A Labor Day Engagement Session

Elyse grew up with her family making trips to her grandparents’ lake house in Camdenton. Although, Elyse & Peter currently reside in Sarasota Florida (where they will be getting married next May) she wanted their engagement session to take place back in the Midwest at one of her (now their) favorite places. I met with them over Labor Day weekend and they started the session by sporting their red, white and blue. 

How they meet according to Elyse: “We met online. We had both recently moved to Sarasota from Chicago and were kept really busy with our new jobs so figured trying our hand at online dating was worth a try. We had both been set up on a few dates but nothing exciting. Elyse thought maybe it was mid-western appeal that might be missing so she searched the keyword “Chicago” within her Sarasota zip code and up came Peter.”Proposal Story . . . In order to surprise Me, Peter knew he had to catch me completely off guard as I had a feeling a proposal was in the near future. On the Monday after Valentines Day he messaged me on gchat at work to say he was headed out a little early to get an adjustment at the chiro, something he does pretty often. So, I didnt think anything of it when I came home and he was already there. As I was taking off my coat I heard music from the pool and as I turned the corner I saw Peter in a tux surrounded by flowers and loads of photos of us.