Teri grew up in Southern California and has been bringing her kids to this coastline for decades. It had been a few years since their last family photos, and with two of the three starting to venture off in their own directions, she decided this was the year to get everyone on the beach together.
Ashlyn, 20, is a sun-loving sweetheart. Sam, 18, is ambitious and easy going. And Cole, 12, brings the energy and the fun . . . which makes sense for a family Teri describes as loving, silly, and loud. She wanted to capture their love for the beach and for each other, in a place that’s been theirs for a long time.
Teri loved the ones of her with each kid one-on-one, and of the kids together — the groupings that get rarer once everyone starts heading in different directions. “I love all the photos for different reasons,” she said, but those were the ones that stood out.
They spent the day in La Jolla and capped it off with a great dinner in San Diego after the shoot. Teri’s closing note said it best: “Thank you so much for pictures we will treasure for a lifetime!”


















































