My sister came along for the ride, THANK GOODNESS! She was the dog sitter/treat giver/outfit holder.

Onto the cuteness!

i think my sister might have said something funny at this point.. :)

i laughed outloud when i saw this one on my computer.

Anyhow, these two are getting married in the fall and they’re trying to decide on a Clovis, NM wedding, or somewhere on a beach… any advice out there for this sweet couple, blog world?

Enjoy the photos!

i LOVE his facial expression here! so much love.

jessica and daniel met while they were both working at target… so we hit target up, of course!

Amanda is super creative, too. So that always adds an awesome touch.

a sweet friend from church let us play on their property and use their cows in the background. haha!

the first time I talked to Amanda and Ted about engagement photos, he said he wanted to flip her over his back. Way to make it happen, dude.

ice cream makes people happy :)

Ted is in Med school, and Amanda is in PT school… Both which require an insane amount of studying. So the library seemed like the reasonable place to go.

ahhh gotta love west texas wind!

hey pretty lady!

my sweet bro-in-law let us use his tandem bike. it was perfect!

we had to go visit the fake cows too :)

and then of course, end our session with some shananigans. SO FUN!

We bonded over Dr. Pepper, a beautiful sunshiny day, and you know… the whole Red Raider thing :)

Kaitlan and Nathan met when they both worked at the United Spirit Arena at Texas Tech, and Nathan also proposed at the United Spirit Arena. So we started out there for some sweet, sentimental pictures.

such a sweet, sweet couple

rawr!!

love their expressions in this one

for real guys!! those are some dang good serious faces. the practicing most definitely paid off ;)

You peeps might remember the lovely Tracy and Joe. Before we did their engagement session, Tracy and I were talking about ideas for Save the Date cards. She had the adorable vision of writing the wedding date on their feet – which turned out so so cute! And we were both inspired from an entry over at Design Aglow. So we weaved those ideas in and out and came up with this!

Tracy made the letters with colorful scrapbooking paper – it’s just the funnest thing ever!!

Kaylyn: Oh, we’re so good at that!!

She wasn’t kidding, folks. These two were flat out adorable, and they just couldn’t get enough of each other. I kept hearing sweet little, “i love you’s” throughout our session, and it made me so happy. It’s a fun feeling knowing you are capturing something truly genuine and fully heartfelt.

Ah yes, and not to mention… It was COLD and WINDY the morning of our session. Kaylyn was a huge trooper, and we showed the West Texas wind what’s up.

giggle, giggle, giggle

they could be serious too… just not for long :)

it was common for a pose like this…

…to turn into a pose like this… i LOVE it!

and yes, it’s most definitely okay to have some fun and even be a little ornery

how sweet that they had some parental support along for the ride! so so sweet.

Another fun fact… I first met Katie as her barista when I worked at Starbucks. Yep, I made her coffee. Now I make her pictures… haha that was cheesy.

Onto the beauty!

We started out at the track, of course.

primary colors, anyone?

good thing these two are athletes, because that tree branch was pretty darn high

hello, pretty light!

and hello pretty eyes!

And by the way. I absolutely LOVE it when couples bring along ideas and props. It makes the session extra special and you end up with fun stuff like this.

We had a good ol time scootin’ about Lubbock, and it was so great to get to know Ashton and Brice better. They’re getting married in June at Spirit Ranch, so get excited!!