Kailyn came along with her mom and aunts for their sister session on her birthday…and you know we weren’t going to let that go unnoticed!!! She is my friend, Mandi’s daughter and she KNOWS I love photographing her!! So, she came prepared! :)
She is also VERY loved by all of her Aunties!
And….I found out that she loves to climb trees! Every time I turned around she was in a different one….
She has those amazing freckles and gorgeous eyes….
I love her sweet spirit. She is always so warm and friendly…even though maybe a tad bit shy, she always waves at me at church and gives me that cute smile! 
Who knew a water spicket would become a great prop!
Such a cool shot!
11…the last years of her youth! haha! Not really…but she is heading into the teen years soon! 
There’s that winning smile!
Happy Birthday, Kailyn! I am so glad you came and came prepared!! You are so right…I do LOVE you! :) 
Simply beautiful. Happy Birthday my sweet lady bug!
Happy Birthday! I love all the tree climbing pictures and the one of her in black in white, close up showing off those cute freckles and beautiful eyes!
LOVE her freckles!
Happy Happy Birthday Kailyn! I LOVE YOU!
I love them all. Priceless!
love my ladybug so very much!!!
I had the pleasure of spending a morning with these four beautiful women a while back! It was a morning of laughter and love….This was a surprise shoot for their mom for Mother’s Day! How could any mother not LOVE something like this…the true gift of seeing their daughters grown and closer than ever! I hope to get a gift like this one day! Did I mention there was a lot of laughter….each of these ladies is uniquely funny-but put them all together and I am surprised we got ANY shots where we weren’t all laughing!!
Not that you can tell, but Mandi leads this group….But, I had to ask cause they all look so young! I happen to get to call Mandi, Friend! She is a lovely friend to have! Always so warm and caring. I am blessed by her!
Next in line is Jamie! When I asked the other girls how they would describe her they all said artsy, compassionate, and mothering! She might be slightly more reserved than the others, but she was still so open and charming!
Mandi and Jamie are the big sisters of Mary and Dee…twins! Did you already guess that?
Mary is the oldest of the two…although, Dee was quick to make sure I knew it was only 3 seconds!!! haha!! I have had the privilege of having Mary on the blog before with her family…so, it was a treat to get to shoot her again! She is the teacher of the group…and I have to say, she was the one who would get everyone back on task when they would start to get distracted by having too much fun!! :)
Dee…the baby of the family! She cracked me up! She loves to make people laugh and had her sisters in stitches! 
All so beautiful! 
I have to say that sessions like this are so fun for me because I SO love to capture relationships that are so full of love…but, I did go away with a twinge of envy. Never having a sister it is a relationship I can’t relate to, and I think it would be such a wonderful blessing to have. Someone who knows everything about you, accepts you, loves you, and walks through it all with. A woman who doesn’t even need to say words to get her point across because she already knows what you are thinking and feeling. A sister! Don’t get me wrong…I wouldn’t trade in my big brother for anyone else…but, it is different than having a sister! But, I think these ladies know that what they have is beautiful!
All of them share those gorgeous blue eyes!!! Their parents must be gorgeous to have had four such beautiful girls!
Can never leave out a little bit of drama with some black and white…..
What a beautiful day we had for the shoot, too!! Gotta love the blooming apple orchard, too!! Such a spring filled look!
And, while they also share their good tasted in jewelry….
…they were slightly divided in their taste in coffee! :)
I love these images of them just sitting around doing what girls do best….sharing life and coffee!
Sharing life and talking about the next chapter….
…which is going to be their new niece or nephew!!! Congrats, Mary on your pregnancy!! Can’t wait to capture that journey with you and Brett! Ladies! You were such a joy to hang out with! Thanks for getting all dolled up and for all the laughter! I hope your mom was surprised and blessed! 
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Chelle-such beautiful pictures of beautiful sisters! You did a fabulous job of capturing their personalities. What a beautiful location…is that the apple orchard in U.P.? LOVE the last photo…yay for baby Sonntag!!!
Beautiful, there are no other words!
I’m the luckiest Mother in the world. This is absolutely the best gift I could have received. Thank you Chelle you are amazing!!!! Girls you are so beautiful and I love every picture. And yes HAPPY TEARS!!!!!
Back in the fall I was on my way to Pt. Defiance park for a family session and I decided on a whim to stop at the little coffee shop about a block away from the park. It is not one of usual coffee stops, but they have great coffee. I am SO glad I stopped that day because this beautiful young lady came to the window with her beautiful laughing eyes to serve me. I very rarely EVER approach someone and say…”hey….you should have me do your senior photos!” But, I knew she would be a blast! I left my card with her and an hour later I heard from her mom! I was thrilled!
We waited until some better light…and we definitely got it! It was gorgeous afternoon…warm and bright!
This is a new location for me! I have amazing friends who scout out locations and then let me in on them! This one actually came from a fellow photographer! She knew I would love it! Ashley loved it, too!
Ashley loves to laugh! We tried some serious faced images, and we did get some, but I can tell that she is just a joyful girl who LOVES to have fun!! It suits her!
She is graduating from Life Christian Academy! CLASS OF 2012! 
We actually started down at the glass museum….basking in the sun!
Ashley was wearing her Life Christian Academy Cheerleading sweatshirt the first time I met her. That was her main sport throughout high school, but she also played a little bit of fast pitch!
I loved this series….all the faces of Ashley! :) 
And, a little glass museum drama! Love!
She was completely laid back and go with the flow for the whole shoot…I have a feeling that is how she approaches life! Although, she has two jobs right now…so, she is also a hard worker!
AMAZING BROWN EYES!! Brown eyes happen to my favorite…probably cause of my girls! I just think they have so much depth to them!
I had more images of her laughing than anything!! :)
Can’t you just see the joy?
These pillars will soon have water coming out of them…which is great summertime fun for everyone, but this day it just wasn’t quite warm enough!
Which meant we got to use them as props a little easier!
I love her shoes! 
She didn’t want to do too much with her pom poms…but, we couldn’t let them sit the whole session out…so, just a little shout out to her cheerleading days!
We also had the privilege of having along Ashley’s best friend, Alex and her daughter, Avery! Such a cute little girl and her beautiful Mama!!! It was fun to have them along!
The flowers are starting to pop up all around for spring and Ashley knew she wanted lots of green….
Love!
…beautiful smile and sun!
I am loving the green grass fields right now! This is why we suffer through the rain for so long…
We found another cool staircase that really headed into nowhere….Tacoma is full of amazing places like this! 
Whenever Ashley would look at Alex…they would both crack up! Having friends along makes everything more fun!
Ashley…I am so grateful that you took my card that day and called me! I was right! You are a beautiful, fun, and charming person who I had a blast shooting! May you have many adventures as you leave high school!!! Blessings! 
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Oh WOW! They turned out great great great! I’m glad we stopped she is just as beautiful in these as in person. Love em
Chelle thank you so much for capturing Ashley for who she is! I just love the pictures so far they and you are amazing! Pretty sure I will have to buy them all!
Oh my goodness, what incredible shots!! They totally capture the essence of the girl. Gorgeous!!
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