{Engagement} Oh wait...THIS is my engagement ;)

"She's so young, and he's so perfect. They waited for love and it was worth it. She want's to feel like this for a hundred years.."Francesca Battistelli.

"Once upon a time there was a little girl who saw this boy, and the boy saw her. They fell madly in love"...next thing you know he is on his knee proposing to the girl of his dreams and she replies with "Yess!!!".

That's basically how it happened! Well I guess I didn't mention all the yummy details like how they've been together since she was 15, and the fact that they are each other's best friend. Oh, and the cool little part about how he proposed at Myrtle Beach at sunset, that was kinda a BIG deal too(I love talking about myself in the 3rd person). There's so many details exploding in my mind, but I'll just keep it simple and tell you all the BIG details about "US" and the engagement.

Fun facts about Reed & Lydia:
We love laughing together.
We play thumb war...all the time.
He's beats me at checkers.
He calls me beautiful, I call him handsome. Insert "Awwwww".
We box with each other, he loses though. ;)
He buys me sour patch candy and I'm bad at sharing it. I share with him, just because I love him ALOOOTTTT.
We wink at each other.
We text each other even though we are sitting together.


I got engaged to the man I've always wanted.
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This was litterally seconds after he proposed. I wanted everyone to see the joy on my face.
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After he proposed we walked down to the pier where fireworks were about to go off. It was soooo magically. I know that sounds cheesy, but it was "FOR REAL" so magical.
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Our walk back to the hotel, Ahhh it was the BEST night of my life.
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The next morning we got up at sunset and walked on the beach. We were/are sooooo happy!
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The bling bling he bought her, oh I mean me.
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Then, ya know, once you change your relationship status on facebook to "Engaged" you get all the "Congrats!" "Omgsh!" "No way?" "FOR REAL?"..you get the jift. People were very excited for us. People love us! We love them back. People are awesome. Especially my people!
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The wedding planning began. We did the most important thing first. We booked out photographer. You thought I was going to say "we picked a date", didn't you? Nope, we consulted out photographer first then we picked a date. Photography REALLLYYY is the most important part of the wedding, aside from the actually "getting married" part, of course. Melissa Esterline, a good friend/fellow photog did our engagement pictures. We love her! She did 3 seperate sessions just for us. We went with "The Notebook" theme so we had to meet up a few times to fit everything in. She's a darling! Here's some of our pictures from the sessions.

Get ready for some "Awwww"ing.

You ready?!

Ok. Ready set go!

This is one of mt personal favorites! He makes me fly in the sky...SEEE! SEE!
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He makes me laugh...SO...hard!
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We are silly when we are together. Well its more like "I'm silly and he's mature", but sometimes I get him to be silly with me.
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That's us!
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:) We are too cool!
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Hahahahaha. Makes me laugh EVERYtime. I love his laugh, especially when he's laughing so hard he can't control it.

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Awww! (I bet you "Aw"ed?)
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This reminds me of "Ann of Green Gables"..where Ann talks to Gilbert over the fence. So sweet!
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..and, of course, we had to fit some camera stuff in. I like taking pretty pictures.
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He makes me feel soo protected. He my as I call him.
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He's pretty much the most handsome thing on planet earth. Yep, thats offical!
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He loves me!
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I love him!
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We really are best friends. We make quite the couple.
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Hey Reed, maybe we should be face models. Nah, I think YOU should just be the face model.

His eyes are blue--her favorite color is blue. Her eyes are green--his favorite color is green. :)
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The bling bling again.
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The wedding is 24 days away!!!!!!!!! Ahhhh. SO. MUCH. EXCITEMENT. stored in my body.

{Wedding} Samuel + Sarah

The wedding celebration started not on Saturday, but Friday. We had the rehearsal and rehersal dinner. It's always a lot of fun when my whole family is involved (lol). But this time is wasn't just my family--Sarah's family made it even more fun! You already know I love photographing weddings, but when your photograph a close siblings wedding it means all the more.

Rehersal- Samuel walked Mom down. Lol. He's always silly!
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Sarah's daddy walking her down the aisle.
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The little kids in the wedding were so good! I give them a high-five.
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Dad being silly lol :P
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Then we were off to the rehersal dinner. It was quite yummy!

About 12 hours later I was up and headed to the church, it was about 7:15. I came downstairs to find Samuel writing out his vowels to Sarah. It was quiet- everyone else was still asleep. Samuel and I talkd for a minute. I asked him if he was ready to get married today. HE sure was! I think it was at that moment it really kicked in that my brother was giving his heart to a wonderful women today, and that he would no longer be living with us and staying up late talking to us all the time, but would be giving his love and devotion to Sarah now. It was a bittersweet moment. *tear*

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The sunrise was perfect! Made for a beautiful start to the day.
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I started out doing the details. Everyone of her details were perfect!
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"It's not just a ring, its a symbol of the bond they have together that never ends".. I love that part in the ceremony.
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.."its a sign to everyone else that your heart belongs to a certain someone"..
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:)
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Sarah was getting the dress on! One of the most exciting moments of a wedding I think.
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The bride face!!! Soo much excitement
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Meanwhile, the boys were getting ready. Mom was pinning on Samuel's flower. Haha, I told you Samuel is ALWAYS being silly.
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Samuel and Sarah did their "First Look". She was headed over to see her handesome groom.
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:) Let's just say he thought she looked mighty fine.
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(We can't forget about the car lol)
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We did the guys pictures first, and let me tell ya they were something else lol :P Maybe its beause all the groomsman were either my brother or my Fiance. lol
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They loved me once I showed them the glasses I bought special just for them.
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(Ok, ok, I admit it. I may have taken advantage of the fact that their all related to me, but hey eveyrone needs some humbling now and then).
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Handesome group of guys!
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ALL the guys!
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They liked these' glasses a little bit better.
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Samuel looking dashing and proud he gets to marry his lady today.
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A few more funny one of the guys
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Then it was time to start with the ladies!
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Haha, love this!
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Beautiful girls!
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It was about 35 degrees out, so needless to say they were cold lol.
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Gorgeous bride, Sarah!
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The whole gang.
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YEAH! That's what I'm talking about.
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Sarah + Samuel's turn!
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Such a Samuel picture.
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LOVE this one!
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Pretty!
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It was so windy, but we worked with it and it turned out sweeeettt!
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You may say I'm bias, but MAN they are one hot couple!
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We were all finished! We headed back inside to wait for ceremony time. People were arriving. Familiar faces were seen. Hugs were exchanged. Things were starting to come together so beautifully. It was 1 O'clock....WEDDING TIME.

I love the moments as the daddy walks his little girl down the wedding aisle.
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Sarah sang a song for Samuel- it was a suprise though. Samuel didn't know about it! It was so precious.
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Exchanging of the rings.
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Samuel and Sarah both had wrote out a thankful and read it to their parents. It was pretty hard to hold back the tears then.
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I know it mean't alot to my parents and Sarah's parents.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE!!!!
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The reception was so much fun! Exactly how I knew it would be.

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The first dance was simply beautiful! The most precious first dance I've ever seen. Since they had met doing ballroom dancing they choregraphed their own dance.
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It was a beautiful symbol of them being one and working together.
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And that was that! They were married. My big brother is now a married man!
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:) The happy newly-weds
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EPIC car decor, don't you think?!
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It was finished! The wedding was done, they were off on their honeymoon. I can truly say IT WAS A PERFECT DAY!! Watching them drive off to their honeymoon and their new life together really made me realize how much I love my siblings, and how blessed I am to have them in my life! 13 is a big number, but it's the best! So happy Samuel and Sarah found each other. I never thought I'd approve of any girl that would be good enough for Samuel, but I was wrong because Sarah is perfect for him. Love you both!