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Friday, January 30, 2009

My Nephew's Wedding Day!

Wai Wai getting ready...

Steven doing his job... Ushering. Steven and I getting ready...

Anthony & Wai Wai

Anthony & Wai Wai

Wai Wai and her bridesmaid walking away...

The Valle Family with a few missing...

Mom & Dad (His Nana & Tata)... Steve & I & Aunt Julie & Uncle Gilbert... Allen & Steven... Generation Shot, My Dad, Anthony, My Brother... MY husband & Kids & Me... Anthony and I...

My brothers family, Gus Sr (his Dad), Janice (his Mom), Gus Jr (Brother), Rachelle (Sister)

Steve and Wai Wai, Rachelle and Steven dancing, Emmy (my niece) & Allen

My brothers and I, Mom & Dad dancing, Rachelle and I, Anthony and I.

Anthony & Wai Wai dancing the night away...

What a wonderful experience I had recently. My nephew got married on Jan 9th, 2009. I was a guest and the proud Auntie, but I was very much involved in the whole process. My nephew Anthony and I are very close. Anthony and his sister Rachelle and his older brother Gus Jr were pretty much my first kids. They grew up with me being in the front row in every stage of their life. For me this was a very special event. His wife Wai Wai and I grew close and I just love her so much. This really has shed a new light on photographing weddings. My good friend Chrys Poes photographed the wedding for me. That was a treat because I knew my nephew's memories were in good hands and I was going to be able to relax knowing she was going take care of it. As always she delivered and the pictures are beautiful. Looking back on the images were so much fun and brought back all the emotions of that special day. Chrys captured moments I don't remember seeing or perhaps it was because I was to busy at the time to notice. How wonderful it is to have such wonderful memories to continue to look back on. I've always known how valuable preserving these type of memories were, but more so now than ever. The little things and the little details matter so much. I love every single image Chrys took.

Special Thanks to..............

Chrys Poes at http://www.poesforthecamera.com/ Your an awesome friend!

Make up by Christy Fantastic! Christy is a friend and a talented makeup artist who I got to know and work with through out the years. Thanks for coming all that way to do this for me Christy. You did a wonderful job on both my niece's makeup.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

"Bride Wars"


Well today I got a chance to relax and catch a movie with my two BBF's Mary and Tracy. We went to go see Bride Wars. It was a funny girl movie for sure! I enjoyed this comedy. It made me laugh a lot and had a few touching moments. What a perfect combination. I loved it! I defiantly recommend this movie to everyone. Go see it!

On a personal note... It was so nice to see this movie with my two girlfriends. I recommend you do the same. Catching a movie with a friend now and then is good for the soul. ;)

Monday, January 12, 2009

Strode Wedding






The Carr/Strode wedding... what can I say? One word comes to mind FUN!! This wedding party was excited and willing to get their dancing shoes on and have fun and relax... which made for a ton of great images full of laughter and smiles. The dancing shots above were photographed by my 15 year old son. He seems to have some interest in photography and sometimes I like to bring him along so he can get some practice in. As you can see, he's got an eye for it. Great shots!