A Whirl of a Weekend....

Well, here it is 8:45 on Monday evening, and I am just now getting a chance to post an entry about our weekend....Seems like the weekend just flew by....Is it really Monday already?

I work straight nights, and have to work every other weekend..and this was a "working"weekend"....so that tends to add to the chaos around the Allen house =) I worked Friday, Saturday, Sunday and now Monday night (tonight)...then only to be off one night and work Wednesday too....I am living for Thursday just about now...Then I will be off for about a week...yippee! Ok, I guess that is enough about "poor pitiful me"...kind of got off subject for a minute...Sorry =)

Saturday, James and I took Miss Mace to her "professional photo shoot" for AMTC...(I posted about this in February, if you haven't read it, be sure to check it out) We had to be in Knoxville by 3 o'clock, and they told us to be prepared to be there for 4 hours....We had to pack a suitcase of lots of different clothes....and the fashion model for AMTC advised Macey on what she wanted her to wear for the shoot....A New York Fashion photographer did her session...and it was amazing...She had a great time...getting her hair and "make-up" done...and then she loved getting her pictures taken....When I took her to the bathroom to change her clothes...she told me she "was having SO much fun!!! and hoped she could do this again!!!!" Here are a couple of pictures that I took with my cell phone, while they were getting her ready for the second part of her session...The hair and make-up lady's name was Lena...and she was so good with Macey...She talked to her and made her feel so comfortable....the photographer's name was David, and he jumped up and down with excitement--because he got to photograph Macey....Macey just laughed at them, but she did so well...David showed us a few pictures in his camera, and they were phenomenal!!! I get these pictures in about a month...so I will definitely be posting them, when I get them...It was fun for me just to watch these photographers in action....It makes me just want to pursue my "photography business" even more!!!! They had a great time, and so did we...It was all together an awesome experience....We are looking forward to July when we get to attend AMTC...I will be sure to take the ole' laptop along on that trip...and do a daily "update" on how she is doing at convention....=)

After spending the entire day in Knoxville (remember I worked the night before) we drove home and arrived home around 7:30 or so...gave me a few hours to lay down before I headed back into work again....Sunday morning came and I was exhausted...so I didn't make it to church...I chose to get some much needed sleep....Cade went to spend the afternoon with his friend, Spencer, and had a great time...This is the first time he went to a friend's house without Macey and Ian with him....He thought he was big stuff!!! He talked about it all morning...He couldn't wait to go...=) My little guy is growing up too fast!!! Check out my friend, Tanja's blog, for some great pics of them....They are too cute...We went to church Sunday night, where we had a good service....(you don't realize how much you miss church, just by missing one service...it made Sunday night's service that much better!) and then to McDonald's afterwards for some coffee...It is becoming a tradition for us...and a few of our good friends (the Hite's and the Horne's)...I love spending time with friends...and on weeks like this past one, where we have been so busy...it just doesn't happen much...so were thoroughly enjoyed our time together on Sunday night...I look forward to it all week!! Love you guys!!!! Well, sorry for all the rambling on about my weekend...but I was in "blog withdrawal"...needed to get a good post in before heading off to work again!!! Hope everyone had a good Monday....