Hughes family holiday portraits | Olivenhain Meeting Hall

Always a pleasure to catch up with these guys for their annual holiday session... such great people and little Benjamin is way cute! Excited to hear there will be a new addition next year to the Christmas card! Can't wait to meet the little mrs or mr...

We shot their family portraits at the Olivenhain Meeting Hall which was built in 1895... such a cool location!

 

 

 

 

 

Announcing Holiday Mini-sessions!

It's already time for holiday portraits... I can't believe it! This year I am doing 2 days of mini-sessions at 2 different locations. Here is your chance to receive some beautiful portraits of your family at a fraction of the cost (family sessions normally start at $300). The early bird gets the worm... Better book your session now while they are still available. There are only 8 slots total.

** I will have very limited availability in November for family sessions, why, because I'm getting married!! So keep that in mind and plan ahead!

 

Sarah & Kevin's wedding part 2 | Levyland Estates Carlsbad

The follow up to part 1 of Sarah & Kevin's wedding... this wedding was so fabulous it deserves 2 posts! The details were amazing, florals beautiful, atmosphere relaxed yet elegant and the food was oh-so-yummy. Can you say lobster mac n cheese? Seafood paella? Mmmm my mouth still waters thinking about it! Check out the shots from the ceremony and day 2 of their wedding extravaganza...

 

The Pumphery family | el centro family portraits

Happy to share this family with you... these are Reed's cousins! We met up in El Centro, CA to get some portraits of all the grandkids together while they're still small. The kids behaved great although Kane wasn't so into getting his picture taken. I loved the girls in their bright colored coordinated outfits. I look forward to doing more photos of these little ones as they grow!!

Life's miracles

So this summer something terrible happened... I lost my engagement ring. Yes, I lost my engagement ring.  For anyone who is married or is getting married you know how devastating this is... not only for it's financial value but more for it's sentimental value. I was totally distraught. And no, it wasn't insured. So I had to move on, accept my mistake and the hardest part, forgive myself for being careless. I figured we would just have to go with a simple wedding band for the wedding and then later down the road perhaps replace my beautiful engagement ring.

Fast forward to the other day... By some miraculous turn of events a ring is brought into my life. And it's beautiful. And we can afford it! Everything about this wedding we are planning is just turning out magical. Whatever we need is right there, from the perfect dress that was gifted to me to the awesome venue at a family member's home. I just have to always remember that I am completely and utterly taken care of. Never to forget that. And to open to more and more of life's miracles. This post is to remind me.