Images: Vness Photography
What a weekend Romancers! It was the first Saturday in a really, REALLY long time where Andy & I literally had NOTHING planned. We went to Georgetown for the day so Andy could get a suit for my brother’s wedding and then we just walked along the water, ate RIDICULOUS sandwiches from Stachowskis & got some cold brew from Malmaison. It was amazing. I can’t even tell you! And then yesterday we had a blast at our #CapRoWorkshop with J’Adorn Designs. I LOVE my new pearl & flower pendant necklace that I made myself!!
But now it’s time for a lovely little Cherry Blossom engagement shoot. The funny thing being that this was like the ONLY one I got submitted to me this year (and not even during the Spring!). Somehow I love posting it now in the dead of Summer as a nice reminder that it’s not ALWAYS 90+ degrees here ;) Enjoy!
Aaron and Olivia actually met through his mom, Gina. When she was about 8 years old, she decided she was the only person she trusted to cut her hair and so she was the only person she went to for years, even through most of high school. In the summer after Olivia’s senior year of high school, in an effort to save some money, she got her hair cut at a cheap salon…and they ruined it! The next day when she went to Gina’s salon Aaron was helping out at the front desk.Olivia said, “I guess he thought I was pretty cute (Okay, Aaron says he thought “Damn, she looks good even when she’s upset!”), because he looked up my name after I made an appointment and added me as a friend on Facebook. We talked online for a while, went on a date, and became fast friends. A year later we started dating and the rest is history! Over the years we have grown so much together, shared amazing experiences, and love each other more every day”. (Oh, and Gina is still my hairdresser; my faith in her will never falter again!)
How he proposed!
Last June we were on vacation at a resort in the Dominican Republic. We had talked about marriage and had been dating for 5 years so I had a feeling Aaron would propose during that trip. One night that week Aaron told me he had a surprise, and led me out to the beach where a private beach side dinner awaited us. I felt like I was on a date from the Bachelorette, and I knew this would be when he proposed and started to get really excited. Dinner went on, we had a great time, and after dessert we got up and Aaron said “ok, lets go back to the room.” I was so confused and a little disappointed.
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Little did I know Aaron had arranged for a romantic evening with the hotel and for a photographer to show up at the dinner to capture the moment of his proposal to me…when the photographer never showed up, Aaron figured he would surprise me with the hotel room that he was expecting to be decked out in roses and champagne and propose there. When we got to the room, there was nothing there!
I had no idea so I just sat on the bed and started taking my shoes off. That was when Aaron decided that the night clearly wasn’t going his way but there was one thing he had to do before it was over…propose! He got down on one knee and nervously told me how much he loved me and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. Of course, I reciprocated those feelings and said yes! I don’t think any amount of roses, champagne, or professional photographers could have made that moment any better than it was. And the hotel comped our dinner and gave us free massages to make up for the mistake!
