I'm obsessed with the cooler weather. There, I said it. Every evening when I walk outside and sit on the deck while the dogs play in the yard, I feel that cool, crisp, just-askin'-for-a-hoodie weather and just think... wow... what a blessing. And as if I couldn't be more obsessed with the weather, I am even more excited when we get a gorgeous sunset to go with it. Most people are sunset fans anyway, but it sure is nice to watch one here in Texas without breaking a sweat. Even if I weren't a photographer, I would still be in love with these gorgeous Texas fall sunsets.

But since I am a photographer, I'm even more in love. And I was especially excited when we got a beautiful day for Kassi and Ian's engagements. You see, Kassi and Ian drove here for their engagement session all the way from Missouri. So, outside of the 2-3 day forecast that was available on the day they needed to leave home to drive, from that point, rescheduling due to the weather just wasn't an option for us. Thankfully, we ended up with one of the most beautiful days we've had in a while.

So as the day of their session arrived, we were excited to meet Ian. We've known Kassi for a while now but this was our first time to meet the guy who got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. Secret Photog Confession: Sometimes if guys don't like having their picture taken, they can act like a bump on a log. Ian = not that guy. Ian smiled and laughed and had a good time, and in turn (most importantly) made sure Kassi smiled and laughed and had a good time. Score! I think the only way this good looking couple could look any better is if Ian grew a beard {inside joke.} Anyhoo, when I look back through these photos, all I can do is get even more excited about their Wyoming wedding next year.

I only get stamp 1 photo each blog post with "Cat's Favorite" but if I got 2, this would be it. Just over-sharing, here. Don't mind me.

Now lets talk about the sunset we got. Seriously.

Lately it seems like our life is a rotating schedule of this: get up early to meet someone here to work on the house (either painter, carpenter, or electrician), move furniture around to help them do what the task is we need them to do, work from wherever I can find the space to do so (since the house is being worked on), wait for 5:00 when the painter/carpenter/electrician leaves, tidy up the house, move furniture back in a rush before someone gets here, all leading up to my favorite part of the day: the evenings! The evenings are my favorite time of the day because we're either getting to sit on our deck and grill out while the bulldogs play in our yard, OR, on days like this one a few weeks ago, hang out with cool couples like this one and photograph their engagement session.

Megan and James are cool people. I know we say that a lot, but they actually ARE cool people, and the type of people that while we were hanging out with them, I would find myself realizing that, "Oh, hey, stop visiting. We're here to take pictures." They are both Aggies, as are we, so we already have something in common. Aside from that, they are also getting married at Briscoe Manor, which is where we got married. When we first heard from Megan and James, we were at WPPI in Vegas (the photography conference) and we couldn't wait to get back to our hotel room so we could visit with them. Fast forward six months later, here we are!

This session was one of my favorites because we're still in the "fall is new" time here in south Texas. By that, I mean, we're still *not* used to *not* sweating our hineys off all the time. Yes I just said hineys... and I laughed to myself. It was hard to pick "Luke's Favorite" and "Cat's Favorite" because we honestly had quite a few. I hope you'll leave us a comment and let us know what YOUR favorite is! :)

This ranch engagement session is one of our all time favorites!

Katie and Jed brought us to their cattle ranch in Weatherford (near Fort Worth) for their engagement session. It's always fun to go on location for photo sessions, because it's new scenery and places we've never seen. As soon as we saw their beautiful place, we couldn't wait to explore around and shoot their session.

So here's Katie and Jed, a couple who is so natural around one another and clearly very much in love!

Katie and Jed are the proud owners of many different cattle, but their most prized one is this horned Hereford-marked bull named Red Rock. When they decided to make their future home in Weatherford, one of the first things they did was bring Red Rock to live in the pasture beside their home. He is so gentle and came along with us for a while during the shoot. These are some of our favorite photos!

As Luke was taking this photo, I was to his right, taking photos of Katie and Jed like the one above. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that Red Rock's curiosity was getting the best of him and he was creeping towards us to see exactly what was going on...

... "Hey guys! What are y'all doing?"

What a beautiful ranch, and a beautiful bull.

A close runner up for our favorite. The setting sun was magnificent.

Jed and Katie are our kind of couple - - they make each other laugh. It's so important.

Katie and Jed, you guys knocked our socks off. We couldn't have asked for any better of a time in Weatherford with you two! Thank you for a wonderful evening, and for treating us like honored guests and friends while we were there.

In other news... we can't wait for next summer when we head to Florida (!!) to shoot your beach wedding. Yippee!