{Engagement} Dustin & Becky

Dustin & Becky met in college, they had mutual friends, but never really hung out together until her sophomore year. One evening, she was walking back to her dorm and Dustin saw HER and offered to give me a ride (hehe, I bet they didn't know that it would lead to spending forever together).

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THEN the pursuing started!!!!

Becky thought Dustin was cute, and he liked her too but didn’t want to get involved, as it was spring semester of his senior year. His roommate thought Becky was cute and he (the roommate) could see Becky was interested and pretended to be Dustin on AIM and would flirt with her! They eventually made plans to hang out just the two of them, and the rest is history! Becky had NO idea Jason initiated it until we were officially together!

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I asked Dustin when he knew he was head over heels for his girl, Becky...he told me: "It didn’t take long, although I met Becky during my senior year at college and the most important part of that year was about making memories with great friends. My outlook on life changed by becky, she was awesome as my life changed and I was forced to grow up and become an adult I did it with becky she was fun, energetic and she brought out the very best in me."...an't that just adorable!

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"He makes me laugh. He can tell the stupidest joke ever but he’ll tell it in just a way to make it the most hilarious thing . That’s probably why he loves me too. Because I laugh at all his dumb jokes.." -Becky

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"The thing I love most about Becky is her smile. I could be having the worst day ever, but as soon as I see Becky with her smile, everything is instantly okay. She is truly my sunshine on a rainy day" -Dustin

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...(then my favorite part)-THE ENGAGEMENT!!!! i LOVE awesome engagement stories. Here is Dustin's version of the engagement.

Dustin says: "The biggest decision of my life had just been made; to ask my girlfriend and college sweetheart to marry me. I had saved up for her dream ring, the one she did not ask me to buy because her friends had told her that it was too expensive. I then spent the next two months planning my proposal. Everything
had to be perfect and most of all I had to keep it a secret from the girl I had told everything to for the past 2 years.
She was convinced that this Saturday night would be just another double date with my buddy Aric and his girlfriend. On the drive up I pretended to receive a text from Aric and told my girlfriend that the other couple would be late. I said we might as well stop by a local park I knew since it was such a nice day. I used to live by this beautiful park earlier in our relationship, and we had visited there often. She reluctantly said yes; it was a nice day, but she was wearing high heels with a nice dress. I assured her it would be a short walk, and that we probably wouldn’t have another day this nice before winter settled in.
The park was just losing its fall color as we showed up. In the center of the park there was a bridge that overlooked a lily pond; unbeknownst to my girlfriend our trip over that bridge would change both of our lives forever. Earlier that day my friend Joel went to the park and hid a bottle with a message in it; he was now on the other side of the pond with his camera ready to capture the whole thing. As we approached I couldn’t find the bottle anywhere. My heart skipped more than a few beats, but soon enough I spotted it. At that point I told my girlfriend that I had a present for her and I pointed out the bottle, which was located at the foot of the bridge.
She reached down for the bottle, and grabbed the string that was attached to an old distressed piece of paper with burnt edges; the entire thing looked straight out of Pirates of the Caribbean. Becky excitedly pulled out the note and read the message in an Old English font “I have a question for you.” As she looked up, I was on one knee holding a ring box at the center of the bridge. I opened the box and said, “Becky I love you and I can’t imagine the rest of life without you. Will you marry me?” She ran and jumped into my arms saying “Yes!!!” The other visitors to the park started clapping and cheering for us, later I found out she was so over come with love she didn’t even hear them.
As soon as she calmed down, which took her quite a while, we went over to Joel and thanked him for taking pictures. I had never seen my fiancé happier. She immediately called her parents and some of her friends, as I whisked her back to my truck for the rest of the date. As we arrived at the next destination, my aunt and uncle’s house, she noticed a familiar car in the drive, remarking “hey that looks a lot like my parents car.” Then as we pulled in she cried out excitedly “That IS my parent’s car!” I had arranged for her parents living 5 states away to make the drive up to my aunt and uncles house. We had a huge family style feast with both sets of parents. It was an amazing meal finished off with my girlfriend’s favorite cheesecake from a restaurant that we now lived far away from. Soon after the meal was complete, my aunt excused Becky and me from the table so that we could complete the rest of the night. My fiancé said she couldn’t believe that there was more to the evening!
We started driving downtown, and stopped in front of a fancy hotel with valet parking. My fiancé asked me if we needed to check in, and I told her “Don’t worry about it, I already have a key”. I opened the door to our room, and she was greeted by a candle lit suite covered with rose petals on the bed and chocolates and champagne. She then turned around and told me, “This is just too perfect of a night.” I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with her!!"
SWEETEST STORY EVER!!!!

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{Engagement} Jared & Amanda

Jared & Amanda's story starts out with BOOKS and CAR-POOLING! Yes, I'm serious!!!!

When I asked them how they met and fell in love they replied with "We fell in love after long nights of studying and car pooling to and from school" *insert an awww*, but yeah it started out with just studying and car pooling with each other....THEN...

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...of course Jared starting pursuing her...Jared:"I pursued Amanda because I could not resist her good looks and amazing personality"..so he asked her out...THEN...she learned the more time she spent with him the MORE time she wanted to spend with him...she was falling in love...

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After a short period of time they BOTH knew...knew that they were in love. Jarod says "I knew shortly after dating Amanda and hanging out with her that there would never be another girl that could make me as happy as she does"...

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Amanda also came to find out there wasn't any other man on the earth that she'd rather spend her life with. She were hooked!!!!

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I asked Amanda how he proposed, she told me "Jared proposed to me while we were studying for a midterm. I was totally surprised! He got down on one knee and said “I figured since we met and fell in love while studying, that it would only be appropriate if I asked you to marry me while we are studying.” I of course said yes, but needless to say I did not get much studying done that evening!"

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Then they picked out the ring..and they were offically engaged!
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I thought this was cute!! I asked them what they loved most about each other.

Amanda: "I would have to say my favorite characteristic about Jared is his sense of humor. He always knows how to make me smile, no matter what kind of mood I am in!"

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Jared: "The characteristic that I love about Amanda is that she laughs at my jokes and gets my sense of humor. She also makes me laugh constantly and we have a lot of fun together"

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They brought along their dog ;) He was such a good sport about the whole picture thing lol.
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Ok, so we are at the UD campus, and we see the pretty fountain, and I'm thinking in the back of my head "that would be soo cute for them to go in the fountain"..I didn't say a word about it. About 5 minutes later Jared asked Amanda is she would get in the fountain with him...(Me, thinking in my head...YES! SCORE!)..waiting for the response-Amanda was all for it. (yay!). So they played in the fountain a bit.

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They did a little bit of kissing then we called it a night. SOOOOoooo excited for your wedding next yr.
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Mm. I'm a bad blogger I admit it.

Yeah...I haven't blogged in forever. Here are a few pictures from the recent stuff over the past few months. :) I will start blogging more, I promise. :) Comment away!

Jon & Bekah :) Were so cute!!
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Oriana is already 3 months
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Chelsea & Casey = Awesome people!
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Michelle & Matt! Love watching people in love
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Troy & Clara are deffinetly role model material!
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From Kelsey & Taylor's wedding :) GORGEOUS!
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The Shearer family :) Love this one!
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Brandon & Erin are the definiton of true love
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Konor's already 6 months!
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From Austin & Ashley's wedding: EPIC picture
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Gorgeousest couple EVER!!!(Not sure if thats even a word, but now it is) lol.
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Charity & Mike had a perfect sunset
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Lindsay & Thomas, I adore them so much.
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{Engagement} Thomas & Lindsay

Two beautiful people + two AWESOME personalities + FUN + great smiles + alot of love = Thomas & Lindsay! That's how I would descride them!!!!!! The wedding is coming up so fast. I can't wait! ♥


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I love holding hand pictures
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Aw
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LOVE (See, I told you they had great smiles)
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She loves him alot
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Some of my favs
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Oh lala
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{Engagement} Ryan & Christina

Soo, once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Christina....and she liked to work out. So she went to the gym quite frequently. There was this one time...a very special, particular time she went to the gym--not like all the other times. This time she saw a guy named Ryan at the gym, whom she thought was "the most handesome guy ever".....of course she didn't say anything to him, not wanting to seem forward. But what she didn't know was that the guy at the gym (Ryan) thought SHE was "the most beautiful girl ever"...he too didn't say anything to her. So guess what happens??! She goes home and sends a FACEBOOK message to Ryan (insert an "Awwwww") =) The rest is history!!!!!

She loves her man!!
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Their fun...
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..but serious at times
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LOVE is right!!!...They are soo in love.
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I know you liked this one Christina ;)
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I adore the "foot pop kiss"
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Oh where, Oh where has Lydia gone?

Well, I'm actually still alive. I've been posting most of my pictures to my business Facebook page. There is a link to it on my website page (1st page you come to when you go into my webstie) FYI:Anyone can view it, even if you don't have a facebook account.

So, I felt guilty for not posting in sooooo long. I decided to post some of the stuff I've been up to lately. ENJOY!!!!!!!

Sunset :)
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Two little girls :)
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Megan & Aaron's Engagement Pictures
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SPRING IS COMING:
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Some of Honour's 8 Month pictures. She's adorable!
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Sweet Heart Banquet (for those who wanted to see).
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Engagement: Matt & Belinda

What can I say-I have the best clients ever!! THANK YOU guys for being so patient through the holidays. Here is a sneak peak at your pictures.

Belinda and Matt are perfect for each other! So fun and sweet to each other. You can see how much he loves her and same with her...Can't wait for the wedding!

LOVE this one!
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Yes directly in the sun-but I like the after affect ;)
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FUN
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The ring
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Some fun with the sunflare..I like it!!!!
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This one too.
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:) Love this one too! You two are so cute together.
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Casey & Chelsea: Engaged!!!

Well, I'm finally able to post some stuff online (yay!). Anyways, here's a sneak into your awesome engagement session. Your guys realllly did a superb job at modeling for me. You look soo happy and are so fun together. I can't wait for you to see the rest! We even got Casey to smile some :D
ENJOY!

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Ohh lala, look at you two!
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Nice serious pose
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COLOR..
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Lil' more color
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I thought this was sweet
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Kinda retro..you guys look great!
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Some yummy sun flare.
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Some nice lighting and a super cute couple. Nice combo I think!
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Not exactly typical..But soooo cool! lol
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Craig & Carolyn: Engagement

This is Craig & Carolyn!!! Craig is in the Airforce, so we had to wait to do the engagement session just a few days before the wedding. Fell in love with this couple first time I saw them. Seeing them together just makes me smile. They are so fun and giddy together!!!!

Love. Love.
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Awe!
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:)
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Love
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They are soo cute together
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John & Christina: Engaged!

I did Christina & John's engagement pictures today! Fell in love with photographing them and couldn't wait to get some posted so here are some...:)


Love this picture! Full of color and love!
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Every couple should have a picture like this (thats a rule in Lydia's Book).
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Well, you completely and totally rocked the dip kiss. You guys are champions! lol
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They're so adorabley cute!
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This is one of those "Awwww"'ing pictures.
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Aaron & Maribeth: Engaged!!

This couple is so adorable to me!! They met in the early years of high school. So with the help of a sweet letter, a little birdy (lol), and sometime...these' two became high school sweet-hearts..that's lasted much longer then high school. Sometime had past...they were having a terrible day, nothing seemed to be going right that day..til, he pulled something out of his pocket. Let's say that day ended up being one that will forever be in her memory. Now their planning their wedding and their truly marrying their best friend (each other). :) You guys are awesome Maribeth and Aaron.

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