After we’d met with them for their engagement session, we knew that Jake & Talitha’s wedding was going to be an amazing one. Surrounded by their closest friends & family (and with son Luke at the alter!), these two became Mr & Mrs on a perfect June afternoon at the Anthea Ballroom in downtown Snohomish. And dinner? Chinese “takeout” from their favorite restaurant! How totally awesome is that??!
I had THE hardest time narrowing down which images to choose for this blog post! One of our favorite weddings of 2011, Kevin & Sara set their wedding at the beautiful Harrison Hot Springs in British Columbia. It was the ultimate garden wedding, with every vintage chic detail even more awesome than the one before. Not only are Kevin & Sara a gorgeous couple, they also happen to be a total kick in the pants! We laughed our way through the entire day.
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The same day that we got to hang out with Josh, we also go to follow his friend Erick around for HIS senior portraits. It was really fun seeing how two completely different personalities brought out different aspects of the same space; downtown Kirkland is fabulous for both urban and natural settings!
Kevin & I had a blast back in April exploring downtown Kirkland with Josh, who was totally up for anything and everything – climbing trees, standing on dumpsters, balancing on railings over the water… whatever! 
Jake, Talitha and Luke are the epitome of an adorable family. They came up in May for their engagement/family session and I don’t think that we stopped smiling the entire time! Luke is a fricken DOLL, and so much his own little man. And I love seeing adoration like Jake & Talitha have for each other; I seriously have the best job in the entire world. 
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Willy wanted senior portraits that were a little different than everyone else’s – which I was excited to hear, because that’s what I love to do! He loves the water, so we headed up to Semiahmoo for his May senior session.
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The Crim boys are a breed all their own – talented, smart, well mannered, they play hard and are pretty much your all-around, all-American boys. Seriously! I’m so impressed with this family, Kevin and I just love them. I got to photograph Coulson’s older brother Jordan when he was a senior, before he went off to play football with Central. Now it’s Coulson’s turn to be top dog in the house for awhile! We got together back in May to document this momentous occasion.
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Oooohhh, what to say about these two… we seriously, honestly, really adore Jess & Brian. Jess was our roommate for about a year and a half before Brian stole her away from us – jerk! ;D lol But she couldn’t have found a more perfect match. Just being around these two for five seconds you know that they were absolutely made for each other. Their April wedding posed a unique challenge; I was one of her bridesmaids AND we did the photography. Quite the day! Kevin covered the entire ceremony (okay, except I MIGHT have walked down the aisle with a camera in my hand… at the last second I just couldn’t be stuck up there with nothing to capture those up-close moments…!) and then we all ran outside in the drizzling rain to whip together some pictures with the party before running back in to start the reception. It was crazy, but it worked!
Jess chose to wear her mother’s wedding dress – they did a lot of altering (I think the original dress had long lace sleeves & a high neck) and the end result was the perfect mix of vintage & memories.
These shots are what made me glad that I decided to take that camera down the aisle at the last minute. I can’t believe what an honor we have to capture moments like these.
Jess is passionate about Toms Shoes and their mission to provide practical help to children in third world countries. I think most, if not all, of the shoes that she owns are Toms! As her gift to her bridesmaids, she bought us all matching pairs of Toms – and of course, she got a pair for herself, too.
Brian & Jess met at the Woods Coffee (where Jess works), so when we saw this coffee shop sign right next to the venue, we had to make a quick stop.
The incredibly talented Jesse Morrow played his song “I’ve Got You” for their first dance. Jess plays the violin with Jesse and his band.
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All the way from London, Teague & Tauna traveled all the way here just to hang around with us for their April engagement session. …Okay, so maybe not just for that. It’s possible that they might have needed to handle details for their upcoming wedding. We met up with them down at Boulevard park and followed them around for a very enjoyable couple of hours.
Believe it or not, our second wedding of the year was another Steve & Megan – what are the chances?? This Steve & Megan are actually from North Carolina, but Megan’s family is all up here. We met them when they came up the week before the wedding and got together to play for their pre-wedding session. I especially love how these two met – they were at a dog park with their little furry munchkins, and when Megan came home she posted on FB: “I found a husband at the dog park today. Shh, don’t tell him!” Ha! Is that perfect or what?
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