Laita Kalama Leatutufu & Tishina Perry soon to be Mr & Mrs

This couple was so much fun to shoot, with just a few words he could make her smile and not just any smile I mean the smile that we use to do when we were little girls and we had a crush on that little boy in the playground, you know what smile I'm talking about.. (your doing in right now and remembering that little boy.. ) I love to hear about the stories behind the couple, without going into too much detail, this couple will stand the test of time and boy do they have a love story to tell their children and their children's children.
Laita and Tishina congratulations on your upcoming wedding may the Lord watch over you both as you enter this new stage in your life, and may he bless you with smiles your whole lifetime together....

The Mounga Family + casual

After 2 cancels and then trying to find a place to shoot some casual shots, we finally made it.. Thanks to the mom of this beautiful family and her sharp eye for finding some fields and an abandoned house add all that up and what do you have.. you guessed it.. A family photo shoot.. Heck if you know me you know I will meet you anywhere. lol.. The Mounga family loved their Sunday attire photo session they wanted to try some in casual clothes and of course it went smoothly as the last one. Thanks mom and dad for raising some well behaved kids and making it easy for me sail through this one.. Enjoy..

This is my favorite shot of the session.. Beti you look HOT and you dont even look like you have 8 kids and now I know why Frank picked you..ha ha ha.. Love ya girl..

The Iongi Family..

All the grandsons that were in attendance... Handsome boys..



What a beautiful family the Iongi's are, and they are so much fun. I think I laughed from the beginning to the end of the shoot (and I'm not kidding)..
Most of the Iongi's hail from Portland so during the whole shoot it was the Utah families trying to make the Portland families laugh and then vice versa I think a few times all families ended up waiting for me to stop laughing.. (note to self don't do that again.. lol)..
They are having a family reunion right now first with just their immediate family and next with the more extended families. And if you know Polynesian families extended can go on and on and on and on... lol.. Which means more laughing more pranks and more memories, that's what a reunion is all about though right..
Iongi family thank you for letting me capture your beautiful family, and thank you for the laughs this is one shoot that will go down in the memory book..


So you know with all the laughing there has to be some funny shots.. And here they are, I was dared by this young man underneath to post this photo, and he laughed thinking I wouldn't ... Well guess what Toni I did.. His family kept calling him "Buff Guy" and so he was telling them they were jealous so he looked at me and said "You guys mean like this," and he dropped one shoulder and started posing for camera, oh the roar of laughter that I got behind me the whole park was staring at us.. (not that they weren't watching us already, sorry other photographers quiet was not the name of this shoot.. lol)

I could not get these two brothers out of every ones else's pictures, they kept interrupting every ones photo's or they would be making faces behind me.. Then I turn around and they have their own camera and are taking pictures like this.. These two had me rolling..

The young boys had everyone entertained with mini numbers, so if you weren't being photographed you were entertained with the shows..

And of course I had to do a jumping shot.. I mean this family would do it right.. Right.. And we all know what I think of families that do the jumping shot for me, that's right... They are cool in my book. And trust me cool in my book is better then cool anywhere else.. hahahahaha

The Mounga Family

I have known the mother of this family I think my whole life.. I mean we go way back, like when we were both in pig tails and fluffy dresses back.. Yes that's how far back we go... lol
And just look at her now 8 beautiful kids a handsome husband and figure any women would die for.. (you already knew I was gonna throw that in Betty lol) I had so much fun with this shoot, the kids are so polite and so well behaved the shoot went pretty fast, I thought for sure it was going to take longer then it did, but it didn't. Every time I complimented one of the kids they smiled at me and would say "Thank you", and when they would ask if they could see the pictures on my camera they always said "Please". Wow Please and Thank You, Betty and Frank you both are doing something right, keep it up..
Thanks for allowing me to capture your 1st official photos of the whole family.. Now let me know the secret of your get back in shape program and we'll call it even.. lol..

The Lotulelei Family

From day one when the mother of this family contacted me for this family I shoot I was excited, I knew this was gonna be (wow that's bad grammar) a fun shoot.. And boy was I right. A handsome husband, beautiful wife, and 3 handsome boys, I mean how could it not be a great shoot.. This is a sporty family volleyball, tennis and football for the boys.. I wont mention the football team because its the wrong one.. lol.. Just kidding Hunter Lil League is who the oldest son plays for we spoke about the rules for weight and how both our oldest sons would be a lineman for a long time, don't worry Hunter, the line is where the action is.. Without the line those running backs wouldn't get into the end zone.. lol..
Thanks for a fun shoot Lotulelei family, thanks for allowing me to capture your precious moments as a family.. I know I promised only 5 pictures but my daughter and I were fighting over which family picture we liked so both went up.. Hope you like em..
Plus I had to throw in the singles of the boys, they are just so cute...

The Bailey Family

This was such a fun shoot, I shot the larger family the same day, but then took the time to shoot the smaller family groups.. What a beautiful family mom gorgeous, husband handsome, children beautiful... I'm telling you I could of shot them all day.. Thanks for allowing me to capture your beautiful family...

The Brown Family

As much as I've enjoyed all the senior photos I've been taking, trust me there is something in photographing young adults as they enter into the REAL world that puts a whole new light on things.. lol..
I can't tell you how excited I was to receive a call from this family for a photo shoot.. I love all the aspects of photography but for some reason my heart always goes back to family photos..
When I first saw all of them getting out of the car I thought to myself wow what a beautiful family, I hope they are the ones I'm shooting.. But I didn't see Kiki Anitoni she was the only one I knew I got out of my car and asked with a confused look "Are you guys with Kiki", then they answered "Yes".. Wow I thought "Yeah... And their good looking.." I know I talk to myself a lot.. Trust me its A lot.. lol
Brown family, thank you for being such an easy shoot.. Thank you for allowing me to capture your beautiful family.. Thanks for sitting on the wet grass and laying on dirt, sidewalk and mud with a family as gorgeous as yours you could all lay anywhere and it would still be a beautiful photo..
P.S. I know which family photo your all waiting for... But good things come to those who wait... hahahaha...