Happy Birthday Marine Corps from this wedding

Happy birthday to the marine corps. We are thankful for everything that our marines and military have done and continue to do for our country. To celebrate the marines, we will share one of our weddings that we captured in Camp Pendleton. This was one sneak peek into their wedding when they wanted to meet each other before the wedding and hold hands, but didn't want to see each other.

Throughout that whole facility, we only had a glass door that we could use for this moment, so we had to back him in without him looking. It turned out well though and it was an amazing moment!

I love having this moment with brides and grooms. That little meeting before the actual wedding for a quick prayer or a quick hello is full of emotion. It is just like a first look before the wedding, but without the actual looking park.

This seems to be a requested moment over and over with brides and grooms. If they don't have the first look, then we get this moment often and we just have to find the right location to make it work. WE LOVE IT!

Venue: Camp Pendleton Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Praying for Bumpy

We were just on Facebook and looking through what is happening on social media and I noticed that one of our photos of this beautiful little girl was posted on a link. I remmeber meeting her during one of our wedding as she was the flower girl. She was so sweet and her family was telling us about all the things that she has gone through.

In 2011, when she was 5 she was diagnosed with Leukemia and has been in remission, but it has returned. A page was created for her to pray while she is back in the hospital for treatment.

Here is what it says on the Facebook post:

Hayden Ritchie AKA Bumpy is a sweet little girl that WAS diagnosed in 2011 at age 5 with Leukemia and has been in remission but it's come back and she is in the hospital undergoing 30 days of chemo treatment. Her grandmother is a really good friend and I pray God hears us and relieves this child from this horrible disease and I pray they find a cure so that no child has to suffer this ever again. The family is asking everyone to say a prayer for her.

Dear Jesus,

You walked on the earth, understood the broken world, yet also rose from death into resurrected life. I pray for Bumpy that she would be held in your loving arms. Bless the work of the doctors, surgeons and hospital staff, and bring the power of your resurrection life into her body. Come fill Bumpy with your restorative Spirit. May your resurrection life bring healing and wellness into their being. May your grace carry her and her family through this hard time into a new season filled with hope and joy.

Amen.

I believe that she is already healed. Our prayers are with her and her family.