The Story
In February I bought a Groupon for professional photos. Daniel and I had been dating for over three years and we didn't have any photos that I wanted to put in the frames that my sister got me for Christmas. So, I decided that we had been dating for long enough and it was okay to finally get some nice pictures (something other than snapshots). I talked to the photographer Megan shortly after I bought the Groupon and we started talking about fall dates, we chose Sunday September 18th.
As picture time got closer I started getting really nervous. It had been been on and off raining all week and at one point in time the prediction was 80% chance. I was also nervous because I had never had someone I didn't know take pictures of me. My senior pictures were taken by a friend of my mom. I just wanted them to turn out good.
So, little did I know that Daniel thought this was the perfect opportunity to propose to me. He talked to Megan ,without me knowing, to fill her in on his plan. He also talked to his parents, my dad (went to his house to ask to marry me), my sister, my brother, his brother, a few of my friends, a few of his friends, his softball team, and everyone at his work. So basically everyone but me! She got to our house on time and we decided to go down to the dam for our first shots. We took a photo that I considered a "prom pose" so Megan suggested that we do a not so promy-pose. Right then is when Daniel looked at me and said (getting down on one knee) "Ashley Denise Farley, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I hope you want to spend yours with me. Will you marry me?" (Well, it was something similar to that!) Megan got paparazzi pics of the whole thing (even me seriously bawling my head off) We went inside to touch up my makeup and the next hour she took pics of us with our freshly engaged glow :). I love that we had that hour to smile and kiss and say "I can't believe this" one million times. We waited until Megan left to start calling our families and friends.
This was such a special day for the two of us. I had absolutley no idea that he was planning on proposing to me during pictures. I love the fact that I met Daniel at his house (that was his grandpa's house where he used to play as a kid), we got engaged at that house, and we will live the rest of our lives at that house!! There is so much family history that I know he is proud of and I am thrilled to be a part of!
I couldn't be happier. My heart has been completely melted for the last few days. We are so blessed to have so much love and support from everyone!
Here are some "sneak peak" pictures of our picture session.
