Christy & Luke - Mt. Carmel Illinois Engagement Photographer

Luke and Christy have a fabulous wedding coming up in Mt. Carmel!!  It is going to be awesome!

During their engagement session is when I really realized it was fall.  This time of year there is something about the sun that just clicks over into autumn.  I think it happened on this day! :)

How did you guys meet?  We met at a church retreat during college. I was one of the leaders of the retreat and he was one of the retreatents. He was the only one I didn't know that was attending the retreat. So on the first day, I noticed he was shy, and went up to him and said, You are shy I can see, but no need to be shy around me. It just went from there. We were friends for 2 years, and 2 weeks before we graduated college he asked me to be his girlfriend.

What did you do on your first date?  Our first date is a hard one. We were such good friends before we actually started dating. Actually I told him I didn't want to date him, because I was moving home after college and he was staying around here and I didn't want to distance. We did hang out everyday in college, but I would say our first "official" date was the St. Louis Zoo. I just thought we were going to hang out like we normally do, never in a million years thought it would have ended the way it did. I had been looking forward to going to the penguin house all day and as we were standing watching the penguins he looked at me (scared look I might say) and said, I know you said you didn't want to date me because of distance, but never do I want to go a day without you, even if there is miles between us. Will you be my girlfriend? So, of course I said yes. And here we are today, planning a wedding together and couldn't be happier.

What are you looking forward to the most about your wedding?  (Christy) Last but not least, what am I looking forward to the most about the wedding. This is hard because there are so many things, but the biggest is that I get to marry me best friend and call him my husband.  (Luke) The thing I’m looking forward to the most about the wedding is when the big wooden doors of the church open and I get to see my bride for the first time.