Amanda & Alex Engagement Session: Tempe, Arizona

Happy belated Thanksgiving everybody!  Hope you all ate lots of yummy turkey and had a chance to spend some much needed time with family and friends :-)  With the holiday and all, we’re a bit behind in posting from last weekend’s sessions – sorry guys!  We actually had THREE sessions last weekend so it’s been a little crazy around here trying to play catch up and get back on track.

The first of the three was an engagement session for the adorable Amanda & Alex.  Amanda and I go WAY back!  It makes me feel a little old to say this, but I was actually her church camp counselor when she was in 6th grade.  Seems to me like it was just yesterday, but now she’s all grown up and preparing to marry the man of her dreams :-)  I’m oh so proud!  Ryan and I had a fabulous afternoon hanging out with her and her hubby-to-be Alex in downtown Tempe.  Here are some of our favorites from their session:

It was sometimes a little bit hard to hear what they were saying because of the traffic on Mill Ave, but we’re convinced that Alex must be hilarious because he kept Amanda laughing all day.

Loved this very cool colored staircase leading down to a below ground restaurant . . .

Mill Ave is full of cool little places with great colors . . .

How cute are these two? Seriously!

Loved how this one turned out – kinda cool and moody :-)

Alex proposed on a chilly night in the middle of the bridge over Tempe Town Lake. It was so cold that nobody was around, so they had to make the trek over to the Marquee Theater to find someone to take a few pictures of them. So of course, we had to make the hike to the exact spot it happened and get some shots of them there. There’s quite a few more in the slideshow, but here are a couple favs:

By the time we made it all the way back down Mill Ave to where the cars were parked, it had started to get dark so they made a very quick wardrobe change. For their second outfits they decided to show a little college spirit. Amanda is a U of A Wildcat and Alex is an ASU Sun Devil! Only a little bit of rivalry there . . .

Rivalry or not, I think love has overcome in this case :-)

Thanks so much for an awesome afternoon you guys! It was great hanging out with you and we can’t wait until your wedding in May!

*** CLICK HERE to see a slideshow of more images from their e-session!