They met in GRADE SCHOOL!  Which I love, so we went and took some pictures at the school…even in the hallway where they first spotted each other.  I picture it in slow motion as they walk down the hall falling in love at first sight.  or something like that

Erika and Dave, I hope you’re finally able to get some rest this week and I will see you soon!

Very slowly, in between everything else…I have been sorting out old sessions to grab images I want to use on my new wedding and engagement web site.   I just went through these of Hope and Yancy from back in June at a family farm.  They just got married on New Year’s Eve, so it was fun to look back at the “before”

Hope you all have a great weekend!

I think this was my easiest couple ever, sometimes I need to give a little direction…but they were just cute and cuddly, snuggly and kissy and adorable the whole time!  I just hung back and caught it.

A huge perk of my job this summer was getting a few private concerts with incredibly talented musicians.  I could have sat and listened to Kristy sing and Jim play all day.

And I am crossing my fingers that tomorrow’s prediction of rain turns out to be nothing!  Really Mother Nature, I’d rather not have to reschedule all my mini sessions, thank you!

Amanda wanted a tire swing, and unfortunately the only one I had access to had been torn down…and I had been looking for another one forever.  Luckily Jon went to work hanging one on some family property, what a perfect spot!

They’re so cute!  It had to be a blast to act like a kid again!

Finally, they both love baseball, but rival teams….but they have fun with it!

It was so wonderful to meet you both!  I can’t wait for your big day!!

You might recognize Lauren and Blake from last fall when I did a couple session with them.  At the time they talked about how they want to get married on a certain day that is special to them, but they weren’t engaged yet.  In the time since, they talked about having me photograph their wedding but still no engagement.  Then I got a call for another wedding on their date and I gave them the heads up so they booked me for their wedding.  And still no engagement   This was all still last fall…

Not long after, Blake contacted me and told me his plans to surprise Lauren with a proposal and have me photograph it all!  We went back and forth about how to lure her to the spot he chose without tipping her off…of course now it’s spring and their wedding date is inching closer and closer so Lauren has been expecting it soon.

Last week, I emailed Lauren to ask her if she could model for me while I train my new intern…we met last night at the Botanical Gardens and as we started walking to the right spot Lauren showed me her hand and told me still no ring!  Then she started chatting about how she really thinks it will happen in the next week or two and I had to really fight to keep a straight face!  We got the the right spot and had Lauren start posing for us and I said the code words for Blake to come out from the other side of the hedges.   Check out the first shot…Lauren was posing and didn’t notice Blake until he was right next to her:

She still didn’t know what was going on, and it made me smile to look at the whole sequence last night and see that he had the box in his hand as he walked up to her, but she had her eyes on his face the whole time.   Then he got down on one knee:

We were all crying…my hands were shaking…it was so beautiful!!

And WOW did he do a great job on the ring!!   Check her out blinding everyone on the news this morning here.

Jessica and I left them and I turned to get one last shot…Blake was still wiping her tears.  Lauren and Blake, you are such an amazing couple together, your love for each other is overwhelming!  I can not wait for your wedding!

I had a lot of images I loved…but didn’t want to over load the blog so go to my facebook page to see the rest!

Don’t forget to have your friends and family comment on your session blog posts…my first family to do this had their 25 comments within an hour and will have a surprise coming with their order!

But for now still getting through November’s sessions, check out Hayley and Matt’s engagement session in BG.  We started out at the courthouse, I love buildings like this and it’s pretty cool that it’s where they will get their marriage license, and it’s where I got my marriage license…and they’re getting married at Nazareth Hall on June 12, and I got married at Nazareth Hall on June 12.  Crazy, huh?

We headed downtown and Matt had to show off his mad jumping skills!

We were talking about their love of Boston and how they brought their Red Sox clothes when we saw the truck…we ran to get them changed!

It was so fun hanging out with you two…can’t wait for June!