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This little boy is such a happy baby! This was our second session with him and he was just as happy the second time as the first. Can’t wait till his first birthday session! I think he’ll be running around by then!

Just wanted to share something funny.

SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn’t need.
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GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, and she does.
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DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
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Aha…..

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So my friend from high school, Jean, had a big ‘ole Luau for her niece’s birthday at her home in San Juan Capistrano.  Keala, her niece, was turning one!  They had a great band and some great food!  They also hired us to take some images.  But we told them we wanted experiment with something different and fun too.  So we did our regular event coverage but we added something we call Wacky Wall.  It was sooo fun!  :-)  We brought a set up for their family and friends to get some photobooth type of images.  Unfortunately the only space left was in the garage but we still got some crazy fun people out there.  Even Jean’s aunts came out there.  They were funny. Here’s what we ended up with.

I’m a sucker for a good story.  Check out this great story of how Marissa and Avi met. We are shooting their wedding at Firestone Vineyard in Paso Robles in April of next year.  Read on…

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Our love story began three generations ago with our grandparents. Our mother’s fathers were both from Poland. Our families traveled the same path. When the Germans invaded Poland our grandfathers both survived death camps and were both transferred to Dachou in Munich, Germany. Our grandfathers survived six years of the work camps and were liberated from the same place and at the same time. They both eventually came to America and settled within five miles of each other. Our grandparents started their lives over, married, and had children. My mother & father and my fiancé’s mother and father married in the same place, same month, and same year.

On the day of my 27th birthday I made a wish on a cupcake to meet my soul mate and have someone special to share my life with. I prayed the hardest I ever had before. There must have been fairy dust in the sky because the night of my 27th birthday Avi and I met at a bar. I was resistant to go to this bar but my best friend insisted. My best friend spoke to Avi first and knew within seconds we should date. By the time Avi turned around to ask me out I was in a conversation with his friend. His friend beat Avi to the punch. For two months I hung out with his friend but every time we went out Avi made sure he was there. At first I was annoyed with him and then one evening Cupid hit me. I couldn’t believe the words coming out of my mouth. I told Avi I was so sorry that I hadn’t noticed him before and he could please forgive me and give me a second chance. Avi didn’t think twice and invited me outside for a walk. As we spoke we were very surprised how much we shared. Then he went to kiss me and it started pouring down on us. I later found out that we were both born on a rainy day.

The next few months got even stranger as I discovered more of our past crossing. His downstairs neighbor was my mothers dear friend and bridesmaid. His mother and I shared the same manicurist, we went to the same sleep away camp on the same year. My first apartment was across the street from the house he grew up in. I worked with one of his friends.  My babysitter married his best friend’s cousin. We both worked for a family on the same street the same year. My therapist office was next door to the school he taught at.

Three years before we met were the hardest for both of us. I moved away from the person I thought I would marry and Avi lost both of his parents with in 18 months of each other. We were both searching for the right love in our lives. From the moment I decided to give him a chance, I changed my future forever. We traveled to Europe for the first time together and visited where our grandfathers were liberated. We took a train all over for thirty days. It was the most memorable experience of our lives.

The last two years have been the very best in my life. I have truly met my soul mate. We read each others minds, get each other on a level I have never experienced with anyone else, and tell each other daily how grateful we are to have met. He truly is my soul mate because he just understands me before I even speak. His heart speaks to me first. I am truly blessed to have the one in my life. If I think back to all the people I could have married I know now why they broke up with me. God was saving the best for last.

On June 30, 2008 Avi took me away to Santa Barbara and under the stars asked me to marry him. I accepted and we are set to marry on his father’s birthday.

A man in love is incomplete until he has married — then he’s finished.    -Gabor, Zsa Zsa

Congratulations to all those wonderful men who took the plunge!  :)   Seriously guys .. you’re not “finished” .. it’s the start of something new!  Be adventurous!

“Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.”