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“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” - Frederick Douglas

Two year old Little Rhyss.

“Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.” -unknown

Have you ever tried to teach your kids lessons using quotes? We try. We make them memorize quotes and we “throw” those quotes at them as needed. Oh they sooooo dread that! Of course it doesn’t always mean they’ll “get it.” But it’s worth a try.

I heard this one a few years ago from a mom. (That mom cracked me up all day with her quotes!)

Whatever you say, whatever you do. Bounces off others and comes back to you.

I loved that one and I used it a lot with my kids. I’d start with, “Whatever you say …. ” and they’ll finish off the rest with their most UNenthusiastic, monotone, dry tone. No matter … as long as they were getting it. The other day my five year old punched his sister. He said that she wasn’t being nice and nothing was bouncing off and coming back to her … so he thought he’d take care of it. Hmmmm… maybe they don’t get it?

Okay .. back to work …. we did a portrait session with these great children. Now these siblings got along really well. The youngest, a six year old boy, was quite the clown.

Thought for the day: Why is it that when you transport something by car, it’s called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it’s called cargo? -anonymous

I think I spend way too much time with our UPS and FedEx delivery folk.
We did a wedding recently in the backyard of a residence. Tod and Rowena did such a beautiful job of fixing up the yard and working on the little details. It was gorgeous! The wedding party was a lot of fun to work with too! Rowena is the sister of one of our previous brides, Eileen. It was fun to see Dan and Eileen. Actually, we saw them two weeks in a row! Dan’s bestman was married the week before. We were getting used to seeing their faces at weddings … we were looking for them at the next wedding we did. But … alas … it was not to be. :)

Khang and Karine were married on yacht in Newport Beach recently. It was the Crystal at Electra Cruises and what a nice big yacht that was. It was a really warm day but being on the yacht … wow ….. it was a great day to be out over the water in Newport Beach. Khang was the bestman at Dan and Eileen’s wedding, which we did last year. So it was nice to see Dan and Eileen as well. We actually get to see them again next week when Eileen’s sister gets married.

They had two cakes. One was a SpongeBob cake! Too cute.