This family is super awesome. They were a big part of Redeemer when they lived in here in Lubbock, and now Will is getting his MBA at Harvard… no big deal ;)

They were visiting over the Holidays, so we threw together a mini-session. I gotta admit, I always feel a bit limited when shooting indoors, but the sweet folks at The Watson Building let us use their facilities, and it couldn’t have been more perfect! It’s simple and beautiful and the light was just gawwwgeous.

Anyhow, here are some of my favorites from our session that took place right before their birthday parties (hence the 1 and 3 shirts!)

hi-larious!

some sweet father/daughter time

Ty and I go back to my Starbucks days. She was a fellow barista, and she spilled many a frappuccino on my shoe :)

I kid I kid, but really, we had some good times, and I’m glad we’ve kept in touch since I’ve stopped working there. If anyone out there goes to Ty’s Starbucks, I’m sure you’ve been graced with her lovely presence, and you’ve probably been told some hilarious stories as well.

Anyhow, her family was all in town over Christmas, so we did the quickest session known to man. It’s not every day your whole fam comes to Lubbock!

All the kiddos

Kiddos with dad

love this one

the aftermath of a jumping shot… love their reactions!

aaaand this one made my heart melt.

I know Erin through the wonderful world of Starbucks. She’s the manager of one of the stores here in Lubbock, and she also is in school getting her masters, AND she’s in the Goin’ Band at Texas Tech. Think she can squeeze anything else into her crazy life??

The answer is yes. They found time for a mini-session :)

Ahhh, the Copeland family. Where to begin with these guys. I was a youth intern while Juju Bean and Trevor were in high school, I had the HONOR of getting to live with this family the summer before Jordan and I got married, and I even got to be Pam’s assistant in the Children’s ministry. So yes, many ties with this amazing family.

Trevor, Julia, Abby

SO FUN!

ahhh so in love

quite possibly my most favorite picture.

This is another sweet family from our church, Redeemer. It’s been fun getting to know these folks, along with their precious Molly!

Is this not the cutest face you’ve ever seen?

I laughed outloud at this one for a while… LOVE Molly’s smile!!

You might remember this sweet thang from her newborn session.

some sweet father/daughter time

a peaceful little family by their fireplace :)

favorite.

Talk about CUTE!!

Our session was filled with lots of laughing, a little bit of crying, and a good amount of candy eating :) You gotta do what you gotta do, right? And I think it’s worth saying that I not only LOVE shooting families (in the good way, of course), but let me tell you what… I have been getting so many parenting tips for someday down the road. So thank you…. haha

Oh and PS. Kristen and her friend Allison have a blog called Lullaby Lubbock, and you should definitely check it out.

This family is just flat out precious. They all have beautiful, passionate hearts for the Lord, and I’ve been encouraged by every one of them. It was so much fun getting to catch up during our session, too! (We’ve got the Clovis connection going on here…)

Anyhow, here are some favorites from our session.

Geoff and Amy

Steve and Lenie

Tim and his bike :)

The girls and guys :)

LOVE this one.

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 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 :)