Don't we all wish for a love story that lasts a lifetime? Well, if you meet your forever love at 13, like Kelly and Brandynn, then that is exactly what happens.
Kelly and Brandynn first met on the soccer fields of Las
Vegas, NV when they were just 13 years old.
They reconnected in the spring of 2010 (while watching a soccer game)
and have been inseparable ever since.
Fast forward four years to the spring of 2014, Brandynn
had secretly been designing an engagement ring with his jeweler and was
devising a plan to propose to Kelly later that year on their favorite
California Beach in front of their closest friends. Or so he thought…
It was the morning of May 23, 2014 when Brandynn
received a call from his jeweler letting him know the ring was finally finished.
He was ecstatic; he finally had the one thing that would turn Kelly from
girlfriend to fiancée.
Later that evening, Kelly and Brandynn were headed to
dinner with Kelly’s entire family to celebrate the birthdays of her two
brothers and the recent marriage of her eldest brother, John and his new wife,
Lisa. It also happened to
be Kelly and Brandynn’s four-year anniversary.
They showed up to the dinner and greeted the entire
family. Kelly’s Aunt ran right up to Brandynn to give him a kiss and whispered
in his ear “Did you bring it?!” Brandynn had no intention of proposing that
night so casually replied “No, no Auntie”. Kelly’s Aunt was very adamant that
Brandynn propose that night because most of Kelly’s family was together and she
felt it was the perfect setting. After much deliberating, he sent Kelly’s
brother on an errand to fetch the engagement ring.
Meanwhile, Kelly had no idea what was going on. Her
brother fed her the typical “My girlfriend’s dogs got out of the house” excuse
and well, she believed it. She claims it happened the weekend before so that’s
why it was so believable. On top of that, she completely overlooked the next 3
hours of Brandynn in silence, not eating, downing beers, disappearing
throughout dinner, and his mild nervous breakdown that was happening just 4
inches to her right.
As dinner, dessert and drinks were coming to a close,
somebody had mentioned they were all going around the table to say something
nice about the two Newlyweds. While Kelly had no intention of making any
speech, Brandynn stood up to say a few words!
Kelly realized that this was really out of Brandynn’s norm and immediately
began to get uncomfortable - although still completely clueless of what was to
come - and was grabbing Brandynn to sit down. Brandynn ignored Kelly’s
request and continued speaking. It wasn’t until about 7 seconds into the speech
and a stealthy reach into his pocket, that Kelly, FINALLY, realized what was
going on and began to feel the same pre-proposal nervousness Brandynn felt
moments before. She blacked out and couldn’t remember anything he said, or if
he even got on one knee. Once the sweetest speech of their lives came to an end
and he popped the question, Kelly without a doubt said YES!
Luckily, the entire moment was caught on video and Kelly was
able to relive the moment and see that Brandynn did indeed get down on one knee
to put a ring on it!
Although the California beach played no role in Brandynn’s
proposal to Kelly, it did indeed turn out to be the perfect setting surrounded
by the people they love the most!
We're so excited to play a small role in Kelly & Brandynn's Big day which is quickly approaching mid-January!
Thank you to Britt Hanson of BLR Life Photography for their beautiful engagement photos!
We're so excited to play a small role in Kelly & Brandynn's Big day which is quickly approaching mid-January!
Thank you to Britt Hanson of BLR Life Photography for their beautiful engagement photos!
