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There is something to be said about a love affair that begins at camp! Little did Maya know bathing herself in off mosquito repellant, and packing up her 6th grade class for an overnight trip to Camp Timberline, would result in meeting the man of her dreams! Maya tells me the story goes that he spotted her first. Greg might tell it a little different, but Maya swears that Greg was the one who could not keep his eyes off of her the whole time. He may have checked her out first but when Greg scolded one of the children and said “we do not say shut up at Camp Timberline……we say shut up please!” well Maya just knew he was the one, and As they say the rest is history!

Greg proposed to Maya on the beach two years later and they have been making wedding plans ever since! Seeing as  we are on the subject of proposals, I should probably go ahead and tell you the story behind this one! Each one tells this story a little different, but I like Greg’s version best. Once you hear it I am sure you will see why Maya left out some minor details when she told me her side. So once upon a time on a beautiful sunny day in Hawaii Maya and Greg cozy up on the sand and chat.  The sun was beginning to set behind them ,and they were slightly out of breath from a long day of surfing.  Greg grabs Maya by the hand and begins the speech that he had been rehearsing in his head for days. As the butterflies stir in his stomach he looks Maya in the eye and repeats what he had practice in the mirror hundreds of times before this moment, “you know Maya our life is almost perfect!” He breathed a sigh of relief as he got out that first sentence and things were going just as planned. But before he could break into his next line Maya retorts with “well it would be perfect if we had a working washing machine!” A bit stunned by Maya’s response and wondering in the back of his mind how the conversation went from wedding proposal to washing machines Greg decides to just start over. I mean after all, this is the speech that he had been rehearsing for weeks!  He could not let a little segway get the best of him. So he takes a deep breath and once again says “You know Maya our life is almost perfect!” A little confused Maya decides to keep her mouth shut this time and just smile, which is a good thing because the next line from Greg’s mouth were words that she would never forget. Greg down on one knee says “and the only thing that would make it totally perfect is if you would marry me!” This is the part in any normal fairytale where you would say “and they lived happily ever after” however Maya thinks traditions were made to be broken and decided to take a different turn on the usual fairytale ending. This was the part of the story that Maya left out when she told me the first time. Greg however was more then happy to fill me in!  So it turns out that the ring Greg picked out was slightly too small for Maya’s ring finger so she placed it on her pinky for the time being. Just like any girl who just said yes to marrying the man of her dreams she was overflowing with excitement and gushing like a school girl! (Being the best 6th grade teacher on the island she knows first hand how school girls gush!”) The sun was setting on the most perfect day of her life and she walked hand in hand with her new fiance on the beach when……oops! It turns out the ring that was a little too small for her ring finger was also a little to big for her pinky and off flies the ring into the sand! She felt it slip off her finger and as she ran through a series of what to do next scenarios she decides to tell Greg what happened. After all now that they were engaged it was for better or for worse right? So as she glanced to the left and tried to decided just how fast she could scale a few tree stumps and get into the get away car should Greg not think she is quite so cute with the ring he could have bought a small car with was buried in the sand, she confesses what happened. Lucky for her Greg was still so excited that she said yes he did not even get upset. Ok so he may have been a little upset but like a true gentlemen he hid his emotions and began to dig in the sand for the ring that he had placed on maya’s finger just moments before. After a few minutes of raking through the sand he found the ring and put it right back where it belonged.  No wait, first she made him propose again!  I can’t blame her, any true perfectionist would want to try again!  So Greg once again asked Maya to be his wife, and then they lived happily ever after! Of course once I heard the “full version” of the story I decided we must reenact it in photos! So check out the last photo to get a good visual!

Maya and Greg will be getting married next month and I cannot wait to see these two love birds tie the knot! leave them some love in the comments below and come back later to check out their wedding pics!

P.S.- for those guys out there that think taking pictures is so boring and lame, just like Greg used to, I will leave you with a quote! “You know that was really fun!” what?   yep you heard it here folks!  FUN!!!!  I am much to professional to ever say “I told you so” so I  just gave him a smile and nod….oh who am I kidding! I totally stopped in my tracks and made him repeat it just so the universe knows that I’ll be a monkey’s uncle if someone left a shoot without thinking it was fun! Just saying!

 

P.S.S- Sorry there are so many images!  These two are just too darn cute to narrow it down to just a few!

Heaps of love and blessings to you both! Can’t wait to rock it out at your wedding!