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1/2 my heart is in Iraq | Murrieta Family Photographer

Meet Joanna and her family.  She contacted me while in Iraq wanting a family session when she comes home for her two week leave.  She also sent Edwina my way so I was able to do sessions for both these families during their time together.  She has been in Iraq for 7 months and this is her first time home since she has been deployed.  I had such a great time with this family, mom and dad are so fun to watch with their little girl.  So laid back and silly all at the same time.  She is such a silly little girl and I know she gets it from them.;)

Joanna….thank you so much for contacting me all the way from Iraq.  It’s been a great experience meeting you and your family and Edwina and her family as well.  You guys have shown me how strong a woman can be to be away from their loved ones when needed.  Have a safe trip back tomorrow and I’ll look forward to hearing from you guys once I get your proofing galleries up!

got the post title from a sticker on their car window ♥

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heartdid I mention dad is in the service too?  he’s been able to be at home with Jena while mom is in Iraq…heart-1pretty much the only time she’d be away from mom and dad for pics was with this board…heart-2heart-3fun tickling mom and dad….heart-4lots of silly face pictures…(her favorite)heart-5heart-6heart-7heart-8heart-9heart-10heart-11heart-12heart-13

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March 27, 2011 - 11:14 am

Amy - Beautiful pictures and what an amazing family!

service before self | Murrieta Family Photographer

Meet Edwina.  She is on a leave from a one year deployment in Iraq for two weeks and she wanted to do a family session including her sister and nephews.  He husband is also in service but he is close to home at this time.  To be so dedicated to serving your country to spend so much time away from your family is something I truly admire.  Luckily in her case her little ones aren’t so little anymore;)

I had so much fun with all of them.  It’s great when you get to the part of the session when I tell them to “talk amongst yourselves for a bit” and you get instant genuine smiles.  And a big thanks to the boys for protecting me from some wild insects and dealing with the mad case of allergies I had that day!

serviceedwinaedwina-1edwina-2our session was at 2 o’clock in the afternoon…so we tried to find lots of shade…edwina-3edwina-4edwina-5edwina-6edwina-7edwina-8edwina-9edwina-10

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little almonds | Inland Empire Photographer

3 boys…. 2.5, 1 and 7 days old.  Mom and Dad have their hands full but they are doing so great at it.  The last session we did was the extended family and Jennifer was expecting at the time so we set up a session to do newborn and Jackson’s 1 year.

little-almondslanewest addition…. baby Chasela-1la-2la-3la-4la-5la-6la-7la-8la-9la-10la-11la-12la-13I came across an almond orchard in Lake Elsinore and fell in love! We shot there for about 20 minutes until we politely got kicked out.  He told us they a have been there for 70 years but the county is taking over.  They used to send almonds to See’s Candies in Los Angeles. la-14chaseJackson is 1 now!!:)la-15la-16la-17la-18

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a perfectly framed sunday | Murrieta Family Photographer

Cathy wanted a session with all her kids & grand kids together.  It was a beautiful day…a bit chilly, but I’ll take it over any drizzle and rain! This group was great…so photogenic! I always try to get the must have shots done quick before little ones get grumpy, but they did so good we finish the session in less than an hour, I could of shot them all day!! :)

pfsunday1911-21911-11911-3You couldn’t keep these little ones out of the trees….little monkeys!!:)1911-11See….1911-211911-4I’ve had this frame for a while…it was nice to get some use out of it!! 1911-5These crazy love birds are expecting boy #3!! Can’t wait til the newborn session in February if all goes as planned;)1911-61911-7

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the frosting on the cupcake | Inland Empire Child Photographer • Temecula

Holden is ONE! I’ve bee photographing this little cutie every 3 months since he was born. This was by far the funnest shoot with him. We was so excited to be out and about exploring and kept doing his “monster babble”…I so miss when Jace used to do that – love it!!

holdenholden1holden1-1holden1-2holden1-3holden1-4holden1-5holden1-6holden1-7look at those long lashes….on my to do list this week….get a close up of Jace like this!!:)holden1-8Pretty sure mom was holding a cupcake over my head for this one!!:)holden1-9

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