Sweet Sixteen - Full Post

From the purple decorations (her daughter's favorite color) to the tons of family and friends that she invited, Yadira threw such a great party for her daughter Jaslin!


There was a lot of hugging, laughing and dancing all night - so fun!
Thank you Yadira and Jaslin for letting me be part of your special night!

Happy Sweet Sixteen~

Happy Father's Day

"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms 
when his hands are empty." 

- Author Unknown

Tim, the girls love and adore you...you are their precious daddy and appa!

Here's to many more years of hands that are full...

Growing up

Photo from this past February...


My girls are growing up way too fast for me....


The other day Naomi asked me what I would be when I grow up. 
(She's decided she wants to either be a doctor or "police girl".)
I told her, "I think I'll be your mommy forever and ever."
To which she replied with exasperation,
"No Mommy, you can't, because I won't be Naomi anymore. I'll be Dr. Hayoung!" (Hayoung is her Korean name.)
I was kinda sad. Way to squash my dreams kid.
I said, "Ok then, I guess I'll be a photographer... since you'll be Dr. Hayoung."
"Okay Mommy, that sounds good."


Glad my 4 year old approves.
Have a great weekend friends~

I hope

...you still feel small...

...when you stand beside the ocean...

Have a great weekend everyone~

P.S. Last photo taken by my husband! :)

Sweet Sixteen - Sneak Peek

When your only daughter turns 16,
you gotta throw a party!


More to come~

Lee Family - Full Post

The Lees are close to my heart.
Maybe it's the fact that we both have two little girls...or that I know I can tell Anna anything and she will pray for me...or that John always asks my husband how he's doing....in any case, it was a huge privilege for me to take their family photos!


Since little Kate is celebrating her first birthday soon and Anna didn't have any recent pictures with all of them together (can anyone relate?), family photos were in order.
Ellie was the helpful big sister and had many ideas on what kind of photos she wanted! (She really wanted to take a picture with these red flowers and gave me such a sweet smile, I couldn't resist - Ellie, I hope you approve!)

Anna and John, you are blessed~

Can't wait to celebrate Katie's First Birthday with you!

My Little Scouts

A big part of a photography session is location location location.


So last week, ventured out to Chino Hills in search of some golden fields for test shots....which soon turned into...rock collecting!

Turned out to be a beautiful place to take photos and ended up shooting the Lee family session here...you can see how it turned out in my next post~

Thanks to my little scouts for being mommy's helpers!

(And thanks to the "Chino girls" for giving me a reason to love Chino even more~.)