Meet Jacob and Lucas Twin Baby Boys!

This year has been busy with new little babies. What a wonderful delight to capture this families new bundles of joys. These two boys are going to have such a happy childhood with two older siblings, mother, father, and let's not forget grandma who has been a helping hand. One thing I have learned with photographing babies is the temperature in the home has to be warm. So these shoots are like we are in a sauna, but the babies are so much comfortable in their birthday suits. Already these boys show distinct personalities with baby Jacob having the most expressions and baby Lucas was so sleepy, please leave me alone. So adorable. A special thank you to Alex and Karina for introducing me to this kind and loving family. Mr and Mrs Adkins you have a beautiful family, and a life long of beautiful memories to make, I wish your family the very best!

Stephen + Crystal Enagement Session - LA Angels Stadium + Orange Circle

To look back and to say I love you more now than we were kids in high school may seem a little far fetched to some, but for Stephen and Crystal is has become their story. Stephen and Crystal have always known that they would come to this point in their lives, but the right time had to be perfect. That special moment came when Stephen had three special gifts for Crystal on Christmas. He gave her the decision to pick one at a time, the first was earrings she had been wanting, the second one was a perfect little box, with butterflies in her tummy she opened the box and to her surprise was a perfect ring as Stephen took a knee and asked those magical words "Will you Marry Me!" A little silence of shock came out with a happy "Yes!" Which leads us to this E-session. I think Crystal surprised not only Stephen but I with the location. I think I screamed on the phone with her as she told me we were going to be shooting at the Angels Stadium. Not to take away from this couple, but the Angels are my favorite Baseball team ever and to shoot on the grounds was just too cool!!!! Stephen and Crystal you two were so much fun, I am looking forward to your special day.

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A Father's Wish - Jim Wilhite January 10, 1973 - August 10, 2009

The Wilhites have been friends of ours for many years. The horseshoe man of our little town always had the biggest smile, and the tightest hand shake. "You always look a person right in the eye, and give them a hard hand shake." I would remember him telling me,"That's how you know if a person is good people." Jim was a cowboy, yes a real cowboy, he rode bulls in his early years. Married the girl who tied a rope around his heart Doris and has three beautiful children Jimmy, Jonny, and Tatiana. His presence was always known wherever he would be, a good man. Jim was diagnosed with cancer during the early fall of last year. Not knowing yet how severe the cancer was, and the battle he was going to have to fight this aggressive disease. One day I received an email from a good friend asking close friends and the community if they can reach out to the Wilhites family during the holiday season as Jim was going to go through chemo. My heart ached as I read the email and I replied if my gift could be to give the family a photo session. Not a day went by when I received an email back saying when we can schedule. I wanted to share a few of the images from our session and remember a son, brother, husband, father, neighbor, and a dear friend. One of the songs we are using for his dvd slideshow is My Wish from Rascal Flats. These lyrics struck a chord as words coming from Jim to his kids, "My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, And while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish."