High school.

My oldest daughter blows me away. She is so wonderful. I am so grateful and overfilled with joy. This is her last week of jr. high, I know I might sound goofy but I just cant believe my oldest baby is in high school this fall. It makes me feel so proud. Very soon like nect year she will be in drivers ed and I will be horrified to ride in the car for her.. Since I wasnt allowed to get my licence till I was 18 I have no idea what its like to ride in a car with my mom.. lol. I know its one of those right of passages things so I will let her get her licence at 16. Im sure she'll do great. Its strange to me that in 4 yrs time my oldest baby will be an adult. I hope she lives with us until she's at least 22. This world is not nice, She talks about going to college and getting married but says she's niver having kids..I remember telling my mom that, just cause I hated babysitting. I want to be a grandma and with my 9 yr old son being so girl crazy I think I might be a young one..lol. any way here she is. my daughter Tristina.

The Best Day.

 This is the "Best Day". When I heard the words come out I had to glimpse at myself in the mirror behind her to make sure she was talking to me.. and to fight a tear that was coming. Since I already had a moment with this special bride hours before that had resulted in tears.. Don't worry they were good ones.. I was so happy for her, and so happy she chose me to be her photographer. In a sense I sort of felt like both our dreams were coming true. I know I'm goofy but that's really how I felt. Shooting their wedding choked me up several times. The brides maids were equally wonderful seeing to all of her needs, and at the some time seeing to their own. It was allot of work from start to finish,but she made it. Her fear of looking like a fool in front of the people attending the wedding was short lived. she marched down that Isle with her dad and her son,her dad's kiss on her cheek,and said "I Do".  then at the reception I captured some amazing UN-posed moments of two people who love each other so much. the first dance as "husband and wife" was very magical, after a very emotional father daughter dance.Everyone cried as the bride danced with her dad to the song Butterfly Kisses. I had a hard time capturing these precious moments behind tearful eye's . I was so happy for her to have that moment with her father, and didn't start crying till she did.

 

 It was truly a magical moment. Not a dry eye in the house. It all retrospect It really was the "Best Day"   and when she thanked me I felt so good inside. For those of you who don't know. This was my first wedding there were allot of firsts for me this weekend, First pedicure, yes folks its true. I have never had a pedi before this weekend, nor have I ever taken pictures during a ceremony at church, and watched my niece get married,or cried while I was photographing anything before, and it was completely wonderful. I pray that I will get more wedding's, they're allot of planning, and I love them. that's all there is to say. this was a wonderful day for Jessica and Jaime and I hope to record many more.  enjoy ...

first dance

 The cake topper.

Jaime saying "with this ring"

My Beautiful Niece and I..

a tender moment between a father and daughter.

So Happy!

Utah

Hello all. Last weekend I took a road trip with my friends and youngest baby,to utah for an engagement shoot. we celebrated day's of 47, paid a visit to the great salt lake where we had a great seamonkey experience. watched fireworks, sat in a hot tub, celebrated a 2nd birthday and just enjoyed each others time.

needless to say we had an activity packed weekend.lol.. any way  it was good to spend time with family we havent seen in a while. It's amazing how a trip "home" feeds the soul and re-charges the battery. any way here are some pics as promised.I will post more as they come out of processing. thanks for reading.

The Springs Preserves.

This past weekend was eventful. We went to see the Sorcerer's Apprentice, and loved it. We also went to the Spring's Preserves here in Las Vegas. though it was really really hot out we did get to play in the air conditioning for a while. and watched wall-e and had snow cones . It was so much fun just spendin play time with my family. here is a picture of my family all 6 of us.. .  thanks for stopping by. more to come.

playing with mirrors

The other day two of my three girls were playing with a mirror I got, as I snapped the pictures I remembered  when I was a little girl, how much fun it was to make faces,put lipstick on,and come or brush mine and my sisters hair. they looked up to me the same way that my youngest daughter looks up to her big sisters. and as I watched them interact with one another I thought wow these are My girls. It's always nice to catch a glimpse of yourself in your children. I love you Tina Rosie Izzy you are forever my girls.

DisneyLand

we are Finally going to DisneyLand.. woo hoo. Im totally soundign like a nerd right now,but I dont care. I am 31 years old married for 14 yrs now have four kid's, and I have never been to disneyland. nor have I seen the ocean.. this is a dream come true for me. I have always wanted to go, then when I had kids I really wanted to go..more than ever. we have everything taken care of  by the make a wish foundation. they are wonderful. and now I can take my babies somewhere un forgetable. were planning on flyin out aug 10th via limosine to the airport, then getting a rental at SNA. were staying on the site at one of the hotels, and having breakfast with goofy.. also having a meet and greet with mickey mouse..my daughter loves minnie and mickey. this is going to be an awesome trip. our family is soooo excited to go. I will post pictures as they happen.. Thanks for readin. talk to you soon..

My first Project.

This friday was so much fun. I have decided to give back to the community by taking some pictures for my local boys and girls club. Every friday they will have lots of fun things for the kiddos to do, and I will be there to capture some of those moments for their end of the year slide show. This friday they had face painting and  relay races, alot of the kiddos went for the Avatar look. I  plan on making a disk for the club. Im also planning on making extra disks for the parents as well so that they can have some of those pictures for themselves. they will be 10.00 . All proceeds of the sales are going to be donated to the club. I just want to give a thank you to all the staff members for being so helpful this past friday and a thank you to Mark their  new director for making it happen. I feel so grateful for this oppertunity and without your help I would have never been able to do this.. THANKS.. ok the good part. (pictures) are some these kids are so great.. Im glad to have met them among others.