A couple unwittingly proposed to each other at the same exact same time - and BOTH hired a photographer who kept it a secret for three months. <br /><br />Autumn Velin, 23, and Rebecca Dolge, 21, were on holiday in Denver, Colorado, US, when they both dropped to one knee as snow was falling overlooking a reservoir on April 14, 2023.<br /><br />The couple had been dating for 2 years after meeting at a coffee in November 2020 and both had been wanting to propose since last year.<br /><br />Autumn booked photographer McKailie Conger, 27, to capture the special moment. <br /><br />She told her partner, Rebecca, she had booked a "sweet" photoshoot to get some "cute pictures of us together" and Rebecca secretly reached out to McKailie to tell her she was planning on proposing during the session. <br /><br />Rebecca, a zookeeper, had already been planning to ask Autumn to marry her - but was waiting for the right moment.<br /><br />McKailie, a professional wedding photographer and social media coach, from Nebraska, had to keep the secret from both women for three months. <br /><br />“The moment was magical, I mean we both did not see it coming at all, it seemed we were both in shock, struggling to process the situation - Words can not describe how we were both feeling in the moment," said Autumn.<br /><br />Autumn, a full-time nanny, from Tyler, Texas, US, said: “Rebecca initially said to me we should get some professional pictures as we actually hadn’t got any – I thought to myself this is perfect for the proposal.<br /><br />“I then found and contacted McKailie, booked the date and told her my plan to propose.”<br /><br />After first being contacted by Autumn, snapper McKailie started planning how to capture the proposal.<br /><br />But she then received a text message from an unknown number - which turned out to be Rebecca - outlining the same idea.<br /><br />McKailie said: "I received the booking from Autumn and phoned her, she told me about the situation with her proposing, so I got started the planning process.<br /><br />“I then received a second message saying ‘nice to meet you, I’m going to propose on the shoot day'.<br /><br />"I was really confused at first, then it came to me, they are both proposing, and they don’t know it.”<br /><br />Autumn and Rebecca booked their holiday to Colorado for April 12 and planned the photoshoot for the third day of their trip.<br /><br />To prevent the secret spilling, McKailie had to have separate conversations with the women about the day’s plans.<br /><br />Three months after planning the shoot, Autumn and Rebecca made the 12-hour, 800-mile journey to Colorado for their break.<br /><br />The couple met McKailie at Horsetooth Reservoir alongside Rebecca's auntie, Michelle Dayhoff, 55, who also knew both were going to propose. <br /><br />Rebecca said: “I was so nervous, it was freezing at the top of the hills surrounding the reservoir, but I couldn’t feel the cold until after I prosed.<br /><br />The pair spent 20 minutes walking, hugging, and posing whilst McKailie snapped pictures of them.<br /><br />She then directed them to the spot she had picked out for the proposal.<br /><br />“I told them to stand about three metres apart from each other and after a countdown, they would turn around,” McKailie said.<br /><br />“The plan was to get them to turn around and they would both bring out their rings.<br /><br />“Before the countdown, I went up to both separately and told them this is the moment, as I did their hair I said as a disguise."<br /><br />Autumn had her ring in her pocket, Rebecca in her bag, which her auntie was holding - she quickly went and grabbed it before the countdown.<br /><br />Rebecca said: “After McKailie finished the countdown, I turned around holding the ring only to see Autumn holding her one too – it was magical.”<br /><br />Autumn joked she was “angry’ at Rebecca for prosing too, as she had a speech prepared for when she dropped to her knee.<br /><br />“Words can’t describe the moment, there were lots of tears of joy, and of course, we both said yes,” Autumn said.<br /><br />McKailie said it would be her “dream job” planning moments like Autumn and Rebecca's proposal.<br /><br />“The build-up to the moment and then seeing it happen, to share that moment, I wish I could do it over and over – just amazing to witness," she said.<br /><br />Rebecca added: “For me there was no doubt in my mind that I wasn't going to marry Autumn - she is my best friend, my biggest cheerleader, my rock."<br /><br />Autumn said: “Rebecca is my everything, I love her so much – it was such an amazing moment and I’m happy it played out the way it did.”<br /><br />You can contact McKailie via her website on www.mckailienicole.com, on Instagram and TikTok @mckailienicole, Facebook: @MCKphotography
