Bryndee & Taylor : Engagements

It was so great to snap a few pictures of Bryndee and her man Taylor before their wedding the second week of May! They are freakishly beautiful so I would take pictures of them anyway, lets be real. We just had time for a couple,

 AND

 if you've read my last posts you'll know that none of these will be edited in the same style. I kind of hate it and kind of love it because not being a professional photographer, I kind of get to do whatever I like, and whatever the "client" likes too.  While I normally like light, airy photos; I guess sometimes it's nice to have a heavy fade or distort colors. That's why Bryns rocking dress is a million different colors in this shoot fyi. Just embrace it with me, will you? ;) 

 

So basically they are adorable and I can't handle it. AND their wedding is in ONE WEEK! Married friends in the making. Congrats to the future Mr. & Mrs. Deamer! 

Future Mrs.Deamer

Hey all: my girrllll bryn got ENGAGED!! And I could not be more excited for her. 

Below are some pictures of the proposal and such..

Chase and I hid out and took some pictures of their happy love. Sadly: I have yet to learn many things about my new lens and my old one is broke broke, so I didn't get as many photos as I wanted...but I did promise them I would be much better by their wedding and take a bajillion photos then. 

So their perspectives of this event are much more important than mine (obviously...) but since I'm the one bloggin this, here you go. 

Taylor contacted me via Instagram 10 minutes before I sent him a message on Facebook asking about the proposal he had planned. Talk about brain waves. Plans changed little by little during the week, and the day of it was snowy so he re-planned around that as well. He told us to be at the Grand America before they were and to hide out in the courtyard. 

Above is a random crooked picture so you get the idea...

We walked in and HOLY BEAUTIFUL winter wonderland. It is a gorgeous place and the courtyard is perfect. ALMOST PERFECT. We had never been there before and I quickly realized there was nowhere to hide...no large trees..and the entire court is surrounded with windows. PANIC PANIC.

Chase and I thought about what Taylor had told us about the gingerbread house, and assumed he would probably take bryndee to see it. So naturally we hid on the other side and ducked down as far as we could next to a concrete ledge. 

Here is a pic of us trying to look grungy to avoid detection...and right before we armed crawled on wet pavement and looked even grungier. 

 The bad news? remember all the windows looking into the courtyard. Taylor and Bryn walked RIGHT PAST US. and I panicked. I started running the opposite direction and yelled RUN. probably not the best idea I've ever had. Finally they came walking out towards the christmas tree.

Then more panic as I started taking pictures and Taylor wasn't getting down on his knee. I looked and chase and mouthed "WHAT IS GOING ON?!??!!" I'm bad at mouthing words, shout out to chase for even kind of understanding me. He could see a huge family group just waiting by the tree.

Ok..this family was there like 20 minutes before Bryn and Taylor even came out and they were just moseying around RUINING THIS PROPOSAL. needed less to say chase and I were very angry at this family who does not even know we exist.

This is chase hiding behind me taking a video as I took some pics.

and then IT HAPPENED. Boy got down on one knee and it was beautiful.

And she said yes. But I'm guessing you knew that. 

And then we walked around and took some pictures of these newly engaged love birds. Here are some for your viewing pleasure.

 ^^Stunning ring...and it's rose gold. So Bryndee. SO SHINY. ^^

 This last one is probably my favorite. I'm into candids but I mean how candid can you be when someone is following you around after you get engaged? Already stoked for this wedding.

Here's a blurry and tiny video.

So glad I was able to be roommates with this beeb, and that she's starting her life with Taylor soon! 

And to celebrate here is a really awkward picture of us wearing similar jackets. #210ROOMMATES4LYFE

Our Wedding! Part 2: Ceremony

So ages ago (April 3) Chase and I got married! And it's almost 4 months later and I'm finally posting about it. Married life is busy. That's my reasoning. 

It was a wonderful, super fast, and crazy day.  And the picture overload begins: I even split the wedding day into 2 because Shannon did such a great job. Choosing the pictures I wanted to post on here was a struggle.

We decided to get married in the Salt Lake City temple. People may say it's overrated: but I think the early members who built it by hand for 40 years would disagree with you. It's beautiful, and we got married on a pretty slow day too. We practically had the place to ourselves. There's no other place I would rather have been married: it was an amazing experience. 

For those of you reading who aren't LDS, pictures and recording devices aren't allowed in the temple, so this is us coming out right after we got married! Even though I'm a photo junkie, not having cameras there during the ceremony made it that much more intimate and special for me. 

Getting married in the temple was something I have wanted since I can remember. There, we are sealed for eternity, not till death do us part. Because of sealings, I can be with chase forever. I can be with all of my family forever. I don't have to part with them after death- and that was what chase and I tried to focus on during this day.

 A lot of people like to party it up the whole time, and make it as trendy as possible (which is totally fine, to each their own!) but I wanted our colors timeless, and the focus of our day to be us, becoming one; and in turn our families becoming one. We would not be who we are without them, and this day was more than us taking lots of fun pictures. It was us becoming a family.  I'm grateful to have found someone who would not settle for less than taking me to the temple. Im grateful for someone who held my hand and cried with me during our ceremony, when we became husband and wife. 

^^ and yes, that is us crying together...because we are giant babies. ^^

 PS I cried a LOT that day (ask anyone who was there. sorry guys) I cried during the ceremony, then I walked out of the temple, my dad started crying and so did I. You know if you've watched the wedding video preview ( if not, it's be linked at the bottom. prepare for a lot of me crying) 

 ^^Best friend status ^^ 

^^ Those roommates tho^^

^^ Squishin moms face as per usual...and yes, contrary to popular belief, she is indeed my mother^^

^^ My siblings like to pretend I'm not hilarious...^^

^^We love these friends of ours, half of whom just waited outside the temple. props to them ^^

^^ Cassie and Brenton flew all the way from Cali that morning. Rockstars. ^^

^^ My other bestie is currently on her mission! 

We sure do love and miss our Sister Moline pants^^

(serious props to Jason, her boyfriend, who is the coolest guy ever and came for us-

 even though his date that night was a picture )

Are you tired of pictures?

 Too bad. There are more. 

Sorry..also not sorry.

I got to Salt Lake the week of our wedding and so afraid everything was going to be ugly and dead. I was hoping so hard the cherry blossoms would be out on our wedding day. I went by the temple the night before our wedding and was SO happy to see all the blossomed trees. 

Chase and I had a 9 month engagement, 7 of those months were long distance and then we saw each other 3 day before the wedding. Somehow- we made it. Nothing says our relationship like keeping it awkward- and I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Click HERE for Getting ready wedding day 

and 

HERE for wedding videography preview 

Reception post to follow! 

*all photos by shannon elizabeth photography *