Wedding Date Anyone?

Hey everyone! Aaron here and I wanted to let everyone know that Addie and I have discussed wedding dates and have come up with one. I'll announce it in a few, so bare with me. We started discussing it because we needed to get this done quick due to some friends of ours, that we want in the wedding, who live on the other side of the country and wanted to give them time to save that date. We also wanted to hear our parents feedback on the date as well. There were a few worries about the timing due to how busy the month of June is for my family, but we've been able to work it out I think. The date that we have picked is June 12, 2010!!! We are super excited and hope to keep everyone updated as the planning continues!

The Story!

So here goes....

Aaron had told me in the beginning that we wouldn't be getting engaged for a while but I would have a year to plan like I wanted to.  At the same time we had been talking about getting married sometime next summer and he was running out of time in my opinion so I got to the point where I didn't know what to think.  

Anyways he was coming to Montreat to help out with a soccer camp and it ended up being cancelled so he was gonna come later than he originally said he was coming.  He was coming in the first place to be together for our two year anniversary because we couldn't be together last year for our one year and I was disappointed that it was gonna happen again.  He had a game in Charlotte on Saturday that he had to work and apparently never went home that night like he told me.  He had called up my parents and asked if he could come to Durham to talk to them.  However they were already going to be in Charlotte for my cousin's 3rd birthday.  So they met on Saturday at the Great Wolf Lodge to talk.  Aaron sat down with them and said "So I'm sure you know by now what you're here for.  I want to get both of your permission to marry your daughter." My dad smirked and said "What's the plan?"  Aaron explained what his plans were after graduation and what kind of job he's hoping to get and that sort of thing.  They hung out for a little bit after that.  Aaron was glad to have that part out of the way (my dad can be tough lol).  

After that he drove to Asheville and stayed at his brother and sister-in-law's house for the night.  He called me up Sunday morning and asked what I was doing and stuff and told me he was driving home from church and that he was probably going to come on Monday to hang out for the week.  Of course while he's driving to school from Isight I'm thinking he's in Clinton, SC.  Soon he asked if I was still outside McGregor and I said yea.  He told me to look to the left and there he was.  He surprised me by coming earlier to hang out for the week.  Of course at this point I still had no idea what was to come.  He had emailed back and forth with my boss trying to set this whole thing up.  Brackin (my boss) told me on Monday that I had to go on a scouting mission for them in Old Fort to see if a road would be available for the summer to get to Mt. Mitchell.  He showed me on the map where the gate would be and told me that I was meeting someone there around 11 to talk and see if the gate was going to be open for the summer.  Of course I thought it was real and I went with it and Tuesday morning I was on my way.  
I was told that it'd take an hour to get to Curtis Creek Road and find the gate so I left around 9:30 to give myself a little cushion incase I got lost or whatever.  Soon I realized that it wasn't going to take an hour to get there and I was pretty early.  I was driving down the road trying to find the gate that Brackin was talking about when I saw Aaron's car in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road.  I was completely confused because I had never told him where I was going but he knew that I was doing something.  I debated whether to keep driving and turn around later or just stop now and scout the area later.  So I backed my car up and parked there.  There was a note on his window with my name on it.  It told me to follow a trail to a picnic table and there would be more instructions there.  So I went to the picnic table and there was a single rose and a Bible on the table.  On the front of the Bible was a note from him reflecting on the last couple of years and a Bible verse for me to read.  I didn't think anything of this whole thing other than the fact it was something for our two-year anniversary.  He had already told me at one point that we were not getting engaged on our anniversary so I thought it was something else.  I turned to that verse and read it then there was a note in there with him explaining the verse a little from his view and another verse.  This kept going for about 6-7 verses/passages.  It was based around three things: love, trust, and faith.  The last two passages were about the husband and wife and marriage.  In between the two passages was a note that basically said, "so I'm sure you know by now where this is heading...." and at this point I thought to myself...."oh this is going in a completely different direction than I thought!  I suddenly started getting nervous and in shock that it was actually happening right now.I had to make a promise to love, trust and grow in our faith with him.  If I could do that then I could continue with the instructions.  So I read the last note and it told me to go across the dam in the creek and follow the trail and he would be waiting there for me.  I walked over there slowly and trying to grasp what was going on.  By the time I got there I was like oh man it's happening.  I gave him a big hug and he dropped to his knee with the ring in hand and said "will you marry me?"  I said "yea..." very quietly that he had to ask again to make sure I said yea lol.  Then we hung out at the creek for a little bit to be together and realize what just happened!  It was a wonderful surprise and caught me off guard completely.

Now we're just enjoying being engaged and we're still a bit giddy about it!  Hopefully we'll soon sit down and start planning once it sinks in that we're actually engaged!

Right after I said YES!

The ring is on the left finger but the picture is backwards for some reason.....