Neither can remember their first date. Not because it wasn’t special or they have terrible recall. Rather, they had been good friends for so long that their friendship transitioned so easily into dating. She says, “Dating for us just felt natural and I think we both didn’t know why we waited so long. I had always known that he was best friend and throughout our entire relationship everything always felt right, kind of like we were destined to be together.”

Though there was rain in the forecast, the sun came out just in time for their session last Friday night at Hickory Hills. I just adore how these two love each other!

While Jeremy was preparing for the proposal, Kristen was heading home early since her seminar had been cancelled. Luckily for Jeremy, she called to let him know. He says, “I kept it cool on the phone, but was extremely nervous and quickly set things up before she walked in.”

She agrees, “He was very calm on the other end of the phone, but apparently he was freaking out because he wasn’t prepared for me to home so early. When I got home, I trucked my stuff into the house and I noticed a note card sitting on the ground. Confused, I picked it up and read it. Then I noticed a whole line of them. Each note had something he loved about me or something about our relationship. I picked up each one and that made a trail up to our room. When I opened the door, he was down on one knee with the ring.”

They had done their research before the session, scouting out some locations they loved. They found this spot along the trail and I absolutely LOVE how it just opened up to bright sky and green grass!!!

We went to a different entrance of the park to get to this second location, which was vying for favorite with the first. I told them they need to scout out every engagement session!! They get A+ on location choices!

Seriously, she’s just as sweet as she is beautiful!

One of my favorites…though there are so many!

Their wedding next spring is going to be stunning in so many ways! Just you wait.