Hi, My name is Kimberly Grafton!

Officially. Finally. For Real.

Its been two years and 2 months since Nick and I tied the knot, and I officially changed my name today. Lol. Better late than never, right? My license expires on my birthday next month, so I figured now was as good a time as any. Two hours after walking into the social security office and taking a number I walked out as Kimberly Grafton. Another reason I decided to finally change it is because we have $0 right now. $0. And Nick's birthday is next weekend. Soooo... Kimberly Kitterman -> Kimberly Grafton = Happy Birthday Nick!!

I'm happy to have changed my name, but I don't like signing Grafton. The f-t-o always looks funky, no matter how many times I've practiced.

Special Moments

Today was a really good day.

First thing this morning I got an email from one of my oldest friends (I think we've known each other since we were like 3 or 4) telling me that she and her husband are working towards going to the temple and asking if I would be her escort when she went through for the first time. What an honor. I was so touched that she would ask me, even though we haven't always kept in touch, and aren't as close as we may have been in the past.

Then at church for our Sunday school lesson, I cut out those paper dolls that are all strung together (you know what I'm talking about, right?) for all the kids and they colored them in. I told them they could color their friends at school, or their families, or the class, or whoever they wanted, and when they were done, they had to stand up and say who they colored and how they could show those people they loved them. Each string of dolls had 3 little people for them to color. One of the girls in the class ran up to me when she was done to show me what she colored, and she had colored herself in the middle with Nick on one side and me on the other.

Its moments like these that melt my heart and make up for all of the hardships, all the stress, all the worry, all the bad days. I love days like today.

I still have a job!!

So Guaranty Bank announced a couple of weeks ago that it was failing, and that the FDIC was looking for someone to buy us out. We've been waiting to hear which bank would be taking us over, nervous that if would be someone with branches near us, for fear that our branch would get closed down and we would all lose our jobs.
The announcement came out today, and Guaranty Bank is now BBVA Compass Bank, which has no branches in California! Yay! So I am now officially a BBVA Compass employee, but that's all I know. The switch over will take time, and as of right now I know next to nothing about what is going on, which is really annoying, but I still have a job!
Other than that, nothing has been going on in my life. I think that is excitement enough, don't you?

Check Out My Photography Blog!

Since I booked a wedding, I thought I should create a photography blog so potential clients (*cough*allofyouguys*cough*) could see samples of my work. Everyone should click HERE to check it out. My dear friend Kim and I are starting up a little side photography business and are shooting the wedding together. Its very exciting. Leave me some feedback and let me know what you think, good and bad.

Excited Beyond Reason

Today was a seriously awful day. It felt like Kimberly and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. And its been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad MONTH so far as well. I'll be so glad when August is over and September is here. September is going to be good. Nick's birthday + Vegas gift show with Mom + Bridesmaid in Megan's wedding + my birthday = good month. But back to today.... It was a bad day (as we've established) and then.........
I booked a wedding. Me. Wedding. Booked. Seriously.
I'm a photographer. A real-life, honest-to-goodness photographer. Officially. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
The wedding is in December. I can't wait. Its going to be amazing.
So to recap:
-Bad Day
-August = bad, September = good
-Official photographer
-December = good too!

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I've been feeling pretty invisible lately.