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Matt Windle

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Congrats to The Etnyre's!

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Congratulations Nate & Emma! We loved being there to celebrate your wedding day!

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Hi, I’m Chelsea! And these are my family pictures! I’m the one in the dress, the one married to the hunk, the one who gets to mother these three adorable humans and the one who loves taking pictures.

If you’re new here, I thought it was probably time I showed my face and properly introduced myself.

I’m your Northern Michigan photographer who spends parts of my day behind the camera photographing, or at the computer editing, your beautiful faces. I specialize in families, high school seniors, and small business branding photography. And honestly, as a mom, I don’t think I could have dreamt up a better job.

When I’m not working, you can find me with my kids, at playgroup, the library or running errands. But honestly, if it’s during the summer- we’ll be at the beach with family, taking walks to @hortonbaygeneralstore1876 for candy sticks and coffee, and during the winter we get our wiggles out at @avalanche.bay water park. In my evenings you will find me reading a good book, watching a show with the Hubs, hanging with my girls at book club or getting serious about our puzzle competitions at @brandysharbortown.

*Weph* life moves pretty fast.

And maybe that’s why I love photography so much.

I get to freeze a little piece of your people, exactly as they are right now.

So, hi. I’m Chelsea. 🤍
I’m so glad you’re here.

Now let me get to know you. What season of life are you in? And what are you hoping to have photographed soon?

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These are the golden days, and it takes a village. To have a family. To raise a family. To photograph a family. I’m so glad this village is mine! #northernmichiganphotographer

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HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! ✏️🍎🏫 Grayson is headed to first grade, all nerves and excitement! Leland is headed to preschool, ready to learn!

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Our sand dune day needed its own spotlight. It was the perfect day, running the dunes, hunting for Petoskey stones, playing water balloon baseball. The water was so warm and calm, and we had the beach to ourselves! Long live summer! 🏖️

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For pickle loving Leland, turning 5 is a BIG DILL! 🥒 And we were so happy to make it as big as possible for your birthday! Started with Mickey waffles in the morning, a picnic lunch at the sand dunes and back to the cottage for your favorite- pickle pizza! Leland, you are as zesty as the pickles you love. You are fun, and goofy, and your heart is so huge. You love your friends, but also aim to make everyone feel special. You have so much joy it’s contagious. We’ve loved watching you grow this year, you’ve changed from little to big right before our eyes. Now, if only I could figure out how put you in a jar and keep you as my mini pickle forever, I would do it. I love you, Leland Tom!

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Walking is hard work! But she’s gunna do it so she can keep up with her brothers!

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🍔❤️FIVE GUYS🤍🍟 This past week on Windle Vacation, we celebrated our guys turning five! The big kids spent the (very dangerously smokey) day being spoiled by Gma and Grandpa, going on adventures around Grayling and Gaylord, getting donuts, and then to see Toy Story 5. They came back to the house close to dinner time to find it decorated with all things @fiveguys. We filled up our bellies with burger and fries (because, duh!). And ended the evening with presents, matching pjs and ice cream! It was so fun to celebrate these boys!

I wish I could take credit for this adorable theme, but all creative praise goes to my sister in law @karen.leanne.clark

#fiveguys #fiveguysburgers

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You are our whole world. Your presence lights up our children’s faces in a way that feels like Christmas morning. You bring so much steadiness and security to our home. You are strength and fun all wrapped into one, and I love the way you lead our family with both confidence and care. You challenge our kids to be brave, to take risks, and to do “dangerous” things carefully, and I know they are going to be incredibly confident because of you.

I love watching you be the most amazing dad to our crew. You play hard, love even harder, and give so much of yourself to our family every single day. You show our children that strength and tenderness can exist in the same person. You’re teaching our boys that emotions are nothing to hide from, that softness doesn’t make them weak, and you’re showing our girl that strength is absolutely a feminine quality too. She gets to grow up seeing what it looks like to be deeply loved, fiercely protected, and fully believed in. We are so lucky to have you, and I will never stop being grateful for the life we get to build with you. Happy Father’s Day, @mattwindle1

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Schools out for summer! 🌞🙌🏻 Grayson had an incredible year in Kindergarten. He grew so much. He’s the sweetest friend. We’re still figuring out the whole learning thing, but that’s okay, he had an incredible teacher who loved pushing and encouraging him.

Here are a few school memories. End of the year bus parade. He tried Baseball and basketball this year, and was awesome at both! He loves singing, but maybe not performing? In his kindergarten Opera. He turned 7 and we brought him and his class a fun dessert snack. Halloween parade! Homecoming festivities, the football players read to his class, parade, watching the game from the press box with daddy. And the sweetest little tradition Boyne seniors do with the kindergarteners. They walk across the field to meet in the middle, showing the kindergarteners where they are going and reminding the seniors where they came from 😍 his first day of school. Dang it, time moves too fast. We love this guy and can’t wait to see how he grows, next year, in first grade!

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Oh Parker Anne, you are the fairest, sweetest, silliest, cutest, and most amiable of them all. My girl, I am so, so glad you joined our family one year ago, today. You are everything our hearts could desire. Your joy radiates, your snuggles melt, your compatibility is unmatched, and we are so incredibly lucky you are ours! Parker, I cannot imagine the world without you in it. You have made the perfect and necessary addition to our family. You roll with the punches, or the full body assaults, like a champ. You dance when the music hits just right. You squeal when you see your dad and your brothers, after a long day away at school. And you snuggle me like no baby ever has before. You crawl as fast as you can to get what your heart desires. You make everyone feel special, with your nose scrunches and your bashfulness. We are absolutely, out of this world, obsessed with you. Happy first birthday, my little princess. God knew how much I needed you 🥰

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