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Mad Style // The Engagement Photos

If you want to know more about our story read: Our Love Story.

Part 3: The Engagement.

Details:
Location: The Orange Circle
Photographer: Ozzie Jack Clarke
Engaged: December 23rd, 2013
Wedding Date: February 14th, 2014

So far we have been having a blast - getting engaged, being engaged, and planning the wedding. We like the process and we love this time together. I am glad we decided to have a longer engagement and gave ourselves lots of time to enjoy it. By the looks of things, it is right in line with our relationship style...easy, cool and steady.

We like historical, classic, and simple things with a bit of imperfection in them...which is why we love the area we live in, and the fact that we have places like the Artist's Village and The Orange Circle just down the street from us, is a dream come true.

When people hear we live in Santa Ana, I almost immediately get the look, or the reaction of "why would you choose to live there?" In our opinion, why the heck not? We love Santa Ana. We live in the historical area of Santa Ana (people usually love this...duh) that backs up to the historical district of Orange. I get to see history and charm everyday, and I can't get enough! I know, it may not be the first thing you think of when you hear Santa Ana...but it is the first thing we think of.

We definitely wanted to share all of that, plus our love (of course) in these photos. Ozzie did a great job at capturing that, with the classic touch we wanted. He was great to work with and has an artistic eye that I really appreciate.

The past two weeks I have been falling all over these photos.
They are kind of at the heart of me.

Let's take a little trip back in time...

M E X I C O // 2 0 1 2

This trip was magical (for more reasons than one)!

Sunset at El Pabellon

I don't know if it was the the amazing rehash of our trip 7 years ago, the engagement, the places we have fallen in love with, the places that we hold deep in our memories and heart from these places, that new love feeling we still had 7years ago, the allure of Mexico itself, or the amazing off the beaten path adventure feeling you get when we go to these place, but I think it is a little bit of everything.

Mexico has been high on our list and in hearts for some time now. It had been 5 years since we had crossed that border, and a lot has happened to our beloved Mexico during that time. The growth there is insane.

A ship beached and abandoned in the middle of nowhere used to be the view of a small little lane of houses, and has now grown into a sleepy little fishing village stretching about a half mile. This would be Shipwrecks (or Freighters). Now probably a favorite place in the world for the time being.

We had just come up from El Pabellón, arguably, the best nicest campsite in Northern Baja. Here you find a little spot in the middle of nowhere where you can only see beach fro miles and you are the only two people on it for miles. Nice drivable hard sand and soft sand dunes that open up to a nice flat campground that is definitely geared toward fishing and RVing. Here Ozzie played for hours, we went for a beach run, we made chocolate chip pancakes, took tons of pictures and enjoyed the overcast, yet pink sunset. Dolphins came to say hello and I was able to have a hot shower in a clean bathroom!

Views of El Pabellon

El Pabellón is right outside of San Quintin where we fulled up and made our way north back up toward the border. About an hour north we came into Camalu on Highway 1. Here we turned left and hit the dirt for the coast, stopping at Shipwrecks, Robert's Left and finally coming to Cuatro Casas.

Perfect Baja truck

Robert's Left

Quatro Casas is probably my favorite place in Baja so far. Dolphins, high cliffs, a little cove, perfect waves, perfect sunsets, and make you want to get up early sunrises. This was the perfect spot to celebrate our engagement. Rum and Coke, steak, bonfire, hot pink sunset, dying winds, crashing waves and a warm bed to sleep in with my boy and my dog. We have lots of pictures from this spot 7 years ago because it was freezing so we ended up in Jimi's truck with the heater and music blasting watching the sunset. These are good photos from a happy time and are forever engrained in my head. I think that is what makes this place so special. We now have a ton of new photos, same place, different day but still a very happy time.

Baja Doggie, Ozzie

Sunset at Cuatro Casas

Sunrise at Cuatro Casas

Me on the pebble beach of Cuatro Casas

Mexico = Happiness
Happiness = beach, off road, tacos, dolphins, things that take your breathe away

No matter how many times you see a sunset, you never grow tired of it. We still sit there in awe of the colors and the beauty of it. That is my favorite thing about traveling, seeing all the places that take your breathe away, no matter how many times you see it.

¡Mexico, hasta luego!