will be learning tons of photography tips and tricks as well as meeting some awesome photo ladies. So I am working furiously. And a France recap including pictures will be posted in the near future.

For now: Jonah and Wyatt. Two very cute little guys. Stay tuned for Kristen and Ben, Samieh and Ali, Amy and Sam, and FRANCE!

PS - Thanks to all for referring me to your friends and family as well as all your encouraging notes and words. It means a lot to me.

And we are off!

Hello! Camp has ended. It was sad to see everyone go today. We had so much fun here and I loved getting to know the French kids. I'll write a more comprehensive post when I get back, but here's an update.

Tomorrow we head to Stradbourg for a couple days to sight-see and then we headed for home on Friday! It's been a fast 2.5 weeks for sure.

Love to everyone. Our team is doing great. The four of us had a great time and I think each of us had four very different experiences at camp. Mine was awesome, as I said. I did sprain my ankle pretty bad the other day but am healing quite nicely. More later. Happy Tuesday!

We are alive!

Hello from Champfleuri! We have had a crazy busy and oh-so-fun week! Yesterday we just got back from a two-day hike in the Alps. We left Wednesday morning with our tents, sleeping bags and food on our backs and arrived Wednesday afternoon to the most beautiful place I have ever been. All 90 of us (counselors and campers) made it up and then down the mountain without any problems. We had a great time singing, eating, and sleeping under the stars despite the chilly temperature. I was not counting on wishing for my winter coat in July! It was cold up there!

Our Kentucky team of four plus Amanda (our adopted Floridian teammate) are doing very well. We are meeting and getting to know some awesome people. Now that camp is half way over, everyone is getting closer and becoming great friends. Our students have done a tremendous job befriending the French campers and teaching them English. Today we are in charge of the afternoon games. Can you say "water balloons galore?!" Oh yeah!

Here are a few pictures of us and me and our view. Sorry if a couple of them are large. Enjoy! Love to all!


Me looking all "Sound of Music." We took turns taking pictures with the hat and the walking stick.

Our campsite. Behind me were about twenty more tents.

Our team at Champfleuri!

First Full Day

We are still here and having a great time. The days are full! The big activity for today was ultimate frisbee. Fun! I was the photographer. Of course! We had to walk quite far to the field so that was a bit of a challenge. Team Kentucky is thriving though and our students are receiving complements right and left for how great they are with the French campers!

Happy 4th of July! And its my 25th birthday!!! What a way to spend it!

we made it!

We are here, in the Alps, in France! Our trip was long but we didn't have any problems at all, such a blessing. I'm not sure how many pictures I'll be able to post or how often I'll be able to post, but I'll do my best.

Our camp is called TED, Total English Days. French students come to learn English and other American activites. Almost all the counselors are Americans and we all brought students with us to help out with English and to have fun with the campers. It's going to be a fast, fun, and crazy 2.5 weeks!

The campers come today. We are in a hurry to get ready. Us counselors had a meeting this morning, getting all the details together. I'm excited! I am teaching a photo workshop a few days so that will be exciting. We have two students with us, Ali and Matt. Ali is going help out with a swing dancing workshop and Matt is teaching the French kids how to play poker.

Here goes day #1! Love to all!