The Chernoff Family were such a joy to work with...They were a fun group! Thank you for allowing me to photograph your Beautiful Family, you all looked so nice for your portraits ; )

I can not wait to put my arms around my Girls...I have missed them terribly! I can't wait to give them their little gifts too. Ughh I want them here already, but they dont land at the airport until around 9:30 or so. They will be Happy to know that we will be Featuring "Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" just for them.

So we showed 2012 last night...it was awesome, with surround sound we could feel our feet vibrate beneath us. We had a full house again, except for 1 seat...Jerome forgot to show up : (.

My two sisters were here Pauline and her husband Rick and they brought Pauline's study, Sandy. My sister Damiana and two of her girls Danara and Darah and Darah brought her boyfriend Devon.

Gail and Rick Bailey were here also as well as Roselie...and of course Adam, Daniel, Finesse and myself. I think everyone enjoyed themselves. We had pizza first then a movie with lots of goodies to snack on. Next week we are showing Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, because my glama girls get here on Tuesday.

Okay...I'll talk to y'all later

Yesterday, I took Finesse to school...I went shopping after I dropped her off. After picking her up, we went and had lunch. Later that evening we went to walmart to buy "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" Because the Glama Girls get here on Tuesday, and we will be featuring that movie for Theatre night that Saturday...I know they will love it! We also ate at Subway in Walmart, and then headed for the Auburn Regal Cinemas, Finesse was dying to see the new Miley Cyrus movie " The Last Song " Lyndsy met us there. It was a real tear jerker. Today just laying low.

This coming Saturday our Red Velvet Theatre is featuring "2012" a very, very good movie. We have 11 people signed up for the movie so far. I've already seen the movie twice...I'll enjoy watching it again tho.

In about a week or so, I will be doing Family Portraits in my Home Studio for a friend...that should be a lot of fun! 

We showed "The Blind Side" for Theatre night on Saturday, we had a wonderful turn out all 15 seats were taken. My sister Damiana and my nieces Danara and Darah, spent the night...we had a blast that night. After the Movie, we played Catch Phrase, then the grown ups went to bed, the girls stayed up late watching teenage chick flicks, from the sounds of it they were having a good 'ol time...laughing and being silly. The next day I made everyone breakfast, Potatoes, chorizo and eggs and tortillas. Then we sat around and talked a bit...then we got ready and took some snapshots here at home, then we headed to Gig Harbor to visit my nephew Brandon, his girlfriend Jessica and their new baby girl "Alexa Jean Morgan" they call her Lexi. Then we came back to Covington and went to a mexican restaurant, then we came home Damiana's girls left...But Damiana spent the night and left the next day, I waved Goodbye to my sister and to my Gorgeous 1998 Red Mustang .

When Adam and I went on our cruise...we loved coming to our cabin at the end of the night to our beds turned down with a piece of mint on our pillows and a different "Towel Animal" on our beds, couldn't wait to see what animal would await us that evening. So I learned how to make some...I now know how to make Monkeys, Elephants, and a dog. Look at Jewels she is such a little model. She was made to be a TV Dog or model or something, she is so cooperative.

Here is my "Towel Dog" 

So yesterday...I texted my sister Damiana, whom I had not spoken to in over 4 years, and she texted back and said that my timing could not have been better...So we proceeded to bond and talk about what was going on in our lives, and I invited her to come to my home and spend the night so we could catch up.

She had never been to my home so we met at the mall, we made it home had some pizza and wine and just caught up...it was so nice! To talk to someone who was cut from the same cloth...someone who grew up in the same dysfunctional home and who can empathize with all of my thoughts, struggles and fears. We have so much in common...I always felt like I didn't belong in my family, like I had been adopted into this family, which is weird...cuz my family always joked with me and told me that I was adopted or that I was found on the doorstep...they knew I was very sensitive, and they always tried to hurt me, and it worked they did. I was always made to feel like the black sheep of the family.

Well, my sister Damiana and I are so similiar...nonjudgemental and sensitive to others feelings as well as to our own. We talked and laughed and cried and told old stories...some funny, some sad. I am so glad to get to know my sister and friend.

There are 10 of us kids in my family, however, I felt as tho I grew up in a 2 kid family, because only my sister Sylvia who is 2 years older than me was in the house when I was growing up, cuz the other 8 children were grown and married. So I never got a chance to really know them. And Damiana is one of those siblings that I never got a chance to get to know...I always admired her beauty, and wanted to look just like her when I grew up...I would stand there at her dressing table as she fixed her hair and put her make up on and would just stare at her with Awww...wishing that I would grow up to be that beautiful someday.

So I am so glad to have her back in my life, she only lives an hour and a half away, in Stanwood, Wa. So we have plans to keep this friendship going, and to help each other out through our difficult times that we are both struggling with, as well as our difficult past that we have still got to learn to let go of.

So we stayed up talking late into the night, and then woke up and had coffee together, and shared more of our similiar interests. We then got dressed and went to the bank...She bought my mustang and I bought my dream car, a Gold 1997 Jaguar last night, so we went and took care of the monies and titles and everything. It was as tho I traded my poor mans dream car (the mustang) for my Real Dream Car ( the Gold Jag). So we went and took care of all of that, and then we went to lunch, and she came home and test drove her new Red 1998 Ford Mustang. She loves it! Then we said goodbye and made plans to see each other very soon.

Satan is so sneaky...if he can't get US to faulter, he will see to it that we get attacked from the outside in.  So although, the Fit hit the Shan on Thursday...we were determined to not let Satan beat us down, we made it to the meeting on Sunday, and then afterwards we went to Red Lobster and brought Roselie with us and we celebrated the closing of our house as well as celebrating the priveledge of being a united family of sheep in Jehovah's Loving Organization. Although at first we dont always understand why things happen the way that they do...we do later, it all comes to light. Well, already after prayerful meditation...I can see WHY my family is going through this, Jehovah sees to it that things get taken care of...and this is one way that he saw to it that a wrong be righted, even if it hurt our family in the process...Jehovah knew he would give US the strength to power through this, too. And we are, it is not easy, but we are. We are a united family, we will stick together! I did not struggle in raising my kids all alone for so many years to let anyone divide us...I cannot and will not allow that to happen, and with Jehovah's help we will make it.

So we went out and celebrated anyway...everything will work itself out. Here is what I ate on Sunday at Red Lobster...it was delicious!

 This is one of my favorite photos...my Chihuahua, Jewels, always lays between the stuffed lions paws...if my lap is not available. So one day I ran up and got my camera and captured this warm fuzzy image. What I really love about this is how the tilt of the Lion's head onto Jewels' head, actually makes it look like he is cuddling a baby cub. After all the excitement, she went back to sleep : )

Why can't things just go right for one day? Just one day of happiness even just semi-happiness? I know we wont have true happiness until we are in the New World, but just one semi-easy/happy day is all that I ask : (

I was in the middle of planning a celebration for Adam...to thank him for buying me such a beautiful home, we had officially closed on the purchase of our home today, so I was gonna make him a cake with the words Thank you on top and then a picture of our home and on the bottom his name, Adam...so the cake would've read "Thank You Adam" I wanted him to see it when he got home from work. And I had planned for us to go to Red Lobster and then come home and eat our cake and finish celebrating...but then "Whoosh!" right smack in the middle of my planning Satan hits us with a ton of bricks...Grrr!

Well, the Purse Party was a total success! Everyone had a great time, there were about 24 of us...It was alot of fun. Lots of us got gorgeous handbags. I had my eye on two handbags...but didn't want to pay for two, and surprisingly because enough people bought handbags I got a big enough discount that one of my handbags was FREE, WooHoo! Plus, just for hosting I had a choice of a pair of sunglasses or  a Coach wristlet purse, so I chose the wristlet.

My sister Pauline and her husband and a couple of her friends were able to make it from Gig Harbor. Also my niece Teri and her husband and son made it from Gig harbor, Teri and her family spent the night. So this morning we had our coffee and visited and then got dressed and we took them to The Bakery in Black Diamond for breakfast, and then walked the food off by taking a tour of the Black Diamond Museaum and jail and caboose, it was alot of fun.

I was looking out of the window at the sunset last evening and saw how pretty the raindrops looked on the Cherry Blossom trees ( atleast I think these are cherry blossoms) I dont have Washington flowers and trees and plants down yet.

Yesterday evening when Adam got home from work, he and Daniel were gonna go post all the flyers that I made, but Adam decided to call the Vet Clinic first...to see if anyone had brought Sadie there. Turns out she was there since about 10 am, which about the time I had noticed she was missing and started driving around looking for her...I drove around for about 2 hours looking for her.

So glad we found her.

"I  AM  LOST...

I'm 14 and miss my owner!"

(206) 795-6867

                                                    FEBRUARY 15, 2009

So we have been Leasing with Option to buy for about a year...and now we are finally there! We should close the first week of March...WooHoo!

Life has been pretty crazy...so much has happened to our family in the past 2 years, I am surprised that I have survived (and without medication: ) Believe me there were plenty of times that I needed it! With Jehovah's help we made it...not quite done going through things, but Jehovah has given us the strength to continue so that is what we will do.

I have the girls this month...and this month has been a struggle, they came back from Texas very angry (atleast Danyel has) she just has an angry undertone to all that she says...especially when she speaks to her little sister. I dont know if that is because that is how she is spoken to in Texas...or if she is just ticked off inside for all the garbage that is going on in her little life. But with all the stuff going on right now literally in my home, she is a bit hard to deal with...I am trying extremely hard and doing alot of praying to be extra patient with her. What I meant by all the stuff going on literally in my home is that...My son Daniel moved back home, so we cleared out our rec. room which has it's own bathroom and closet (actually it's the coat closet) and that is where he is staying, it is kinda like a studio apt. And so now all the stuff that was in there is in my family room...the pool table, hockey table, furniture that was in there is in with the family room furniture. The place looks crazy like a swap meat or something...stuff everywhere. So that is kinda how I am feeling inside as well, a bit chaotic...so Danyel has tried my patience a bit on this visit, but I am trying extremely hard to be patient with her, because I know she is going through so much inside, as we all are.

On top of all of that I am in the middle of painting the interior of my home so I have furniture pulled out from the walls and in the middle of the rooms. I have this thing about Pink...I just LOVE IT! So I had to get it out of my system...my formal living and dining rooms are both "Powder Pink" just 2/3 of the wall and the bottom third of the wall will have wainscoting. My kitchen is Powder Pink as well...it should look nice once we have our Stainless Steel appliances and Black granite countertops, and I am doing some creative stuff with Corrugated metal in my breakfast nook...that gives it kinda an industrial look, looks awesome with the pink, and de-feminizes it for Adam's sake. The adjoining Family room is "Cinnamon Spice" looks like chocolate brown....looks good with the pink in the kitchen and breakfast nook...except that it makes me and Finesse both hungry for chocolate, probably wasn't a smart choice for paint color in a room that is so close to the kitchen. I can just see it now the walls making us crave chocolate, and us just going to the fridge for something, anything to satisfy our craving...Hello pounds and fat!  I guess, next I should pray for will power : )

So the girls are napping right now, we just got back from the playground...I am gonna go give the kitchen a second coat and then be done with that. When Adam gets home he can help me take the pool table and hockey table apart and store it until Daniel moves out. We have got to get them out of the middle of the family room, we have Theatre night tomorrow evening...gotta reduce some of the chaos before then.

Well, that is about all for now...TTYS (talk to yall soon)

The Chaos in my Family Room  (The Red curtain, is actually a tablecloth to give Daniel privacy in his room) That is a cutout into the Rec. room, but it looks kinda Yucky with the table cloth hanging there, not sure how else to give him privacy tho. 

                                                                Russ and Roselie taken in August '09

I just cant believe that it is already February...So much has happened! I haven't posted anything on here since December. Haven't done a whole lot with my photography lately...lost some of my desire. I need to get it back, it is my passion, so I need to rekindle that.

My Spiritual Dad, of 18 years...Russell Taze Poggensee, passed away recently. I have never experienced anything like that in my life. Sure people I have known have passed away before, but I have never seen the progression of death right before my eyes. When we brought Russ home from the hospital he was still talking alot, and joking and quoting scriptures, My family and I lived with Russ and Roselie for 2-3 weeks to help Roselie with all of Russ's physical needs. Like I said he was very talkative and stuff in the beginning but each day thereafter, you could see him going downhill...less talkative, weightloss, changed breathing, more phyical help needed each day, what was so sad to me is that his mind was still as Sharp as ever and for him to know that we were having to assist him with all of his physical needs (Russ was a very modest man) so it was very hard on me as I know it must have been to him. It didn't bother me to assist him at all, but it hurt me to know that he was aware of all of the assistance that he needed, I didn't want him to lose his dignity like that!  But...then the day came when it was all over, he took his last breath and fell asleep, with all of us there...everyone he loved and that loved him, for the first time since he had been home right there in the same room with him at the same time...I think he chose that moment to say goodbye, we all got to say goodbye and then we had a prayer and then he took his last breath and fell asleep.

It has hit me really hard...not doing to good!

I have got to snap out of it...we had a Circuit assembly recently and that was truly wonderful, and uplifting. But I still can't seem to shake it.

Before Russ passed, a couple of weeks before...there was a bit of joy, my nephew (Timothy) was baptized at the Special Day Assembly. I will attach a few photos of that at the end of this. It was a very happy day, but in the back of my mind was everything else Daniel's problems, my grand-children, Russ and so many other things.

Well, I am determined to shake myself out of this somehow...talk to yall soon!

Finesse, LuLu ( my sister), Timothy (LuLu's son), Me, and Danyel, Pauline ( my other sister) holding Kasidy

LuLu and Timothy

Russ and Roselie's 65th Wedding Anniversary June 14, 2009 (Their last one) taken at my house.

For the past 4 years that we have been back to Wa. everytime we got together with Russ and Roselie, Russ would mention a movie "Spawn of the North" that he and his sister saw when he was a teenager, and we got together with them OFTEN! So we decided to go online and surprise him on their anniversary, with a copy of his favorite movie "Spawn of the North" and I just LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, his reaction when he saw it.

After he opened it...we went upstairs to our Theatre Room and had Popcorn, candy, soda and wine and watched it, He loved it!

How cute are they?

Also as part of their Anniversary gift from us...we got them those bears in their yard...Because everytime we were with the Poggensee's, if we passed a Brown Bear Car wash, Roselie would say I need those bears for my yard. Or if we were out in service and saw some bears in peoples yards...she said she needed some too. So we got these bears for Roselie and the Movie for Russ for their 65th Anniversary! The morning this photo was taken, we were all on our way to a weekend trip to Leavenworth. **This Sweater that Russ is wearing (he wore often)... Well, Roselie gave it to me after he passed away, and I wear it every evening that I watch TV, like a warm hug from Russ!

Tuesday the 14th...I had the pleasure of meeting Paul and Lisa Bradford and their handsome little son Miles, during a Family Portrait Session in their Lovely home. I am still in the middle of editing the images, however, I wanted to show a sneak peek. Paul and Lisa...Thank you so much for inviting me into your home to capture these precious moments.

These Images were taken in Leavenworth, Wa. I couldn't decide on just one for Image of the week...so I chose my 4 favorite! 

Well, Daniel, Adam, Finesse and I all went to court this morning at 9:30 am. Kasandra and her mother were there with their attorney. When the court room opened up we all went in, but then Our attny asked to speak to Kasandra's attny. and they hashed out a deal and then each attny, brought it to their clients, it went back and forth  a few times. And this is what we ended up with.

Each parent will get the girls for a whole month every other month, when that parent has the kids they will be named "Primary Cutodial Parent", Daniel will pay for all the airfare (which Adam and I will be paying...cuz he can't afford it), and Daniel will continue to make Kasandra's $400 car payment, that and the airfare will be in lieu of Child Support, and each parent should allow the other parent to speak to the girls freely while with the other parent (something Kasandra had not been doing...Daniel has only been allowed to speak to the girls 5 times in the 2 mos. she has been gone, in spite of his daily attempts), we will have a retired judge as a mediator starting in Feb of 2010 to begin mediation to get permanent orders in place....if we can't come to some sort of agreement, then it will go to court in September of 2010. 

This will all start in Dec. I will fly down there on the 2nd of Dec. and get the girls ( she tried to fight us on returning them back to her by Christmas, cuz she wants to spend Christmas with them) but I told the Attny. that we would not budge on that. We have only seen the girls for 1 week in the 2 months that they have been gone. And like I said, Kasandra has only allowed Daniel to speak to the girls 5 times in that 2 mo. period, so we were not about to budge on that....So we ended up with the girls the full month in Dec.

Our attny. said that when she went up to have the judge sign the order, that the judge said that that is pretty close to how he would have resolved it as well.

So all in all...I guess it was a Good Day! 

Monday I sent out Red Velvet Theatre Newsletters to all the Friends...letting them know that we were resuming with our usual Saturday Theatre Movie Night. We were going to be Featuring Star Trek...and within acouple of days, people had reserved all 15 seats. We had a wonderful time last night! Very nice to be able to put all the other stresses of life aside for a few hours and socialize with our Friends. We had Pizza, Popcorn, Soft Drinks, and Candy to munch on during the movie. However, At the last minute we had 4 cancelations but we still had 11 people over...it was Awesome! Look forward to having the friends over again next Saturday! To see our website go to http://www.RedVelvetTheatre.com it will give you a little history of how we started movie night.

I was so busy with legal issues having to do with with my glama girls and with Russ's healh issues, he now has a permanent picc line for IV's...that he will be getting every Friday at the Hospital, so I will drive them both to Enumclaw for this weekly. I will post an image of the week Tomorrow.

So the Court hearing for Temporary Custody of the girls will be on Monday...tomorrow the 23rd. It has been a very intense time for our family. Last week Kasandra's attorney called our attorney and asked Suellen if there was any way possible to settle this out of court. So the two attorneys put their heads together and came up with this deal: Kasandra would be named "Primary Custodial Parent"(her attorney wanted that), That each parent would have the girls every other month-for a whole month, and that Daniel would pay all airfare ( her attorney wanted that), and that Daniel would continue to pay for Kasandra's car in lieu of child support.

We countered with: Daniel named "Primary Custodial Parent" (since this is the Girls Residential State, that they still have jurisdiction in), and we don't mind Daniel having the girls every other month for a whole month, however, since Kasandra is the one that caused all this mess and uprooted the girls out of state...we dont feel Daniel should be responsible for all the airfare, so we are asking for "Shared Airfare", and Daniel is fine with paying for her car payments in lieu of Child support.

All of this would be in affect until the Final Hearing In September of 2010. The attorneys wanted our thoughts on all of this, before presenting it to Kasandra. We still haven't heard back from anyone since Thursday. And the hearing is to take place tomorrow already. We'll see what happens!

We need those girls here...Kasandra has taken those girls to a place that she herself has so vividly and grossly described as unhealthy physically and emotionally for the girls. She has shared things about her family members that make me fearful for my girls to be around them, for fear of what could be done to them. When Daniel and I flew to Texas to see the girls they kept telling me "Ama don't leave me here in Texas...I want to live in my yellow house in Covington" How sad is that, she kept telling me how her mom is always screaming at her and hitting and pinching her? The girls want to come home so Badly!

Kasandra and her family and friends all claimed that Daniel lied in his declaration of how filthy Kasandra and her family are...they submitted pics. of their home. I say... "It is very easy to tidy up and then take pics. to prove to the Judge/Court how tidy they are" but I found pics in Kasandra's MySpace account in her "We're in TX now" album, that show just how filthy of a home they are presently living in, when they aren't trying to prove to the judge/court that Daniel is lying, this is what her mothers house looks like and this is what Kasandra's home always looked like when she lived up here. In spite of Daniel repeatedly asking her to do better at keeping house for their girls, she never did, so Daniel would go to work all day and then come home and clean house too.  Attached below is a picture of the Filth she has my grandchildren living in, they don't even have a proper, clean place to sleep at night. We need to get these girls out of this filth, they always have runny noses, coughs, and red watery eyes, I am convinced because of the Unsanitary Conditions that they live in. We submitted these images to the court.

"The images below is their environment in Tx...How could a mother allow their child to crawl around in this? Kasidy is crawling around on a Plywood floor, with the possibility of slivers, ugh! And the vacuums back there are obviously not being used...just being stored in that filthy hallway. And look at where they are sleeping, doesn't look to safe to me, things could fall on them and it is just plain filthy." MY POOR GLAMA GIRLS!

Cool Tree in Muckleshoot, Wa.

The Horn Blower at the Enzian Hotel in Leavenworth...he blows his horn every morning at the exact same time!

Daniel and I went to visit The Girls in Texas last month...The girls want to come home so Badly! Danyel said "Ama don't leave without me, don't leave me here...I want to live in my yellow house in Covington" How sad is that? To see the Full gallery of these images...visit my website at http://www.LeticiaWilsonPhotography.com go to my "Portfolio" and click on "Family Portraits" and "Children" galleries.

This is a Bed and Breakfast we had lunch at...after our day at Mt. Rainier

I thought it would be a nice idea...to start an "Image of the Week" here on my blog. I will begin with the image below...Let me know what you think...I would love to hear your thoughts.

Mt. Rainier ~ taken in August of 2009

Geez...I've had so many family emergencies come up that I was a week or so behind on getting Ciara and Randal's wedding package together to send to them. I worked on their Coffee Table Book for 3-4 days at the hospital as I sat and waited with Roselie and Finesse...and then when I go to Upload the book to the Book Company...I couldn't, Aaargh! Finally got it to work after a few days or so, meanwhile I was making her DVD Slideshow set to music and putting all 1,000+ edited images on a CD for her. And waited to get her choices for her 8x10's and 5x7's and threw in an additional 8x10, since I was a bit behind getting her her package. But This morning I finally got a response from Ciara of the images that she would like enlarged and so I placed those orders, and then 10 minutes later...The UPS Guy delivered our Coffee Table Books, Yay! (I ordered one for myself) So I will go pick up the enlargements in a sec. and get that package out to them A.S.A.P (By the way the Book is Gorgeous...I think she will be thrilled) Go check out Ciara and Randal's full wedding story images on my website... 

Ciara and Randal thank you so much for your patience and understanding!

Warmest Wishes,

Leticia

Here is a Sneak Peek at Michael's Senior Portrait Session that I shot yesterday in my studio and then we went to his H.S. And Inspite of the rain...that came down in bucket fulls as we were shooting at his High School and at the park...we still had a nice time! Congratulations on your Graduation... Michael!

I belong to a few wedding vendor sites, and yesterday,  one inparticular site sent me 10 wedding leads in my area for the year 2010, so I bid on them and sent a personal e-mail to each of them, I got a response from one of the couples late last night saying that they are interested, they asked a few questions, so I e-mailed them back...we'll see what happens. It would be nice to finish booking 2010 so early.

I also received a wedding request, from my own website last night...this couple is interested in my "Lace" package.

There are 3 upcoming weddings kinda back to back in the next 2 months that I am busy preparing for. They should be gorgeous weddings. Getting alot of last minute requests, I really am trying to fit them all in! One of the weddings was a referral from a wedding that I did last summer...that is always a good feeling, to know that your work was liked enough to get a referral from it.

"Finesse, You look Beautiful...

I had a blast photographing you!"

We had a very nice time, seeing all of our old friends from the Auburn Cong. and enjoyed alot of Encouraging information.

I am so excited...Adam just bought me my very own Coach Handbag at Macy's tonight! I have always wanted one...these pictures do not do it justice...She is absolutely Gorgeous! 

The craziest thing happened in our neighborhood today...we had to evacuate our homes, we were just allowed to return home, and it is kinda late, so I will tell you all, all about it tomorrow...G'night

So yesterday, there was a 53 y.o. Merchant Marine that barracated himself in his home and threatened to blow the neighborhood up, his x-wife was escorted by police to gather some personal belongings, when the man made the bomb threat. That was about 11am, so the police called the SWAT team and Bomb Squad, and a Negotiator. He claimed to have a 250lb. fertilizer bomb inside. We had an appt. at the Vets at 2pm they made us evacuate around 1:30pm ( police came to our front door and rang our doorbell repeatedly and extremely fast and around 10 or 15 times, my husband I were upstairs gathering the animals and didn't hear the doorbell but my daughter Finesse did so she answered the door and said that they said "There is a bomb threat, you have to evacuate", I made sure to get the pets, my laptop, my photo albums and that all of us were out of the house) In my mind if the neighborhood blew up I didn't want to have regrets of lost photos, I have a ton of photos in albums of my kids and tons of photos of my grand-babies on my laptop. I didn't care about any material possesions, I did however, grab my guitar...just in case we went and waited at a park I would something to do . Adam took his van, I took my mustang...and as we were driving away, we passed the corner store... Foss's Market, it looked like a Hollywood movie set...they had set up there base camp right there...there were tents set up with military trucks and military hummers all over and SWAT trucks, bomb squad people, military people everywhere and policemen and cars...people all gathered and watching, it was crazy looking!

So after the vet appt., we went to the Poggensee's then we went to my son's house, Daniel. Meanwhile, we are listening to the news and found  out some information...Finally around 2 pm he went out to his back deck and pointed his scoped rifle at the helicopter and a Sharp shooter that was on ground fatally shot him. They then sent in a Robot to search the home for explosives, and when it found none they entered the home and finally reached the man on the back deck at 5:30pm, he was dead. We weren't allowed to return home until around 8pm. What a Day! It is a very sad situation...

I woke up this morning thinking about the man, I wondered if maybe he had been to the war in Iraq or something and came home and just wasn't the same and that he and his wife just couldn't get along or something, and that maybe she had decided to divorce him and he just couldn't handle it...and that that is why he did what he did. And that really saddened me. A life...wasted! and on such a beautiful, sunny day...to think that people are dying all the time, just like this on a daily basis...is just sad, and a sign of the things that Jesus prophesied the signs of the Last Days...Things like this will probably start happening more and more frequently  as we get closer to the end. Things like this have been happening all the time for awhile now, but not so close to our very own neighborhoods. When it happens so close to home, it shakes you up. We talked about it as a family, and how we have got to be better prepared for situations like this. We decided that we have all got to have a backpack with a change of clothes and stuff in case of evacuations and emergencies like this.

It turns out...we read in the paper this morning, that the 53 y.o man and his ex-wife have a 9 y.o son and got along great, up until yesterday morning...weird, that he snapped.

I think about if something like this had happened to my son, I would be devastated...I would have tried to be there and talk him out of whatever he was trying to do...and let him know that nothing or anyone is worth taking his or anyone elses life and that with time...Life would go on!

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Oh on Saturday night we had a really good turn out for our Theatre night, we had 14 out of 15 seats filled...we watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop and had Popcorn and Soda and candy. We had a lot of fun, we really enjoy having friends over for our Red Velvet Theatre Shows. Lots of family fun...we only show PG-13, PG, NR ( those are usually made for TV, so nothing bad in them) or G rated shows...gotta keep it wholesome ;)

I just received an e-mail from Jillian Derpack, the Events Coordinator at The Clise Mansion. Jillian has been working on her very own blog for The Clise Mansion, she wanted to send me a link to her blog post of the Paplow/McMeins wedding  that I had the privilege of shooting last October 25, 2008 To see the Blog Posting of MY PHOTOS... click on: http://seattlebride.com/the-paplowmcmeins-wedding/#more-1576 . I appreciate the Credit to Leticia Wilson Photography and the link back to my website on her blog posting.

The whole blog looks wonderful...she was able to get alot of wonderful photographers to share their wedding photos here is the link to her blog: http://www.seattlebride.com/our-blog/ to see all of the photographers including myself...to see all of the photos by each photographer just click on the words "Read More" that is located beneath each photographers photo. I think Jillian did a wonderful job on her Blog...it really highlights the beauty of The Clise Mansion and all the many different rooms and the outdoors that are available to the Bride and Groom on their Special Day! 

It was Kasidy's turn to spend the night with Glama...so I treated her to curls and portraits too. My Glama Girls are leaving for Texas tomorrow...they will be gone for 10 days. My glama baby is so cute in these pics. It is hard to pose a child this age cause they don't really know how to take direction, so you just have to be ready to shoot anything and everything and somewhere in all of that you will end up with adorable shots.

Danyel Spent the night with me and we spent the morning together and then I decided to curl her hair, she loved it and  said she looked like a princess and that her hair was bouncy, she was so happy, and couldn't wait to show her parents...so I was worried that the curls would go away before they came to pick her up so I decided to surprise Daniel and Kasandra and take her 3 year old portraits. When they came to get her they loved how she looked and thought she looked Beautiful. My Glama Girl Truly is Breathtaking...she is my best model to date!

A wonderful place to eat that you just must simply try is Krains Corner in Enumclaw, Wa. They have the most fantastic food ever. It is like Good 'Ol Fashioned Home cooking! My family used to live in Enumclaw and we discovered this place...and although we have now moved to Covington, we still travel over to Krains Corner for Breakfast...we could go to a Denny's or a Shari's, in Kent which is closer, but Nope...we travel back to Enumclaw to eat at our Favorite Breakfast Restaurant. They serve lunch and dinner as well, and have a full bar.

Krains Corner also has an antique shop inside that you can shop at while you are waiting for your food, or you can eat and then walk off your food in the Antique shop.

The owner is a very lovely, sweet lady. You must go by there and try it and say Hi to her!

I will post the address and some pictures soon.

Besides the fact that I am a Wedding/Portrait Photographer in Washington State, I am also a licensed Nail Technician in the state of Texas...I just did a full set of Acrylic nails on Finesse a couple of weeks ago, it was my first time in like 4 years...and I just finished doing her fills a couple of days ago, here is a pic. I embedded a lil daisy in the acrylic on one of her pinkys...simple but cute.

Here are some recent pictures of my neice and her husband Dwight and their Three son's: Titus, Tyson and Quintin. They are very handsome young men!

As posted earlier...we will be moving on February 15, 2009. So I have started packing today. In the past most of my photography clients have been from the Enumclaw area...So now I am going to be concentrating on widening out to the Covington / Maple Valley / Kent areas. As well as still taking care of my Enumclaw clients. I will keep you posted on any new happenings in my business and personal life.

This is our New House...we are so excited to move in and know that we will never have to move again. The house has 3,370 sq. ft. has 4 bdrm., 3 ba., a Den (which will be our Theatre Room), huge bonus/loft (which will be our Recreation Room with a Pool table, Ping Pong table, Arcade game...etc., One of the bedrooms will be converted to my Portrait Studio, and one of the bedrooms will be Adam's Office, the house also has a formal living room and dining room, a butlers pantry, a breakfast nook, a family room with a gas fireplace, and our Master Suite...truly is a suite, huge with a sitting area that has a gas fireplace and nice bathroom with double sinks and a 6' long tub, a shower, a skylight and much more... We are so excited to move in on February 15, 2009

Today I received a couple of phone calls from a SnoValley Star Reporter , Mike Rowe. He wanted to ask permission to use one of my wedding photos in his newspaper article, he said he found me by Googling Preston Community Center...and Leticia Wilson Photography came up as having done a wedding there on July 12, 2008 so that led him to my blog and there he saw Melisa and Chris Oldenkamp's wedding pictures.

The Preston Community Center has become a historical landmark, so he is writing a story on it and wants to use my photo to show the different types of events that go on there at the community center, he says that he will credit my name to the photo. So I went ahead and gave him permission, I believe that he said that the article will be published in March. You can never advertise too much!

Here is the photo that his editor wants to use:

I received an e-mail from the Wedding Coordinator at The Clise Mansion, she saw my portraits of The McMeins Wedding that I shot at the Clise Mansion and wants permission to use some of them for her blog that she will be launching soon, and she says she will credit the photos to Leticia Wilson Photography with a link to my website. So I went ahead and e-mailed her and gave her permission to do so. 

Here is the e-mail from her:

Hi Leticia! I am the Social Event Coordinator at Clise Mansion and just saw the photos you took of Will and Kathy McMeins wedding on 10-25-08. We have a brand new website launching on January 1st and I will have my very own blog section on it. I was wondering if you would be willing to share some of these photos with me so I could put them on my blog and I would make sure to credit the photos to you. Please let me know if this is ok. Thanks, Jillian

Event Coordinator Seattle Bride / Premier Properties www.seattlebride.com www.eastsidemeetings.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone has been staying Warm and Safe! We have had quite a bit of snow here in Enumclaw, Wa. here are a few pics. of our yard we got about 12" or so. Poor Adam...Shoveling in the freezing cold.

Well, I have a few Family portrait sessions lined up for the next couple of weeks...And Matt From Doggy Snooze, contacted me again and would like to use me again, this time for his other line "Doggy Ride" so we will have that Product photo shoot next week. He is putting together a 360 degree shot of this product for his website, so I am going to shoot the same product at 72 different angles to get the effect that he is looking for. Should be interesting. Well I will keep everyone informed on any new upcoming events.~Leticia 

Red Velvet Theatre Newsletter

Hello Friends,

We would like to welcome you and thank you for your interest in Red Velvet Theatre. Our Grand Opening was November 28, 2008 and we had a nice little turn out...There were 13 of our Family and friends that enjoyed our Feature Presentation of Speed Racer.

It has always been a little dream of Adam's and mine, to have a theatre room in our home, we love to watch movies on Friday nights. So, I came across some old vintage theatre seats that the Port Orchard Theatre was giving away, we were able to get 22 seats and have 18 of them in our Little Theatre Room, so of course I couldn't just stop at theatre seats...I went out and got some movie posters and created a film-like decoration out of poster board to go around the walls behind the Posters, we also got a bunch of Rope lighting for the entire room as well as purchased 8 yds. of Red Velvet material  and gold trim, and made a vintage looking curtain to go behind our 67" TV. Adam bought me a little popcorn maker and a snowcone machine and as you can see in the pictures we also have a Margarator...Yum!

We didn't just want to keep all of this to ourselves, we wanted to share this with our friends and invite you over for a nice wholesome movie and a little socializing . So, we thought it would be a great idea to build a website that we could share with you, our friends...A website that would show you which movie we will be featuring that week and the time that it will begin. We hope to see you here soon and hope that your visit is as enjoyable, as it has been for us to create this little dream of ours.

Be sure to visit our website at http://www.redvelvettheatre.com/ for our next showing on Saturday December 06, 2008 around 7pm. We should have a different showing every Saturday around the same time, unless otherwise posted. We will be showing Old and newly released movies...If you have any movie suggestions, please feel free to email me with your suggestions at Leticia@LeticiaWilsonPhotography.com

Some friends have asked if there is a charge for the movie...The answer is Absolutely No! However, If you would like to make a contribution for popcorn, soda and candy you may do so, but it is not necessary... our goal is simply to enjoy your company.

The Wilson Family

It has always been a little dream of mine to have a Theatre room in my home...Well I was able to get a hold of some old vintage theatre seats and turned an extra room in our house into a Theatre Room. So we are having our Grand Opening Tomorrow November 28, 2008 we will be featuring the movie "Speed Racer". We have a few friends and family members coming over to share it with us. We purchased an old fashioned Popcorn machine so we will have popcorn and soda and for the adults we will have Margaritas if they like. I will take photos of our Theatre and post them very soon. Go check out our website at http://www.redvelvettheatre.com/

Gas prices down to $1.81 a gallon, I just think that is crazy... how the prices have just suddenly dropped, I guess that just goes to show how much they had unnecessarily raised the prices to begin with.

Wow, I couldnt believe my eyes last night as I drove to a meeting and saw that the price of Gasoline was down to $1.99 a gallon...amazing!

*What is the lowest gas price in your area? I would love to hear what the prices are around the world where my friends and family live.

Well, there isn't a whole lot to report...just reading my Anatomy Book and filling Orders of large prints for a couple of my clients. I have a wedding coming up on the 25th of this month...It should be really beautiful. Adam has taken a secular job away from home, he has been doing that for about a month or so...I am not used to that yet, he was always here working from home. So he goes to his daytime job, then comes home and works on his own business at nighttime.

My Daughter-in-law and my Glama Girls are out of state visiting their great grandma...I already miss them. I do hope they are having fun though. They will be gone for 10 days, they left yesterday on Tuesday. I promised Danyel she could stay with me for a couple of days when she gets back...she has really wanted to be around me alot lately. Well, I can't wait for them to get back.

I will write more, when there is something for me to write about. Til then...take care~Leticia

Last Saturday my Glama Girl spent the night...We had a blast!

We spent the whole day together...played outside, washed my Mustang, saw an amazing teeny tiny ant pulling this huge dead spider, so I ran in the house and grabbed my camcorder and recorded that, Danyel was amazed by it, we took a little walk to the lower half of the yard and played on the trampoline and then in the evening we BBQ'd and then when it got dark we made a little fire on the patio in the fire pit...she loved it, we sat there watching the fire and eating Peanut M&M's. then we came in to watch a movie and she fell asleep on my lap. In the middle of the night she would put her arm around me and say in her very sleepy voice "Glama I Love You"! of course I would say " I Love You Too, Glama Girl"! Needless to say...I didn't get much sleep that night, while she slept she would throw her leg on me or her arm on my face and get so close to me that was practically pushing me off of the bed ( and I have a King sized bed ), but everytime I heard the "Glama I Love You"! it made it all worthwhile.

The Love of a Grandchild is so Special. And the Love that one feels for their Grand-children is even more special...hard to explain, but it is almost like being able to show your affection to your own child all over again (through their children) as well as showing affection to your grand-child all in one so you feel Double Love for your Grandchild in a way. In a way it is kinda like having a second chance to Love your Son or daughter as a kid again. Don't know if I am explaining it so that everyone understands, but if you have Grandchildren I know you know what I am saying.

So now sometime this week I am gonna go get Kasidy the younger one she is 1 year old now, and I am gonna spend some one on one time with her now, and have her spend the night as well. Having them around always makes me feel better .

Hi everyone...Today I am in the process of uploading all of the Family Portraits that I took for the King Family into the Client Login, I received an e-mail from Diane last night saying that she is ready to order prints now...So I am uploading 160 images, 80 in Black and white and 80 color images...she expressed an interest in B&W when I dropped off her DVD so I thought I would make all the color images in B&W as well for her to be able to decide which ones she would like in color and which ones she prefers in B&W. Then I will email her with her username and password to be able to view and add to her cart from my client login menu on my website. I will talk to yall later~Leticia

I just got back from the post office...Lisa is going to be so excited to get her package tomorrow, she has a 160 pg. Coffee Table Book coming along with (7) 8x10's and around (300) 4x6 prints and a DVD Slideshow set to music and (2) DVD's of Digital images. She has been so excited to receive them, everything just got in today, so I immediately put her whole package together and rushed it to her. I also sent Carol Brown her DVD of Digital Images.

So now I can concentrate on my Medical Transcribing...Photography is more fun, no thinking involved! But I have got to finish this schooling it is weighing on my shoulders, I have been so extremely busy with 4-5 different things going on at once. I finally was able to get to some other things, that I had been meaning to get to as well, like updating my online portfolio, uploading Carols images on her gallery and I have a ton of e-mail waiting for me to open. Now I can finally breathe a little, maybe take some much needed ME time.

Alright well, I guess that is it for now...Leticia  

Yesterday...I was at the hospital all day...My Glama Girl had surgery to have her tonsils removed (poor baby) they were so huge they were the size of olives, you could not even see down her throat they were so large, now you can look down her throat...The actual surgery only lasted about 15 minutes, but she couldn't leave until she was coherent enough. When she first came out of the surgery she was crying hysterically, but they said it was because of the medication...It scares most kids to feel drugged up, so they wanted to see if she would calm down on her own, but she wasn't so she was given medication to calm her down, and that knocked her out, so when she woke up the first scary medication had worn off...thank goodness!  But then she was having trouble swallowing her own saliva, however later in the car on the way home she got her cereal container and got out a dry cereal and chewed it and swallowed it with no problem at all, then she fell asleep, then on the home we stopped at McDonalds, and she ate a chicken nugget and french fries, and a popsicle, she is doing fantastic. Poor thing. I gave her the rest of the gifts that I had bought her, before the surgery I gave her a Jumbo princess coloring book and crayons, the coloring book also had a few page of princess stickers...she is a total sticker queen, if you want to be her best friend get her stickers. It is a phase she is going through, just loves them!  So after her surgery I gave her the rest of her gifts: A book of over 1,200 stickers, a "Don't Tickle Elmo Game" ( it is a kids version of "Operation") helps with coordination, and I got her a cute singing card that says something like "I dont want to hear your feeling 'So So' or 'Not Bad' or 'Just Okay'...then you open the card and it sings the James Brown Song... " I feeeeeeel Good" and the card reads on and says "Thats what I want to hear" She loved the card. I am so glad she is doing okay.

This morning she called me and said "Thank you for my card Ama" How sweet is that? I told her I was gonna go visit her later in the day she said "Otay" she sounds like one of the Little Rascals, so when she says "Otay", I usually say "Otay Buckwheat", she then says "I not Buttwheat" then I say "Otay"

***I just got back from visiting my Glama Girl...and she was sleeping and it was time for her medication, so I got to wake her up I layed next to her in her bed, and she opened her eyes and jumped to my arms and layed on me, what a sweetheart! She said " I Love You"   Gosh, I LOVE that lil girl! Kasidy my Glama Baby was sleeping so I let her sleep. So I could spend one on one time with Danyel. Okay later~Leticia

Well, I don't have any weddings in September...so this month I am working on post production of the weddings I had in August, just 1 more wedding to finish up. My next wedding is in October. Meanwhile, I am going to concentrate on my Medical Transcribing...I was almost finished...when Wedding Season hit, so I did not have time to study for a few months...I only have 5 more quizes to go, and then I will earn my degree...I am in the process of typing my 2nd of the 3 Medical Quiz Reports for this Unit, then I will only need 4 more quizes to graduate...Yay! ( each quiz contains approximately 3-4 reports to transcribe) My plans have always been to do Medical Transcribing and Portrait work on the "Off  Wedding Seasons" as a means of supplementary income. But when Wedding season hits, around March or April through to August, it is all about Weddings... no time for anything else. I am already getting booked for  2009 Weddings. I can't wait for my next Group of Bride and Grooms, I always walk away feeling like they have made me a part of their extended family...they make me feel right at home and like I am a family member not just their photographer. It's an awesome feeling...to gain so many new friends.

Daniel and Kasandra had a Housewarming party on the 31st of August! It was fun they got alot of much needed things for the kitchen...I got them a nice Big decorative wall mirror that Daniel really wanted. I took it to their house the night before the party and gave it to them so that they could hang it and make their house look even nicer for the party. I will attach a few photos on this blog... Oh! I got them a cake too, didn't come out exactly as it was supposed to, but it was still pretty cute.

 I want to also take this time to Thank everyone for the gifts you got my kids...it is a really big help to them in their new home! Once again Thank you from Daniel's Mom~Leticia

Just a little update on what has been happening...I just finished Julie and Karl's Wedding photos, the couple that just got married on August 1, 2008 in Ocean Shores, I have posted all of my favorite photos on my website...go check them out http://www.leticiawilsonphotography.com/  I did a wedding on Saturday the 16h of this month...at Monte Villa Farmhouse in Bothell, Wa. It was Gorgeous! and I received a very warm, and encouraging e-mail from the bride last night. I will share it with you...here it is:

Hey there,
 
I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for the wonderful job you did.  I know things at the wedding were totally not what was supposed to be..  My poor brother was running around with his head cut off.  Thank goodness it was mostly all familia..  You fit right in... lol  I was just so tired and couldn't wait till the thing was over. 
 
I wanted to let you know that we had some compliments on the photographer...  haha  They said it was really cool of you to get on the ground and that you are not afraid to get dirty.  Also, my 2 cousins are getting married, one this November apparently and one next year.  I have already given them your information and hope that they will contact you.  I am so excited to see the photos!!  My family took 500 pictures combined and my brother made me a DVD with music of all the pictures.  The colors were absolutely amazing!!! I can't wait to see yours.  Thanks again Leticia for the hard work you did, especially on the hottest day of the year.. Can you belive that??  Now look at the weather.. we really lucked out I guess..  We really enjoyed you and your husband and are very glad that we chose you.  We will definitely recommend you to anyone and everyone.  I hope to hear back from you soon. 

Always,
           Lisa

I had so much fun photographing June and Les's Wedding yesterday (July 28, 2008). They are from Hawaii and wanted to get married at Mt. Rainier. They were such a loving couple...The Love just eminated from them, it is couples like them that make me Enjoy and Love my job. They were so very sweet. We all met at Sunrise Visitor Center up at Mt. Rainier, I arrived at 4:30pm everyone else got there about 5pm,  Gina Newberry and her husband Jack, and June and Les and her sister and brother-in-law and her two nephews.  They are such a cute couple, Les shared with me ..."I am so nervous" So I hung around them while Gina did the paperwork...cause I could see that the longer they waited the more nervous they were getting, so I just made conversation with them to help ease their nerves, and I took some shots of them waiting around and Gina had some Bouquets and Boutiniers for them so I took shots of them getting the boutiniers on the men. As I was conversing with them I asked them why they chose to get married at Mt. Rainier, and they shared their beautiful story with me.  Before Les met June, June and her sister and her sisters family had come to Mt. Rainier on vacation ( in 1986), and June fell in love with it. She had a picture of herself taken at Sunrise Point with the mountain behind her, and then when she met Les she gave him that picture of her, and he loved it and treasured it and kept it with him always. And then in 2006 when he proposed he brought her to Mt. Rainier and prior to his proposal he scouted the area to find the exact angle of where that picture of June was taken...and he got down on one knee and proposed to her. How sweet is that? So that is why Mt. Rainier is the obvious choice for their wedding. It all came full circle. He also shared with me that he wanted to re-inact the proposal and have a picture taken of them in their wedding attire. So anyway by the time he finished sharing their story...I was misty eyed and my voice was shakey, I am way to emotional of a person! 

So by that time the paperwork was finished...and they decided that they wanted the ceremony to take place in the meadow by the hills because there were some very beautiful wild flowers on the hill, So we all walked over there, and got into place and the ceremony began...Les was all smiles all through the ceremony, they were both so very happy. About 5 minutes into the ceremony we had some Park Rangers pull up to the side of the road where we were, they just stood there staring at us for about 5 minutes, then we heard them telling one of June's nephews that we were not allowed on the meadow...so Adam ran down there to talk to them, and they told him " We won't stop the ceremony, but there are signs posted all throughout indicating that no one is allowed on the meadow because they are trying to preserve the wild flowers, so they said we had to hurry and wrap it up" so anyway we didn't skip a beat, Gina kept on with the ceremony ( she didn't know what was happening at all, because her back was to the road...she just noticed that the bride and groom were a little distracted) I kept on shooting and getting the shots, Jack kept on video taping and the ceremony was over about 10 minutes later. So then we all headed down the hill and to the Park Rangers as they "Clapped and Congratulated the couple, and then proceeded to tell us the same thing that they told Adam. They told us that it was also stated on the wedding permit. After the Park rangers left we had a big laugh about it and Les and June thought it was great that we got pictures of the Park Rangers, so then we took some portrait shots, and at first they had two spots in mind for the ceremony and couldn't decide on one, so I told them which ever place they decided on we would have the ceremony there, and then afterwards go to the second choice and take portraits there, so that is what we did...we walked a different trail ( not on the meadow; ) up to a different part of the hill where the Mt. would be right behind them and got some awesome shots. There were a swarm of Mosquitos just eating us alive, but we didn't let that deter us. we kept on going and got some great pics. Then we headed down the hill, because Gina and Jack had already left to hold the table at the Alpine Inn Restaurant, where they had a reservation. However, before we headed to the restaurant we found the exact location of where that picture of June was taken and where Les proposed to her and we got beautiful pictures there, once again.

As we were driving to the Restaurant....we noticed a Park Rangers vehicle following us so Les ( who was driving in front of us) slowed down, so we slowed down, and the Rangers followed us for about 2 miles then as we were leaving Mt. Rainier Park, they turned their lights on...so Adam thought we were getting pulled over for speeding, but they did not pull up behind us, they kept following Les, so he then pulled over and of course I got pictures of that...I felt so bad, first the park rangers at the ceremony now they get pulled over, I thought "Oh, I hope they don't get a ticket on their wedding day" and then I said to Adam "maybe they will just give them a warning, when they see them in their tux and wedding dress" Well we all got out and they didn't get a ticket they just wanted to see their wedding permit, which they didn't have...Gina had it with her at the restaurant. But since we were all there... Les wanted me to take a picture of the Ranger with him and June, I told him I had already gotten some, but that I would take more, I asked the Park Ranger if he would point at the couple as if to scold them, he said " Oh! I can't do that to them now" I said "Oh come on just in fun" so he did. and then I took a nice picture of them just standing next to each other. Les thought it was fantastic. He just took it all in stride and didn't let anything bother him. He had shared with me earlier during the portraits " This is a first wedding for both of us...we both waited our whole lives for the Right Person" so hey he is married to the love of his life, he was so Happy and wasn't letting anything get him down! They are so IN LOVE!

So finally we get to the restaurant, and share the story with everyone else, and everyone had a nice time eating, visiting and sharing stories and having conversation. As if not enough had gone wrong, Gina had shared with me earlier in the day at  Mt. Rainier that on the way over to the ceremony the cake had started to melt and the top part of it had slid off, and didn't look as it was supposed to...so she was horrified and took it to the restaurant earlier as soon as she could, and they assured her that they could work with it and make it look better. So when the cake came out... they had worked their magic and made it look beautiful they put freshly sliced strawberries to cover up any mishaps. After dinner June and Les cut the cake and signed their certificate...They gave Gina and I a gift to thank us for making their day so special...that was such a sweet gesture. And that pretty much ended the evening we left them to enjoy the beginning of the rest of their lives together...they were going to go on a 30 day Alaskan cruise for their honeymoon. How awesome does that sound?

Well, it was another Beautiful wedding...We started off at "Impressions" Full Service Salon in Renton, WA. and I got some really awesome shots of the Bridal party getting their hair and Makeup done, they had fun! Then Adam and I grabbed a quick bite to eat...and then headed to "Maplewood Golf Course" I got more "Getting Ready Shots" of the girls getting their dresses on, their dresses were beautiful, they were a pretty green. While Adam Got shots of the Groom and Groomsmen getting ready. Then the Ceremony began, which was very lovely, The Grooms Brother (Mitchell)  married them then we took Portraits and ate, followed by dancing and fun. I am posting a portrait...there will be more to follow, but probably not til next week because I have another wedding tomorrow ( Monday the 28th at Mt. Rainier)

Yesterday July 23rd, Dane showed up at Daniel's work and told him that a couple from our hall, were desperately looking for someone to live in their home cause they are moving out of state (Oklahoma) and leaving Today. So they had offered Dane the house but Dane, said " Thanks, but I know someone that needs the house more than I do" and he went to Daniels work to let him know, They were offering Dane the house for only $400/mo. because he is only 18 and doesn't make alot of money...So Daniel came home and checked the address on mapquest and headed over there to meet with Brother and Sister Evans, and they said that it was an answer to their prayers and Daniel of course says that it is an answer to his prayers as well, to finally be out on his own and provide  a home for his little family. So they are going to rent it to him for only $700 and if that gets to be too much they are willing to consider lowering the rent for them, that is a very generous offer...it isn't even half of their mortgage, and they are also willing to throw in a "Rent to Own"option in the future. So it is a wonderful little starter home and really cute, 3 bdrm., 1 ba., about 1,200-1,500 sq. ft. and it has a large fully fenced in yard with a hot tub.  I will post a picture of it later. So they are over there right now cleaning the place, they are getting the first month free...so that they can clean and put alot of the stuff left behind in the shed for them and also steam clean the carpet for them.  So I am very happy for Daniel, I know that that is what he has always wanted... His own house. I am proud of him!

One Happy For My Son... MOM!

I just shot another wedding on Saturday, July 12th. in Preston, WA. It was a very beautiful wedding...her colors were Red and White,  Melisa and Chris got married outdoors in a lovely gazebo, they had around 50 or so guests, they were a fun crowd and very helpful and friendly. Believe it or not it takes me a couple of days to recuperate physically from a wedding, all the stooping, and holding the same position for a long time, squating and rising, really takes a toll on your back, shoulders, thighs and Of course I wear heels when I go anywhere, so the soles of my feet are killing me. But I also bring my little step ladder and get up on that so that I can be at eye level and at times above eye level when I want them looking up at me. You wouldn't think that being a photographer and releasing a shutter button would take such a toll on you, I am not complaining by any means,just aching .

Well, I am in the process of editing the shots I took...I shot over 1,000 frames. and have only edited a couple hundred so far. Here is a sample of some of the shots. I will post more on my website under "Melisa and Chris" when I am finished with them and after I have given the CD to my clients.

A couple of weeks ago we discovered the Enumclaw Library...The city of Enumclaw built a Monument of Oxen pulling a big huge log, as a tribute to the loggers of Enumclaw, I guess this is a logging community. Well, Adam and I stopped to check out the monument, it is really cool, and we saw the Enumclaw Library directly behind it. And we love Libraries...especially Finesse. So we went home and told Finesse that we had found a Library in town...So we went and got library cards, while signing up for them I asked the lady at the counter " Hey, are you hiring by chance?" and she said: " Yes, we just put an ad in the Paper today" I said " Oh my daughter Finesse here, has always wanted to work at a library" she said "How old are you?" Finesse said "17 in a couple of weeks" she said " let me get you an application" so we got our cards, then we walked around a bit and I got some Photography books, and then we went home.  That next morning we took Finesse back to the library so she could drop off her application ( we told her to take it promptly the next morning...it would look good for her, that she was very prompt and serious about working there). I also told her to ask for Leigh the lady that handed her the app. because she said she was the one in charge of doing the hiring, so I told her to ask for her, so that she would know that Finesse brought it in, just as she said she would, bright and early the next morning. They called her a few days later for an interview, and she went later that day. But before she did, I typed out a few popular interview questions that are usually asked , so that she would have an idea what to expect. I also typed out some good questions to ask, in case they asked her if she had any questions. She went to her interview, she said she wasn't even nervous, said it went well. However, then she was a wreck waiting to see if she got the job or not, they said they would be letting her know at the end of the week. They called her a few days later and said that the Job was hers if she wanted it. We had tip-toed downstairs when we saw on the caller ID that it was the Library calling her, so that we could eavesdrop on the conversation, I couldn't hear what she was saying... she didn't say much, but I ran to my studio to get my camera, because my gut told me she would get the job, and I wanted to capture the exact moment that she told us that she got it. I pressed the shutter button just as she was saying "I Got"...and then, Click! Isn't that an Awesome Picture? Talk about a "Captured Moment!"So today was her first day of training...I am so proud of her. I am posting the picture I took at the exact moment that she told us "I Got The Job"

Hey everyone...I want to take this time to Thank all the couples that I have met recently, It has truly been a pleasure to meet each and every one of you and to be given the honor of Capturing your Very Special Wedding Stories. I can promise you that I do not take this responsibility lightly, as I was telling my new friend Gina, my clients don't just get me as a photographer you are getting my heart as well, I am very passionate about my work...and you will continue to get 100% from me.

I want to Thank My Most Recent Family for thier Family Portrait Session:

* Becci and Christian Keays and their children Killian and Oliver 

I also want toThank my most recent Engagement Portrait Couple:

* Carol and Steve ( June 24, 2008 )

 As well as my most recent photographed Wedding Couple:

* Kim and Mike ( June 28, 2008 Enumclaw, WA. Wedding)

And my Upcoming Wedding Couples:

* Melisa and Chris ( July 12, 2008 Preston, WA. Wedding)

* Dana and Rick ( July 26, 2008 MapleWood Greens Golf Course~Renton WA.Wedding)

* June and Les ( July 28, 2008 Mt. Rainier Wedding)

* Julie and Karl ( August 1, 2008 Ocean Shores, WA.Wedding)

* Lisa and Daniel ( August 16, 2008 Bothell, WA. Wedding)

* Carol and Steve ( August 23, 2008 Enumclaw, WA. Wedding)

* Will and Kathy ( October 25, 2008 The Clise Mansion~Redmond, WA. Wedding)

Once again it has been a pleasure to meet you all,  Thank you for believing in my Art/Photography and I look forward to being a part of your Magical Day!

~Leticia Wilson