{"id":78954,"date":"2023-06-15T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/?p=78954"},"modified":"2023-06-14T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:16:09","slug":"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise engagement with a champagne toast for high school sweethearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High school sweethearts Olivia (she\/her) and Jacey (she\/her) love winter weather, so when Olivia decided to surprise Jacey with a proposal, she knew January would be the ideal time. Jacey had proposed to Olivia first, over the summer at the beach, so Olivia planned to pop the question under the guise of an engagement session at Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (15)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (15)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15.jpg\" alt=\"Two white people with blonde hair hold hands as one of them twirls in front of a marble and concrete fountain.\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15-110x147.jpg 110w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-15-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"adsanity-rotating-ads ad-aligncenter\" data-ids=\"81704,81705\" data-timer=\"10\" data-align=\"aligncenter\" data-max-width=\"0\">\n<div id=\"ad-81704\" class=\"ad-840x90 adsanity-840x90 aligncenter adsanity-aligncenter\"\n><div class=\"adsanity-inner\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/adsanity-ad\/81704\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (20)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20.jpg\" alt=\"Two white people with blonde hair hold hands facing each other. \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-20-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (24)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (24)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a checkered jacket kneels on one knee in front of a person in a tan jacket, holding a ring.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-24-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The natural light gave these portraits a film aesthetic as the pair casually took photos and chatted with their photographer. When they reached the center of the Grand Basin, featuring the park\u2019s historic fountains, Olivia got down on one knee and proposed.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (5)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (5)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5.jpg\" alt=\"Two blonde people hold hands and touch noses with a winter wooded background behind them.\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5-110x147.jpg 110w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-5-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (76)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (76)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78973 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76.jpg\" alt=\"A candid photo of two people holding hands and gazing at each other. \" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-76-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was one more surprise in store for Jacey. Knowing that family was an important part of their relationship, Olivia invited family members to celebrate after Jacey said yes. The couple\u2019s family members arrived, bringing champagne for a celebratory toast.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (82)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (82)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78975\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in an atrium area. The one on the left is clearly surprised and delighted.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-82-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-90.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (90)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts (90)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78981\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-90.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stands and cheers a champagne toast to the engaged couple. \" width=\"1350\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/surprise-engagement-with-a-champagne-toast-for-high-school-sweethearts-90.jpg 1350w, 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