Happy Mothers Day!

To all that give everything

Miss Saskia I will miss your smiling face!

This little lady and her family just moved away and I'm so so so sad!  Luckily for me, before she left, we got to play!  Her photo shoot was a two day project that took us all over Seattle.  We had so much fun even though it was cooooold.  It was a little hard editing these photos because I miss her little face already!  Kansas City, you'd better take good care of my peeps! 

John and Rebekah - Married!

Rebekah and John were married on April 9th at Shafer Baillie Mansion in Capitol Hill.  Their ceremony and reception were perfectly intimate and beautiful with only their very closest family and friends.  The reception was a gorgeous family style meal with wine and mingling and plenty of laughter.  I usually have so many words to describe my clients and with Rebekah and John I'm slightly at a loss.  Both of them have a quiet demeanor and a calmness about them and in looking at these photos, that's just how I'm feeling.  So I suppose I'll just leave it at that.  Congratulations Rebekah and John and thank you for including me in your day!

Venue: Shafer Baillie Mansion
Caterer: Brett's Catering
Bride's Dress: Eliza J (Nordstrom)
Cupcakes: Salted Caramel and Lavender from Cupcake Royale (My favorite cupcakes EVER!)
Flowers: Pike Place Market

Karlee & Matt - Engaged!!

I've known Karlee since she was two, so it is a little bit of a shock to me to be taking her engagement photos!  I used to babysit the girl!  She has grown into such a beautiful woman (how did that happen already?!) and I can hardly believe she is the same girl I used to play "kitchen" with in her bedroom and draw horses for.  What, you didn't know I could draw horses? Psht.  I'm a horse drawing fool.  Actually...probably the last horse I drew looked more like a camel and I drew it for Karlee in like 1990, but hey whatever. 

Karlee and Matt are super sweet together and you can definitely tell how much they enjoy each other.  I'm so excited an honored to be photographing their wedding in September!  Little Karlee is all grown up and she's picked a pretty awesome guy to call her own. :) 

We met on a sunny day in the Pearl in Portland and enjoyed just wandering around and finding fun little nooks to shoot in.  I had a lot of fun making them do silly things and watching them laugh.  Thanks to both of you for being up for anything!  See you in September!!!

Andrea & Joe

Andrea and Joe came out to Golden Gardens for a couples session on the first gorgeous day of spring.  Joe has been gone with the Navy and hasn't been home for all that long so it was extra special to capture their relationship.  Thanks Andrea and Joe for your willingness to be silly and laugh with me!

Mr. L (FINALLY!)

We met at Luther Burbank Park in Mercer Island for Mr. L's 16 month session after months of fighting the weather.  It was a beautiful day and I loved just being outside with this cutie pie and his sweet parents.  We climbed trees, played with sticks, blew bubbles and pushed around a wagon...can't beat a morning like that!

And just for fun...Here's one from each of his Milestones sessions (5mos, 10mos, 16mos)

My Monday Morning

Good morning!  (A "good morning" full of the perk and peppiness I used to despise.) I used to wake up miserable on a Monday morning, dreading going back to work and dragging my feet.  Some times the misery even started on Sunday evening when I realized that Monday was looming like a huge grey rain cloud just around the corner.  Not anymore.  I don't mean to rub it in, but my job kind of rocks, and being a list maker, I adore my Monday mornings!  I wake up around 7:30, pour myself a giant mug of coffee (or 2 or 3), turn on some music (Joshua Radin this morning) and get to listing.  I make my to do list for the whole week broken down by either category (photography, around the house, social, etc.) or day of the week.  Sometimes it is color coded, sometimes not.  Sometimes it comes with sticky note reminders, or check boxes or different handwritten fonts.  I may spend an hour on my list...which to some people might seem over-indulgent, but if I can feel organized and in control for my week in an hour I'm a happy camper! 

This last week was especially busy and my fancy little to do lists make me more than excited to dive into this week head first!  Now after this little babble, I'm off to check some stuff off.  Happy Monday morning!  I hope you're excited for your week too.