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Laguna Beach

I LOVE driving south down the 5 freeway, traffic or no traffic, blasting some Hendrix and answering the same question over and over and over again.

"Momma, where are we going?"

"To the Beach" I respond over and over and over again.

"Grandma and Grandpa's beach?"

"Yes Kingston, Grandma and Grandpa's beach"

"Momma, where are we going?"

"To the moon" I finally reply

My grandparents (my baba's GREAT grandparents) have lived in Laguna Beach since I was a very young child. I remember playing "Red Light, Green Light" on their long front pathway, playing "Hide and Seek" amongst my grandmother's perfect Rose bushes and riding my bike along the driveway. But my fondest memories were of the beach.

Now I am so fortunate to share those memories with my children. There is nothing more amazing than watching my children play along the same stretch of beach that I grew up on. Jumping off the same HUGE rock into the splashing waves, walking up the same hill ever so tired back to grandma and grandpa's, the same cold hose ridding our sunburnt bodies of all things sand.

I swear the ocean in Laguna is special.

I will love it forever.

That is "Uncle James' my handsome (and single) baby brother

Jatin is a fish, he always has been super comfortable in water.

King on the other hand takes a while to warm up

today it took him over an hour before he got his little toes wet.

King went home to Grandma's and proceeded to draw "fishies"

The most amazing part of my day today was watching my boys interact with their GREAT grandparents. What a beautiful way to spend a day.

Happy 4th of July

This is what we did all day:)

Chris and Maddie Maternity Shoot

Another beautiful expectant mother.

Another beautiful day at the beach.

This particular Thursday was extremely windy.

Feeling the sting of each grain of sand whip across our face we decided

to go or go home, we put our heads down and marched into the storm, the sand storm that is.

Chris and Maddie were great sports and I can prove it. Even though we were covered head to toe in sand she

looked absolutely stunning.

Maddie had her baby boy, Cruz, this past weekend and both momma and baby are doing

well. Congratulations C and M, I cannot wait to meet baby Cruz.

Now to prepare for our newborn shoot....I love my job.

Graduation

My little brother, James, graduated from college the other day.

It was such a beautiful ceremony, stormy clouds above, hundreds of people surrounding the

venue, tears of joy from all the mom's of graduates, including my mom.

We arrived really early in the morning, it is an hour drive to California Baptist University for me but as a mother of two young boys I am almost always up before the sun. Fresh pot of coffee and I am good to go.

"This is the beginning of your new life" was the focus for the day, "go follow the path that God set out for you and do it well." Always good words to live by.

Congratulations James!

Love you forever:)

My mom, James and dad

My mom, dad, James, me and my grandparents

James and I

Welcome to Kindergarden....

There have been ups and down this past year of Kindergarden. We just had a fantastic Spring Break. King turned 3, went to D'land, played non-stop and got head lice.

Yes I said it, HEAD LICE!!!

Jatin brought it home from school.

We washed everyones hair with the poison shampoo, went through strand by strand pulling out dead lice and eggs, did 20 loads of laundry, vacuumed all the rugs. It took me two days to get the house clean, and I mean CLEAN!

So to our dismay 7 days later upon a re-examination of our hair Jatin had more lice.

AAAAHHHHHHHH!

I was pissed! (not at him of course)

We gave him the option of going through the cleaning process again or cutting his hair, he said "I want to shave my head like daddy"

I cried.

Jatin has the most beautiful head of hair.

Gorgeous blonde, strong, thick with just the hint of a curl at the bottom. Perfect surfer boy hair. I love his hair.

I was so sad to see it go.

I grabbed the camera and captured the process.

I cried the entire time.

BUT...

He is even more gorgeous than he was before.

Take a look for yourself.

Kingston turns 3!

Kingston,

AKA: King-a-ling, Kingaroo, Chotu, King, Baba

turned 3 on Saturday. We did what all So Cal residents do.....went to Disneyland!

Sooooooooo crowded!!!! No fun!!!!!

Nikhil and I remembered being young and rolling around riding Space Mountain over and over and over again because there was nobody in line. I guess those are days of past because the place was a ZOO.

None the less the boys had a blast.

The night before I got super emotional. My baby, my youngest was turning 3, how did that happen? It seems like only yesterday I brought him home from the hospital only to find out that two kids is a LOT different than one. It has been quite an adventure to say the least but he is my baby, always will be.:) I slept with him in his big boy bed, watching him sleep, they are the most loveable asleep, when they can't slap you, yell at you or pull your hair. Did I mention he turned 3?

Kingston James Paniz I love you more and more every day. You are so much fun to be around and a pleasure to watch grow. I will love you forever and always because you are my dear one:)