I hadn't even considered getting engagement photos done originally. Shortly after our engagement, mom said she wanted Kate to take the engagement photos and that she'd cover the costs. Well who was I to say no to a free photo shoot? I arranged it with Kate and about a month ago, she and her brood (her husband Matt, and her two children Cassie and Allie) came down to Mass for the day. The plan was for everyone to go down to the park in which Jeff proposed and the shoot would take place there. It's a beautiful park, even if it was a little cold that day, and everyone had a blast!
At first - due to scheduling conflicts - we were worried that we would not have Naomi for that weekend, but it turned out that we did - and I'm so glad it turned out that way! When these three little blond girls all get together, the cutest things tend to happen:
While on the walk, the girls all lined up on this log and posed for a picture without any prompting from anyone. That's Naomi on the left, Allie in the middle and Cassie on the right. I do wish that these girls lived closer together and could see each other more often. They all have so much fun when they're together.
In addition to Kate's clan being there, my parents also joined us on the trip. It had been a while since I'd seen them and I was glad to have them along. Also, they brought the dog!
Naomi loves animals, and she spent a good deal of time on this trip walking Sammi. Sammi is an Australian Kelpie, and quite a senior dog. She was very well behaved with Naomi.
One of the things we did on the shoot was re-create the proposal. We went down to the little 'beach' area, and Jeff put down the white stones in an X again.
But it was November, and this area of the woods was very muddy. And of course the girls could not resist playing in the mud:
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| See the mud on her nose? |
Of course the main point of this trip was engagement photos, and we will eventually be choosing one photo to put on our Save-the-Date cards. I will leave that one as a surprise, but put here some of the other photos that we loved.
This one here is by far our favorite photo, but we really can't think of a good use for it:
