4th Anniversary of the "Airport Rendezvous Weekend"

Yay! I Love this day, almost more than I love our wedding anniversary. .oO(Hmmm...that probably sounds rather strange, but they are both about equal as special days go.) Four years ago today I boarded a plane in Columbus, Ohio with Dulles International Airport as a final destination. Boarding that plane was the beginning of a weekend that changed my life forever. Upon landing and working my way through the treasure hunt to baggage claim I was greeted with the biggest hug from the cutest Marine I've ever seen. (That would be my husband in case you were wondering.) I was so nervous! I hardly talked to him on the drive from the airport to my hotel room because there were a million things running through my mind. Even though we could talk for hours and hours and hours on the phone I was overwhelmed with actually having him next to me. We dropped my stuff off in my room and he presented me with a heart shaped necklace he had bought for me. I wore it nearly every day after that for at least a year. I wore it on our wedding day. And I still smile when I wear it because it reminds me of how special it was actually meeting the man who had become such a huge part of my life through phone calls and letters.

Then we went to dinner...a very late dinner because my plane hadn't landed until about 8pm or so if I recall. So by the time we fought DC/NOVA traffic it was pretty late. The nerves wore off, but I had a huge dopey grin on my face the whole time. Looking back at the pictures he had a huge dopey grin too, lol. The rest of the weekend was spent touring the DC area, including Pentagon City Mall. Sunday morning he asked me to marry him. He even called my mom and sisters to ask their permission. We didn't make it back to the little shop where we saw a turtle ring before it closed on Sunday evening so Dave bought it later that week and mailed it to me. The turtle ring became my engagement ring until I decided upon a 1/4 carat diamond solitaire a few months later. (I'm not big on flashy rings with lots of stones. Sure they look pretty...but I don't really need that much bling.) I flew out Monday morning and that was the beginning of the visits back and forth between Ohio and DC. And the rest as they say is history!

So today we are once again being lazy and enjoying spending time together!