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Katya + Nathan: Orange County Engagement Portraits
They met in high school and have now been together for 13 years. When you have shared passion and love with someone for that long, I believe you are destined to be with one another from now until eternity. Meet Katya and Nathan! They are getting married in October and we met a few weeks ago in Orange County at Heritage Park for their engagement pictures. When I heard that Nathan had a Harley Davidson motorcycle, I got super excited, because I love it when clients bring props to a session.
*Katya and Nathan, it was a true joy to finally meet you both in person. I just loved documenting your love and cannot wait for the big day in October. Love and blessings to you both, Tira J. |
| Enjoy the gallery below. And to view more images from their session to order prints, click here and enter the brides maiden name. |
The Edwards Family, Altadena Family Portrait Photographer
Meet the Edwards family! This is their entire extended family, with Jim and Deanna the grandparents and their children's families. I had the distinct honor of photographing this gorgeous family for a special project for Anderson University. Dr. Jim Edwards is the President of Anderson University, and has been for the past 20 years. David and I had a lot of fun getting to know everyone on this gorgeous Sunday morning.
Jim and Deanna have three children and five grandchildren. Aren't they an awesome looking family? |
| L to R: Eva (7), Nathaniel (8 mo), Elliot (3 1/2), Linus (3), Josie (2). |
| Some of you may remember this guy! Tim Hooten and his gorgeous wife Katie and their daughters Josie and Eva. I first met Tim 10 years ago at APU. Since then, he, Katie and his brother in law Todd have been writing and producing films for Blue Yonder Films. Remember the moving Hoodwinked? Yep, that's them! |
| One of my favorite images. |
| Meet Cameron and Todd with their son Linus. |
| "That's right, I am going to be 3 on June 3rd!" Happy Birthday Linus! |
| Meet Cory and Vicki with their handsome sons Elliot and Nathaniel. |
| I just adore Papa Jim and Grandma Deanna. They will be married 46 years this year. Wow! |
| Papa Jim with all the kiddos. |
| Papa Jim and Grandma Deanna with all the kiddos. So much fun!! |
| Thank you Deanna, Jim, Katie, Tim, Eva, Josie, Todd, Cameron, Linus, Cory, Vicki, Elliot and Nathaniel for such a fun morning and absolute privilege to photograph all of you. May God bless you all!! Love, Tira J. |
Their side of the story...
| It's true! We were gone for 5 days and left our kitties for the first time. It is also true that for some, their pets are like children (when you don't have any), so this was a pretty big deal. My Mom graciously watched Tinkerbell and Buzz the entire time and concluded that her time spent at our home was a vacation. Really? Staying 30 miles from your home is a vacation? I guess so. Anyways, apparently a LOT "went down" while we were gone and my Mom aka Grams decided to document it for us. |
This is a narrative from Tink & Buzz' perspective, so stick around for the story! It is really quite funny!
5/20/10 It's about 3 p.m. SHE arrived! Did you tell us SHE was coming? Where are you and when will you be home? Anyway, she said her name was Grams. We think she's been here before." Tinkerbell" I left my sock at the door, so Grams almost tripped on it. Ha ha!! We walked around together and then I let her pet me. Then she got scared. Couldn't find Buzz". BuzzI thought that if she was going to be at my house for a while, I wasn't going to make it easy on her. So...I hid on one of the dining room chairs. She didn't know WHERE I was. I just smiled all of the time. Then I got Tinker to hid on another dining room chair. Grams thinks this cat sitting thing is going to be "a lark", but it isn't!
5/21/10 Well, this is really interesting. Grams is still here. Buzz She closed the shutters in "her" room last night. I OPENED them! She thinks this is her house. I got on my perch (scratching post) and Tinker got on the dresser... and we watched Grams in "her" bed. She WASN'T going to leave, so we just left her alone. Sometime during the night, we got up on her bed without her knowing. We jumped off early this morning, so she wouldn't even know. At 7:40 a.m., we started our "thundering" (running like crazy cats all through the house and up the stairs). Thought we'd scare Grams away, but you must have already told her we do that. Anyway, Grams Changed ( I mean, cleaned) the (our) box, cleaned our bowls and fed us. Guess that's what she's here for! I'm keeping a close watch on her and Tinker is just doing her own thing.
5/22/10 Buzz Another day with Grams. She went for dinner next door last night. (She's always gone!) Then we played some. We watched her again in "her" bedroom, but we didn't sleep with her. She's getting a little smarter. I guess you said we could go into the garage; cuz Grams won't let us in the yard. Well, sometimes she takes the gate to the passageway out so we can go in and out (when we remember how). Tinker feels comfort when she can sniff your car (David's car) and perch on top. We both got "love time" and we liked that. It's 2 p.m. and we're worn out - it's naptime on your bed (of course). Grams is going to do her Bible Study. (Maybe that will make her even smarter). Oh, Mom and Dad, you need to know that we haven't hidden from Grams - not once! Hope you're "chilling out" and having a good time.
5/23/10 Day 4! Well, we're moving along here. We came into Grams' room about 5 a.m.. It was raining, so we wanted to do the "look out". Then we just watched her, but we were quiet. We got to go out in the garage for a little bit, then we went upstairs and watched her get ready for church. (Oh, we forgot to tell you that Grams' friend, Pat, came over last night and brought us "treats". Why don't you ask HER to Kitty Sit Us?). While Grams was gone, we decided to get into some mischief. We wanted to know what she was writing about us, so we decided to jump up on the counter and read what she'd written. It didn't seem like she was saying especially nice things about us, so we threw the papers on the floor. (Maybe she'll get the hint.). Anyway, Grams isn't all that bad. She does have some quirks though. She calls us "Loves" and "Sweetie". It really bugs us. And she talks to herself. And, Dad, you were supposed to teach her how to "do" our box. She takes FOREVER. We looked on - anxiously - and offered to help, but she said she could do it. We hope you're having a good time, but we want you home soon!
5/24/10 Day 5! It's finally come. Grams is going home (to "her" home and you're coming back to "our" home ...purr, purr, purr!) We've kinda warmed up to Grams. We were feeling "our oats" this morning. Did a little thundering at 1 a.m.. Woke Grams up and then watched her for a while from our perch. (We did have good play time last night though, last night after she got home from the concert). Grams took care of her cat responsibilities this morning and let us go into the garage. (You'll see our marks all over your car). In case you can't read them, they say, "Welcome home, Mom and Dad; we love you!" Grams went out into the yard to putter a little bit, before she has to get ready for her last social event. Grams found out with her 5 days here that the few toys that works best for us were the small balls, the fuzzy tail on the stick and the white ribbon.
We hope you had a good time and we welcome you with open paws! We love you, Tinker and Buzz |
If you've gotten this far, thanks for sticking around and reading about what my crazy cats did with my Mom aka Grams while we were in Portland and Seattle. We are glad to be back, and so are they.
Thank you Mom, for watching our kitties and loving them up!
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! Lots of great blog posts coming up, so be sure to come back. |
Traveled the Northwest....
We have been out of town for the past few days traveling to Oregon and Washington for both business (APU & Tira J Photography) and pleasure! I love seeing old friends, making new ones, spending quality time with my husband, and relishing in God's amazing beauty! I have so much to catch up on over the next few days, so this blog will be very busy. Let me know you stopped by below in the comment box! I have missed my blog readers, and updating this blog!!
The image below is from the Japanese Garden in Portland Oregon. More to come!! |
Sneak Peek! Katya + Nathan: Orange County Engagement
If you remember over the weekend when I updated my status saying this..."Hot couple, hot day and a Harley"....this is what I meant!
More of the absolutely gorgeous Katya and Nathan will be coming up soon. |
| And, for the record, I did get to sit on the bike!!! |
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