Gianna: a Squalicum Junior

“Hey, Olivia, can you stand over here now?” She moved compliantly into place. “Now a little closer to the wall.  Or, yeah, right there. Closer to the door.  Wait, it’s propped open a bit.  Be careful.  I don’t want it to give you a black eye if it swings forward.” I took two photos, directing…

   What girl doesn’t love dress-up?   The  shoes. The accessories.  The picking-out-of-the-dress. The makeup colors.  The twirling. The spinning.  The high heels. The bright red lip stick.   Being an adult is basically playing dress up every day, yes? Dressing up for the important meeting. Dressing up for an important date.  Dressing up for church….

Fun Facts about Alyssa: 1)  She makes and uses flags. 2) She teaches kids at her church to make and use the flags. 3) She reads. A lot. 4) She inspires me to read more (her favorite book is a book I’ve never read….problem, yes?) 5) She rocks that headpiece. Dude, seriously? So amazing. 6)…

  She was on her hands and knees in the middle of the barn floor doing what she does best: laughing. Laura‘s wedding day had (finally) arrived and Ashton was hard at work; helping, serving, assisting, scurrying, decorating, laughing.  She was having fun working. Repeat: fun and working WERE in the same sentence. Because that’s…

Adventure. That sums it up quite nicely.  We hung out at a Winston Salem antique shop and found out that the owner’s son is going to run for President on the Christmas platform (because, really…who would vote AGAINST Christmas? its like opposing Santa Claus and Jesus all at once… yes, thats what he said. not…

To spend time in Bellingham, WA in the winter is to flirt with rain.   To combine an alleyway (my favorite!) with fabulous and quirky sweaters (Beau’s favorites!) and a classy pipe (Beau’s favorite!) with backlit raindrops (my favorite!), these photos are basically – well – AWESOME. (Said with all the humility possible, of course. :-P)…