Diane & Frank’s Engagement Session:  They are getting married next week at the Hyatt in HB and we are so excited to shoot there again.  It’s also great to work with new people as well.  I am so excited to work with the super sweet/awesome Eva from Red Velvet Occasions.  They had a fun session at Laguna Beach..check it out: 

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/20/diane-and-frank-laguna-beach-engagement-session/

Veronica & Kit’s Wedding:  This one is a special one for us.  We shot her sister Victoria’s wedding late last year and it was nice to see everyone again.  They have such a loving family and it was nice to be apart of it all :)  This wedding was a DIY for the most part.  One of her bridesmaid made her wedding gown and all the dresses..check it out:

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/21/veronica-and-kit-pacific-palms-resort-wedding-photography/

Tina & Joe’s Engagement Session:  We’ve been friends with Joe for a while now and it was finally nice to meet Tina.  They are so cute together and we actually just shot their wedding so look out for that post as well!  It was a windy and cold day in SF, but I think they did great!!  Check it out

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/26/tina-and-joe-san-francisco-exploratorium-chrissy-field-engagement-session/

Sara & Alex’s Engagement Session:  They are naturals in front of the camera.  They are the funniest, sweetest and most caring people I’ve meet.  We actually already shot their beautiful wedding too..can’t wait to show you the pics.  Stay tuned!!  PS.. Alex use to model

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/26/sara-and-alex-santa-monica-engagement-session/

Andrea & Brandon’s Wedding:  What can I say???  They had a great wedding and a great venue!!!  We love shooting at the Nixon Library..it’s like 15 mins from our house!  We had a great time with them and we love their pictures!  Hope you guys love them too

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/04/andrea-and-brandon-yorba-linda-richard-nixon-library-wedding-photography/

Julie & Larry’s Engagement Session:  I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Julie and Larry, but I love how fun loving their session was.  Can’t wait for the wedding..check it out:

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/04/julie-and-larry-pasadena-engagement-session/

Shule & Steven’s Wedding:  Wow, they had a really touching ceremony and it was beautiful to witness it all.  These two couldn’t take their eyes off each other!  Hope you like it and check out the cool decor at the Marriott in Torrance:

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/09/shule-and-steven-torrance-marriott-wedding-photography/

Judy & Mike’s Engagement Session:  Gotta check this one out!  They are so sweet together and they even brought their cute dog for a few pics.  Can’t wait to see them soon!! 

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/10/judy-and-mike-los-angeles-engagement-session/

Megan & Chris’s Engagement Session:  I can’t wait for their wedding coming up soon.  We get to shoot at Rancho Las Lomas again…  We love that place!!  Their session won’t disappoint … check it out:

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/12/megan-and-chris-orange-county-engagement-session/

Marisa & Mark’s Wedding:  This was the wedding to be at!!!  It was so grand and beautiful!!!  When you think of City Hall, you definitely wouldn’t think it looks like this.  Check out this awesome wedding at City Hall in SF.

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/15/marisa-and-mark-san-francisco-city-hall-wedding-photography/

Angela & Ty’s Engagement Session:  I just love Angela!  She’s so cute and down to earth.  She was soooo nervous, but I think she totally rocked her engagement session.  She had on some awesome shoes… check it out!! 

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/09/18/angela-and-ty-orange-county-engagement-session/

I know it’s a lot to look at, but I totally appreciate you getting this far.  I promise to post some pics of the kiddos soon.  Hope you enjoy the pics on our photography blog!!  If you love something… leave us a comment :)  We read everything and we value all your love and support!!

Have a wonderful day and stay cool!!

Tey

Weddings:

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/05/20/julianne-and-davids-wedding-at-arroyo-trabuco/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/11/lisa-and-kirks-wedding-at-casa-romantica-talega-golf-club/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/25/heather-and-jerrys-wedding-in-santa-barbara/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/07/04/gina-and-peters-wedding-in-la-jolla/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/07/24/jessica-and-jamies-wedding-in-oceanside/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/05/jennifer-and-peters-wedding-in-palos-verdes/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/13/kelly-and-kyle-dana-point-ocean-institute-wedding-photography/

Engagement Sessions:

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/05/22/mutya-and-marks-engagement-portraits/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/02/andrea-and-brandons-engagement-portraits/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/16/marisa-and-marks-engagement-portraits-in-san-francisco/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/25/cristina-and-jeffs-engagement-portraits/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/29/jordi-and-seans-engagement-portraits/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/07/13/shule-and-stevens-engagement-portraits/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/08/13/carina-and-marcus-orange-county-fair-engagement-session/

Portraits

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/05/27/kamryn-and-markplus-one/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/19/vandygriff-family-plus-one/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/06/24/the-kim-family-plus-one/

http://blog.jangarcia.com/2009/07/29/hello-baby-timothy/

Wow, I didn’t realize I’ve been so behind in blogging all of these events.  I have to give Jan credit for blogging all these years…it’s hard work!

On the personal side:  I haven’t had a chance to quilt lately, but I will have something to show you soon.  I’m really excited to show you my first finished quilt…can’t wait!!

Until then… Have a wonderful day!!!

Okay, for old times…  We shot Veronica and Kit’s wedding at the Pacific Palms in City of Industry on Saturday.  It was nice seeing them again and the family.  We are really good friends with her sister Victoria and Virginia.  We don’t see them that often anymore, but when we do …it’s always nice!!!  We shot Victoria and Paul’s wedding about 7 months ago and it was fun to see familiar faces all around :)  Jan will be blogging Veronica and Kit’s wedding soon…check out his blog!  

We actually did have a nice and eventful Sunday.  Jan and I decided to throw a dinner party at our house since we don’t get to see our friends that often.  It was so much fun!!  We did a potluck style dinner and the food was yummy.  We were able to chill and catch up with all our friends.  Some of the peeps were playing Wii and Lucas is getting good at it too.  He beat a few of our friends in a few games.  We are hoping that this will go on for a while.  We’ll see who’s going to plan the next one…can’t wait!  Sorry, no pictures…my handy point and shoot is broken right now.  What can I say??? …KIDS!!! 

Not sure when the next weekend update will be, but look out for it.  Hope everyone had a nice and cool weekend!

Aren’t they just the cutest ever???

Sunday was a lazy day for us.  We didn’t do much during the day, but hang out and play in the backyard.  Later that evening we went to the OC Fair to meet up with our good friends Lisa & Tim.  We go almost every year..and boy, do I think it gets more expensive every year too.  I think it’s because of Lucas..  He loves to play the games and eat all the yummy food they have to offer.  He’s pretty good at most of the games.  Some pics from the night!

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One day, Nathan was constipated and so we thought it would be a perfect time to introduce the toilet.  So we put him on the toilet and he was crying and fighting with us because he didn’t want to sit on it.  After he pooped in the toilet, he was all smiles again.  I have to say that potty training is hard work, but when they are ready they are ready.  That’s what happened with Lucas.  For the longest time he would only pee, but not poop in the toilet.  Out of the blue one day he said, “I want to poop in the toilet”.  Jan and I were so excited..no more diapers for Lucas!!  It’s not cute anymore when they are big.  I hope Nathan will potty train faster with Lucas around.  They say that the second child learns faster from the other siblings..  we’ll see

Lucas wanted to be in the picture…hahhah!

I’m not much of a food critic because I loved everything..hahah!  Sorry Tim, I hope I was able to give some good feedbacks.  Jan and I came out of the tasting so full and really enjoyed a sneek peek at their menu.  We definitely can’t wait for the restaurant to open.  The food was deeeeeeeeelious!!!  I took a few pics..  Enjoy!!

This appetizer is pretty unique. It had all kinds of flavor going on. I enjoyed it!

This is sooooo good.  I love seafood!!  The scallops were perfectly cooked. One of my favorites!!!

Yummy trout dish!!!

Steamed fish… very yummy too.

OMG!!! The best pork belly salad around. The pork just pulled right off and the salad had a nice light citrus dressing.  The combo was excellent!!  Another favorite!!!

I really like this dish too… Jan ate most of it because I was too full to eat it :(

You definitely have to save room for this AWESOME dessert!! Even though I was full…I ate the whole dessert by myself… it was that good :)  That’s probably why I can’t seem to lose weight

They also made clams, but it was sooooo good that I was too busy eating and forgot to take a picture .. Too bad, it’s not open yet…  but no worries.  If you want good reasonable Thai food, Tim does have another restaurant called Green Papaya in Alhambra. It’s the best Thai food in LA in my opinion. Go check it out…

Have a wonderful day!!!

It was wierd not doing anything on Sunday.  I did work a bit in the morning though.  It sucks to hang out at home all day with the kiddos because they end up destroying the house…oh well!  Jan and I have been working on our backyard for a few weeks now and it’s coming along beautifully.  I can’t wait to be able to chill back there and look at my lovely plants.  I actually find gardening fun, but it’s hard to go back there with the kiddos around.  They always fight over who’s going to rake the backyard.  It’s cute to see the kiddos play back there with Koda. 

I will be working on my baby quilt this Tuesday and can’t wait to show you the finished product!!  Hope you all had a cool and fun weekend.  Thanks for reading

It’s been so long that I almost forgot what we did this past weekend.  Here we go, Saturday was a beautiful day and we shot a wedding renewal ceremony.  It was awesome!!!  They had their closest friends and family join them for a mini vacation in Oceanside.  Everyone stayed at the Oceanside Marina Suites.  Jan should have pics up on the blog soon.

This is cool…my weekend update is #12 and we got married 6 years ago on July 12, 2003.  We had a pretty chill day.  Spent half the day with my family in Cerritos.  Later that evening, Jan and I had our date night to celebrate our anniversary.  We went to the Ray LaMontagne concert at the Hollywood Bowl.  That place is pretty awesome…  We’ve never been to a big venue before so it was a bit weird.  Jan and I brought our own food and drinks to the venue and ate dinner there.  I drank so much wine that I was pretty drunk by the end of the night.  Thanks for taking care of me Bub!!

Happy Anniversary Bub!  It’s been the best six years and I couldn’t ask for anything more.  I love you and our two boys so much…  Thanks for being my best friend, a great father and a wonderful husband!!!  XOXO!

Jan also posted his Family Friday on the blog….click here.  Enjoy and Have a great weekend!!!

I love sleeping babies.. so peaceful. Then it’s over as soon as they wake up

Bed head!

Who loves mommy???

Happy Friday Everyone!!!