Tomorrow is December 1. WOW.

Here are the lovely Blalocks. Stuart of Studio 84 tends to show up at a lot of the weddings I shoot :) He does video and is AWESOME at it, and it’s always a super bonus when Alison comes along too.

they both had the same idea… Stuart was just a LITTLE bit faster than Alison :)

I do believe it’s that time of year, folks. We’re headed to Fort Worth tomorrow for Thanksgiving to spend some quality time with my awesome family. Here’s some eye candy from last year’s little rendezvous.

I guess this is the post of Strebeck family photos, in more way than one.

Oooooo what could that possibly mean?! Well, I’ll tell you. Aric and Casey from Aric Alan Photography took our family photos yesterday, and they just put up some photos on their blog. Jordan and I hardly have any pictures of us together, so it’s just an awesome feeling to have such close friends and awesome photographers capture our life together. So yeah, take a looksee.

But onto the other Strebeck family. This stylin’, rockin’, awesome family. I love them dearly and they are fu-uh-un to take pictures of.

oh avery. such a turkey :)

gap kids model, perhaps?

look at their cute smile lines :)

Last weekend, Casey’s hubby was in Dallas, fulfilling the role of awesome groomsman for one of his good friend’s weddings. So I got to fill in and shoot with the lovely Casey Lampert of Aric Alan Photography! We had such a fun time and bonded over things like having to clean off our glasses in between shots, because we’re cool like that. Oh yeah, if anyone wants to give me Lasik for Christmas, that would be greeeeaaaat.

We got asked if we were twins/sisters every time we would come upon a new group of people. It made me flash back to last summer, when Casey helped me shoot Shari and Dane’s wedding in Dublin, Texas, and the guy at Dairy Queen making our delicious cherry limeades asked if we were twins. “Yes, yes we are,” I said. Apparently we aren’t very good liars :)

Anyhow, Paige and Scotty were wonderful and I loved playing a role in capturing their day.

yeah girl, you get that shot! :)

the lovely paige

Casey and I became a little bit obsessed with this room. How gorgeous is it though??

sweet Casey doin her thang.

I started tearing up at this point. I mean, he was cuhh-ry-ing. SO sweet!

well hello pretty, golden light!

a duke ice sculpture?? are you kidding me!! so cool.

This little family is adorable. Megan with her awesome red hair, and Matt with his cheerleading abilities :) and then there’s precious Riley who just soaks up life like a sponge.

Here are some of my favorites.

look at this pretty little princess! you can really tell she FEELS like a princess, too. love it.

Something crazy has happened. I’ve officially had more boy 2010 seniors than girls… WHAT! Could this possibly mean that these strapping young men have been on top of their game? I am impressed. Now girls, let’s see what you got! (I think the battle of the sexes just came out in me… surely I wouldn’t make something like THIS a competition, right?)

Anyhow, blogworld, meet Tucker.

Oh, where to begin with this family! Let me just say that I couldn’t imagine our lives without them. They’ve been a huge blessing, awesome role models, and SUCH fun hangout buddies. I could go on, but I might start getting all mushy, and that’s not why you’re here. You’re here to see some pictures, right?? So here we go!

Dignan the Reindeer! How cute is that?

Allison’s family was in town last weekend, so we got to do some pictures of the whole gang

such a beautiful family

LOVE it!

Ella maybe wasn’t feeling it in this one… but it’s still cute :)

This photo captures Ella’s power walking face and form.

what a perfect one to end on, right?

I’m so glad I finally get to share this special, unique, awesome wedding. Yes, all those things wrapped in one.

Not only was the location special, along with the details and theme and everyone who got to share in the day. But also because my husband was my assistant :) Usually, shooting weddings means I’m doing my wedding thing, and Jordan is doing his Saturday thing. But not this time! It was so much fun to share that experience with him. What a guy :)

Anyhow, be prepared for one of the longest posts ever!

girls always have fun getting ready

such a sweet expression. i think one of her friends had just walked in the room.

Brie and Kiwi did all of their pictures beforehand, which is totally awesome. Her dad still walked her down the aisle before, and this was Kiwi’s expression. SO SWEET!

gorgeous Brie!!

Yes, they both have awesome smiles, but check out this FIERCENESS!

aaaand time for the wedding

Brie is wearing her great-grandmother’s mantilla. Very pretty light, too :)

some fun details from the reception

Jordan took this shot. Uhh wow. JUST when I thought my love for him couldn’t grow any deeper!!  :)

some sweet first dance action

Kiwi and his mom

Brie and her dad

TONS of fun was had by all

a sweet moment between Brie and her mom, right before they left

congratulations!!

Some of you might know I used to work at Starbucks while I was building up my photography business. It was the most perfect job for me at that time, and I even miss it every now and then… But I mostly miss the people. I still see them often, but it’s just not the same :)

With that said, Sara now works at the Starbucks I used to work at. I must admit, my first time walking into the store and seeing a new face was a LITTLE weird for me… But I’m over that now, and I’ve come to find out that Sara is just wonderful! I enjoyed spending some time with her and her hubby during our mini-session. Here are some favorites.

I told them they have some of the most pleasant smiles I’ve ever seen… Don’t you agree?!

Senior pictures are usually a little painful for guys. I’m used to it. I’ve had the conversation with the mom saying something like, “He’s only doing this for me and gosh I hope you can make him smile and he really doesn’t want to do this and hopefully he won’t look too miserable…” and on and on it goes.

Well, not that I’m calling Robert out or anything :) but maybe taking pictures isn’t one of his favorite pastimes, but he was awesome! We had a really good time, and I’m pretty sure he would say it wasn’t as awful as he thought it was going to be. Haha.

So for you too-cool-for-school guys out there, be nice to your mother and let me take your picture :)