An a-fair to Remember

Well, these are a little late, but life has been....ummm...BUSY TO THE MAX! If you know Dan and I at all, you know that we love the fair...like, more than the average redneck loves his mullet. Dan even threw a "fair" in his backyard for my 30th birthday! (His is in three weeks, and boy do I ever have my work cut out for me!) Sooo, it seemed fitting to shoot some engagement pics at the fair! Our amazing photographer and sweet, sweet friend, Brooke Robinson, was TOTALLY game! Hurricane Ike, was NOT game. As we sat in line to park at the Benton County Fair, you could see the storm line in the sky moving closer and closer by the second. It was a navy blue vs. light blue sky, and the dark, stormy navy blue was winning! We finally got to the front of the line, but they were trying to make us park at the back of the lot and walk about a half a mile in. We didn't have time! We told the guy parking the cars that we needed to go to the front of the lot. He looked at me in my white dress with my pink heels and said, "Are you a contestant?" Dan's response from the driver's seat was, "Yes!" and away we went, with Brooke in tow. Genius! Well, we got into the fair and knew we had just a few minutes before the bottom fell out of the sky. We got one shot in, and the rain started falling. We were sprinting from shot to shot, Brooke directing us all the while. Brooke doesn't generally take a lot of "kissing" pictures, and in fact, she had done some research and had a list of about 15 shots she wanted to get of us. However, in our haste, all she could say was, "uuuuhhhhh....JUST KISS!" All in all, we got about three minutes worth of shots before we were soaked, I in my white chiffon dress (not good for rain), and Dan in his white shirt and tie. You can see the saturation as the pictures go on, and in some, you can see the rain in the sky. We love them...more than the fair!