Today I have an absolutely beautiful engagement session for you, complete with an adorable back story, sent over by Jessica Zais Photography! Christine + Mike are such a gorgeous couple, and they chose an equally gorgeous setting as the backdrop for their engagement session. They wanted to include the bicycle as a nod to a funny experience they had at the beginning of their love story. Here’s the story, as told by Christine…

“Mike and I met on New Years 3 and a half years ago. I was bartending at a fancy Belgium restaurant called Belgo in Calgary, and he had come in with the girls who do the marketing for Belgo. I never date customers, but Mike had found a way into tricking me into calling him. Two days later we had our first date, and I was blown away. Mike and I just knew we were meant to be together. Mike and I got very serious very fast. We both love to travel and started planning our first trip after only a month and a half of dating and decided to backpack through Brazil. While we were staying in Bonito, Mike had a great idea to do an 8km bike ride. I grew up in an active family, skiing in Nelson, but my parents were not huge on bike riding and had never taught me how to ride. However, I wanted to impress Mike and I just assumed ‘it was like riding a bike.’ People always talk about it like it’s easy (I now understand what that saying actually means. lol) So we got our bikes and off we went, onto a super dodgy highway in Brazil. Mike was a little rusty at the beginning and assumed I was the same. I picked up the balance right away, but every time I hit a bump my handle bars would go crazy and I’d dive into the sidewalk. After about a km down this hill in 30 degree heat, Mike stops me and asks when the last time I rode a bike was. I looked down and said never. He kinda panicked because the road was so dangerous and made us walk our bikes all the way back to the hotel. It’s funny the crazy stupid things we do for love.”

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Photographer: Jessica Zais Photography
Equipment Rentals: Vintage Origami
Makeup Artist: Melissa Craven