A few months ago we received a sweet email from a girl named Anna, saying this:
“You don’t know me, but I am probably your biggest fan. I’m not getting married soon. I’m not even engaged. But when my boyfriend of 4+ years pops the question (which is hopefully soon!), I assure you that you are going to hear about it within a day because I CANNOT WAIT to fill out that contact form on your website!”
A few months after that, we received an excited email from a boy named Andrew, saying this:
“You might remember a girl named Anna who basically sent you a fan-email. That’s my girlfriend and… I just bought a ring!”
Fast forward through a few more emails, some secret phone calls and text messages… to a chilly – but sunny – late November day.
We’ve been part of secret proposals before, but we’ve never photographed one together. And we were seriously more nervous than Andrew was, we think. :)
Because Anna already knew of us, Andrew decided to have us be the “surprise”. He told her he had an early Christmas present for her, but she would have to wait to find out. We watched as they pulled up and then saw Anna notice us, with tears in her eyes. :) We were so flattered; she was excited about us?! Just wait, Anna…
So we continued the session, playing games and laughing a lot, just as we normally would, but three out of the four of us knew something would happen after a little while…
The final surprise of the day came when we pulled up to his parents’ home, where all of their closest family and friends were waiting for them. We’ll leave you with one image of that because, what’s a good story, if it doesn’t leave you wanting more? :)
*Props to Andrew for all his planning. :)
