WOW! Where do I even start with the incredible Fredricks Family?! There are not many families who in a span of a few hours can get all dolled up and ready for some very impromptu family photos in the snow…especially not a family with all these teenagers and a puppy!! But, they did it! When the snow started I just knew I wanted to try a family shoot as the flakes were floating down, and this is one of my favorite families…so, I am thrilled that it all worked out!! Even Ellie, the dog, got in on the action….
This is my beautiful friend, Traci. Her beauty is obvious on the outside, but I have to tell you that it is nothing compared to the insides! This woman has touched many peoples lives, including my own. She is a very real, very honest, and very loving friend. There are a handful of women that, when my life was spinning out of control, walked in as many of my “friends” walked out! She has listened to me, cried with me, laughed with me, challenged me, and allowed me to challenge her as well! That is the sign of a great friend…someone who loves you SO much they are willing to be honest and also listen to the hard truths sometimes! That, and we just have SO much fun when we are together! And, boy do we LOVE to SING together!
Traci LOVES to take pictures! I don’t think I have met anyone that loves to document every part of their lives with pictures!!! It cracks me up! I think she actually thinks I am a little crazy because I don’t take as many pictures as she does! (I know…I didn’t think that was even a possibility!!) The problem with that is though, that a lot of times…the person taking the pictures is not always IN the pictures…so, I have been working on taking care of that for a while now…. Task completed! :)
And, beside this amazingly beautiful, talented, smart, wonderful woman…..is a …goofball! Er, I mean, her husband….
Jon! He is really not always a goofball…just sometimes! :) Jon is a wonderful husband and father to his family. He also happens to be the pastor of a great little church called, Discovery Community Church! I could tell you an amazing story of how one sentence that Jon said to me has played through my head almost every day for the last three years because of the amazing amount of grace that it was full of. I can also tell you that because of Jon’s very down to earth, laid back, and honest way of leading this group of people, that Discovery is a wonderful place to go if you are broken, hurting, struggling, or even if you are in the best place in life that you have ever been. The people there are compassionate and full of love…and not the kind that disappears as they get back in their cars after Sunday service…real love. I look forward to Sunday mornings all week long! Ok…enough of a plug…back to Jon!
Jon loves Traci!
And, Traci loves Jon!
High school sweethearts who met almost 27 years ago…and still very much in love!
And, even though his family loves to laugh at him sometimes….
…they are a happily, perfectly flawed, family!
Miss Ellie joined us on our shoot! This dog is a VERY loved dog! She is gorgeous….
…and she is still very much a puppy! She didn’t want to hang around in one place very long at all….but, she did let us put a scarf on her for a minute for her photo op!
The Fredricks Family does a lot of laughing together! All of the kids are actually very funny…wonder where they get that?
I almost always start with the oldest of the group….but, today, we are starting at the youngest instead! This is Charlie!
Charlie has a group of fans in my house!!! The girls think he is adorable, and Jesse enjoys playing video games with him. Charlie is ALL about FOOTBALL! He is the 12th man! I haven’t been to one of his games, but I hear he is quite the player as well! He sure is handsome!
This is Maggie Kathryn! I love this girls’ sense of humor! She has had me laughing to tears on more than one occasion. She goes to Mason with my Natie Kaye and they have a lot of fun together, too…
She has a larger than live presence about her and a smile that lights up any room! So beautiful!
Hudson! Really, he is the one that started it all! Hahaha!! I can remember the day that Selah came home from second grade and Hudson was part of most of her conversations! The two of them were in school together all the way up to just last year when they went to rival high schools, but by that time we had started going to Discovery…so, they have been friends now for a pretty long time.
Hudson is probably the quietest of the four kids. He loves doing graphic design and even did a great video montage of his older sisters senior photos! You can’t tell here, cause we were hiding it, but he also snowboards…but, a recent broken arm has taken him out for a little while! :(
Mary Karen. You have seen her here many times on this blog as she happens to be one of my senior reps this year! Every time I shoot her she gets more gorgeous, and I think even more comfortable with my huge camera in her space! She is stunning in the snow!
I can’t believe we are getting to the final stretch of her senior year! She is going to go on to greatness! I know it! She, like her mother, has the light inside of her….one that can’t be put out! And, really? Who else would lay down in the snow for me?!! Haha! (thanks, Girl! You look bomb.com)
So, we’ve got the boys….
…the girls….
Brothers,
and sisters.
And, all together they make up one big crazy, lovely, beautiful family!
Fredricks! I love ya! I am so grateful for each of you in our lives! You are a blessing to so many….we are lucky to be in with them! Thanks also for coming out on short notice to have some very cold fun!!! You look FABULOUS! (And, Traci…we have now documented one more thing in your amazing life!!) 
by chelle
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