Maeiblog?

It’s midnight … tic … tic .. tic … what are you doing?  Having a wedding?!!  :)  Well, Frank and Tammy did just that.  They had a midnight wedding in Murrieta.  Tammy got ready at South Coast Winery in Temecula then we went to their home in Murrieta.

10 Parenting Laws

1. The later you stay up, the earlier your child will be up the next morning.
2. For a child to become clean, something else must become dirty.
3. Toys multiply to fill any space available.
4. The longer it takes to make a meal, the less your child will like it.
5. Yours is always the only child who doesn’t behave.
6. If the shoe fits…it’s expensive.
7. The surest way to get something done is to tell a child not to do it.
8. The gooier the food, the more likely it is to end up on the carpet.
9. Backing the car out of the garage causes your child to have to go to the bathroom.
10. The more challenging the child, the more rewarding it is to be a parent…sometimes.

I find such humor in parenting. I think you really HAVE to be able to laugh when you are a parent. And I don’t mean just laughing at our kids but … at yourself! I love these Ten Parenting Laws …. so true.

We had fun doing this portrait session with the “R” family. They have three young children. Good kids with a lot of energy. Kids always have a lot of energy … gotta get some of that stuff.

Okay … so the reason we’ve been so bad about our blog is that we’re growing!!  (No!  I’m not pregnant!!!  :)  Bite your tongue!!)   No no … we are growing and so we are relocating ………. and we’ve been working on fixing up the space.  We’ll keep you updated.  It’s so exciting!!         (Yeah, yeah … weak excuse … but it looks good on print, doesn’t it?!)

But look!  Another engagement session!  We had so much fun with Kua and Ella, in spite of having to walk all over the place.    These guys are getting married at Pala Mesa Resort out in Fallbrook.  Very cool place.

(BTW .. My blog features have changed and I’m not sure how to change the size of images now.  Forgive me if the pictures are sized oddly.)

Engagement sessions are so much fun. It’s so much fun to get to know a people by telling them what to do.  It’s like parenting!    Jeff and Jackie were so relaxed and easy to photograph.  They are getting married at the Japanese Gardens at Cal State Long Beach and then at off to the Navy Golf Course for the reception. 

Well, we got back from the photo convention of all photo conventions … the big kahuna … WPPI - Wedding and Portrait Photographers International.  This is the reason for our yearly trek to Las Vegas.  As usual we loved seeing all the latest and greatest products in the photography world.  It really had us excited about providing some great stuff for our clients!  And of course we learned from some of the greatest photographers out there and got to hang with friends that we don’t get to see too often.  The photographer at WPPI are from all over the United States and all over the world - so we obviously don’t get to hang out too often.  It was a fun time catching up with everyone and the parties were plentiful!  Do I have any pictures from Vegas?  I was hoping you wouldn’t ask …. I think I was too busy eating.  I LOVE eating in Vegas!  There is so much great stuff to eat!!  Crepes on the walkway between Bally’s and Paris, steak and salmon at Mon Ami Gabi, sushi at Kaizen (and a sake lesson thanks to our friend David!), Ahi Tuna at the Westin, and oh….. so much more!!!!!  I miss all that food.  I had a chicken nugget today — weee (sarcastic tone)…. did I mention that the nugget was cold?!          (i want a crepe …)