We are so excited to celebrate with these two. It is not every day we get to capture a wedding where Brent knows the groom and I know the bride. Lets just say the world is way too small … especially if you are Dutch or from Redding, Ca. It is going to be a fun one and we are looking forward to being a part of their Oregon wedding in June. Enjoy the awesomeness that Brent captured of their engagement.

 

They are married & very much in love. David loves to take pictures and Anna is super duper crafty.  She is an avid blogger and always inspires me to think outside the box. You can check it out here.  I asked Anna about her and David and this is what she had to say…

“David and I met for the first time at Burney Falls on a trip with some friends. I liked him right away  We went out for Pizza as a group after the falls and he came and sat next to me… I was glad he did. Our paths didn’t really cross often and we actually didn’t start dating until the next year. February 5, 2008 we started dating and we were engaged February 5, 2010. 8 months later we were married!! We have been married now for 1.5 years and we are LOVING IT!

I have no idea where we will be in 10 years! Hopefully still enjoying life, enjoying laughing together, enjoying card games, enjoying road trips and loving our family!”

Happy 1.5 years together! Thanks for letting us capture this time of your life together!

 

Jeremy + Junnel engaged.
 

So I asked Junnel + Jeremy about their love story and this is what they had to say:

“Jeremy and I first met our sophomore year of high school- at a church dance. Jer was too shy to say hi but asked my friends about me. We hung out a little bit but didn’t start dating until the end of senior year of high school.
We have been together almost 8 years, this June!”

How did he propose?

“On our 7th anniversary, we took a trip to napa. Jer tried several times throughout the day but kept getting interrupted- once my manager from UCSF happened to be there, another time a wine tour walked in.. Eventually he asked at dinner at the boonfly (restaurant) over fries and s’mores!”

What are you most looking forward to when you are married?

Jeremy: “Starting the next part of my life w my best friend!”

Junnel: “Making a family and home together.”

Where do you and Jeremy think you will be in 10 years? Working? Kids?

“We will probably both still be working- I love being a pediatric nurse and I haven’t met anyone as happy with his job as jer is being a powerlineman.

Hopefully we have lots of kids! And hopefully live in a house in the sticks with land for gardening and a little bit of farming.”

So Awesome. We look so forward to celebrating with you and capturing your wedding day this May!!

Steven + Jacki celebrate {two years of love}

Meet the Potorke’s. They are kind. loving. simple. fashionable. creative. and live too far away from us! Jacki is my bestie. We lived together in Long Beach and became instant friends when we met. Our souls were connected and we will be friends forever. Our lives have always oddly paralleled each other… until recently when I had my baby girl. They came to visit after Lyla was born and of course wanted Brent to capture their second anniversary. WE had a great time.. walking to the farmers market, drinking coffee and dreaming about the perfect jobs and life. You know, the usual things you do with your best friends.  We love you Steven and Jacki and definitely think you should move to Redding!!! Maybe one day we will live in the same city. But until then we will cherish our weekends we get together.

Some engagement love

Sara was in my cousin’s wedding we captured last summer. We had never met before that, but our world’s were definitely intertwined. I was referred to her after she got engaged & decided to take it upon myself to write her an email to congratulate her and introduce myself again. I don’t do that often, but I’m so glad I did because we clicked right away and found out that we are pretty much related! Again, the Dutch community showed me how small it really is. Oddly enough, Sara lives with my mom’s first cousin Mary & her family ( the Flietstra’s) and they both went to my high school, good ole Valley Christian. Pretty sure they were in Jr. high when I was in high school!! Anyways, we were destined to meet. And yes..Brent is slowly learning how small ( or big ) this “Dutch” circle really is.

We met up with these two at Panera Bread one night and had ( of course ) a great time talking about their wedding day! Definitely looking forward to their wedding day in March in southern California!

We decided to go to the city of Orange to shoot their engagement. And while Brent loves shooting engaged couples, I love to tag along. It was very evident that they like each other a lot. Brian and Sara ~ You two are pretty cute together!