This is Kelsey and Grady — two of mine and James’ closest friends. Kelsey and I lived together for two years in college and somehow became even closer friends after James and I got married and Kelsey eventually ended up living in the same apartment complex as us. I believe one time we counted it was something like 60 steps between our front door and hers. That was when Kelsey started talking about this guy Grady she had met through working Super Summer Camps that summer. They were “just friends” and I was the first to call that they were “just lying to themselves” about being “just friends.”  Now after two years of long-distance dating, then not-long-distance, and back and forth one more time all taking place between Denton, Arkansas, Dallas and Granbury  they’re indeed more than just friends — they’re totally engaged. And I couldn’t be happier for them.

Editing these photos I smiled, I cried, I straight up lol-ed. And then I cried some more. In my six years of knowing Kelsey I’ve never, ever seen her as happy and thriving as she’s been since she met Grady.  There’s just something about watching a best friend go through the engagement and wedding planning process that helps refresh my memory of why I love and am so thankful for what I am able to do for a living.

Here are just a few of my favorites from Kelsey and Grady’s engagement session.

Kelsey and Grady, y’all are so good together and I’m so excited to officially vouch for that statement by standing beside y’all during your wedding ceremony come January.