Mr. Blue Moon proposed on April 14, 2014, during a trip with our good family friends, Aimee and Mike, to Seacrest Beach in Florida. Our friends own a beautiful beach house and were kind enough to invite us to spend a long weekend with them soaking up some sun and relaxing before our exam weeks at our respective universities rolled around.
On our last day of our trip, Mr. Blue Moon and I went to explore a nearby state park, Camp Helen, which was originally developed as a recreation area in the 1920's. It is a beautiful, secluded place to visit and we had a completely private proposal with Mr. Blue Moon writing "Marry Me" in the sand.
We got a passerby to take our first photo as the future Mr. and Mrs. Blue Moon on our hike back through the park. It was such a lovely proposal, and Mr. Blue Moon could not have done a better job planning it...even though he was so nervous to pop the question!
Personal Photos
When we were planning another trip to the area the next summer, Aimee offered to take our engagement pictures for us on the same beach in Camp Helen State Park where Mr. Blue Moon proposed. She had dabbled in wedding photography before, and we already knew her as an amazing photographer because she had taken very pretty prom pictures for us in high school for years.
It was towards the end of July. The beach was a mile's hike through this park. The three of us had the wisdom to go barefoot because all of the walking is through sand. It was 107 degrees.
There were no tears, but there was definitely sweat, and even blood from some blistered feet on that hot, hot sand, and it is a testament to our friendship that Aimee still carried on with taking our engagement pictures and even managed to make us look like we were not sweating buckets and totally miserable. Even after all my make-up melted off and my naturally curly hair EXPLODED in the humidity, Aimee kept my focus on the wonderful man I'm marrying. And it was super fun!
Here are some of my favorites:
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Mr. Blue Moon is so handsome. How did I get this lucky?
I wore these shell earrings that we had bought the same day Mr. Blue Moon proposed.
This is probably my favorite of all our pictures. Mr. Blue Moon had just said something completely hilarious.
Aimee captured this surprise picture after we had been romping in the ocean to cool off.
All photos by Aimee Aver.
What was your engagement shoot like? Did anyone else use a friendor for their engagement or wedding day photography?
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