MARILYN & CEASAR

Oh what a fun day! My clients are amazing! They're easy to work with! Dominic the little boy is such 

a cutie! Every time he calls my name, it makes me smile! Anyway, this family are one of my favorite

people in the world! I'm so glad I get to enjoy my day with them and also with my husband! 

He was crying because he was ready to play :) But picture doesn't always have to be perfect!

I told them I have some little props for them...I made this today before the session!

My polaroid was awesome! 

No flash here.. I was just lucky there's a park light lol

GOD IS GOOD

YES HE IS GOOD! I'm not ashamed to say it! And i can say it over and over! Before sandy, I've been
saying this. After sandy, for some reason, my mouth shut down. But then after few days, after slapping
myself, (well not literally) i just had to wake myself up and make myself realized that I cannot shut
down. I must worship! I wrote a blog about it and if you haven't seen it yet.. please feel free to scroll
down and look for my older blogs. After having the best encounter with God, my days went back to
normal. I get to worship more and more. Yea, I couldn't get those old memories back that we left in
our flat but only faith and worship filled my Joy again!

My husband was really thankful that his CEO blessed him some money and brought him to his favorite
store JCREW. He was one of the happiest man that day. All my friends & family knew how much he
loves JCREW goodies. He can talk and promote it all day long! JCREW even gave him discount and
free socks! Of course they new what happened. He lost everything but LOOK! God restored it!

while that day, I was at the langston's home, enjoying my day, my vienna sausage day awww... Then
he called and told me about the good news and I was really happy for him. Early in the morning before
he left the house, I was worried because he doesn't have work clothes anymore. God knew my worries.
I know I'm not supposed to worry but then the Lord knows it all. He knew what we need and ah! my
husband deserves those blessings! My heart was jumping and celebrated with my husband. Also, that
day, I was back to work. I was working with my recent wedding shots. I'm so thankful, my clients
are very patient waiting for their pictures. They understood & I can't thank them enough.

Then the next day, my husband requested if we can have spam! hahah YES! I converted him to eat this
awesome spam! Some people here thought that spams are for ghettos. Ah it sounded so racist to me.
But i don't agree with that! SPAM IS FOR AWESOME PEOPLE LIKE MY HUSBAND! ahaha I
taught him how to eat it and appreciate simple food! It may not be that healthy but I just love the fact
that I can make him love the food that I love! SPAM AND RICE? YES LET IT RISE!

So he volunteered to cook it! It's actually simple. Just fry it then dun dun dun dun!

I love how he love games haha I mean he's so matured in many ways but when it comes to gaming
and such? He looks like a little precious child.

Monday, my lazy monday! I get to hang out with my filipina friend Abigail! Her heart is a beauty!
I wanted to thank this girl for the blessings she donated! Oh I didn't even have any idea how much
she donated! My husband just told me about it earlier before I started blogging! I completely froze!
I was totally amazed when she shared to me her job! Our lunch date was quick but it was
amazing! This girl is such a cutie especially when she told me she never had any boyfriend yet! How
cute is that? And the way she loves her parents is unbelievable! She's so loyal & loving! And guess
what? She's on my worship team! Her passion is very inspiring!

The same day, after our lunch date, I went to the mall. I decided that day, "I'm gonna shop" but no not
until i drop =D Since I lost so many things, I needed these little things & of course clothes & shoes. I
didn't take a snap of my clothes because it's really not necessary but maybe later?

I love H&M. Their little goodies are too cute! & cheap. But the brown pouch is not H&M. It's
forever21.. my other favorite clothing store. They got awesome goodies there too!

 Saturday, I received the yellow envelope! Of course there's a card! Keith, thanks so much for the
encouragement. It made us smile! Thank YOU!!

Sunday, after church, Emily from upstate NY left a letter for me. Thank you for bringing those
clothes! Tell everyone, THANK YOU!!!! Hope to see you soon!

Earlier today, I received Mama Carmel's letter! The living word church donated blessings for me &
Nate! We're so thankful! Thank you to my kentucky family! I love you all so much! We're so grateful!
We're looking forward to visit you all soon! To the Rich family... I love you gazillions times!
And to all that got involved and blessed us, thank you...

Tonight, another blessing we received from Evita & Sanny. They just got engaged few days ago!
CONGRATULATIONS! I cannot wait to photograph your engagement pictures! I love you both!
They're amazing cops by the way!

Ah I hope you enjoyed my blog! Will keep blogging!
xoxo - Joy Langston

Thankful

This song is so classic to me but every time i listen to it, it encourage me & makes me cry. I even 

sang it myself & recorded a video. The lyrics goes: 

Little flowers never worry
When the wind begins to blow.
And they never, never cry
When the rain begins to fall.

Oh, it's wet and oh so cold, 
Soon the sun will shine again.
Then they'll smile unto the world, 
For their beauty to behold.

When the clouds begin to gather
And the wind begins to blow, 
Little flowers don't complain, 
Though they're tossing to and fro.

Oh, I guess they've learned the secret, 
They don't fret because they know, 
If it never, never rained, 
Then they'd never, never grow.

So, let it rain, let it rain, let it pour, 
Little trouble keep on knocking at my door, 
If we'll learn the right from wrong, 
It will help to make us strong.

Lord, please help us learn the secret, 
Even little flowers know, 
If it never, never rains
Then we'll never, never grow.

My version

When I woke up, I decided to grab my dried roses & borrowed tanya's tea cup. Yes, I saved them. 

Monday, that day... when we got to pastor's house, I asked my husband if he knows where he kept 

my coffee because he was the one that grabbed all the groceries. He forgot it in our flat. So I begged 

him to go back there. So we went back to grab it. We only had few minutes left. Jersey city Website

announced that we have to be inside the house at exactly 2pm. So we're so in a hurry! For some 

reason, out of many important items in our flat, i grabbed the roses. It was funny but I didn't know 

why I had to grab it. I did it for no reason. But now I'm just so amazed I'm writing about it with a

smile. It makes so much sense now. It's a good memory for me. It reminded me to listen to the 

song again. 

 after listening to it again, It felt like I woke up in a great place. Hope activated. Faith became strong.

Me & Nate had an awesome breakfast this morning. I told him how much I love him & he goes,

 "Baby, this is our first trial together" and my heart cried. He gave me hug me with so much emotion.

We are thankful we have a place to stay & food to eat. It's not a fancy food but it's such a BIG

blessing especially we all know that there's many people out there that doesn't have anything to

eat. Bread & eggs, my favorite & it will never get old.

I was ready to write a blog earlier. It took so long because I've been working on many different things. 

I was also working on making my own scarf. Yes yes.. I saved them too! I grabbed it without a doubt!

First of all, we want to thank Jesus Christ. HE IS SO GOOD. 

I also want to thank Abigail Langston for being there for us... and so as Raphael. We're so blessed to 

have you guys as our true friends. Thank you Abby for being such a great sister to me... 

 Evan came to check on us as well.. Thank you. Of course 

Grandpa, Grandpa that are so worried. Thank you for all the love & care. My grand parents are both 

gone but I thank God for new grandparents. I love you both so much... To Terry & Stormy, Thank 

you for all the encouragements. We love you.

To the Langston family, Thank you for adopting us again. My tapestry family.. I love you all. 

Thank you for the prayers. My family in Kentucky... especially mama Carmel.. 

I love you. Thank you for raising money to help us.. You are our hero. 

I love you the Rich family... 

The people from up state New york, thank you for visiting us

just to bring all those goodies.. you guys are the best. You all touched our hearts. 

I received great news as well this morning.. Emily from upstate new york called me about my gown

& nate's suit. The dry cleaning shop told her that they will donate their service.. we don't need to pay

for it. They're going to restore it for us! So happy! 

I'm so glad I get to talk to Laurelee this morning too..we cried together. My thank youss are none

stop. I love you laurelee!

To my mom...my number 1 hero. Thank you for all the love & for being such a wonderful mom. 

I love you and dad.. I'm so glad i get to see dad's face too last tuesday and so as my nephew! 

And our awesome filipino friends! It was fun seeing them that day. 

My childhood friend shobe, thank you so much for all the clothes & for your sweet letter! You

made me cry! 

I can't believe my sister surprised me the other day as well and she was carrying all her awesome

clothes that she didn't want to let go & her important purse. She gave it to me without a second 

thought. Thank you & I love you so much. Her husband came with her too. 

THANK YOUSSSS are unstoppable. 

Please please please, don't stop praying for us. 

much love 

Joy Langston

xoxo

Sandy love

Monday morning, 9am... my husband finally decided to leave the house and started packing up

everything to keep it safe. He said that the flood is not going to be that bad. His grandpa called

sunday night and got worried & told him exactly what to do. I also asked his dad to convince him

 to leave because he doesn't want to leave. But early morning, thank God he made a 

decision. So while he's packing up, I can't help it but snap lots of pictures & I even recorded videos.

I will post it soon. I only have few more minutes to use the internet because the generator can't be on

all night. I just want to show you everything that happened. As you can see, there's before & after 

images. When we left, I still wanted to grab more stuff. I had a strong feeling that when we get back

it's going to be dark inside. Everybody that knows me, they know how much i love bright, white 

colors. My vision was different that day. It's not because i lost my faith but i knew it's not going 

to be good.

I really miss my flat. It hurts so much but I had to let it go. It's not that I'm materialistic. There's just

great things that I cannot forget and I was so attach about those great things & I can't forget about it.

Those great things are :

1. when the first time I moved there, the excitement is unforgettable! 2. When I was alone & sick 

and had to battle with my respiratory infection. 3. when I got married & my husband moved in with

me. 4. when my husband cooked for me for the first time. 5. when we had our first dinner. 6. when 

we get to buy our very first furnitures. And many more things that I cannot forget. 

First day I woke up realizing, Yes.. our flat is gone. Our stuff are gone. We lost everything. I cannot 

cry, I don't know what to feel & I'm completely speechless. I can talk but my mind isn't present.

I can laugh and I had to fake it. Of course I can't forget that day when there's still good people out

there that are willing to help. I'm really thankful. 

Early morning before we document our place, I woke up with a bad mood. But then I decided to
sing & worship God. I couldn't do it since after things happened but I forced myself to sing.
Tears fell & I couldn't stop crying. My husband brought me a breakfast. I stayed in our room.
Thank God for the langston family. We have a place to stay. My parents also offered their place
but my husband didn't want to bother them. That I'm also thankful. So glad I have an amazing sister
and parents. I know for sure they're the first & last people that are willing to help & be there for me.

Back to worship... I got too emotional when I started singing "makes me wanna shout" My tears
are unstoppable.

All the stuff that I saved from my wedding are all gone. My plan was to share it to other brides that will need it. 

We get to visit inside & I took lots of pictures. It was heart breaking. But I know these are all just

materials. A lot of people are telling me that these can all be replaced. I believe it but except that

I cannot replace the value (not the price) but thinking about the blessings that got wiped out was hard

for me to accept. I'm doing my best to heal myself & break the attachment I had with my stuff. 

I wanna thank people from upstate new york who came to bring us goodies. Also, Emily volunteered
to take my gown & Nate's suit to get cleaned... Thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I will blog about it soon!

Battle realms, let me explain that.. let me tell you how much I value all the things my friends
gave me. I can keep them forever.

We left the flat after we document everything. We went to our favorite spanish
restaurant at grove and we both got too emotional & tears came out. As soon as my husband
started eating, I saw his tears falling down. It breaks my heart. He's been trying to hide it. I'm glad
he was able to let go of those heavy feelings he kept for few days.

We went to the mall yesterday just to charge our phones because we still don't have power. I've met
these cool people. It made me smile...

I asked my husband if i can take a picture of our shoes. These are the only shoes we have left... But
we're grateful!

Early this morning, we woke up with good attitudes. My husband's smile is always and will always be
my forever favorite.

Please please keep us in your prayers.

Bloggin under hurricane

Today is supposed to be sandy's visit. We're not excited about it. Me & my husband finally decided

to evacuate even though we didn't get any warning.. Hopefully I'll be able to blog it. But right now

I wanna show you how much I had fun spending time with my family & my cute nephew 

yesterday! He's the cutest. I'll will also show you some of the halloween fun stuff I shoot 2 days

ago since I already blogged a little bit about it. I didn't do a lot of editing. I just put them

in a collage & a little bit of color corrections & here you go! I usually go crazy with my editing

but since I'm so worried about the power going off, I had to do some microwave tricks in my

photoshop. So here ya go! I'm so excited to show you off my beautiful cupcake! Love love him!

Here's my 3 handsome men of my life! My dad, my nephew lhervronn & my husband. 

So glad to see them all spending time together!

He's been trying to talk.. He's only 3 months but sooo soooo smart already! Giggle!


MONSTER BASH - continuation