Mark Leonard Imaging | Redlands Photographer

The Barents – Round 1

August 26th, 2008

My wife and I were dating when I helped her move out to Southern California seven years ago. G. Barents was one of the first people I met from the RCS community. Jill and I were preparing her classroom and G. came in, sat down, and talked to us about the school and the church. Needless to say, we knew a lot more about the school and the church after our history lesson.

There’s something kind of awesome (in the true meaning of the word) about seeing these kids. I just kept thinking about a young G. and J. beginning a family, and decades later here is what that family has grown into. I was looking at a live family tree.

Even though they were goofing around, I really like this photo. This is a strong family, illness or no illness.

L. put the guns away! They’re covering up your sister-in-law.

I’m pretty sure that they were arguing about who Grandma and Grandpa liked best. L. just about brought out the guns again before everything quieted down.

There are more photos on the gallery site. Be sure to check it out. More on our time with this awesome family tomorrow.

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Sneak Peak of the Barents Family

August 25th, 2008

This week I’ll be posting photos of the Barents. Jill and I got to go out to Oceanside and hang out with the extended Barents family last weekend. It was awesome to see their whole family together having a great time. The Barents family is not short on a sense of humor. There were a lot of moments like this during the shoot.

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Jacob’s 1 year – Finale

August 23rd, 2008

It was obvious that Jacob really enjoyed playing in the grass. It was difficult to get photos of him while trying to prevent him from mulching the lawn.

We were taking our last photos by the fountain at the Lincoln Shrine when Jacob started coughing. Alan quickly realized that he was choking on something, but he couldn’t see what he had in his mouth. And Jacob seemed reluctant to allow his dad to swish his finger around in his mouth at will.

Finally, Jacob let out a big series of sneezes and out came a long strand of grass… out his nose that is. I could tell that Alan was a tad horrified and disgusted. Patty, of course, thought the whole thing was hilarious.