Ashley and I have been friends for a few years now. We both lived in the same (frigid) little snowy middle-of-nowhere town in North Dakota (maybe you’ve heard of it – Minot??) and within just a few weeks of each other, we both relocated south to Colorado. She lives out in Castle Rock, and obviously I’m here in Colorado Springs … but we see each other as often as possible. Last year at our annual Christmas party, she introduced us to this “special fella” she’d been seeing for a few months – this wonderful, kind man named James. James made Ashley’s eyes light up, made her cheeks blush, and just made happiness come out of Ashley in a way I had never seen in the years we’ve been friends. They had met while working together at King’s Sooper and even from their first date at Perry Park, they both knew it was meant to be.
Soon after our Christmas party, James took Ashley to Bishops Castle on one of their day trip adventures (they are ALWAYS out exploring and hiking), and since Ashley is also a photographer – when she saw this awesome row of mailboxes across from the castle she HAD to stop to take a photograph (can you see why we’re such good friends? Haha!). While she was taking her shot, James stayed across the street and out of the corner of her eye, Ashley saw him kneel down on one knee in the middle of the road? He proposed to her, and she accepted (and then cried, and cried).
Earlier this week, James took a major step and joined the US Marine Corps and he is currently in his first week of boot camp. Once he gets home for his ten days of leave after basic training in July, Ashley and James are planning to get married at Daniels Park, which is where this shoot was done. After James completes basic training and they get married, they are looking forward to traveling all over the place, and exploring the world together. I’ll be very sad to see Ashley inevitably move away from Colorado, but I’m so excited for her and James’ story to unfold.
Enjoy! xoxox
A special thanks going out to the following vendors for participating in this stylized photo shoot ::
VENUE :: Daniels Park in Castle Rock, CO
CUPCAKES :: Bliss Bakery
HAIR + MAKEUP :: Samantha Brown :: Facebook
Simply beautiful Ashley!
SO AMAZING! Gorgeous!
Incredible! I pinned one of your photos. 🙂
Keep up the good work!