Rachel Ludwig Photography | Abbotsford Family and Child Portrait Photographer

This family has grown near and dear to my heart over the last few years.  I am so blessed by this friendship, and I love that our kids and hubbies get along too!  Lindsay and I met when our middle children went to preschool together several years ago and since then we’ve become good friends.This woman is seriously supermom….she makes having 5 children – 1 almost teenager, 3 who are triplets and one special needs child – look almost easy. She is super organized, always looks amazing, and her kids are fantastic kids! And did I mention that her home is pretty much immaculate every time I am there? I don’t know how she does it (and thinking I need to take some more tips from her)! She also happens to be my go to person for fashion advice as she is always up on all the latest trends. A pretty handy friend to have for more than a few reasons. And not to leave Brad out, as he’s a pretty hands on and involved dad. Loved seeing him interacting with the kids, and Stella definitely has him wrapped around her little finger..it was neat to see how much she adores her daddy.

Lindsay and I do some child care trading with our younger two, and I usually have Stella come visit once a week. This sweet little girl has a very special place in my heart. She has a heart of gold, and you can’t help but fall in love with her when she gives you big (usually slobbery! haha) hugs or comes up and holds your hand and doesn’t want to let go.  It has been amazing to see her progress and grow over the last few years. She works incredibly hard for every milestone she has achieved, and it’s been fun cheering her on and encouraging her along the way…she has some serious spunk and determination and I am so proud of her! I am especially pleased that mine and Hudson’s name are among some of the first names outside of her family she learned how to say!

I am so honored that I had this family in front of my camera. These kids were seriously well behaved, which made my job super easy! I had such a hard time narrowing down the shots as there were so many to choose from (definitely a good problem to have!). It’s not very often that with a family of this size you get so many pictures where everyone is actually looking, I definitely did the happy dance as I was editing the images from their session. I am pretty convinced that Brad and Lindsay have developed some parenting super powers (I think you need to in order to survive with five kids! ) . Take for instance, the fact that the triplets are named Aidan, Bailey and Cole (A, B, C…get it?). Also, she has dressed them in color specific clothes from day one so you can tell the two identical ones apart (although they now wear almost matching scars on the opposite sides of their forehead, another helpful piece of identification). Bailey wears blue, Aidan green, etc, so it’s easier not to mix them up.

I could go on longer about this fabulous and gorgeous family, but I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking:

One seriously gorgeous family!

I did mention Lindsay’s amazing fasion sense, right? As evidenced by the great clothing choices she made for their session.

Loved how this session popped against the neutral background of the grasses and trees!

A big thanks to my friend Karin…she told me how she gets these great shots on the hill.

I was so excited to use the technique for this session. Thanks Karin!

Thanks again Neufelds…I loved capturing your family! Enjoy your sneak peek

I was thrilled when Corina contacted me for a family session…they are a beautiful family, inside and out, and I loved having them in front of my camera! It may or may not be a very special milestone birthday this year for Corina (wink, wink), and this session was a great way to capture this special time in their life. I met Corina through church, and she always has a smile and kind word. She truly epitomizes what it is to be a mom, wife and woman of faith. She is super inspiring, and as I mentioned to them during their session, Corina = sunshine + happiness. We had a lot of fun planning this session, and I loved that they were game for almost anything (even climbing over dirty railroad ties. Thank you!!).

We spent a lovely evening out in the Cultus Lake area, and the little downpour that occurred happened while we were driving and certainly didn’t dampen our spirits. I have to say, that these were some of the nicest and best behaved kids…They are at a great age (no toddler drama and no teenage attitude! haha) and whle Darryl may have taken a little coaxing (don’t worry, most men do LOL), we got some amazing images. I feel so honored that I was asked to do this session, thank you for trusting me with capturing your family!

As you might see below I had the hardest time picking my favorites, so be prepared for image overload of this fabulous family of five.

Corina and I were emailing back and forth on outfits…I absolutely love what she picked out. Coordinating but not too matchy, and perfect for the surroundings:

Corina has a special love for daisies (their daughter is even named Daisy!) and we were thrilled to find this field with daisies.

See those balloons? I brought them along for the session, but I was super disappointed that they flew away before we had the chance to use them.

Time for an outfit change…again, impeccable taste! Love how perfectly my vintage quilt worked here too.

And check out those fabulous shoes and gorgeous dress, it’s THE dress (you’ll have to ask her the story sometime, it’s so sweet).

Love that she wore it for this session

Meet Frodo. At two years old, he’s an incredibly well behaved Goldendoodle and he even posed for me
And of course a visit to Cultus Lake wouldn’t be complete without a stop at Frosty’s ice-cream. A well earned treat after all the pictures!

I did mention there were lots of pictures, right? Our last stop was this perfectly fabulous and run down gas station.

Thank you so very much Corina, Darryl, Colton, Levi and Daisy. I had so much fun photographing your sweet family! Enjoy your sneak peek…I will be in touch soon with your slideshows!

PS. A big thanks to Kevi from Twig Home for lending us the white chair, and my friend Karin for the crates, they worked perfectly.

Corina brought along the other chair which she got from her Oma (I love incorporating special items into sessions!)