Real NYC Engagement | Elizabeth + Chris in Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge

Long distance is always taxing on a relationship…but how about long distance starting in high school?  Elizabeth and Chris started running up their parents’ phone bills at an early age and never regret it.  Now, living in New York, they celebrated their engagement at the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and in Central Park with help from Rebecca Yale. 

Elizabeth and Chris met in eighth grade in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and became fast friends.  Right before Chris transferred to a school in New Hampshire he asked Elizabeth out, however, being the Southern lady that she is…Elizabeth politely declined.   When she told her mother about the day’s events, her mother replied, “You will regret that, Elizabeth - you are going to want to marry him one day.”  The two remained in touch and visited each other during the summer months, until 16 years later when they made it official. 

Chris had invited Elizabeth to New York to celebrate his birthday and the rest is history.  She moved to Manhattan after she finished school and they were able to start their life together.

Chris proposed to Elizabeth in May on top of the Empire State building {which was one of their bucket list plans}. Chris tried to surprise Elizabeth by telling her that a group of partners from his law firm had flown in from out of town and purchased too many tickets.  When they arrived at the top, Elizabeth was surprised to see a pile of rose petals, which had been placed earlier in the evening by Chris’s friends.  Thinking they were meant for someone else, she began walking past them without blinking an eye.  It wasn’t until Chris gently grabbed her hand and got down on one knee that she finally realized what was going on and began to cry.  Their friends {who were hiding in the crowd} came out and congratulated them! 

All photos courtesy of Rebecca Yale.