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September 25, 2021
Shoreview, Minnesota

John & Kaci

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Our First Hike Together Ever & The Proposal Picture Story! CLICK on photos to see COMMENTS underneath the photos! Location: Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve- Whitehead Trail (Lake Monroe, Bloomington, IN) Photos from our first hike together on this trail. Photos of another hike down this trail to the beach at the tip of the peninsula for the proposal and our first engagement photos seconds later.
Our first hike together ever with many more to follow.
Our first hike together ever with many more to follow.
I refuse to be proper!
I refuse to be proper!
Look at that handsome smile! I loved him already.
Look at that handsome smile! I loved him already.
Roots love holding rocks here.
Roots love holding rocks here.
I learned what a turkey tail was! John saw a blue one for the first time!
I learned what a turkey tail was! John saw a blue one for the first time!
One of our favorite photos!
One of our favorite photos!
Both sides of the peninsula and the trail we blazed!
Both sides of the peninsula and the trail we blazed!
The Proposal Picture Story!
The Proposal Picture Story!
West side view of the peninsula's beginning.
West side view of the peninsula's beginning.
East side view of the peninsula's beginning.
East side view of the peninsula's beginning.
I'm merely admiring the beauty...John is thinking deeply about me and planning the moment.
I'm merely admiring the beauty...John is thinking deeply about me and planning the moment.
I mean look at that view! John later states he had thought about proposing on the hike back around this area. It is very near where we first took photos of each other on our first hike.
I mean look at that view! John later states he had thought about proposing on the hike back around this area. It is very near where we first took photos of each other on our first hike.
We made it to the end of the peninsula and the sun peaked out!
We made it to the end of the peninsula and the sun peaked out!
The water rippled like smooth liquid mercury with the sun's reflections...we were in awe. It was this view, his sight of me in that moment, and my reaction to it that told him it was The Spot.
The water rippled like smooth liquid mercury with the sun's reflections...we were in awe. It was this view, his sight of me in that moment, and my reaction to it that told him it was The Spot.
I was finagling with my phone in this tree for a timed photo when John took the knee and called me over to him.
I was finagling with my phone in this tree for a timed photo when John took the knee and called me over to him.
YESSSSSSSS!
YESSSSSSSS!
We are ENGAGED!
We are ENGAGED!
For all the days along the way
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