{Engagement} Ben + Elizabeth

FRIENDS, I think that is the very best way to start out a relationship between and guy and girl. That's exactly how Elizabeth + Ben started out. They met first at Springhill, a Christian camp, in 2008 where they were co-counselors. They became friends and after camp, they stayed in contact until 2010, and that's when they really saw a spark between them and ben started pursuing her as more then just a friend. Eventually they did start dating and falling more and more in love with each other everyday......As bf/gf and the best of friends!

Hmm, their so cute!
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Ben loves how fun and loving Elizabeth is!!!!!!!! Her caring spirit is what he loves most about her though.
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Elizabeth loves Ben's laugh and sense of humor. She especially loves how pasionate Ben is about the things he does.
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THE PROPOSAL-On October 27, 2011, E went to B's house after work. They sat and talked for a little while before B asked E if she would like to go on a walk. They got in the car and went to Pill Hill park. B told E there was a neat trail that he found while he was mountain biking that he wanted her to see. They started going down the trail and came to a clearing where B said he had to go back to go to the bathroom. E waited for B in the clearing. A couple of minutes later, B's friend, Joe, appeared and set up a table and chair for E to sit at and enjoy cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. E didn't suspect anything was up until she saw Joe. After Joe left, two of the high school guys in B's youth group, Austin and Timothy, came out and played E a song on the guitar. They also brought her 2 roses that B had written notes on. After they played, they set up a boom box and the song, "Look After You", by The Fray started playing. After they left, B appeared in a suit and got down on one knee and asked E to marry him. The rest is history!! (awwww, I'm a sucker for a good love story!!!!).

Ben picked out the ring ALL BY HIMSELF. No help!!!!!! Needless to say Elizabeth LOVES her ring. (I also loved it, he did a great job. it's gorgeous..!)
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They were so fun and cute together. I could tell, by just being with them for a little while, that they both passionately love each other.
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They both love to Hike and play tennis together, and drink coffee from Caribou Coffee ;). Cooking was also another favorite thing they love doing together. :) Sounds like a perfect couple to me.
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Soooo very excited for their wedding in March (shortly after mine!!).
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Cherish the moments



Priorites- That's a hard thing to get right sometimes. Life is sooo very busy, and sometimes my priorites get scrambed up a bit. Running a business at 18, planning a WEDDING and honeymoon(still hard to believe), working part-time elsewhere, being the middle child of a family of 13, having a house to decorate, having 3 of my siblings get married in the next year (which I'm either IN the wedding or photographing-some of which I'm doing both) + spending time with my love(Reed), family, and friends, Church. It keeps my life pretty interesting. Making choices everyday on how I will spend my time is a huge deal- whether I buckle down in my chair and EDIT for hours, or spend time on wedding planning, with family, friends, or keeping in shape (lol). Whatever the case maybe, time is so precious. God is really teaching me how to use my time wisely and always putting HIM first NO matter what. Earthly things will pass away, but what you do for God is eternal.

Time- It is something you can never get back. If you spend it foolishly what have you gained, or the better question is what have you lost? Sometimes instead of spending more time that my business needs trying to keep up with the constant changing photography world- I'll spend it sitting downstairs with my family late at night talking, laughing, making fun of each other or even just watching a movie or playing with my litte siblings. Because I won't always have that time with them. Living at home will soon just be a memory. A very wonderful memory, but just a memory non-the-less. Blogging for instance is something that gets pushed back and left out a lot of times, not because I don't LOVE blogging (cuz I DO), but God is teaching me somethings are more important then always having an upated blog.

I'll be married off and moved out of my parents house in 3 months!!!! My last days at home are now. I cherish EVERY single mintue of it. I love coming home and seeing Faithy ( my youngest sister) yell my name and run up and give me a hug. Or Mom asking me how my day was and I reply with my usual "It was fine!" lol. My nosey siblings always asking where I'm going when I walk out the door, or asking me who I'm taking pictures of today (which they never know who they are lol). Sitting in the living room talking with my family at 1 O'clock in the morning about how different life will be in a year when 4 of her child will be married off. I'm going to miss it all!!!! I'll be starting a new chapter of "Lydia's Life" it's called "Married Life". Which I'm so very excited for it, meanwhile, I am enjoying these' last months at home soooo much. *Cherish the moments*


Love,
Lydia