It was a pretty cold fall morning from what I remember last Sept. 25th. We woke up before the sun rose and met the balloon team in a Kroger parking lot. They drove us to an elementary school that had enough space to set the balloon up. Aaron helped the team a lot with the set up while I stood aside wrapper up in a blanket taking pictures. :) Once the balloon was ready to go we climbed in and took off! I can remember not believing how calm the ride was. The "balloon pilot" eventually asked us if we would like for him to take a picture of us and of course we said yes. Little did I know, this was all planned out by Aaron so that he would have the camera during the proposal. The next thing I knew Aaron was asking me to marrying him and showing me the most gorgeous ring ever! After that the pilot actually flew the balloon straight over where I live now with my aunt and uncle and they were able to take pictures of us from the ground. We landed in someones front yard and narrowly missed taking out their mailbox! While the crew was busy putting the balloon away, I was busy admiring my new ring! I was so excited and I think the first person I told was a random man driving by on a golf cart. The crew drove us back to Aaron's truck and we spent the next hour sitting in the Kroger parking lot taking turns calling family & friends to tell them the good news. It was SUCH an amazing and happy day in my life.
I had always dreamed of getting proposed to in a hot air balloon and I am 100% positive I never shared this with Aaron. I think the only one who knew about that idea was a journal I kept when I was like 13! It is so crazy that Aaron actually made that dream come true!
I just looked down at my phone about 30 minutes ago and noticed today was the 25th. I looked over at Aaron and said "happy engagement anniversary!" He immediately had a huge smile on his face and said he couldn't believe it had been a whole year. We both remembered last year this time thinking about how far away our wedding date seemed. It is crazy how time flies! Now our wedding is less than a year away and I know the time left before then will pass by even faster.
I can't wait until June 17, 2012!
This was taken right before we went up in the balloon.
Blowing up the balloon.
The Proposal!!
You can barely see my Aunt Mel, Uncle Andy & B-man in the driveway!
This was a picture my uncle took of us from down below.
&.....my amazingly beautiful ring!
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