After shooting some of our engagement photos at Longwood University, we headed down the road to Hampden-Sydney College. On the way over, we made a stop so Ashley could get a few shots of us in some tall grass she had her eye on, and I'm so glad we did. The light was so glowy and perfect and some of these photos just look kind of magical to me!

   

  

Next week I'll show you my favorite shots from Hampden-Sydney and then I'll be done, I promise!

(Outfit Details: My shirt is from Everlane, my jeans are these ones from Levi's, and my shoes are Converse.

Rob's wearing a tee from Eddie Bauer, J.Crew jeans, and Keds.)

See part one here.

The decision to do our engagement photos in Farmville, Virginia--the little town where Rob and I both went to college--was an easy one. This is where we met (five years ago this month!); where we became friends before falling in love.

We shot in three different locations, and the first was Longwood University, where I read and wrote every day, learned countless things about literature and life, drank cheap vodka, dated a few of the wrong guys, spent every minute and shared every dress with my roommates, and the place I called home when I first crossed paths with the man who will soon be my husband.

 Longwood means so much to me.

  

  

    

These photos were taken by Ashley Link of V.A. Photography, whom I cannot recommend enough. She is talented and creative and kind, and Rob and I are so excited to have her shoot our wedding in May. 

Stay tuned for Part Two next week!

(Outfit Details: I'm wearing a ModCloth dress and shoes c/o Jigsaw London. 

Rob's wearing a Banana Republic shirt and pants with Johnston & Murphy shoes.)

When I think back to that weekend leading up to that Monday when we got engaged, less than a month ago, my heart just swells up.

Planning our wedding is going to be so amazing, but those days and moments before the afternoon where Rob asked me to marry him mean so much to me. Just another weekend, I thought, with iced coffee mornings and cigars shared, where I would photograph everything and then push for group pictures and couple pictures, and he would tickle me as usual.

To know that the whole time, he had a ring in his pocket and a plan up his sleeve is enough to make me feel downright blessed and lucky and all those things you feel when the person you love asks you to spend the rest of your life with him.