Trisha's bridal shower

Here I am playing catch up again. These past 3 weeks have been crazy busy for me. I was on vacation earlier this month and I'm still fighting a bad cold that has turned into this horrendous cough. I'll be posting more in the days to come.


I shot a bridal shower about a month ago. The bride to be is absolutely beautiful so it wasn't hard getting great shots of her. Her friends and family were all very nice. Thank you for allowing me to document your bridal shower.

My Angels

Well I'm back from the mountain top. I was so blessed this weekend and just to let you know, I did get closer to God. =) I'll post some pictures from my retreat later this week. But for now I would like to tell you all that I am sicker than a dog. I woke up with the worst head cold, sinus infection, or allergies you could think of. I don't know what's wrong with me, all I know is that I'm sicky and I don't feel good. ;( oh and I want my mommy.

I had a tissue stuck to my face all day long

Unfortunately my hubby is out of town so I'm all alone to fend for myself. Well not exactly, I thank God for giving me friends that love me. I'll start with my friend Paulina. She's from Ecuador and she knows that I love when she makes tostado and aji. Tostado is like a salty cornut but better. It has carnitas and onion mixed in it. I call them tosticornuts. Aji is a delicious salsa. It's guaranteed to clear my congestion. She was nice enough to come over after work to drop off her tasty treats.
This is a picture of my tosticornuts

Then there's Ruby my other angel.
She is a single mom who works full time and takes her son to football practice 5 or 6 times a week. Even with her busy schedule she is going to sacrifice her time to come over and bring me some chicken noodle soup and gatorade. I love my friends! Thank you Jesus for blessing me with these girls.


p.s. both of these pictures of you girls are a few years old. What's up with that? Photo shoot anyone?

Bigger pictures-Woo Hoo!!!

I finally figured out how to post bigger pictures. I got help from some fellow photographers on OSP. Thanks again! So I've been dying to blog about something but I don't really have much time. So I will simply tell you about my weekend plans.

I'm going to my mom's church retreat in espanol. =) I'm excited about going to the mountains. I love the green trees, the clean air and the clear blue skies. Being at higher elevations, I hope to get closer to God. LOL!

This was taken the last time I was up in the mountains. I was on my honeymoon-that would explain the big cheesy smile.


On the road

Lake Arrowhead

Jaylee and Jaiden

Every so often I use my baby cousins as models. They love being in front of the camera and I love taking pictures of them.
Here are a few of my favorites.

Can you tell Jaylee has a gap in her bangs? LOL!!!

I love Jaylee's sandals

In this picture Jaylee is sitting with her hair stylist.

I love how Jaiden has his hand in his pocket.

Look what I can do!

before

after



I love photoshop!!!

Griffith Observatory

Here are some more pictures that I found as I was going through my iphoto library.  (These pictures were taken in February.)  I was scheduled to shoot a portrait session that day but it was canceled at the last minute.  So armed with a rented wide angle lens Benny and I drove to the Griffith Observatory to shoot around.

Here are 2 of my favorites

Happy Anniversary!

I've been going through my laptop trying to get rid of old files and I came across some pictures of a wedding I did last year. I just now realized that I never posted their wedding pictures on my blog (oops!). So here are a few.....

Happy Anniversary Anthony and Vanessa!

Weekend to Remember

About a month ago my husband and I went to a Weekend to Remember conference in Las Vegas. It was a blessing to learn so much about marriage and about being a wife in the early stages of our marriage. I highly recommend this conference to anyone who is married or engaged. The second day of the conference all the husbands were given a homework assignment to take their wives out on a date. Benny took me to the strip for a gondola ride at the Venetian. My hubby had this all planned even before he was given his homework assignment. =) Needless to say it was a weekend to remember.




After our gondola ride we walked around for a while and I noticed a couple who had just got married. They were having their pictures taken by a family member with a point and shoot camera. I had my camera with me so I offered to take some pictures of them while my patient husband waited.

Here are a few.....




Thank you again for allowing me to be a part of your special day!

Aloha

A month and a half after our wedding, Benny was forced by his boss to attend a 2 hour training class in Oahu, Hawaii. Benny was nice enough to bring me along so I took a few days off of work and we stayed 5 days. God is good! We had so much fun, we laughed and ate most of the time.
As many of you know I love to eat. I love going to restaurants but my tummy has a soft spot for what some people would call "a hole in the wall." I don't know what it is but food just taste so much better when it is sold out of a truck. I just got an idea! I will some day blog about all my favorite hole in the wall establishments.

Check out the blue truck

They had the best garlic shrimp. I hope to some day duplicate their recipe.

This is what Benny likes to call breakfast in Hawaii. This is a "loco moco" it is a hamburger patty on white rice topped with eggs and gravy. It's an acquired taste that I have yet to acquire.



This is pastor Francis of the Horizon Honolulu church. We met pastor Francis in December when we were there for the Jesus loves you outreach. For those of you who know him you know he loves his clapper.


We were blessed to be able to attend a bible study in pastor Francis' home and were even invited to return the next night for sweet fellowship.

Good times.

Jeremiah

I was asked to photograph little Jeremiah's 1st b-day party in January. (Sorry, I know this is really late.)

Here are a few from his party.....



The Francos




Cant wait for next year! I love you guys!!!

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