Brooke & Clay

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ANDREA BEAULIEU
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Brooke & Clay

MY FIANCÉ, CLAY, PROPOSED TO ME IN OUR LITTLE AIRBNB WHILE VACATIONING IN MAUI BACK IN FEBRUARY 2018.

WE WENT HIKING EARLIER THAT DAY TO THE 7 SACRED POOLS AND HE HAD PLANNED ON PROPOSING TO ME AT THE TOP OF THE HIKE BY THE FALLS, BUT KNEW I WANTED OUR PROPOSAL TO BE PRIVATE, AND THE FALLS WERE PACKED WITH OTHER TOURISTS! SO HE HELD BACK FROM DOING IT THERE AND DECIDED TO PROPOSE WHEN WE GOT BACK TO OUR AIRBNB AND IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US HAVING A COCKTAIL IN OUR LIVING ROOM!

IT WAS SUPER LOW KEY, SO US, AND VERY SPECIAL.

I KNEW THAT I WANTED MY DRESS TO HAVE A BOHO VIBE BUT ALSO BE CLASSIC AND EASY! THE LILAH GOWN WAS JUST THAT AND AS SOON AS I PUT IT ON, I KNEW IT WAS MY DRESS!

AS CLICHE AS IT MIGHT SOUND, MY FAVORITE PART OF OUR DAY WAS BEING WITH ALL OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MY ENTIRE FAMILY LIVES ON THE EAST COAST AND CLAY’S FAMILY IS SCATTERED AROUND BETWEEN WASHINGTON, COLORADO AND ALASKA. IT WAS EXTREMELY SPECIAL HAVING EVERYONE TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE FOR OUR DAY!

WHILE WE WERE EATING DINNER CLAY AND I BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND PAUSED WHILE WE LOOKED AROUND AND TOOK EVERYONES SWEET SMILES IN – THE MOMENT WAS SO SURREAL TO US! THE DAY WAS OVER IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE BUT I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT SPECIAL MOMENT!

 

SHOP THE LILAH GOWN

 

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