Anniversary Dinner

May 2nd was a big day for many reasons! First off, the most obvious reason is that is the day I asked Erin to marry me and she of course said YES! Was there really any doubt? :) But equally important that day, we were celebrating her parents' 40th wedding anniversary! That evening there was a nice celebration dinner at the Field Stone Grill in Portage. Erika, Rob and Sydney were also at the celebration dinner, and in fact had their own news that we were celebrating, the upcoming birth of their child. All in all it was a fantastic evening of celebration and family.

The Ring!

On Saturday, May 2, 2009, I proposed to Erin and she said YES!!!  It was easily the best moment of my life so far!  I had all these different ideas on how to pop the big question, but for whatever reason those ideas never seemed to pan out.  In the end, it was probably a corny way to propose, but it worked!  And that's all that matters right?

Where it all began...the magic of Facebook!

Our relationship seemingly started with a harmless little message on Facebook back in March of 2008. Erin and I had known each other back in high school due to some mutual friends and interests, such as tennis. In fact, truth be told, I did have a crush on Erin back in high school, but was just too damn shy to do anything about it! That was 1990. Jump ahead 18 years, and that harmless little email to reconnect as friends turned out to be the beginning of a very beautiful relationship!

What started out as a few short sentences back and forth quickly grew to pages upon pages of emails back and forth between us. It was during this time that I knew there might be something more to this than just a friendship. At some point in late April we started talking on the phone. And boy did we talk! One night we talked on the phone ALL night. For Erin it wasnt so bad because at the time she did not have to get up for work, but I was not so lucky! When the alarm went off the next morning, I told Erin that it was time for me to get up and get ready for work. What a day! Almost fell asleep at my desk several times, but I would not have traded that night for anything.

Finally I convinced Erin to meet up and go out. Wow that took a lot of work! I think I probably owe a thanks to Kim E. as I think she put in a few good words for me. Thanks Kim! So on May 3rd, 2008, we had our first date. And what a date it was!