Poolside Proposal | Whitney Beth Photography
 

(Another) sister is engaged! If you're keeping track, Makayla makes the 5th Jones kid to get married! We are halfway there! Brian is a good sport - especially to humor big sis, Whitney. After they had been dating for a month or so I shot him a text that went something along the lines of "Sorry if I'm misreading the situation, but if you're planning on proposing to Makayla, let me know and I will hide in a bush and take pictures of it." Well, I wasn't given a bush, but rather a pool box! Ha! Brian had the proposal pretty much all planned out, he just needed input on where I could hide. So after dropping Jones off at preschool, Fields and I headed over to his parents house to survey the location. 

The idea was, they'd be by the fire pit, enjoying each other's conversation when they'd hear a drone get closer and closer. The drone was to be flown by Brian's brother. At first, Brian would just brush it off as one of the neighbor kids. But soon the drone would start to land. Brian was going to go "check it out." There was a decoy ring box taped to it. From there he'd pull the ring out (which was safely in his pocket) and pop the question. All the while I was sitting in their pool box that housed all the equipment for the splash pad with the lid slightly cracked just enough to shoot through. If that wasn't enough, Brian also hid his gopro in a pot and I brought my backup camera to take video in a different pot. Combine that with the footage from the drone and we have plennnnty of angles to capture this special day!

I'm so happy for these two and can't wait for them to spend their lives together! Welcome to the family, Brian! I'm so happy to have another brother! (Scroll to the end to see the video I put together with the footage from all three cameras.)