We headed over to Rutherfordton last week (on the evening of our 9th anniversary, in fact) to celebrate the engagement of Stephanie & Justin in photos! What could be better than a photo date to document a couple happily in love?

We started at Justin’s family’s farm. A red barn, sunflowers, chickens and a sweet couple: it just couldn’t get any better!

Oh wait – maybe it could! After the farm we headed to the airfield for some fun with the planes. In fact, Justin proposed to Stephanie while they were in the air just a few days prior to the photo session.

I think they’re both pretty ecstatic that she said yes!

We had such a great time hanging out with Bess and Michael this past weekend…

…the weather was gorgeous and they were just really, really happy to be able to spend time together.

Favorite! (Thanks for being so cooperative about nestling in the trees!)

Thanks, Mike & Bess! We can’t wait for your September wedding!

Chris & Jennifer will be married exactly 2 months from today! I sort of wigged them out by thinking their wedding was only one month away and mentioning that, and they were both like, “No, no, not yet! We need more time!”

They’re ready, of course, to be together — the more time is just for the planning…but honestly, I think they pretty much have it under control and we can’t wait for their beautiful day!

Speaking of beautiful days, we picked a good one this last Saturday (thankfully, since Sunday was snowy, windy, and cold!) Sigh…love is pretty.

When Sarah moved to Winston-Salem to begin her residency friends told her that it was unlikely she’d meet a guy in her new hometown. Well, it’s a good thing they were wrong! Ryan & Sarah will be married by the lake in October of this year. They were kind enough to travel to Asheville for Ryan’s birthday this weekend so we spent some time with them in the wide open spaces of the NC Arboretum on Saturday. It was such a relaxed, calm, happy day — very similar in spirits to this sweet couple.

In the early days of their relationship, while Tim was still pondering whether or not to bring up the subject of “their relationship” to Caroline, she surprised him by admitting that she liked him and asking him out! Something tells me that Tim likes an assertive woman! They’ve been going strong since then — 18 months and counting. Soon to be married in May, they took time out from their hectic schedules to wander around downtown Asheville with us on a slightly colder-than-normal Saturday (the temperature dropped 20 degrees from the previous day.)

Tim said the photography shoot was “painless,” which is what we like to hear. We enjoy engagement sessions because they help us all get to know each other and they’re just plain fun. Tim & Caroline’s session lasted about 1.5 hours and we even managed to ply them with coffee and dessert…so it can’t be all that bad, can it?