We have ALL been touched by CANCER! Either ourselves or someone we love has fought this devastating disease. I would even venture to guess that all of us have either fought or watched a loved one or friend fight breast cancer! I know I have had many women that I love who have fought! For me…I am so thrilled to say that all my friends and family members with breast cancer are either still fighting the good fight or are SURVIVORS! Including my beautiful friend, Stacey! If you have followed my blog you know I was honored to follow Stacey’s journey from before her diagnosis, during her beautifully bald phase, and now I get to love her in her remission! (Praise the Lord!) I am blessed to have her as a friend, but to also have had a chance to watch her fight the fight. And now, I want to help her in her desire to WALK FOR THE CURE! 
So, I am opening up a very special day of mini sessions! 100% of the proceeds of this day will go directly to Stacey to help her raise funds for the 3-Day walk for the cure that benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation who is leading the race to find a cure for breast cancer! Stacey and I are so excited to be doing this together…and we can’t wait to see who joins us!
DETAILS: There are only 10 spots available for this special session, and I know that Stacey has already started talking about this…so book quick!!!
When: Saturday, February 4th from 10am to 2pm
What’s Included: These are 20 minute sessions and will include a disc with 10-15 high resolution images for you to do whatever you would like with them!
Cost: $150 for up to four people (additional people can be added for $25 each) The cost of your session will be required to reserve your time slot for the session and will be non refundable.
Where: The sessions will take place in downtown Tacoma. The location will be emailed to you after you have booked your session. It will be an industrial look, which will also give us some cover if it rains! (or snows, for that matter!)
FUN: If you have had your lives touched by breast cancer, I would love to have you incorporate something pink or sentimental into your session for an extra image on your disc!
SO….WHO’S READY TO COME OUT AND HELP STACEY WALK FOR THE CURE? I hope it is YOU! Email me for more details or to book your session at [email protected]! See you soon!
And…I am SO glad you are a survivor, too!!
It was a pretty nasty day out this last Sunday. I had my fingers crossed for a couple of weeks, but to no avail…the Terry sisters and their dad were going to have to shoot in the rain! I think I was the most disappointed by this, as these beautiful women were having too much fun to even notice! That’s how it seems to be with sisters who just love being together, like these do!
The above image was a stretch for these girls, cause most of the pics are more like this one…..I laughed so hard through this shoot!
…and so did they!
I was lucky enough to meet Lisa this last fall when she joined her friend, a regular here, for a mini session! I was thrilled that she decided to give me a call when her family was coming into town!
She is so beautiful and has a wonderful smile about her!! Lisa is heading into a new chapter in her life, moving and shaking….sometimes change is challenging, but it always helps us grow! I am excited for her as she is on her journey!
And, she is lucky to have some amazing sisters to walk with her…and even hold her up through it…..well, at least figuratively! :)
This is Emily…Such a beautiful smile on her as well. 
While, I would not call any of these girls “quiet”, I would say she might be a little more subdued. All of them were so sweet and warm! I felt as if I had known them all for a while!
Of course, when you add her twin sister to the equation it was only tons of laughter! Nothing subdued about the two of them together!
Amelia. I think her sisters called her the Zumba Queen while we were out. I think she just kept moving to keep warm! 
Amelia, Emily, and their dad came out from Utah to help Lisa get all packed up new move. What a great support system to fly all this way to help their sister! I know what it is like to have an incredible family support system…that is priceless!
Sisters! An incredible bond.
And, then you add this handsome man…..
Steve is obviously a great man and a wonderful father…obvious because his girls adore him! Want to know why he is laughing here? Cause they were all whistling for him! Haha!! Steve has seven kids….these are his oldest three girls and you can see how much he loves them and is so proud to be their dad!
Love! Comfort! Peace! FAMILY!
I am going to call out Amelia for a second…(sorry, Amy!)…she can’t keep a straight face for longer than two seconds…so these next few images were a huge accomplishment for me…and her! It was cracking me up!
She also seems to be the family clown!! She had no problem jumping into this shot! And, they all just love her for it, too!
I realized the other day that I have been doing less black and white images lately here on the blog….I just have been so in love with all the vibrant color in my life lately that I love to celebrate it…but, this one was just asking for the drama of black and white….I can see this image on a canvas above a fireplace…can’t you? Something to remind them of the love that is with them every day, even when they can’t always be in the same room together! 
I love when I get to do shoots like these…it captures a moment. And even though Steve, Emily, and Amelia, were stepping onto a plane just hours after I left them…they were always have these images to look back on a day that they were all together, laughing, living, dreaming, and sharing love…being a family!
When we first started our shoot it was POURING…so, we stepped inside Lisa’s apartment for a bit…and while you all know I LOVE outdoor images the best, I have to say there are so many fun ones from inside. All full of laughter as well….but, there were just too many that I wanted to share here, and only so much space! Here is just one little teaser….
Steve, Lisa, Emily, and Amelia….I am honored to have had the chance to spend just a few hours with you all!! Thanks for being an example of a family that loves and supports each other through anything! Maybe when I am in Utah in April we can see each other again! …maybe a Zumba class even! :) Hope you had a safe trip home! Blessings!
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!!) 
Someday. It is a word that I have heard a lot. From clients, friends, and people…Someday, I will take that trip, someday I will be happy, someday I will “fill in the blank”….hahaha! I happen to despise the word. I try to never let it leave my lips. Today is my someday. I will not hang my hope on anything that doesn’t exist in my world today. When I got the text that Robin wanted to take the time to have some photos taken of her…I jumped at it!!! I love this woman, and have for about 33 years. Since the moment I met her…and I didn’t want to say, Someday we will get those pictures taken…..
I met Robin when my family moved here from California. She has always been so authentic and real, full of love and laughter, and ready to open up her arms and love anyone that needs it. She is an amazing woman.
She can be a little unconventional…don’t get me wrong! I learned a lot of things at her house, that I am sure I wan’t supposed to know! :) I grew up in a very traditional home, which I am grateful for now, and Robin’s house was the absolute complete opposite! 
There were only a couple of homes that I would walk into as a teenager without knocking and yell, “Hi Mom!”! Robin’s was one of them. Being best friends with one of her six daughters meant that I got to spend a lot of time there….it was always an adventure. It was the only place that I ever drank milk right from the cow and had to search for the hidden chocolate because, although it was forbidden to eat for health reasons, we always knew there was some stashed somewhere!! (usually deep in the freezer!)
There were wonderful times of celebrating the Jewish Feasts with their family….Seders, Dreidels, and even the bitter herbs, matzo balls, and gifelte fish. (not my personal favorite)! 
Can you imagine being mom to SIX girls! Having two of my own I can say, she must be a saint! But, those girls have all grown up to be wonderful women and have granted her many grandchildren…all of whom she loves SO dearly! I think their are 16 in all now! Blessings!
Robin’s faith in God has been such a stable part of her life. She is one of those people who I know that in any given situation she can recite a scripture verse that is totally fitting to help guide or encourage….or, even sometimes to confront and challenge. I have always admired that in her.
But, most of all…it is the laughing. There has always been, and still is, so much laughter in her home and wherever she is! She just has such a funny sense of humor that I love! 
I would call this day the calm before the storm! We had some amazing sunshine and the world seemed so peaceful. Hard to believe it now as the blustery wind is throwing around the nine inches of snow that dropped last night. The Pacific Northwest is such a crazy weather spot these days. Robin and I decided that we were going to stay close to her house, as it really represents who she is and what she loves. I was so happy to see this cute little dock….Shows the peaceful side of this beautiful woman!
Lovely!
Doesn’t she seem so serene? Hahaha!!! ….
…it was passing, I promise you! Cause this is the Robin that I know and love!!!! Pushing boundaries and having fun!!! Don’t you just love the joy on her face?! Hahaha!
One of my favorites. 
After we had thoroughly frozen all of our extremities we headed into her house…I just wanted to capture a couple of things that I think of the most when I think of Robin. One…her faith! Like I said earlier…It is what makes her the strong woman that she is.
Laughter….I love that she is sitting in this huge room that has been designed to fit all her family when they come to visit her! Her home has play rooms and toys for her grandkids and rooms that are dedicated to housing all those wonderful daughters and their families! She still builds her life around her family and her love for them!
The cheetah print pillow….YEP! Shows that she is always a little bit on the wild side!
And, a great glass of wine. Definitely a favorite of hers…(and mine!)
Laughter and wine…..
Robin…I love you. I love what you were to me as a child, and I love the friend that you are to me in my adult years. I know there are a lot of people who will read this and have their own hilarious stories that involve you, and probably most involving a ton of laughter. I love that I have mine too…but, I also love the times that you have cried with me, read scripture with me, and walked through this messy life with me. You are a woman that I admire. I am so honored that we got to spend this time together! Thanks for choosing me to capture some memories of you!!! LOVES!
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