. a look back at how she’s grown
silly beautiful graceful calm confident stylish witty feisty Maliea’s birthday is coming up so this entire week is dedicated to preparing for her birthday celebrations. I have been going through all her photographs to compile posters for her Fourth Birthday celebration at her preschool. I was surprised to discover that there were quite [...]
.my birthday
Symbolic images represent important milestones from my last 45 years of life. reflecting on the beauty that has happened in my life traveling developing a personal style continuing to soar even in the darkness learning to settle into my home town continuing to work with my hands learning to rise above building a family relaxing [...]
photography is [going from baby to little girl in 120 photographs]
To my dearest little girl; I am so amazed by your beauty-inside and out-every day. I swore I never wanted to have a little girl of my own because I know how hard it is to grow up as an emotional and sensitive being in this world. I was wrong. Completely naive. To the wonderful [...]
[life] is turning 5
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Merrik planned out his 5th Birthday Party from start to finish right down to the design of the cake. The original plan was to have a monkey pajama party on the train but it ended up being the ultimate monkey party at the park. He was in heaven with all his favorite Serra Preschool buds [...]
[life] is a party
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o celebrate Maliea’s second birthday I decided to treat the family to a nice dinner at a favorite local restaurant and enjoy presents and cake afterward at our home. The evening was wonderful; it is always so much fun to have the Riddles, Newmans and Kochs come together for a celebration. Both Merrik and Maliea [...]
[life] is a two year old
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Maliea is 2 today. Two years ago I welcomed my baby girl into this world. Her birth was anti-climatic just like Merrik’s. We walked in to South Coast Medical Center on March 25, 2008 and 20 minutes after entering the surgical room we had a beautiful new baby girl. I definitely had it easy. The [...]
[life] is a birthday with family
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After a relaxing morning Jim and Merrik decided to go out and drive the new R/C truck offroad somewhere there was lots of open space. I put Maliea down for a nap and received a phone call from Jim instructing me to “pack an overnight bag” for everyone. So when he and Merrik returned we [...]
[life] is a rad running race
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Merrik went to a classmates 5th birthday party that was planned out in detail by the birthday boy. From the running race to the pit stop with water and oranges, he wanted it to be like a real 10K for kids. They all had a blast and were exhausted after a full lap around the [...]
[life] is a whimsical birthday party
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Merrik’s friend, Zoe always has the most photogenic birthday parties. Her mom does an amazing job with finding the perfect balance between unique entertainment for the kids, stylish decorations and colorful favors that just so happen to coordinate with each child’s outfit!@#$?
[life] is a second birthday
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After a hectic week of working at Merrik’s school and playing catch up from our trip to Catalina with work and home I was still excited to take the kids to my friend Gemina’s youngest’s 2 year birthday party. It was a beautiful evening and the kids had a grand time in the backyard as [...]
[life] is a 47th birthday
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How come it always seems like I am scrambling to do something for Jim at the last minute? It’s not like I never think about him. I just always skirt around buying him stuff and making much ado when it comes to his special days. He says he doesn’t mind but… This year he knew [...]
[life] is my amazing husband
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Happy Birthday to my incredible soulmate, Jim. My sexy, intelligent cameleon and man of action is turning 47 today and is better than ever.
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the birthday that would never end
We had Maliea’s first birthday party yesterday and it feels like we’ve been celebrating her first for a month! It was a sweet party with lots of girls and lots of tea sets. It was fun to have family and some close friends join us in the simple celebration. To see more of the photos [...]
another awesome birthday party for shane
Merrik’s friend Shane has the best birthday parties in town. This year there was a bounce house and an amazing animal show with cotton candy and snow cones plus lots of other goodies. I think the parents had just as much fun at this party as any of the kids. To see all the pics [...]
42 and counting
Gasp, I turned 42 yesterday. I started the day at 5:30am processing images for Jim and his unreasonable deadline then I spent the day driving to and from swim lessons at Waterworks Aquatics only to find out they were closed for the week. Then I took Merrik and Maliea on the Amtrak to Fullerton to [...]
