Doug + Brit {engaged}

The anticipation of waiting for Doug to propose to Brit nearly killed me! I knew he had the ring, I knew the day he was planning on proposing... and yet I had to play dumb every time Brit & I would talk about it! I still get excited thinking about it! My brother has finally found his perfect match! I look back now and think about how we used to talk about his dating life & that he hadn't found THE girl! My advice (which is my advice for everything) was to pray about it... pray for guidance & pray for peace.... and for good measure & to be funny, I made Doug a listing on e-harmony! Well, I'm happy to say that only a few months after Doug & I had that talk, Brit came into the picture!

A group of us had gone out for dinner... and what was supposed to be a mixed group of couples & singles ended up being 3 couples, Doug & Brit! My husband, Mark, & I had brought Doug along, and our good friends Josh & Blythe had brought Brit. There was no premeditated plan, I hardly knew Brit, but it was obvious that God had a plan! Half way through out night Josh pulled Doug aside and asked, "did you post a listing on e-harmony?" Well, as it turns out, Brit had made a profile on e-harmony with one of her friends (also as a joke) and had been notified that she was a match to a Douglas Baker in Stanton, CA! Well, after that revelation, Doug & Brit started hanging out a LOT! The rest of the story is what has led them to their engagement, and I personally cannot imagine anyone more perfect for my brother!

I was super excited when they asked me to do their engagement session & had so much fun planning out our day! Of course as our planned day arrived we were dealing with the possibility of rain... but luckily it rained earlier in the day & had cleared up by the time we drove to LA... leaving us to only battle the wind! It ended up being a fabulous time, and we only got in trouble with security twice! So here is Doug & Brit's engagement session...

















This is so typical....


















Ok ok... so this was a super super long post... but these are what I was left with after SEVERAL cuts! What can I say, it's my brother & soon-to-be sister's post, so it's ok if I go a little crazy!

Also, I have to say thank you to Meg, Brit's sister, for coming along & shooting beside me (check out her blog to see some of what she got from the day)! And and HUGE thank you to Katlin Skaggs for doing Brit's hair & make-up... Brit had these soft curls that stayed soft & perfect even when the wind was blowing like crazy! It was amazing.... and I highly suggest hair & make-up being done for shoots!

All right, that's all I got for tonight!

Ciao!

Diana Rush