Lizby
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2007
Since I enjoy reading everyone else's PJs and trip reports I thought I would start my own PJ. Let me start by introducing myself...my name is Liz and I am new to DIS but I am in love with it already! I have already learned so much from reading posts on here and the excitement over everyone's weddings/honeymoons/vow renewals is so infectious! 
My DF, Tim, and I will be together for five years on September 10. I am still in disbelief that we will be together for half a decade since it seems like we just started dating.
We met through an online dating service. I was 18 and he was 20 and we were basically just on there for fun and to see who from our town was also there (we went to the same high school but had never met--it was a big school!) I was mostly just a "lurker" on the site and didn't talk to anyone since I wasn't really trying to find a someone special. I didn't answer most messages that people sent me, but for some reason I wrote back to Tim and we made a date and the rest is history! We always say we must be soulmates to have found each other out of the millions of people who are online. 
DF and I knew just over a year into our relationship that we wanted to get married. We went and looked at rings and I picked out a beautiful one by Tacori. He said that I would have to wait for it and boy did I!! I knew that he went back a few months later and bought it since he teased me constantly about it. He even blindfolded me one night and had me try the ring on for size before he got a diamond for it! I was going crazy with the anticipation! He would always tell me that he had the ring but I wasn't ever going to get it when I was expecting it...it would never be on my birthday, Christmas, or our anniversary. Meanwhile friends of ours who had started dating around the same time as us started getting engaged and there was the constant questioning from everyone we knew about when our time would be. I was really starting to feel like it might never happen and he would keep the ring hidden in his safe for the rest of our lives when......THE BIG DAY CAME!
It was our four year anniversary and we were going out to dinner to celebrate. We were running late as usual and we pulled out of the driveway when he said "oh I just have to stop at the neighbor's house to look at these trees he planted in the back field." (We used to spend a lot of time sitting in his car talking and gazing at the stars in this neighbor's field when we first started dating - it is a very special spot for us.) I was a little annoyed since we were going to be late to the restaurant just so he could look at some trees but I said it was alright. We drove up their long driveway and then he parked back by their barn and got out of the truck. He opened the door for me and told me to come out in the field with him. I didn't see any trees and I thought he might be up to something, but this was our anniversary so he couldn't possibly be doing what I hoped he might do, right??? WRONG!
We got a few steps out into the field when suddenly he turned around and got down on one knee and in an adorable, nervous voice he said that he loved me and asked if I would marry him. Then he tried to put the ring on my right hand (lol he was SO nervous, as if I might actually say no!) and I kept asking if he was serious because he always teased me about it and said never, ever on our anniversary! But, he was serious so of course I said YESSSSS!!!
Then we were hugging and crying and it was just so wonderful being in this very special spot on a beautiful September day holding the person I love more than anyone, knowing that we would be getting married and spending the rest of our lives together! 
Everyone was thrilled to find out that we finally got engaged after four years and then the questions began about when would the wedding be, where would it be, who's invited, etc.
Big decisions! This is where I will pick up later on. I hope you enjoyed hearing the beginning of our story as much as I loved telling it! Here's a couple pictures of my ring:
From the top
From the side
Here's a picture of us the day we got engaged
My DF, Tim, and I will be together for five years on September 10. I am still in disbelief that we will be together for half a decade since it seems like we just started dating.
We met through an online dating service. I was 18 and he was 20 and we were basically just on there for fun and to see who from our town was also there (we went to the same high school but had never met--it was a big school!) I was mostly just a "lurker" on the site and didn't talk to anyone since I wasn't really trying to find a someone special. I didn't answer most messages that people sent me, but for some reason I wrote back to Tim and we made a date and the rest is history! We always say we must be soulmates to have found each other out of the millions of people who are online. DF and I knew just over a year into our relationship that we wanted to get married. We went and looked at rings and I picked out a beautiful one by Tacori. He said that I would have to wait for it and boy did I!! I knew that he went back a few months later and bought it since he teased me constantly about it. He even blindfolded me one night and had me try the ring on for size before he got a diamond for it! I was going crazy with the anticipation! He would always tell me that he had the ring but I wasn't ever going to get it when I was expecting it...it would never be on my birthday, Christmas, or our anniversary. Meanwhile friends of ours who had started dating around the same time as us started getting engaged and there was the constant questioning from everyone we knew about when our time would be. I was really starting to feel like it might never happen and he would keep the ring hidden in his safe for the rest of our lives when......THE BIG DAY CAME!
It was our four year anniversary and we were going out to dinner to celebrate. We were running late as usual and we pulled out of the driveway when he said "oh I just have to stop at the neighbor's house to look at these trees he planted in the back field." (We used to spend a lot of time sitting in his car talking and gazing at the stars in this neighbor's field when we first started dating - it is a very special spot for us.) I was a little annoyed since we were going to be late to the restaurant just so he could look at some trees but I said it was alright. We drove up their long driveway and then he parked back by their barn and got out of the truck. He opened the door for me and told me to come out in the field with him. I didn't see any trees and I thought he might be up to something, but this was our anniversary so he couldn't possibly be doing what I hoped he might do, right??? WRONG!
We got a few steps out into the field when suddenly he turned around and got down on one knee and in an adorable, nervous voice he said that he loved me and asked if I would marry him. Then he tried to put the ring on my right hand (lol he was SO nervous, as if I might actually say no!) and I kept asking if he was serious because he always teased me about it and said never, ever on our anniversary! But, he was serious so of course I said YESSSSS!!!
Then we were hugging and crying and it was just so wonderful being in this very special spot on a beautiful September day holding the person I love more than anyone, knowing that we would be getting married and spending the rest of our lives together! Everyone was thrilled to find out that we finally got engaged after four years and then the questions began about when would the wedding be, where would it be, who's invited, etc. Big decisions! This is where I will pick up later on. I hope you enjoyed hearing the beginning of our story as much as I loved telling it! Here's a couple pictures of my ring:
From the top
From the side
Here's a picture of us the day we got engaged
I mentioned something to DF and he said he felt the same way! Suddenly I realized that this is supposed to be OUR day, and (hopefully) it will only come once so it should be done the way that we want. That night I went online to look at the Disney weddings again and that just sealed the deal. The original wedding is off and we are getting married at 10 a.m. on July 4, 2008 at Sea Breeze Point! 
We did compromise on the eloping idea and now only immediate family will be invited (10 people total, including us). I feel bad that his grandma will not get to see it, but we are going to have a big celebration when we get home for everyone else who wasn't at the actual wedding.
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but I just have to say I LOVE my new dress. I can't wait to wear it and I get so excited whenever I think about it! 
I was going to get her one of the flower wands with three roses from Disney. The website said the cost was $45 dollars (which is still way better than the $125 for a regular bridesmaid's bouquet!) But, I thought I could make it just as nice out of silk flowers for cheaper and then she could have it forever. 
