Jaiden

I had a mini photo session with my cousins baby Jaiden aka "the boy".

His smile lights up a room

He got his eyelashes from me =)



This is one of Jaiden's favorite toys. He likes to chew on her head.

MOST

Here is the cover I promised you. I found the website but I still dont know how to put it on my blog so you can just click on the link. Here is the website www.mostthemovie.com or google it under "most the movie".

My 4 day weekend

Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving! I know I'm late but I had a really busy weekend. Let me explain....We celebrated Thanksgiving at my brother's house next door. My only duty that day was to bring the bread. I woke up and had nothing to worry about but the bread. Well a series of events happened that I cant get into and I ended up cooking with my brother all day. I roasted a turkey, baked a ham and made the potato salad. I really feel that I bonded with my brother that day and I thank God for every moment.
Friday
Friday was a very productive day. I organized my room and rearranged my furniture. I also hung a set of Potterybarn sconces that my friend Iliana gave me. (I love Potterybarn!)

Friday evening
I hung out with some friends in Newport Beach. We celebrated a friends birthday. Flemings has great steaks! Steaks are one of my favorite things to eat (medium rare). Seafood is the other. But enough about me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!!!

The lovely couple J and Dre


Saturday
I stayed home and rested most of the day. I spent the evening at Borders books in a corner somewhere reading photography books. I don't have any pictures of that because I took my camera but I forgot my CF card at home. Duh!

Sunday
I went to church in the morning and returned for the evening service. Our pastor showed us an academy award nominated short film called MOST. (It is a remake of a movie I saw in elementary school.) I highly recommend this movie. It can be used as a witnessing tool, I bought a copy and plan to show it to my family for Christmas. I wont try and explain what the movie is about, I don't want to ruin it for you. I am horrible at explaining movie plots. =) I don't have a link but I will post a picture of the DVD cover.

Runners High

Have you ever heard of runner's high? I just heard about it myself. It was explained to me as "a feeling of euphoria that a person gets from running." It must be the endorphins. I think of running as God's natural antidepressant. Well I think I have it. I have to confess, I didn't run today but I feel like I ran 10 miles. Today was a good day. It all started when my brother/neighbor made breakfast.

He makes the best chilaquiles

I went to my photoshop class. Then I spent the day with my mom. We went shoe shopping in Long Beach. We got lost and as we drove around looking for the shoe store, Runner's High. We ended up in Bay Shore. It looked so familiar. Then it hit me. I turned to my mom and we both yelled "this is the place!!" Where you may ask? This is the place where I got baptized 15 years ago. I remember it vividly. It was mother's day, my mom was pregnant from my little brother Isaac and I was only 15 years old. Being there gave me great joy to know that I loved the Lord at that age, and that even though I walked away from Him for many years God is so gracious to forgive and restore. I rededicated my life to Jesus 3 years ago and have since then been baptized again in the Jordan River in Israel. Awesome experience!!!

Bay Shore, Long Beach


We did find Runner's High after our short detour. My mom and I both bought running shoes. This is Kaylin who was nice enough to put my shoes on and tie my shoe laces. Great customer service! Runner's High also let's you go outside and give the shoes a little test run.

My new running shoes. Does this mean I have to start working out?


We ended the evening by going to Ikea in Carson. This shot was taken from their outdoor escalator.

Sunsets in East L.A.

The other day I was browsing the internet looking at different photography sites. All of a sudden I got totally inspired to take some pictures. I looked out the window to check the lightning situation. I was in awe. All I could see was this mesmerizing orange and blue sky. It was Gods way of saying "here I Am". You see, I see God in His creation. I love cumulus clouds (the big white fluffy ones), sunrise, sunsets, sunshine, and a clear blue sky. ( I guess you can say everything from above, still working on rain) I immediately put my slippers on, I grabbed my baby and off I went to shoot some pictures in lovely East L.A.



isn't God amazing? The answer is YES!!!



There are more pictures of Gods creation to come......

A Family Affair

My uncle Reyes owns an art gallery/art space in Los Angeles. Every fall he holds this huge event with music, art exhibits and an art fashion show. Runway and everything. Well this year he asked my brother to participate by cooking his famous greasy tacos. I guess he wanted his patrons to have the complete East L.A. experience. I was there to show my family support and to eat. My little brother loves to cook and I love to eat. We make a good team. I have been to many of my uncle's art shows, but this time was different. I was armed with my 30D. I was also there as a photographer. Amateur yes, but no one knew that. There must of been a couple hundred people there that night. It was kind of cool to have people move out of the way just because I had a camera. Now that's what I call PHOTO POWER! I was even able to get into the exclusive front row of the catwalk. The seats were pretty expensive but I didn't pay. Photographers never pay! Sorry tio!



My mom and brother cooking up a storm. Mmmm!

A Time for Harvest

First things first. Please keep Katrina (Cinderella) and her mommy in your prayers. They were in a car accident on Tuesday night. They are physically well but understandably shaken up.


My family asked me to photograph their kids before they left to their harvest festivities. I must admit it was a bit chaotic and challenging but fun.

It was hard to shoot a 6 month old that just learned how to crawl and wont sit still. Can you believe my cousin trained the little lion to roar? It took a few months but on October 31st "ROARRR" was the only sound that was coming out of his mouth. Can you say ADORABLE?!

Then there's Jo-jo my nephew who has a two second attention span. When I said it was challenging Jo-jo is who I had in mind. It was all worth it when he gave me besitos before he left.

Lastly there's my little mexican Dorothy Jaylee who also happens to be my god daughter. Her mommy woke her up because the photographer (me) was coming over. Isn't she cute?


All in all it was a good night. I had a delicious home cooked spaghetti meal (thank you, Jeanette) and hung out with friends at the Harvest Festival in Downey.

Commentary: CCD's harvest has nothing on CCM's.