Diane emailed me before Thanksgiving about getting engagement photos done. She lives in Va. but her family is down here and she had seen my photos and wanted to do the session when she came down, even though her wedding is in Va.
She really liked the rustic feel of the fort in St. Augustine, so we did her engagement session there. Diane and Tom were so cute and such a great couple.
There are some couples that just have a great chemistry and these two were one of them. They were so lovey dovey and cute.
They met while working together and were friends for three years before Tom finally asked her out.
Diane says that it wasn’t love at first sight but when they finally started dating everything just felt right.
While most guys propose on Christmas or Thanksgiving, Tom decided to propose on HIS 30th birthday.
He had planned to pop the question during dinner, but Diane had planned a surprise party for him. He ended up proposing after the party at their apartment.
“It was very informal, but it was a perfect fit in our relationship (things have a tendency to never go quite as we plan!), ” Diane said.
Diane says the key to their relationship is that they were friends before they got together. So there was no “honeymoon” phase to their relationship.
“Since we were friends first we already had pretty open and honest communication, so that just carried over into our relationship,” Diane said. “We’ve faced a lot of major life-changing decisions since we’ve been together, and I don’t think we would have been able to make it through those together without having that support and openness.”
They are currently planning their wedding for October in Virginia.
And I want to wish them all the best!
