Will and Chriseli | Lake Merritt Engagement Session

When Will opened up his laptop at work, he found a note that said “it’s now or never!”…when Will’s boss walked in and saw the note, he just said “yeah…I’ll let you deal with that.” Although it took 8 months, Will asked Chriseli out and the rest is history! I’ll start with saying that I ADORE Will and Chriseli. I’m sure everyone reading this who knows them feels the same way!

 

I asked Will how he proposed and got quite the story 🙂 He enlisted the help of Chris Lopez, the proposal master (see Chris & Emily’s Wedding HERE!), who first asked Will what he was getting Chriseli for Christmas. Will got paragraphs on paragraphs back with ideas…Chris, I think you should open a proposal consulting business! 😉 Wanna know what Will ended up doing? Here’s how it went down. Will wrote Chriseli a song and recorded it. Since it was normal to spend a lot of time together, Will had to use the decoy of wrapping presents to prevent Chriseli from catching on to his surprise. He pulled all nighters to finish the song and collage that would find it’s place on her TV. When the time came to set up her new presents in her house, Will told his brother Kris to follow them to take pictures.  After the collage and song played, Will got on his knee and asked Chriseli to marry him. Shortly after, they heard a loud bang on the door. Apparently when the neighbors saw Kris, they thought he was breaking in and called the police!! Will and Chriseli are halfway expecting the police to show up at their wedding because they made an appearance on their street during the engagement party 😉

 

We took their engagement pictures at Lake Merritt in Oakland, and then went for a double date afterwards! These two are more friends than clients, and they make me feel so blessed to do what I do.

 

Will and Chriseli,

I love how intentional you are about loving each other, yet how easily it seems to come. You have been so faithful to the Lord and I know He will bless your marriage because of it! Your wedding is so highly anticipated in my book, and I may just be counting down the days with you! 🙂 See you guys in October!!

Julia