December 10, 2010 ~
Brad and I had met at the gym on a Monday of that week. We had literally been staring at each other for 4 months straight. No conversations, just staring. The ridiculousness was to the point, that both of our friends kept bugging us to "just talk to him/her." Well, we finally did. We talked every night that week in the parking lot after we had finished working out. We talked for 1-2 hours each night...in the parking lot...in December! Yep, every night I was frozen by the time I got into my car, but I sure didn't mind. On Friday night, Brad asked me if he could give me his number - to which of course I said, "Yea...let me call you, so you will have mine too." Then Brad asked if I would like to go out to dinner Saturday night. We ended up texting/talking all Friday night and Saturday before our date. Saturday night finally came...and the rest is history. We've been together ever since! We both agreed that that night was the best first date either of us had ever been on. It was amazing how much we had in common, how alike our thinking/beliefs/families/upbringing/everything was!
{...photos from "back in the day"...}
December 10, 2011 ~
Brad and I were celebrating 1 year of dating that weekend. For my birthday in August, Brad had bought me tickets to the Biltmore Christmas Candle Light Tour in Ashville, NC. (The Biltmore is a very beautiful, very old mansion that is a famous tourist spot in NC. I had sang there when I was a senior in HS for a Christmas concert, but didn't get to tour the house. I had always wanted to go back!) Anyways, Brad and I left for our weekend get away Saturday morning. We stopped by a CVS and grabbed a SC/NC map! We decided to take the scenic route up to the Biltmore so that we could drive on the gorgeous Blue Ridge Parkway! After a few wrong turns, we finally made it up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and were able to drive the miles of gorgeous "mountain" scenery. Even though it was winter, it was sweater warm, and the views were amazing. We pulled off the Parkway into an overlook, so that we could get out and take some pictures. We took a few of us and the scenery and then I had the idea of setting the timer so that we could get us and the mountains in one picture. We got one test photo, I adjusted the camera, and ran back to Brad.
When I got back to him, he got down on one knee and proposed!!! AND WE GOT IT ON CAMERA!! Yep, that's right friends, I have our proposal, the real thing, on camera! This might be one of the most precious photos I have.
{...and here it is!}
Happy 2 year and 1 year Anniversary bear. I love you!!
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