If you are here for my personal love story.. read on:

Dear Readers, I am so used to capturing others love stories that I had no idea how to start writing for my own .. but this is one for the books… 💍

James + I have always planned on getting married since we started dating 2 years ago. We have known each other for almost 5 years, but it wasn’t God’s timing for us to be together. 

First off, when I was young, my favorite boy name was James, I was going to name my first child (if it was a boy, James) yet little did I know what God had in store for me. ☺️

God truly put this man in my life at the right time. HIS time. A man that believes in God + wants our relationship to be in Faith. I am blessed to have met such a man, let alone be honored to become his wife.

Because we discussed marriage so much I told James that when we do get engaged the only person I care about being there is his son Mason. Who I love + adore as if he were my own . 

So I planned a last minute hiking trip, not knowing James had the ring for a few months . He knew my love for the ADK + planned on asking me then. 

He informed Mason + I had no idea. But Mason loves keeping surprises. 

Their code word was : “ Monster Trucks” 

We hiked 1.5 miles up Baxter Mtn. and James asks Mason to take a picture of us, then proposes. I laughed at first thinking he was being funny and quickly realized that this was really happening to me in one of my favorite places. Of course I said yes, I almost said no just to trick him but he was so serious and had tears in his eyes that I couldn’t do it.

One of the best parts to this story was me asking Mason if he really wants me to be his step-mom and he shook his head up and down so fast with the biggest smile that I had tears in my eyes. 

So here’s to forever and a week.

Here is a few photos of the proposal + engagement session below...