Tuesday
Jun212011
an extraordinary season
i love being engaged. don't get me wrong... just like every engaged couple, we have had our stressful moments. but even with those few bumps in the road, i love being engaged. i love waking up in the morning and realizing i am one day closer to marrying my best friend. i love being filled with great anticipation, and eagerly awaiting the day i will make a life long commitment to the love of my life. i love dreaming with jamie about what our life is going to be like. i love crafting what our home is going to feel like. i love talking about the wedding and considering every detail, and tweaking it until it feels just right. mostly, however, i love growing closer in friendship and commitment to each other.... planning our marriage... learning how to communicate... learning how to be selfless... learning what it really means to love someone.
despite my eagerness to just be married, i find this to be an extraordinary season, so I have chosen to savor these final months of engagement.
michele m waite, who will also be shooting our wedding, captured these images for us. jamie baked the tarts and pie, i assembled the cake (and made the skirt she's wearing) and then together, we styled this shoot. i hope you enjoy this glimpse into our lives.
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engagement shoot, jamie, michele m waite in Jamie, engaged life, engagement shoot, my wedding, photo shoots
engagement shoot, jamie, michele m waite in Jamie, engaged life, engagement shoot, my wedding, photo shoots
Reader Comments (10)
Dear Steven & Jamie~
These pictures are beautiful! SO glad you are enjoying this EXTRAORDINARY time in your relationship - you only get to be engaged once! What really makes these beautiful photos and this special time in your lives extraordinary is YOU! Miss you both and look forward to seeing more of you soon! Love to you ~ Leilani
Love these!!
Congrats!
PS lets work together 2012!
Love it, Steve. That's commitment to drag a piano into a field! Seriously beautiful images. Great job, Misha.
We had our engagement shoot with Michele last week and she was telling me about your shoot. It sounds so neat... I figured the pictures would turn out absolutely beautiful! And they did! Stunning!
Love them. Love Jamie's chevron skirt/dress. Sooper cute guys! xo,RL
Just gorgeous. The images. The subjects and objects inside of them. All of it!
Oh my land, you can see the love that you both have one for the other. I pray God's grace upon your union. Absolutely beautiful. The photo design was breath taking.
Steven - Congratulations! I always knew you had it in you to go far but little did I know how far you would go. Your fiance is so beautiful. I hope that you two will have many blessed years together. These engagement pictures are just fantastic - trust you to come up with something so special!! So glad to hear about your Mom too!! Hope you don't mind but I forwarded your email to Maribeth so you will probably hear from her soon. Keep me posted on the wedding, etc. I can't believe my little Junior Choir kid is all grown up and so successful. Love you so much!!! Leanne
Wow, what a beautiful couple, and an amazing shoot!