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19 Jun

Heather & Dave | Abbotsford Engagement

Categories: engagements

I’m not sure how common it is to meet your future husband through one of your high school teachers.. but that’s what happened to Heather. Her teacher’s brother-in-law happened to be Dave.  She teased Heather that she should date Dave, but the timing just wasn’t right yet. Fast forward a few years though and her teacher was right, they began dating. Now their engagement story is one of the sweetest I’ve heard..

Dave lives on the island and he planned the sweetest proposal while Heather was visiting from Abbotsford. He took her out to the top of Mount  Douglas in Victoria. While walking on the mountain, Heather noticed that there was a tent with candles set up around it. A little unusual of a sighting for December. Dave suggested they check it out, and Heather was a little hesitant to walk over to a random tent with candles set up ;) Nevertheless, he went over and convinced her to step inside and look. She was absolutely blown away to discover candles, a bouquet of roses, rose petals on the floor, and fun photos of them taped all over the tent. He also gave her a book he made with all their emails and messages while dating, and read that together. After, he got down pretending to tie his shoe, but pulled out a box instead and said: “that was chapter one, and for chapter two I want to ask you to be my wife.” To absolutely top it off, he had also arranged for her family to meet them there afterward to congratulate them. How thoughtful is he? I’m looking forward to their wedding this August!

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14 Responses to “Heather & Dave | Abbotsford Engagement”

  1. Sam says:
    19 Jun at 6:04 PM

    Wonderful session Alyssa, lots of great natural smiles. I really love that last photo!

  2. Chris says:
    19 Jun at 7:47 PM

    Awesome colors!

  3. Kelsie Taylor says:
    19 Jun at 7:59 PM

    sweet session! love the close ups of them laughing. :)

  4. Alicia Adamopoulos says:
    20 Jun at 2:13 AM

    Awww… Love that story and they are so cute together.

  5. Heather K says:
    20 Jun at 5:51 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous!! (both them and your shots!)

  6. Sam says:
    20 Jun at 6:51 AM

    OMG, they look so in love, it is pure adorableness. Just real moments you captured, which is an awesome job. :-)

  7. Paul Nguyen says:
    20 Jun at 8:01 AM

    Great photos! Great use of lighting, tones and colours!

  8. Nessa K says:
    20 Jun at 9:17 AM

    Awh – what a happy couple! <3

    Also! Look at all of this green. I want to set up a tent and live there.

  9. Lyn Ismael-Bennett says:
    20 Jun at 10:44 AM

    Awww….those portraits of them with the dandelions are so sweet. Love these :)

  10. Edric says:
    20 Jun at 10:55 AM

    These are all lovely images. Perfect location and the light is gorgeous.

  11. Crystal says:
    20 Jun at 11:55 AM

    Aww! They’re so sweet, you can tell that they are so in love! Great job!

  12. Tanis says:
    20 Jun at 1:19 PM

    These are unbelievable Alyssa! GREAT JOB!!!

  13. Kim says:
    21 Jun at 12:21 AM

    Oh my gosh. I want to cry reading that engagement story! What a catch this guy is! He looks absolutely adorable when he looks at her, too.

  14. Derek Martinez says:
    5 Aug at 10:44 PM

    Lovely work. Lots of love in these!

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