Engaged

A local guide to free Richmond engagement session spots, from Maymont Park and the State Capitol to the Fan District and Libby Hill.

Four reasons Castle Hill Cider in Keswick, VA is a dream wedding venue: scenery, versatile spaces, delicious cider, and personal service.

A surprise proposal on Brown’s Island in Richmond, VA — rose petals, the James River, and a joyful yes beneath the pedestrian bridge.

Heat-friendly tips from a 90-degree Washington DC engagement session: beating sweat, crowds, and melting makeup while still having fun.

A summer engagement session at Maymont in Richmond, VA — golden light, garden gazebos, and a couple headed for a May wedding.

Part two of Clark and Sarah’s Shockoe Bottom engagement session, celebrating the cultures and foods blending in their new family.

Erik and Julia’s Washington, DC engagement session, from the Smithsonian Castle garden to golden-hour strolls along the Mall.

A colorful Shockoe Bottom engagement session in Richmond for Debbie’s brother Clark and his fiancée Sarah, full of murals and laughter.

Celebrating 32: a proposal at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, a Richmond engagement session, and a joyful Nigerian-American double wedding.

WOOOOHOOOOO, these two are such a delight to me! Gwen found me through the Instagram grapevine, and I was so thrilled to learn she was a Salisbury University connection!! (For those who don’t know my story and the time I spent with SU students, see this post!) Gwen & David are getting married next October […]

Hello, friends! Happy 2020! Having time this month to slow down, regroup, and pray & plan for 2020 has been so refreshing. (Aside from the week I spent nursing my sick younger sister (a freshman at CNU) back to health from a virus, only to catch some kind of the bug myself and be out […]

October 2009. As an insecure, trying-to-find-my-place-in-this-world freshman, I tagged along to a house I had never been at to participate in the birthday party surprise for a girl I hardly knew, thinking, “This will be great… Wait, this is scary, I hardly know ANYONE at the party!… Buuuut I’ve met the birthday girl a few […]

I seriously don’t know how to begin this post. What are you supposed to say about the engagement of one of your very best friends in the whole world?? How do you describe the flashmob proposal her boyfriend arranged with 30+ people that ended with a human tunnel leading her to her boy down by […]

I know it’s been YEARS it seems since I posted something on here, and for that I apologize! I was trying to make some renovations and changes to the blog that have had to come to a halt, so there really are no excuses for me to not continue blogposts at this time. And MAN […]