Pacheco Family

Okay now this shoot was a definite adventure. My "new" assistant Tatiana and I took off for Irvine at 9:30am as we drove down the 71 we saw smoke and upon hitting the 91, yup there was a fire but at that time it was quite small not thinking too much about it off we went. Well the shoot went off with out a hitch. The Pacheco's are a wonderful family who are hilarious. Tom (dad) is a big jokester and Tais(mom) is so sweet and not to mention beautiful. The boys are so handsome and Nico was quick to smile and tell me all about the horse he was going to ride when we were done, and little Lucas has the most hair I've seen on a little one in a while ( so jealous my little one finally gets to wear a "pretty" in her hair and she's 17 months). Any way we had lots of fun despite the wind and fire I even stuck around to watch Nico on his horse :) Oh and by the way it only took 6 hrs to get home!!




















What a sweet big brother












This was just a sweet moment I caught when we took a quick break, you can just see the love in this family.

Ryan's 1st Birthday

Ryan is Sydney's BFF and it's a total bummer that she lives in Arizona but once in a while we get her and her great parents (our best friends) out here to see us and even though we have to share them with the rest of the friends and family it is way worth it. They came out this time to celebrate Ryan's 1st Birthday.

Ryan and her beautiful Mommy Amy





Nothing better than bubbles





except maybe cake...





oh yeah cake is way better!!


even dad needed a piece


Love you guys so much and always miss you. See you in October when we venture to the AZ again!

Brenden and Jalen

Last weekend I had a ton of fun playing baseball with Brenden and his family at the park. Let me just say that even though he is only 3 he can hit, throw, and catch far better than I can. I'm not kidding I truly believe that this, most adorable, little guy will be playing pro sports one day. In between all the fun I was able to shoot his "3 Year Old" pictures and his beautiful baby brother Jalen's 3 month pic's. As you will see they are both just as cute as can be. Thank you Aaron & Cristy for having such cuties to work with.
























He is ready to go



Look at that face so serious...He's winding up for the pitch

Ryan and Sydney

This post is a bit late but it is just too cute. For Fourth of July The family headed on over to Arizona to visit our very best friends Amy, Jason and of course Ryan. It was a wonderful and relaxing weekend spent at the pool, taking the girls to the mall to offically buy them "big girl" shoes ( yes we are already teaching them the fine art of shoe shopping), and what else taking a mini photo shoot.




This is one of my favorites the look in her eyes is just so beautiful








That hair....











Best Friends Forever!!

Rio Harde

Well as promised (though a bit late) here are a few pics of my little cutie in Mexico. Now that she has sprouted teeth she can't wait to find new food to munch on. Here she discovered watermelon for the first time.













Who knew watermelon could be so sweet!

Beach Babes

I'd have to say these two may not be the easiest girls to shoot but they are my favorite.I guess that's because they are my girls. Sydney is the little peanut and Tatiana (you may recognize from the previous soccer shoot) is my big peanut. They are 14 years apart (yes we are crazy) and are so much fun. Tatiana just loves her little sister as you can see from a few of these, but when she's done she's done and it's back to being a typical teenager instead of the adoring big sis.

Any way I took the girls out a few weeks ago when we had our beautiful "California" day to Laguna beach. We had a great time Sydney really enjoyed eating the sand and Tatiana really liked being my model for the day. I had so many favorites - 107 to be exact- but I narrowed it down to these so enjoy!