I absolutely loved our engagement weekend.
I tell Aaron all the time how that was the best vacation and most fun I have ever had with him.
We had planned a trip for New Years Eve/ New Years Day to go Williams and take the train to the Grand Canyon.
We were both super excited to go on our first train ride.
We drove from Phoenix to Williams and stayed at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel.
We enjoyed a short road trip filled with good music and conversation with the snow covered forest providing a beautiful backdrop.
We enjoyed a short road trip filled with good music and conversation with the snow covered forest providing a beautiful backdrop.
Once we got checked in and settled into the hotel we skipped over the train tracks and went bar hoping in the very small, rustic town of Williams.
Let me show you how rustic: LOL!
We spent New Years Eve exploring the town, drinking, talking, laughing, and enjoying each others company. It was PERFECT!
We didn't even mind all the crazy Polar Express kids running around or the super hairy guy hogging the Jacuzzi :)
We didn't even mind all the crazy Polar Express kids running around or the super hairy guy hogging the Jacuzzi :)
The next day was New Years Day 2012 and we hopped on the train to go see the Grand Canyon. That is where he proposed. He got down on one knee and told me how much he loved me and asked me to be his wife...I think...super awkward/beautiful moment. We have a video, but I hate watching my self on video so I am not posting it.
Of coarse I said yes and a group of onlookers started clapping. LOL!
The fact that he went all by himself and put so much effort into picking out the ring he thought I would love and cherish is so very very sweet.
We booked a package that included one night stay and the train tickets to the Grand Canyon on the Observation Dome. The seating there was pretty sweet as you are enclosed in a glass dome so you can see all your surrounding, and includes a champagne toast and snacks.
Even though we had hoped for a snow covered landscape, just being on the train and having a new experience together was wonderful.
The champagne toast just so happened to be perfect timing on the way back!
Even though we had hoped for a snow covered landscape, just being on the train and having a new experience together was wonderful.
The champagne toast just so happened to be perfect timing on the way back!
We drove home that night as a newly engaged couple.
I only wish that we had stayed another day and eloped. The thought went through my head, and I very much wish we would have kept our bliss a secret and enjoyed the happiness between ONLY us.
Such a romantic thought :)
He must have been pretty confident, because this is what I saw when we got home!!!
I only wish that we had stayed another day and eloped. The thought went through my head, and I very much wish we would have kept our bliss a secret and enjoyed the happiness between ONLY us.
Such a romantic thought :)
He must have been pretty confident, because this is what I saw when we got home!!!
Is he the best or what? I sure do love this man and I know I always, always will.
