Saturday night randomly happened to be the 7th anniversary of our engagement. I had been planning for a couple months to pull Ryan aside at the kangaroo exhibit on Friday night to acknowledge the special day that had happened down under 7 long years before. With the time zones, I actually think Friday would have been more appropriate, but Amy reminded me of our wine-tasting plans for Saturday night and I opted for the actual date. I had Whole Foods write on a chocolate decadence cake and had the wine guy bring it our to Ryan about half way through our tasting.
It did take him a couple (long) minutes to figure it out, and he said it scared him as he racked his brain trying to figure out what he'd forgotten.
In the end, it was a simple gesture that meant a lot and really took him off guard. I think the busier life gets, the easier it is to forget the magical and meaningful moments. Taking time to reflect can have an amazing power of reconnection and I hope I'll be successful in taking time for reflection more and more as life gets more and more crazy. :)
Freshwater and sand-bottomed Lake McKenzie is one of the natural world's mysteries.
That's a happy girl! She got the ring and the guy!
Our safari cohorts were thankful for the extra champagne broken open by the generous guides.
Taking time for reflection - so true about it making all the difference. Thanks for the reminder. I am loving all of the flashback photos. What a gorgeous place to get engaged! PS - Why are you towering over every single other person on that beach?! ;)
ReplyDeleteI think it's the angle of the photog and the fact that I'm closer. Also there were a lot of short British blokes.
DeleteAwww... I LOVE this!! So sweet.. that's a pretty awesome engagement story! I agree with T - such a great reminder to celebrate the little things that we tend to forget about.
ReplyDeleteMost importantly she got the guy! But holy crap she freaked out about that ring.
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