Engagement Photo Session

The weekend of January 8th, Chris and I went up north for my sister's birthday.  We were so excited to celebrate with her and do some wine tasting in Livermore!  Mandy thought it was the perfect opportunity to have dad take some engagement pictures of Chris and I.  I wasn't sure about it because it was her birthday and I wanted to make sure we didn't take away from that, but she insisted and really wanted us to! 

It was cold so I couldn't wear a cute dress but I found a cute long sleeve shirt with gray pants and boots.  Chris wore a new shirt (that I made him buy) that was blue and purple plaid and jeans.  The first winery were we stopped at was beautiful and after our tasting we ventured onto the property.  Dad wanted to take some of us on the stairs with the building in the background so we started with that.  It was really weird kissing for my dad and having everyone watching us as he took our picture; we eventually got used to it though.  Then we went into the vineyards.  It was winter so they were pretty bare but still beautiful!  At one point, dad was taking pictures of us kissing in the vineyards and we were holding it for so long I started laughing and I kind of snotted on Chris' face!! Oops!  We both started laughing historically!  Then, Nick was signally Chris to grab my butt when we were kissing so he did it and I snotted on him again!  Ha ha! It was so funny!  Dad got a picture of him grabbing my butt and it is really funny! 

As we went to other wineries we found more beautiful backgrounds for pictures and we really started warming up....maybe the wine helped too!  We found a winery with old cars on the property that were really cool looking.  So Sara went in and asked if we could use take pictures in them and around them.  Of course they said yes to Sara, so we were able to get some great shots! 

We also found some vineyards that weren't pruned so it made for a different style.  They also had this cool building and windmill in the background that looked so cool.  This location was just perfect for us and for our engagement photo shoot because Chris proposed at a winery and we are probably going to get married at a winery.

We got some really great shots and had a lot of fun!    It was so nice to have my dad take photos of us and really capture our love in the pictures!  I am so glad Amanda pushed us to do it....Thanks Mandy!  I am so thankful to have this photos and will cherish them forever. 

xoxo,

Bride Abbi