Andrew piled their closest friends and families into a bus, whisking them away on the multi-axle vehicle for a day-trip to the wineries of St. Louis, Gina said. After they’d unloaded at one stop, Chandler Hill Vineyards, “he proposed in front of all of the people we love and care about,” Gina said. “It was an absolutely amazing, perfect day.”

For their engagement session with Michelle Huesgen of Untamed Heart Photography, the couple returned to Chandler Hill Vineyards—and added in Busch Wildlife Conservation Area—for photos that Gina described as a little “rustic and country. I wanted our photographs to have a country feel, but still be classic and romantic.”

Gina said the pair fought against a chill as Michelle snapped her photos. So when Michelle handed over a blanket as a prop, Gina instead wrapped the blanket around herself. “It was so cold,” she said, “and Michelle took some really cute, in-the-moment pictures then.”