Jess and Brad met through a mutual friend of theirs who had them exchange email addresses. They talked a few times on the phone and their first date was when Brad offered to take her grocery shopping at the SuperStore. They had “creeped” each other on Facebook before so they knew what each other looked like, but when he knocked on her door and she answered it he actually had to look away because he had this stupid smile on his face (pretty much a WOWZA face Brad said) and within a second he just knew that he wanted to pursue this young woman like nothing else he had ever wanted in his life.
From that moment forward Brad said that he knew he was destined to be with her; even when she made her try to kiss her twice before she finally relented!
Our first summer Brad took her on a trip to Niagara Falls where they went horseback riding and on a few winery tours. At Peller Estates they took a stemware class and fell in love with wine. Brad proposed at Peller in the very vineyard they had walked in the first summer they met with a private lunch in their 5 star restaurant with their own Sous Chef who made a full course meal incorporating their Signature Series Chardonnay. Although Brad wanted the engagement to be a secret (with only a few managers there knowing my intention), all the women figured out that day what Brad was up to and watched from the glass windows of the estate.
The ring Brad proposed to Jess with has a diamond he bought when he was only 21. Brad hadn’t met Jess yet and in fact he was actually single at the time…….so there you go to all single guys reading this…. But Brad said that he always knew that the right woman in his life would only ever deserve the best so he bought the diamond first. He had the ring hand made in London with a matching wedding band that compliments her ring perfectly. When Brad got down on one knee he said he never asked her to “marry me” instead asked her if she’d “give me forever.”
From the first time we met this couple we couldn’t help but see their love for each other. Our Lee Mann Photography Team enjoyed a fall afternoon catching shots of them just spending time together.
Congratulations Jess and Brad and we are looking forward so much to your wedding next September!
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