nerds are us

so these two lovebirds, casey and aric, are pretty cute. they're some good friends of ours and i take TOTAL credit for hooking them up. yes, i think it's the only successful matchmaking venture i have ever had. and it's great, because not only are they all happy and adorable, but jordan and i get lots of double dates out of it. the latest being a little photo outing. yes, we cruised around lubbock and took pictures of each other. want to be our friends?

anyway, i love these kids. and i love talking photography with them. i always find myself encouraged and inspired after being around casey and aric... and poor jordan is probably thinking "aperture what?" and now half of you are probably thinking "aperture what?" and now i'm thinking... geez i need to go to bed. so here are some highlights from our fun double date :)

check out casey's blog and aric's website for a good time.















here they are at work. real nice, aric. stickin your bootie in your lover's face :)


and look at aric showing my hubby the ropes!


let's end this post with my main squeeze...

'laynie dongle' came to town

... and i'm allowed to say that because he is my brother-in-law :)

Layne is not only Jordan's youngest brother, but a soon-to-be Red Raider! That's right folks. He's coming to Tech in the fall and I'm stoked. It'll be fun living so close to family. I mean, I know he'll be pretty occupied being the big man on campus and all, but casa de strebeck is always abierto. That means open in spanish. Enough of that, here are some photos!











jordan is a master bamboo fighting machine. he has skills.


ohh brothers :)

the boys

i have a friend who works at the boys ranch... an amazing woman she is! nikki just loves those boys so much and invests a ton of her time into their lives. but before i get all emotional about that, i'm going to move on. a few of the seniors REALLY wanted some senior photos, so nikki made it happen, and we had a pretty amazing time. tons of laughs i tell you... tons of laughs.

Remember Kayla?

Well, this is her brother, Kevin. He's graduating from high school and headed off to UT in the fall. If Jordan only knew I have been taking photos of aggies and longhorns... :)
We also snuck in some brother/sister photos, too. These two just have so much fun together!



i love kayla's proud sister look here :)


kevin played football... so he has the tough guy look down




classic!

amanda kozimor joy in my life

Sound it out... it's funny. Then again, Jordan made it up and I think he's even funny when he's sleeping. It's true though, this girl does cause more joy to be in this life of mine. Thanks for that, Amanda :)

Believe it or not, we took these photos the day Lubbock turned brown... More brown than I have ever seen it. Yay for morning sessions, eh? And yay for graduating from Tech! Amanda is going to make the whole world a nutritious place or something (food and nutrition major...) But back to the photos, here they are!

miss kayla

Like i said in my last post, it has been so much fun to celebrate with all these seniors graduating from high school and talking about college and all that... but I've also had a few seniors from college, too! Or in this case, nursing school.

Yep, that's right. Kayla is going to bless Lubbock with her crazy good nursing skills, and I know her patients will be healthier and happier all because of her.

Here are some favs from our session... and be looking for her little bro's session, too! That's coming up this week :)

amber the aggie

Don't worry... I still love her :)

I kid I kid. This girl is going to go far in life and if that means A&M is going to help her get there, then I'm all for it.
Ya know, one of the things I enjoy most about senior sessions is just getting to talk to these peeps... I mean, what an exciting time in life! I really cherish the time Amber and I shared - talking about life, Jesus, college, future plans bla bla bla. It's pretty awesome. Just another perk to doing this thing I love.

PS. Amber has the blue-est eyes I've ever seen.

matt and i had a good time playing in the sunshine. of course we had to find something that simulated a body of water since matt belongs in cali and all :)

we go way back. he even claims to be the son of jordan and i (which isn't possible, if you're wondering), and we joyfully accept that title, even when he comes over and cleans out our pantry. i'm pretty stoked matt is going to stick around and go to Tech for college because I don't think I'm ready to let this kiddo go!

here are some highlights from the session.