I'm back.....

Hi everyone, Yes, I know it's been a long long time since I've blogged anything. So much has happened in these past months. My life has changed and taken a new direction. I am now a wife and mother of a 13 year. God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and beautiful daughter.
Let's see where do I start........my hubby Benny and I were married on May 3rd and my wedding day was absolutely perfect.






We spent the first part of our honeymoon in a cabin in Running Springs. It was nice being secluded for the first few days.

Half way through our honeymoon we came home for one night, had dinner with our daughter and then drove to Santa Barbara to see Michael Buble' talk about ROMANTIC. It's funny because Benny bought our tickets 2 months before not knowing that we would be on our honeymoon the week of the concert. Yes, you read it right...we planned our wedding in less than two months. We actually planned our wedding in a few weeks. Let me tell you how.....Benny and I are so blessed to have amazing friends and family that pretty much did everything for us. I'm happy to say that I didn't do much and by the grace of God everything turned out exactly how I wanted it. To start off we had a male wedding planner--thanks Gus aka G-LO and heading up the decorations was Amber and her fearless crew--way too many names to mention but you know who you are and we will forever be indebted to you all for all you did for us. You made our day so special and unforgettable. I cant forget my maid of honor, Griz and Benny's best man Eddie who helped get us through till the very end. Then there's our wedding party-Marysol, Marie, Larissa, Gary, James, Gus and Vic, our nephew Ruben who was the cutest ring bearer, and we had the prettiest little flower girls Isabelle and Jaylee. I also want to give a special thanks to my friend Jeanette who along with my bridesmaids planned the most heart warming bridal shower. She unfortunately wasn't able to make it to my wedding she was off somewhere giving birth to her beautiful baby girl Mary. =) I also want to thank my momma and mother in law for being there to support us in presence and in prayer. Thank you mom and Nancy! Sorry but I had no idea this blog would turn into a thank you speech. So let me go on there's more. I want to thank my totally gifted make up artist and friend Paulina. Thank you for hooking me up. I would also like to thank Emily for the beautiful flowers and Patsy for the delicious cake.
Lastly I would like to thank our photographer Allison. The first two pictures on this blog post were taken by her. She is extremely talented and I was blessed to have her document our day. Check out her blog.


Here is a slideshow that she put together for us.

I'm sure I'm forgetting someone......sorry!! May God bless you all.

Nicusori

I've been blessed to travel to Romania on four different occasions. I met Nicu on my last trip last July. While in Romania I took over 1700 pictures and I would like to share them with you from time to time.
Nicu's mommy abandoned him and he is now living in a government run hospital. Please pray that Nicu gets adopted by a christian family who will love and care for him.

Here are a few of my favorites










Nicu is feeding Aristita aka my baby girl. I'll post her pictures next time

I do all my own stunts

This is my nephew Joseph and I absolutely love his t-shirt. I wonder if I could get one in my size? but my t-shirt would say "I used to do all my own stunts". I'm not as daring as I used to be. =)


Today as I was visiting with my nephew he looked at me and said "take picture tia Pances" You would not believe the joy that I felt as I heard my nephews deep raspy voice utter those words. He knows me as a photographer!! I immediately ran to my house and grabbed my camera and got started. Thank God I didnt have to run far--he's my neighbor.

I'm back!!

Hi everyone!
I'm back. I've missed you and i've missed blogging. I know it's been months since I've posted anything but I will do my very best to keep the pictures coming on a regular basis. I'll share with you what I've been doing with my time these last few months a little later but for now I just want to share some pictures I took while on a missions trip in Hawaii last month.


This one is by far my favorite

Romania 2007 part 2

As you all know I went to Romania a few weeks ago. This was my 4th time visiting Bucharest. Every year we visit countless abandoned kids and babies that are housed in a state run hospital. This year I took over 1700 pictures that I hope to post from time to time. As I walked around the hospital one day I noticed that this little boy was tied to his crib. I couldnt help but just pray for him. I took these pictures not to exploit him but to expose what goes on in other parts of the world. There is a need and we can do something, we can pray and if you can you can visit these kids and just spend time with them.


There isnt much I can say about this little boy, I dont know his name or his story all I know is that he is by himself in a room tied to his crib and he will probably remain there till the day he dies.

Greetings from Romania

Hi everyone! Yes, I'm blogging from Bucharest, Romania. I will be home on Wednesday the 25th. I cant wait to post the pictures that I took. I took soooo many pictures of the babies, the foster kids, and the gypsy kids that we did VBS for. Here are just a few that I took the first few days we were here. Thanks to my camera I was able to gain access to the where the gypsies live. You wouldnt believe the conditions these kids live in. Please pray for our team and for the people of Bucharest---Can you believe that it is 122 degrees with humidity?

Anthony loves Vanessa

I know I'm a little behind on my blogging. I've been really busy lately, I know that's the age old exuse--but it's true.
A few weeks ago I shot an engagement session in Laguna Beach with Anthony and Vanessa. They were a really fun couple to shoot. They are so cute! They're just ooozing with love for eachother. I'll be shooting their wedding in August so be sure and check back for more of them.
Here are a few of my fav's.

Just for you J.










Standing in the very spot where they got engaged

Issac and Isabelle

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of taking pictures of my goddaughter Isabelle and her big brother Issac as a surprise father's day gift to their daddy. The next day (father's day) I received a voicemail from my friend Jr thanking me for making him cry with the DVD slideshow that I made. Needless to say he was happy.









deep thoughts......

little sister toes and big brother toes

Albert & Lea

I shot my very first engagement session last Sunday with Albert and Lea. I will be shooting their wedding in 3 weeks. More to come....

Here are a few of my fav's








Albert thought it was corny to have his picture taken by a tree--he couldnt stop laughing.

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Bling!