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Kaitlin’s baby shower #3

One final baby shower for Kaitlin … close enough to her due date that the shower host had a mild panic attack when Kaitlin called her the day before!

This shower was put on by Joe’s godmother … Aunt Mary. She went ALL OUT … It was AMAZING and so gorgeous and at a [...]

Kaitlin’s 2nd baby shower

As I type this Kaitlin is basically due any time…. But I still have TWO baby showers to show you!

In mid-April, Julie hosted a baby shower for Kaitlin involving all of the old family friends from when she was growing up … all ladies that Julie just loves and have been part of [...]

Kaitlin’s (1st) baby shower

Joe and Kaitlin’s baby is due in about a month!!!!

Which means these last couple weeks (and next couple weeks) are full of baby shopping, baby showers and maternity photos….

Between the 2 of them, Joe and Kaitlin have so many family and friends that she actually is having 4 baby showers!!

Little Joey [...]

unprofessional wedding photographer

As a wedding photographer, sometimes I take (and keep) photos that are not flattering to the photo subject. That may seem unprofessional of me, I know.

I don’t even care.

Those are real moments that make the wedding (or party or portrait) genuine and not staged.

I love moments like that.

SO! In honor [...]

Sunday night dinner party

…. although, can you really call it a dinner party when we have to eat in shifts because the grill won’t hold all 9 steaks and we only have 5 dining room chairs…. ?

…. and if Andrew and I have to quickly do dishes after dinner so we have enough clean forks for [...]

Mother’s Day 2011

Happy Mother’s Day!!

Ok, on Sunday, imagine I told you happy mother’s day …

Truth-be-told, I almost lost Mother’s Day this year … I am used to Mother’s Day being the weekend closest to my dad’s birthday – except this year, it’s not.

Oh well. I found it again.

Andrew and I spent the [...]

Schooner or Later

Andrew and his co-workers watch Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives during their lunch …. One of the great things about living in Los Angeles is so many of these well-known foodie places are within driving distance.

One of the ones from that show – Schooner or Later – is down south [...]

Kaitlin’s birthday

Andrew and I know bout 400 people whose birthday is October 5th.

And one of those is his sister.

The first weekend in October we headed down to her new apartment in Huntington Beach (I think) for BIRTHDAY celebrations!

She and Joe, and her cousin Chris got a 3 bedroom townhouse (the middle building [...]