I typically sit a few rows behind them at church. It is always so fun to see Matt and Sarah snuggled together, nestled amongst their little brood of blondies. They make the MOST darling family….EVER!!! Sarah and I chatted about doing family pictures back and forth for a while and finally, a few weeks back, our schedules aligned and we were able to meet up for family portraits!!! 
 
Okay, I know I already said it, but seriously, this family is SO darling!!! You might need to sit down with all the sweetness you are about to see…oh shoot!

This is a bit embarrassing to admit, but here it is: I heart Kate Middleton. I do! I think she is just grand. I mean come on, she is our modern day real-life fairytale princess!! Maybe its because I loved the movie Cinderella as a kid? In any case, I think as a girl, there is always a time in life you imagine being a princess, right? Or in my case, hope to be besties with one! 
 
For Aubry, this means life as Princess Anna, from the movie Frozen. I think she makes a pretty cute princess, dontcha think?

After my formal introduction with ‘Princess Anna’, I learned that Sven (the family’s pet goat) and ‘Queen Elsa’ came to the shoot too!!!

Meet Queen Elsa. 
 
Formally named Helia : )

Loved my time with ‘Princess Anna’ and ‘Queen Elsa’…and Sven : )

One of my black and white faves on the left!

Since I was with such royalty, it was only appropriate that we do princess things, like twirl…. 
 

…and have a Princess Ball!!!

After their Ball, ‘Queen Elsa’ and ‘Princess Anna’ joined their brothers and Sven for a quick picture together. Aren’t these five the sweetest?!?

Meet Markus. He is their oldest and is heading to SECOND grade in the fall!

Oh my my…is this the look of mischief or what?!? 
 
This is Bradley. He had just celebrated his 4th birthday as a pirate when we met for pictures! The cutest pirate I ever did see!!!

And this…this is Beau. He turned ONE just after our session and wasn’t quite walking, but was sure close to his first steps!!!! Probably the happiest little guy I ever met! Love his light blonde hair and chicklets coming in…

I think Sven thinks so too! He and Beau got a kick out of each other….

Beau lovin’ some air time with his dad….so sweet!

After pictures with the kids, I snuck in a little rare one-on-one time with Matt and Sarah…

Love!!!

It wasn’t long before Beau wanted his mom back from me…. 
 
….think he was happy to reunite!

Sarah told me Helia goes to Tumble Time and absolutely LOVES it so she brought along her little outfit for a few pics….

Oh stop it!!! I can’t even handle all this cuteness!!!  
 
How can you have a bad day when you look at that sweet smile?!?

My favorite!!!

I’ll end the post with this one of the sweet Strickland family. Thank you for the fun shoot and for letting me hang with your darling brood!!! LOVE!