Mikey and Ashley Got Engaged!

I am very happy to announce that my brother, Mikey, and his girlfriend, Ashley, got engaged! Mikey is also a photographer, and he has help shoot a lot of weddings with me. I offered to drive down to do photos for him, so we spoke on the phone about his plans for the engagement. He wanted to do it up at Lizard's Mouth up in the mountains about Santa Barbara. There are lots of rocks and bushes up there, and the view is amazing. Below is the map that he drew for me so that I would know how and where to set his stuff up once I got to Lizard's Mouth. Alexis, Daniel (my other brother), and I went up there early to set up a jewelry box that Mikey made that had the ring in in. The plan was that we would be in the bushes so that when they got there, the box would already be there, and we could take photos while he proposed. I love that he thought about all of the potential photo hideouts and drew them on the map for me.

Will you marry me?
Yes!
It all happened pretty quick, and I was not very set up when they got there, so I had to scramble a little bit, but it still worked out. Good times!

we took some other engagement photos too while we were up there.









I normally never stage moments after they have already happened, but we all had a good laugh setting this up.
We all got in cammo gear so that we could hide in the bushes and go undetected. It was stealth!


I can't tell you how happy I am for Mikey and Ashley, and it was really special getting to be a part of Mikey's master plan. It was perfect!!