4 Years Ago...

My husband made me the happiest girl in the world by asking me to marry him. We have always loved Disney World. My family and I went four or five times when I was little, so I was very happy when I found someone who had the same experiences as I did and love of Disney. This is the only place that makes me feel like a kid again and that anything is possible. How can you not be happy when you go there? Everyone is smiling, even adults, and kids are jumping up and down and anxiously awaiting a glimpse of Mickey. I.Love.It.

Back to the story....

We had a week long vacation planned to Disney after I graduated from ECU and he from OBC. We stayed at Shades of Green, the military resort down there that I highly recommend! We had attended a friends wedding about three weeks before and my friends kept telling Michael it would be a perfect place to propose. Little did I know, Michael had been planning this all along, but almost changed his mind because so many people kept bringing it up! Thank goodness he didn't.

It was our first night in the park, and we were down on the side of Cinderella's castle. It was hot as blazes, and I just wanted to go stand in line in air conditioning, plus we hadn't ridden anything yet! He insisted on taking pictures. He was standing behind me as I snapped photos of the castle, and when I turned around there he was with a ring in his hand. I can't exactly remember what he said, but most importantly I said yes!

(The castle is to the left of this picture. He didn't want to do it in front of everyone, and it was perfect because this is tucked away with a great view. When we walked down the three people that were there cleared out and it was just us!)

We then sat on a bench and called everyone. My parents already knew because he asked my dad for permission. We even had a couple who had been eating dinner across the water, saw what happened, and rushed down to congratulate us! We then had an amazing seven days together! It was absolutely perfect.

(Taken right after he proposed! We look so young...and HOT, sweaty hot of course!)