Change

So....I have often been heard saying that I love change and that change is good and that things need to change. Carly = change = good. It has been a huge testament to my good friend Lisa (who also happens to be my hair stylist) that my hair hasn't changed a lot in the last year and a half. She has been persistent with me and challenging me to create change for my hair by not doing anything drastic to it like I used to. So I guess I maybe was still changing, it just took a little bit longer than usual!

Anyways!! Back to change and Carly. Yes, there is change ahead for me and my family. Sometime in February our family will be moving to start working with a youth ministry in Calgary, Alberta. Garth will likely move first and the boys and I will stay in PG until our house sells. Change? Royally! Excited? Yes! Nervous? A little bit. Not at the whole moving thing as Garth and I cannot really count how many times we've moved in our 16 years of marriage. I'm nervous about assimilating our family (mainly boys) into a new world for them. BUT.... the Lord has been calming my nerves and will continue to do so. Our church family was informed today so I now feel comfortable telling my blog world what is happening.

I am pro at packing up homes and boxes and lives. I've done it before and will do it again. The thing is I've never moved a business before! Not too sure how to do that one yet. But do not worry, if you've booked me for a wedding I'm still coming! I'll just call it a destination wedding now! Even if the destination doesn't include little umbrellas in my drink or sticking my toes in the sand while I shoot, it's still a different destination for me!

So if you have family or friends that need engagement, wedding or family photos in the Calgary area, please tell them about me and how awesome I am and how good I smell and how bright and white my teeth are and how luxurious my hair is (thanks again Lisa!!). Well you maybe don't need to tell them all those things about me, but let them know that I'm new to Calgary and would love to be their photographer!!

So I could be stressing out right now trying to figure out how to edit weddings, shoot weddings, get my house ready to sell, get my boys ready to move and pack a house all in 6 weeks, but I'm not. I'm focussing on my family and having a great time with them. And because my blog is much better when there are some photos here are a couple of shots of what I've been doing the last couple of days (or at least what I took photos of!)

Have a great new year.... check out the blog in the days ahead for my favorites of the previous year and for my first wedding of the year!!