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Travis and Lindsay, oh man these two are SOOO cute!! Lindsay and I went to the same youth group for a short period of time about 7 years ago (wow, I am starting to feel old haha) at Tsawwassen Alliance Church. And Travis is actually one of my best friends from elementary school’s cousin! Travis and I had never met before, but I was very excited when Alana and her lovely mother; Lori, recommended me to them! Thank you! Anyway, enough about how I met these two – you want to hear about how they met each other.

Travis and Lindsay went to the same church (Tsawwassen Alliance Church) for a few years but never talked to each other. That changed one night at a mutual friends house party. They started dating shortly after that, a couple of their favourite dates being; a day trip to Seattle where they watched a Mariner’s game and a picnic on the beach in Steveston. Something I personally love about these two is that they read books aloud to each other! It started when they both decided they wanted to read the book Crazy Love (amazing book btw) and just ended up reading it aloud to each other because that was easier. They have continued to do this ever since.

Travis realized fairly quickly that Lindsay was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. So, on Thursday, October 17, 2013 on a cloudy afternoon Travis took Lindsay to Spanish Banks. They walked around the beach, talking and enjoying each others company. Then he brought out a new book to read to Lindsay. It was a story that Travis had written about Lindsay and him!! When he finished reading the story, he got down on one knee and asked Lindsay to marry him! Lindsay said yes! And as soon as she did the clouds over the city disappeared and the sun came out! God was definitely smiling 🙂

For their engagement session we decided to go to Steveston, as it is a special spot for them. We walked around and visited places in the freezing cold, but sunny weather. This was the coldest session I have ever photographed. It was February and about -7 degrees celsius, plus in Steveston there was a wind chill, so it felt like -11! You wouldn’t know by the smiles and sweet looks shared between Travis and Lindsay though! They were such troopers. Good job you two! Enjoy the photos.

First stop; Beatmerchant Record Store! Travis used to work at Beatmerchant, so the very nice owner let us take some photos outside and inside the store 🙂

Picking out some good records.

Adorable.

So great. If you are looking for vinyl records, definitely check Beatmerchant out!

🙂

Oh my goodness the way they look at each other, that’s love right there.

I loved getting this gorgeous light and the water reflecting it behind them! 

Lindsay is SO PRETTY!! Such a gorgeous girl. Just thought I would mention that.We had to stop into a coffee shop for a little warmth from the freezing cold:

To the beach! 

Stunning, you two.

SUN, how wonderful you are haha. 

Travis reading to Lindsay 🙂 

What a good looking couple eh!? Before you scroll down any further, let me tell you something about the next few photos. We were all just about ready to go home and completely frozen. Our handwarmers were no longer warm, our skin pink, feet numb, hands frozen (I was starting to develop a claw hand from gripping my camera), but then I noticed something in the distance. A field covered in ice! With the sun setting, I knew it would make for an awesome photo. I basically begged Travis and Lindsay to take one last photo (which for me is usually like 10-20 more haha). They agreed (you two are amazing btw, thank you for trusting me) and we walked our freezing cold selves over to the field. The ice was not yet completely frozen, so Travis and Lindsay had to be very careful where they stepped.  

We ended the shoot with this photo:

Love it! Thank you Travis and Lindsay for sticking out the freezing cold weather with me. I am SOOO excited for your wedding coming up end of May!! Love, Marie