
Crystal and Mike had a photobooth at their wedding at the beautiful Bayview Event Center in Excelsior, MN. Apparently I didn’t get the message that picture 2 was the goofy picture!
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Crystal and Mike had a photobooth at their wedding at the beautiful Bayview Event Center in Excelsior, MN. Apparently I didn’t get the message that picture 2 was the goofy picture!
David and I have been very busy lately. We’ve been shooting weddings almost every weekend, plus working, creating albums, visiting family, and (still) trying to get settled into our new apartment.
Two weekends ago we went to visit David’s sister Jennifer in Wisconsin. Since Jen is an interior designer, she often gets gallons of paint for very cheap or free. I was so grateful when Jen offered to give us some paint for our apartment. She helped us pick some colors out, even mixed some paints together to create a few custom colors. What’s even better, is that she is going to try and come out to MN for a few days to help us get things set up and looking beautiful at our place. I was in shock when Jen took us out to see one of the houses she is currently working on. She does amazing work!
We also drove out to Chicago to see David’s grandparents. They took us out to lunch at a cute little diner and we also sat out on the deck and talked. It was very nice to meet them for the first time, they are both very sweet people. Later that day we went to down town Chicago to walk Miracle Mile. It was super busy and the streets were packed with people. After a long day in the city we arrive back in Wisconsin late and tired. It was a fun day though.
The next few weeks are shaping up to be busy and crazy. We have weddings to shoot for the next 3 weekends and then a one week break in October. My Birthday is on October 7th so we’re hoping to go up to the North Shore for a night before coming back in time for the Vikings game we have tickets for on Sunday.(they were a wedding gift from Shawn and Megan.) If only I could actually see the Vikings win for once. Never a boring moment here at the Drufke house.
Our new place is coming together nicely. Our workspace/office upstairs is nearing completion. We have around three gigabytes of storage/backup space, and a new firesafe for keeping backups in. We’ve added a few new comfy work chairs and are looking for a new desk. Our new phone system and fax should be online in the next week or two.
We’ve also moved forward on improving our meeting/viewing/entertaining area downstairs. While the area is wholely undecorated at this time, we have the layout completed. We’ve ordered a new 52″ LCD TV, which should be great for image viewing and slideshows, due to it’s large size and excellent image quality. It’ probably won’t be too bad for movies either ;) We’ve also added the speakers purchased for our wedding reception to our entertainment system.
For those audiophile and videophiles out there (no, those aren’t dirty words), I’ll give you the details, as I’m very excited to have scored some amazing deals on the top-end products! The TV is Toshiba’s current best, as well as largest, the 52XF550U. They have an AMAZING deal at Costco on this TV. We picked this up as a wedding present to ourselves and our business. The speakers are Polk LSi25. They are a 3.5 way design, with ring tweeters and 10″ powered woofers. I haven’t been to big on Polk in the past, instead perferring brands such as Dynaudio and Morel (which have been moved to roles as surround speakers. The speakers, which are Polk’s flagship, have changed my opinion of the brand. These speakers need tons of power to bring out the dynamics and soundstage, and are powered by an Anthem two channel power amp.
Kristen and I had our wedding on July 19th. The wedding went beautifully! Kristen looked amazing! Everyone seemed to love the riverboat, and Mintahoe did an amazing job with the food. We just got back from our honeymoon on Friday evening, just in time to shoot Angie and Ryan’s wedding on Saturday. We went to the Grand Palladium Colonial resort in the Rivera Maya. I highly recommend it. The food was good, the beaches were amazing, and the whole resort complex was beautiful.
As of yesterday, things are back to normal at the office, and we are working to catch up on emails and phone calls from the last two weeks.