The Proposal Undercover Investigators (by kristie & liz)

Thursday night we got to have some photo fun! We had the pleasure of secretly covering the engagement of Manoli & Jessica. The entire evening was just so romantic. (Nice work Manoli! And congrats you two!)...

The set up:
Jessica received a letter & a rose before she left the house with her sister. The letter contained clues directing them to the Bread Company...where Liz was waiting patiently to photograph the unsuspecting bride-to-be. Another letter and rose was waiting for her at the bakery counter. I'm pretty sure she was looking around for Manoli, so Liz kept having to duck and hide behind walls, tables, people, you name it. (This undercover deal is more difficult than it looks!)

The girls left for the next stop...The Boathouse in Forest Park where Kristie was setting up the patrons to use as her "cover" for the photos. She actually pretended to take someone else's photo while capturing the girls receiving another letter & rose at the hostess stand.

Final stop...the beautiful gazebo in front of the Muny. Manoli had a friend row her out to the water surrounded gazebo where the groom-to-be was waiting at the top of rose petal covered steps, with romantic music in the air. It was beautiful, and well, absolutely perfect. And of course she said YES!

After we knew it was a "done deal" Manoli's and Jessica's parents, Liz and Kristie came out of hiding from the tall grass. This was so much fun for us...thanks for inviting us be a part of it Manoli. Many congrats you two both and your families!

Now on with the photos: