Engagement

our love story: george & jo

Julia Braime

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This morning on the blog we’re heading to the North West of the UK to share the gorgeous engagement shoot of husband- and wife-to-be George and Jo.

Captured in the beautiful surroundings of Lyme Park in Cheshire, we adore how relaxed and natural this loved-up duo are in front of the lens – stealing kisses and hugs while smiling and laughing along the way. Super sweet!

With images by Stella Photography.

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george says:

My proposal came as that much of a surprise to Jo she said “no”! It was more the shock at first – I hope! We had trekked three miles up to the Hollywood sign in LA in baking heat and without any water or suntan cream. Jo wanted to turn back, but there was no way I was going back without popping the question! It was on our fifth anniversary, which made it all the sweeter!

We have set the date for May 2017, with the ceremony at my local church in High Lane, followed by a reception in Didsbury.

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We first met when Jo came with a friend to a gathering at my house and my brother accidentally walked home in Jo’s friend’s boots! Conveniently, this meant Jo had to come round the next day to pick them up. When Jo got to mine, she found me in my best shirt and shorts, stinking of aftershave and she still said she would go out for a drink with me!

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On our first date we went to see the film Four Lions – it was Jo’s pick and we laughed all the way through it!

For me it was definitely love at first sight – Jo is amazing funny, kind, clever, and not forgetting, gorgeous! Before I even met her properly I knew she was the one. I used to drive past her at the bus stop and beep!

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jo says:

For me I knew that George was the one after I graduated, when we had been together for three years. We had been living in different cities for most of the time and I even moved up to Edinburgh but George was always there for me and I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.

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george says:

We love everything about each other but we both have little annoying habits too. For example, Jo leaves toothpaste all over the sink and doesn’t clean it up! Meanwhile my love for cricket can annoy Jo as I play every Saturday in the summer, hence why we are getting married on a Sunday!

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Our biggest wish for married life is simply to grow old together.

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We decided to have a pre-wedding shoot as we thought it would be a good opportunity to get to know our amazing photographers, and to get used to the camera.

The shoot was great, Zuzi and Seb were great with us and the weather was perfect. We have just celebrated our six year anniversary and we both got each other photos of the shoot as gifts.

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We really like Brides Up North as they helped us to find our photographers. We went to a Brides Up North wedding fair where they had loads of great suppliers to help us arrange the big day. We would love to return to the blog next year to share our wedding day with Brides Up North too. I just can’t wait to see Jo in her dress!

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  • July 21, 2016 | Permalink | Reply

    Nice love story. They look so well suited. Really like the photographs also.

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