Yesterday was, shall we say, quite the whirlwind. For those of you who don't know, I am a very blissfully engaged Kentucky gal, and my fiance' and I are eagerly counting down the days til our wedding this coming July! My wedding dress has arrived, the flowers have been ordered, the invitations are being printed as we speak, and the days are flying by! Planning our wedding with my sweet fiance', and loving Mother and Sister, has been an exhilarating experience. I have studied countless wedding blogs (Style Me Pretty, Wedding Chicks, and Green Wedding Shoes, you know I love you!), scoured magazines a-plenty, and rummaged through a few-too-many interior decorating stores for unique and meaningful design ideas for our big day. With about five months to go, I finally believe that our dreams are beginning to take shape, and I am absolutely brimming with excitement about it!
One of the pre-wedding tasks that I had been most looking forward to was of course, our engagement session! I mean, snuggling up to your sweetie and being a model for the day---who wouldn't love that?! Always determined to leave my personal touch on every wedding-related detail, I was determined that our engagement session would be meaningful and unique to us! After many days of brainstorming we decided that a wintry engagement session, complete with a bonfire, hot cocoa, and LOTS OF SNOW would highlight Darling Fiance's Northern Heritage (He is, in fact, a Minnesota Man) & my love of white fluff. Unfortunately for us, this winter has been one of the non-snowiest in Kentucky's history. But being a rather persistent (ok, stubborn) gal, I was confident that our snow would come, and until then, we would wait for it. Well, come it did. For a blissful 3 hours on Wednesday morning, the flakes poured down, blanketing the rolling hills of the bluegrass in a pristine layer of glistening powder. I immediately contacted our wonderful photographers, who urged us to jump at the opportunity. Elated, I immediately began assembling the props and pressing our outfits. After loading the car in a head-full of hot rollers, I rushed to apply make-up, and in a cowboy second my darling and I were on the road to our destination--the beautiful Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. There was only one problem...the snow was melting...and fast.
By the time we arrived to the Village, there was not a flake in site. I fought back nagging thoughts of failure and negativity and instead tried to remember that this would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Darling Fiance' and I. I realized that despite the gray-washed sky, the beautiful Kentucky grass was as green as a late-summer day, and suddenly, my spirits lifted. Perhaps our pictures would still be as beautiful as I had imagined, even without the snow. From that moment, as they say, the rest was history! Darling Fiance' and I grinned, laughed, and played our way through 2 blissful hours of engagement photography. The rolling hills & the antique props seemed somehow meant for each other. But best of all, Darling Fiance's strong arms and warm smile kept me from chilling too deeply and reminded me that sometimes, even the most disappointing starts can transform into the most wonderful endings.
It was, in essence, one of the best days of my life.
