family fun

i love my family. they are quite possibly the coolest family anyone could ever have and two short days with them is not nearly enough time to soak in all the love... aric and I had entirely too much fun this weekend-which made this case of the Monday's even more unbearable than usual- but hey-we got some fun pictures to remind us of just how blessed we are...plus a teaser from our family shoot with Lynds(my sister), Jacob, & Duke!
Enjoy these for now!
:)
aric + casey

i love this shot Aric took of the sunset as we were leaving Lubbock...

yes, my baby cousin is the coolest- she has hot pink chucks!!

Saturday morning we all got together to watch this little stud play a soccer game. He's the man.


cuuuute!

Mo & Abby Kate


and last but not least-the McFarlands teaser!

hi!!

we are in fact still alive.  Sorry it's been a while.  We've been soooo busy!!  Mainly working on our top secret master plan to take over the world- but really- there are some exciting new things happening with aric alan | photography and aric & I!!  But you will just have to wait to find out!! :) In other news- we are headed to Dallas this weekend to visit the fam and get some awesome doggie shots of my sister's new boxer puppy, Duke!!  I couldn't be more excited!!  So stay tuned for that and maybe a little more coming next week!!  

:)

aric + casey

shari | trash the dress

Shari is officially my hero. In more ways than one. If you remember from her wedding in August-she wore chucks with her wedding dress, took portraits in a laundry mat, and served ice cold dublin dr. pepper at her reception. That's my kinda girl. So when I got the email inviting Aric & I along for a little trash the dress session I was over the top ecstatic! I mean, trash the dress is like...VERY hard to come by--but trash the dress with Shari-the fearless?!?! That's once in a lifetime.

We had a blast! Shari was up for anything- getting inside and on top of dirty old trucks, wading through creeks, and yes, even taking a dip in a mucky Lubbock playa lake! The day was completely overcast as we wished for it to actually rain on us, but instead we got something better. Just as we were leaving one of our last locations there was a break in the clouds and the sun shone through at the most perfect time. I mean, I couldn't have planned it better myself. It was truly amazing.

Shari & her husband Dane do their own photography as well so check out some of the shots Dane got here.

And the coordinator of this whole event Stuart & Alison of Blalock video. Go check out the video Stuart made- it's incredible!!!!

Thanks so much for the awesome time guys!! It was sooo much fun!!

aric + casey

balloon | fiesta!

Last weekend was my very first trip ever to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. Aric thought it might be something I would enjoy, so he planned the weekend and we had a blast. One night- (since the balloon glow got rained out) he even took me to race go karts!! And let me tell you, they weren't your ordinary go-karts! We had to watch an instructional video, wear helmets aaaand...they were FAST. Like-scary, peeling out, afraid I'm gonna die fast. Lol, but it was so much fun! And even though we only got to enjoy part of the balloon fiesta- the part we made it to was beautiful!! Here are some fun pictures!!!

(and come back SOON for some shots of our "Trash the Dress" session!!!)














this castle balloon was my favorite!!- we got to watch it from the very beginning until it floated too far away to see it anymore...






and of course we had to get a shot of the world famous balloon pins!


aric + casey

caroline + jonathan | engagement

He spotted her from across the room-those brilliant blue eyes, and stunning smile and thought to himself I’m not even gonna talk to her, I don’t have a chance…
Lucky for him, Caroline thought otherwise.  She found her seat at the end of the refreshments table and as Jonathan made his way through the line he was caught by surprise when she jumped out of her seat with what he claims was an overly enthusiastic hello and introduction.

She can’t quite remember if that’s really how it happened but she goes along with it anyway-happy in the fact that no matter how it happened…at least it happened. 

They spent their first semester looking forward to that once dreaded class and after cultivating their friendship over those months, he knew there was no match to her brilliant blue eyes, stunning smile, and inviting demeanor and decided he had to ask her to be his girlfriend.

Two and a half years later-there is still no match, and with both of them getting ready to turn the page to the next chapter in their lives- sending out applications to Graduate and Law School-Jonathan decided to add an exciting new twist to that chapter by asking Caroline to be his wife.

I went to high school with Jonathan & after meeting and spending some time with him and Caroline it's easy to see they were meant for each other.  Our shoot was full of kissing, cuddling, and tons and tons of laughing!!  

See for yourself!

we had to get a shot of their Aggie rings

look at that bling!!











Can you guess who's in the picture with them?!?! haha...









props to Jonathan for this one!- It was all his idea!!

at the beginning of the shoot, they told us they probably wouldn't be very good at the serious poses...and that they were mostly just fun & traditional-after seeing the above pictures I think we have proved that they totally rock the serious pictures- but I put together this little thing to show off their fun, goofy sides!!  I love it!


Thanks so much Jonathan & Caroline for letting us be a part of this special time in your lives!!  Ya'll were so great in front of the camera! And just a blast to hang out with!  It was a blessing to witness your love for one another in person! It truly illuminates in everything you do!! Congratulations and Thank you again!!

aric + casey