Going Home

Just a couple of days after we returned from Orlando, Adam's grandfather's sickness got worse and he passed away. Things were a little crazy as we tried to re-arrange schedules, book last minute flights, and get ourselves back East to be with family. Adam got to leave in time to see his grandfather - just a couple of hours before he died. I flew in a couple of days later, just in time to hop in the 15 passenger van that we all rented to drive us all back to Charlotte, NC where Adam's grandparents spent most of their lives. Melissa already wrote a wonderful play-by-play of the Charlotte trip, so I'll refer you to her to read all about it here. I loved getting to go to Charlotte with everyone - seeing the house that Adam's mom grew up in, the church where Adam's grandfather was the associate pastor for 30 years, and hearing stories from everyone of their memories from time there.

After we returned from Charlotte, we got to spend a couple of days with family and friends in Nashville. We are always stretched to the max when we are there, but we were thankful for the time home, as we wouldn't have been able to make it home this fall otherwise.

My mom has been so great and has been sewing new curtains for our house - when she found out we were coming to town, she went into Super Sewing Mode so she could finish a new set for us to bring home with us. We love them! Thanks, mom!


We also had the traditional trip to J. Alexander's with my family and the new tradition with the Rosenbaums of a family game of Settlers (Andy is the new Lord of Catan).

And, I managed to squeeze in a couple of quick photo shoots while we were there. Sydney is growing so fast - everytime we see her she's different! Most of the shots we've done of her are pretty casual, so we wanted to do something in her pretty blue Easter dress. Here are some favorites:
If you're happy and you know it . . .

I also took a couple of shots of the Hesters. Jordan has just launched a great new website called Day 1 Fitness where you can download a personal training video daily for just 99 cents! Brilliant, if you ask me! Be sure to check it out and buy a video here. We wanted to get a couple of headshots of Jordan, so we just brought Ryan along to get some updated shots of the two of them! Here are some favorites from this shoot:


The final shoot of the trip was an engagement shoot for Katie and John. I've known Katie since she was in 7th grade, so its crazy to see her getting married now! Her wedding is going to be so much fun next May!



Insider's Tip: See images from these and other photo shoots on the new www.maryrosenbaum.com coming soon!! Construction officially began this week! I'll keep you posted!