Brent & Lauren | Table Rock Lake Proposal
Often times throughout the year, I’m editing so much that my focus is to plow through the edits and get them back to clients as quickly as I can. That doesn’t usually leave me with much time to realize how truly perfect an album or photo collection is, until I have time to reflect on it, or in this case stumble back across it years later.
Brent has been one of my best friends for a number of years. He’s the type of guy that would give anyone the shirt off his back. He’s the first one I would talk to if I was going through something in my life and he’s the most likely to call on a random Tuesday to see how I’m doing and catch up or just shoot the breeze for a bit. When he met Lauren and started bringing her around more and more, I think we all knew that they were going to be something special, that this super sweet, beautiful girl with an infectious laugh, and well above average comedic timing was going to be the missing piece to Brent’s puzzle of life. So when he told me his plan for proposing at the Patterson Family Lake House, I wasn’t surprised, and I did not hesitate in wanting to capture the moment for them.
So if we’re being totally honest, Lauren definitely knew something was going on. I don’t know if it was when she was putting on her high heels in Shell Knob, Missouri, or until Brent pulled out his pre-proposal letter, but she was onto him a little bit :) Nevertheless, the moment, the couple, the letter, the lighting, the ring, it couldn’t have been more perfect. After the dock proposal, Brent had planned for all of their friends and family to be back at the lake house to help them celebrate.
I’ve had the great pleasure of watching these two get married, grow as a family, and enter into business with each other and it has been nothing short of amazing to see what they’ve accomplished in such a short time. We could all learn a thing or two from them, and I’m so proud to call them my friends.
