Pratley’s | Family Portraits

Oh my goodness!!  I am completely in love with Seiko and the boys  :)  :)  They make me love my job SO much.  So first of all, there’s Chris, Seiko, Ciaran (age 7) and Skye (age 5) and they are the most precious things EVER.  How do I know them?  They were actually my regulars at Starbies!!  Haha, and YES even the little ones  :D  Chris would always come in and get his grande nonfat latte, and Skye would order a cold/hot chocolate milk with no bubbles/foam, haha!!  Skye would also talk about bacon and how he liked soft, squishy bacon and how his dad liked the crispy bacon–he made me laugh SOOOO much every morning.  One time he even came in with Chris with a bunch of tatoos on his arms haha!  Absolutely LOVED seeing them in my Starbie days.  Then Seiko would come in, and I had found out she had her own screen printing business.  I sent her an email shortly after checking out her stuff, and she had asked me to take their family photos in the spring.  I couldn’t be any more excited to shoot these boys as they were already my absolute favorite!!  I didn’t get to talk to Ciaran as much when I was working there, but I got to see his personality so much more on this shoot!   So I met up with Seiko and the boys at the UW quad as the cherry blossoms were in full bloom….but little did I know…when I got there, it was like a circus!  There were a million people crowded everywhere taking pictures and just viewing the most gorgeous blossom trees.  They were so fluffy and beautiful–the quad is literally like a magical dream during this time of the year haha.  It was pretty hard (actually, impossible) to not get people in the background, but the boys had SO much fun crawling and walking all over Chris that it didn’t even matter!  I’m sure Chris was completely worn out after this session–he was swinging and carrying the boys all around for an hour!  Skye was exactly the same way as he is at 7am when I saw him at the store–sleepy hahhaha.  Sooooo funny.  Anyways, I had a TON of fun playing with the boys and hanging out that day!  Especially cool to see the blossoms in full bloom–just amazing!  Thank you Seiko and Chris for having me be part of this!  Ya’ll are awesome  :)