Who doesn’t love a downtown Memphis engagement session? Meet Anna and Mack, and get ready to fall in love with them both.
On December 12th, 2017 I posted a super funny inquiry on my Instagram story where a future bride reached out in a hilarious fashion. The inquiry read “I know, I know. I’m not engaged yet, but a bish gotta do what a bish gotta do.” Anna replied to my story and said “I honestly think about sending you an inquiry like this about once a week. Just know that as SOON as I have a ring, you’re going to be the first vendor I contact.” Little did we know, just a FEW days later, Mack would propose to Anna.
Before I get to the proposal (which was EPIC) I have to tell you about Anna and Mack’s first date. It’s definitely one of our favorites we’ve ever heard. Would you believe me if I told you these two cuties first bonded over margs and guac at Babalu? Well you better believe it because it’s 100% the truth. Anna and Mack love Mexican food about as much as John and I. They love Mexican food SO much that Babalu is catering their wedding THIS WEEKEND! (Weddings AND tacos…. what could be better?)
Now, on to the proposal. Anna and Mack took a cruise in to Jamaica in December of 2017. Here’s how Anna said the proposal went down”
Anna: “Mack asked me in the beginning of 2017 if I wanted him to buy a house for us or if I wanted him to propose. I was trying to be responsible and make the “adult” decision, so I told him to buy the house. It just made more sense financially. Later that year, Mack agreed that we should take a trip over Christmas. He had never been out of the country or on a cruise so I was so excited to play “tour guide” and make this the best trip he’s ever been on! I am a planner by nature, so this was a dream come true for me. My sisters were constantly asking if I thought he was going to propose on the trip but I was planning everything so how would he be able to do that? I wasn’t even going to get my nails done, but my boss made me go with her the Friday before I left so they would be done “just in case”. A few days before we left for the trip, I received an email from our insurance agent with a new jewelry policy binder. I was convinced then that he was going to propose on the trip, but when I asked Mack about the email he played it so cool and was so calm I truly believed him when he said it must have been a mistake. He even had the insurance agent email me and tell me it was a mistake. I was a little disappointed but Mack did ask me if I wanted the house or a ring and I picked house! The first day of a cruise you have to wait for your bags to be delivered to your room, and Mack was so worried that our bags were taking a long time. I thought it was just because he had never been on a cruise and didn’t know about the time frame, but I later found out it was because the ring was in his suitcase! I was bugging him on the first day, telling him that the excursion I had planned for the next day, a “private” sail boat trip, would have been the perfect time to propose. He said he thought I was onto him at that point, but I was genuinely just being annoying. The next day, on the sail boat, there were a few more people than I thought would join us but we were in the middle of Caribbean on a tiny boat and it was beautiful so I could not complain. At one point, there was a rainbow over the water, so I asked one of the girls on the boat with us to take our picture in front of it. I was looking at the pictures she had taken and Mack disappeared down below the deck and he was gone for a long time. He finally came back up and wanted to take another picture, which is out of character for him, I’m usually the one asking to take pictures. So, we grabbed the same girl and asked her to take our picture on the front of the boat, and that’s when Mack got down on one knee. I honestly don’t remember much about the next few moments, but the girl taking our picture was going crazy she was so excited to be involved. She did a great job for being a random girl we didn’t know! I’m not even sure that I said yes, I think I just said “Are you serious?” and “It’s so big!” about fifty times. The rest of our trip was so wonderful because we didn’t have cell service so no one but us knew and we were really able to enjoy being engaged between the two of us, before we got into the crazy of celebrating with family friends. It was so perfect.”
Is that not the best? Just proof sometimes you CAN have your cake and eat it too, or in this case, a house, AND a giant sparkly ring.
John and I always like to ask our couples what their most favorite memories are about each other. Anna and Mack both said very similar things, but the way Mack ended his made me smile so big.
Mack: “My favorite memories are pretty much anything we did downtown last year. We would go walk around downtown and stumble our way into new places and views. From Loflin Yard to watching the sunset by the river and taking our dog on walks, I just loved everything that we were able to do that year.“
Talk about adorable. It’s clearly evident that Anna and Mack are perfectly content just being together. It doesn’t matter if they are sitting at home binge watching Netflix, or exploring new restaurants and bars, together is where they prefer to be.
Anna and Mack are getting married this weekend at Holy Rosary and their reception is at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens. We simply CANNOT wait to be a part of their most special day. Y’all leave these guys some love!
