Garrett & Megan are made for each other.

That was the resounding theme of their entire wedding day.  From the notes filled with years worth of Valentines Day cards they each left for each other before the wedding to the message and chosen readings during the ceremony to the heartfelt toasts of loving family members.  No one there questioned it, it's just a fact, that Garrett & Megan are made for each other.  

It's not their "sameness" that makes them so integrally matched but more their commitment to a greater perspective on their love story.  They embody a stillness of love that isn't stationary but it is peaceful, slow and mature, not eager to jump from place to place but confident in the direction it is going without the need to prove it every moment of the day.  It's the way they first went on a date at a lavender farm in the San Juan Islands and the lavender fields in France where Megan spent so much time, making the Woodinville Lavender Farm an obvious choice for the next, seamless chapter in their story.  It's the way they practiced waltzing in a tiny apartment to "La Vie en Rose" to make their first dance both effortless and timeless on top of being extravagantly romantic. 

It was the way Garrett looked when he first saw Megan, as if in that moment everything from here to eternity had been set right.  It was the way Megan giggled a little when he spun her around because she knew he thought she looked as beautiful as she felt.  It was all these things and more that made the day feel endless in the best way possible.  As if Megan & Garrett invited each person there into a story they had been begging to tell and at the end of the day everyone wanted to hear it just one more time.  

This was a wedding made for marriage, made for the existence of love and devotion and faithfulness in all the big spans of time and all the tiny moments.  This, dear friends, is true love.

Do you ever make time for something that might be hard and might be rushed and might not be all you had hoped and then it turns out awesome?  That was the story of Snoqualmie Falls for Amy & Reid, and not just in regards to their sunrise engagement session on their only free day on the West Coast before heading back to Massachusetts.  

Last December, on Christmas Day, Reid had planned on "casually" stopping by Snoqualmie Falls to "pick up a gift for his mom."  All the while, heart racing, knowing he was going to ask Amy to be his forever love.  He figured on Christmas day the falls would be deserted and they would have only the romantic mist watching them.  Turns out, that is not at all what happens on Christmas Day at the falls.  After finally finding a parking space in the cold, rainy middle of the day, Reid asked an under-dressed Amy to go for a walk.  Her enthusiasm was left wanting but she went, not knowing they were fighting the crowds of people, searching for a perfect proposal spot.  Long story short, the rain and lack of good hiking shoes didn't stop Reid from kneeling on a muddy trail and hoping she'd say yes.

Fast forward to Sunday morning at sunrise, in hopes of beating the heat and the crowds at the falls Amy & Reid walked and laughed and smiled with no interruption and with renewed enthusiasm.  Honestly, these two giggled around each other like they knew a secret everyone else was missing out on.  And truthfully, for those longing for love that says "I love you" even in the cold, wet, muddy trails of life, they probably do.

Amy is a geologist so instead of going with a traditional stone in her ring they chose a watermelon tourmaline that fades from green to white to pink.  How beautiful is that?!?

Maya Angelou once said, "I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh."  If that is the case Sara and John have trust that will keep them safe for a lifetime.  These two are complete goofballs and they are completely smitten with each other.  Their laughter is contagious but so is the sense of peace and joy that they embody around each other.  

Above and beyond the love that they share for each other, they epitomize a laid-back nature that is not careless, instead it is built on a bigger perspective that allows them to let the little things roll of their backs.  That was made evident when our engagement shoot took us on a little longer hike than I had thought, and a small camera malfunction on my part made the hike twice as long.  John and Sara just kept smiling, laughing at each other and complimenting the scenery.  

I am so excited for their August wedding because it will be beautiful and heartfelt and full of laughter.