When my husband and I first started attending our church four years ago, we wanted to join a small group (called ‘community groups’ at our church) to meet some more people. The first week we went, we met Maddy and Ryan. They were super friendly and fun people and we connected right away because we discovered I had just booked Maddy’s friend Natalie’s wedding for the following year! (Maddy was going to be a bridesmaid.)
In addition, Maddy and Ryan mentioned their ‘six month’ mark of dating… and I thought, “Hold up! Randy and I have been together 6 months!” Turns out, we started dating within a few weeks of one another (June-ish 2013) although Randy and I had just gotten engaged already! (We were older/had things to do/weren’t in school, etc, hahah.) All this being said, I’ll never forget how many years M + R have been together, because then I’d be forgetting my own relationship ‘fact.’
Both Maddy and Ryan are talented photographers – Maddy pursuing wedding/portrait photography work lately, Ryan in the outdoor/landscape/product photography world. They got engaged one day after their four-year-dating anniversary in front of a stunning backdrop at Moraine Lake in Alberta at… oh, five or six o’ clock in the morning. (I think that sets a record… I don’t know any other of my couples who had a sunrise proposal. Haha!)
I’ve loved watching these two from afar grow with one another over the last four years and I know they have put so much hard work and dedication into their relationship thus far. They are going to have a beautiful marriage, I know it. Thrilled to be their wedding photographer this December in Fort Langley – and excited to share their engagement photos from Golden Ears Park in Maple Ridge, a place they love to visit.
These are so adorable!!