Lucky us, we got to start celebrating Christmas at the beginning of December. My family came in town, and we did a whole lot of nothing – it was a beautiful thing. Lots of eating, playing games, catching up, and more eating.

Dude’s hat is Cooper’s most favorite thing

Our little family got to spend Christmas Eve and part of Christmas day at home, and it was wonderful! I didn’t think it could get any better, and then it started snowing… how perfect is that.

Then, we headed to Clovis. We had a lot of sweet time with family. Thanks to Laurie for taking this picture of Coop and Grandaddy!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!! See ya next year ;)

We have had SUCH a lovely Christmas… I know this is coming a couple days late, but what can ya do. There are more pictures coming from time spent with family and each other, but until then…

oh. my. goodness. These two have been a huge part of our lives for the past 7 years. Matthew and Sabrina were in the youth group I interned with throughout college. So there they were – Matthew, the little punk of a kid, and sweet Sabrina, with her braces and middle school-ness going on. I never knew we would all grow so close… But what’s more important here, is that I never thought THEY would grow so close, much less ever date each other! Well, they proved me wrong, bigtime. And they quickly became one of the darn cutest couples I know. And now they’re engaged. That’s how it works, folks. I could say more about these two, but I’ll wait for the emotional aspect to kick in when I do their engagement photos. haha.

Matthew did an awesome job of putting the perfect night together for Sabrina. She had NO idea what was coming, and as you will see, I believe she was more than pleasantly surprised.

Pardon me if I geek out a bit, but it was DARK in this room, and I was shooting at ISO5000… Seriously? I mean, I know there’s plenty of grain, but way to go, 5DmkII! Okay, I’m done.

then everyone came out of the back rooms to celebrate!

love this.

admiring the ring.

love all the girly giddiness and giggles

so happy for you two!!

This sweet family is in charge of all the greatness that goes down at The Watson Building. I’ve shot quite a few weddings/receptions there, and it’s an awesome venue! And turns out, it’s great for taking pictures of families, too :)

so precious.

Ahhh these sweet girls. I love love love getting to capture these girls’ fun stages in life. Even when it’s cold outside and we do the whole session on a bed… haha :)