Hotel del Coronado Family Photos | Before the Next Chapter Begins

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!”

Teri, Ashlyn, Sam, and Cole standing together at Hotel del Coronado courtyard
Ashlyn, Sam, and Cole posing at Hotel del Coronado courtyard
Sam, 18, smiling in cream shirt with Hotel del Coronado courtyard behind
Ashlyn, 20, in light blue ruffled dress at Hotel del Coronado courtyard
Cole, 12, in dark blue shirt smiling with Hotel del Coronado behind him
Teri in dark navy dress at Hotel del Coronado with palm trees behind her
Ashlyn in light blue dress walking through Hotel del Coronado courtyard
Ashlyn in light blue dress posing at Hotel del Coronado with palm trees
Teri and her two sons standing together at Hotel del Coronado courtyard
Family of four holding hands walking on wet sand beach at sunset
Teri, Ashlyn, Sam, and Cole running on wet sand beach at sunset together
Mother and two children walking on beach sand at sunset in La Jolla
Family of four standing on sand in front of turquoise lifeguard tower
Teri, Ashlyn, Sam, and Cole posing together at lifeguard tower on beach
Close-up of teen's hands and arms gripping white metal tower beams
Child peering through white metal beams of beach lifeguard tower
Cole giving thumbs-up gesture while standing on lifeguard tower railing
Ashlyn, 20, leaning on metal beams of lifeguard tower on beach
Teri leaning on lifeguard tower structure with ocean behind her
Family of four walking together on reflective wet sand at beach
Mother and son Sam holding hands walking together on beach sand
Sam, 18, giving piggyback hug to mother Teri from behind on beach
Teri and Sam hugging and laughing together on beach with ocean behind
Ashlyn and Teri hugging together on beach with waves in background
Ashlyn, 20, standing alone on beach in light blue dress with ocean behind
Ashlyn spinning on beach in light blue dress with wind-tossed hair motion
Sam and Cole running together holding hands on beach at sunset
Ashlyn walking alone on beach in light blue dress facing ocean
Ashlyn standing alone on beach in light blue dress looking to the side
Teri and Sam and Cole playing together at lifeguard tower on beach
Sam, 18, standing alone on beach gazing upward with ocean behind
Sam and Cole standing together in shallow ocean waves at beach
Ashlyn and Cole hugging on beach with sand and ocean in background
Ashlyn, 20, and Cole, 12, embracing together on beach shore
Sam walking on wet sand beach away from camera in cream shirt
Cole, 12, smiling on beach wearing dark blue shirt standing alone
Ashlyn, 20, in light blue dress standing alone on wet sand beach
Ashlyn in light blue dress on beach looking to the side in profile
Ashlyn in light blue dress posing on beach with hand near head
Ashlyn, 20, posing in light blue dress on reflective wet sand beach
Sam and Cole standing together on beach with arms around each other
Teri, Ashlyn, Sam, and Cole silhouetted standing together at sunset

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