We couldn’t wait to get together with Anita and Rowan for their engagement session and it was great to just be able to hang around with them as we walked around the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston exploring all of the little side streets. Anita and Rowan are so in love and so much fun to be around – I feel like we laughed our way through the entire session. There’s even an “outtake” that Rene took of me with Anita and Rowan where we were all in the middle of a giant belly laugh. I wish I could remember what we were laughing at, but the truth is we had fun like that all afternoon, so I have no idea what it was all about. I’d even post that outtake if it weren’t for the fact that my laugh was SO big that you could practically see my molars.

Choosing just a few “teasers” for the blog was nearly impossible. There were so many different locations that we found together that I didn’t know what to post! But here’s a peek at our fun times… Anita is so gorgeous and has the most beautiful smile. We couldn’t help wanting to show it off. Almost makes you wish you could bottle this up, doesn’t it??

Rowan was wearing this very cool military-style overcoat that we absolutely loved! We found a little bit of color while we were walking around and we made it all about him…

Anita and Rowan’s wedding is going to be an incredibly elegant evening wedding here in the city, so be sure to watch for a sneak peek of their wedding in just a few more weeks!

I should probably back up our story just a bit… we first meet Deena and Kris when Deena was a bridesmaid in Nicole and Matt’s wedding last summer. We really hit it off with Deena that day and just stayed in touch with each other after the wedding. Deena and I kept joking around about whether anyone would think it odd if she booked a photographer for her wedding before she was even engaged. (We both agreed that would be totally acceptable, by the way! )

Anyways, because we had been chatting for so long, we were so excited to hear the news when they got engaged just a few weeks ago! Kris completely surprised Deena by asking her to marry him while they were on a hike in Maine. They go hiking a lot (with their adorable dog) and so Kris really picked the perfect location to propose. Unfortunately, the fog and clouds were SO thick that day, that you literally couldn’t see more than 10 feet in front of you. You can just imagine the gorgeous backdrop at the summit just after Kris proposed, but those clouds and fog completely had them surrounded! What makes this an even better story, though, was that a stranger happened to walk by just after they got engaged and offered to take a picture with their camera. They soon found out that this man had proposed to his wife 10 years earlier at the same exact location. It was just perfect!

Although it was really cloudy and foggy the day that Kris proposed, there was nothing but bright sun and beautiful blue sky on the day of their engagement session. Since they live in historic Beacon Hill, Kris and Deena asked if we could meet them on the Esplanade in Boston and then walk around their neighborhood for their session. We really couldn’t have imagined a better location for them. And so here are some of our favorites from that afternoon…

Kris looking every bit as cool as he is in real life on a dock by the Charles River…

Kris’ mom actually made a beautiful silk dress for Deena just for their engagement session. It’s absolutely stunning and fit Deena so perfectly (there’s just nothing like a custom tailored dress…)

A little fun with Shadows and some bold colors…

And you know how much we love our alley ways – and the alleys in Beacon Hill are of course every bit as beautiful as the neighborhood itself. We found this gorgeous ivy covered wall in one and couldn’t resist having some fun…

We had SUCH an amazing time with these guys and can’t wait to for their wedding! Right now the plan is for a 2010 wedding, but you’ll definitely see this couple before then. They’ll be making their television debut very soon when they’re featured on a show on HGTV – filming begins in just a couple of weeks! We’re super excited for them and the producers will even be using a few of the images from their engagement session on the show! Stay tuned….

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