Our First Family Portraits

For our 8th anniversary, Isaac surprised me with a family portrait session- our first family portraits!- with the incredibly talented Tonhya Kae. To say I was thrilled was an understatement! We first met Tonhya when she flew all the way from Seattle to Shanghai to take our amazing maternity portraits, and over the past year we are so happy to have formed a friendship with this wonderful lady! Our schedule was full this summer, her schedule was full this summer, but she still managed to make the long round trip drive from Seattle to the Central Oregon Coast so she could take our portraits. Between flat tire fiascoes and road work delays I think the poor girl spent nearly as much time in her car as she did with us. Thank you SO MUCH, Tonhya!!! Isla, the world’s happiest baby, decided that she would try “cranky” on for size on portrait day (argh!), but you’d never know looking at Tonhya’s images. She captured so many sweet moments, darling expressions, and the sweeping landscape we love so much. We are absolutely thrilled with our portraits! We will treasure them, and the many silly memories accompanying some of them, for years to come!

140721FamilyPhotos001 140721FamilyPhotos002 140721FamilyPhotos003 See, there is Tonyha going above and beyond again! Little known fact: she is also a skilled ninja/contortionist who can fit through teeny tiny elevated windows! Seriously. I forgot my curling iron and Isaac’s aunt offered to let me use her flat iron. She was staying at the family cabin up the hill, but had gone out for the day and the key was not in the lock box, so we had to get a little creative! 140721FamilyPhotos004 Sweetest little rolls ever!