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How PJ won over Sarah | Elmhurst Engagement

Sarah was attending Elmhurst College four hours away from her best friend who was attending Western Illinois University. In August of 2008, Sarah made a visit to Western and the two girls indulged themselves with a night out on the town together. It was serendipity that later on, they ended up meeting PJ and his roommate outside her apartment. They all enjoyed a fun, memorable evening together. Several months passed and when PJ ran into Sarah's best friend again one night, he asked her to tell Sarah to come back for another visit. He said, "We are in love, she just doesn't know it yet." Two months later, Sarah came back and the two hit it off. The rest is history!

As you look through these image highlights of PJ & Sarah's Elmhurst, IL engagement session from this summer, I hope you enjoy the details of their love story...

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The most special fishing lure | Bryan & Maddy's engagement

I first met Maddy when I worked with her a few years ago. Her witty, laid back personality easily added her to my must-have friends list. After she introduced us to Bryan, it was obvious that they were perfect for each other! They're not exactly sure when they "officially" started dating, so they just picked 08-08-2008 to make it easy to remember. "It was around that time—early August—so we made it easy," Bryan said. 

As you look through these image highlights of Bryan & Maddy's Kenosha engagement session from this summer, I hope you enjoy the details of their love story...

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A sweet, tandem bike engagement session in Oak Creek

As the old song goes, "I'm half crazy all for the love of you... you'd look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two." Adam and Michelle have to be one of the most adorable, fun couples ever. They are super fit and love running, cycling and being outdoors, so their wedding theme of the tandem bicycle fits them perfectly. What beautiful symbolism for joining two individual lives in marriage and riding together through life. These two truly embrace life... I'm talking all out embrace it—like, their third date was skydiving. (See?) 

As you look through these image highlights of Adam & Michelle's engagement session, I hope you enjoy the details of their love story...

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Madison Engagement | Jon, Amy & Cheddar

Ahhh, love. This sweet couple represents one more reason we believe love is the most special thing in this world. Seeing Jon and Amy together made us so happy! They comforted and encouraged each other and they couldn't stop holding hands and smiling at one another. Cheddar, their little pooch, cracked us up too. What a cartoon character! As we get to know them, it's more and more obvious that Jon and Amy are perfect together. We can't wait for their 2014 wedding!

As you look through these image highlights of Jon & Amy's engagement session, I hope you enjoy the details of their love story...

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Fall in love | Garrett & Katie are Engaged

Last fall, we had the opportunity to do an engagement session with a really neat couple. Garrett and Katie are obviously in love... watching them interact together during this session made us smile. We loved their fun-loving, sarcastic humor and their own creative ideas they added to this colorful session.

In 45 short days, Garrett and Katie are getting hitched! October 12th cannot come soon enough. We're so excited to shoot their wedding at Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church (a.k.a. the Space Ship Church) and celebrate with them afterward at Festival Hall in downtown Racine. Katie is a Bride who is all about the details—we're looking forward to seeing all of the personal touches their wedding day will include!

Here are some highlights from their crisp fall engagement session...

 

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From bowling to marriage | Matt & Erin are Engaged

I'd like to introduce you to Matt. He is one of our best friends from college [and one of the most loyal, for that matter]. He was even crazy enough to room with Chad in the dorms for a year! His sensitivity to others and his impersonations & quick-witted sense of humor make him a magnet to fun people. That is no doubt why he met Erin. Her sweet, down-to-earth personality compliments Matt perfectly. We couldn't be any more excited that these two love birds will be getting married in a couple weeks!

Read all about the beginnings of their sweet love story... 

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Love, laughter and crutches | Tim & Lindsay are Engaged

This fall, we had the opportunity to do an engagement photo session with very close friends of ours. Tim has been a loyal friend of Chad's for many years and he's honored to be one of his Groomsmen in September. "When I first got to know Tim in 5th grade, I thought he'd be a good friend to have because he was known as 'Bone Crusher'. He wrestled an eighth grader and broke his leg! To this day, we all still call him 'Bone'," Chad explains. "When I found out that he had proposed to Lindsay, I was extremely excited for them!" We have LOVED getting to know Lindsay over the last six years that they've been together. They are such a fun couple! 

This is the sweet story of Tim and Lindsay...

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how sushi, cutoffs & rose petals lead to engagement
Sami and Drew met during their freshman year of college at Carthage, but didn't really cross paths until their “physical fitness” class together their senior year. Everyone in the class got 2 free skips. Drew and Sami, along with a mutual friend, decided to use one of their “skip” days to go out for sushi. The rest is history. Four years later, they are engaged to be married! They say, "Since our first impression, our love for each other has only grown. We still embrace the traits that attracted us to each other, but now we have so much more to love about one another."

Check out these gorgeous photos from their engagement session at the Wind Point Lighthouse (Racine, WI) as you read about their funny traits, "bad luck curse" and their super-romantic proposal story.

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