Before we got engaged, Chad made the mistake of sending me a discount travel email. He was sending it just as an FYI, but I took it to mean, "Look Biscuit, these are some great deals on fun trips. We should book one." So I did. Within a few hours of receiving the email, I had purchased two tickets to the Caribbean!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Biscuit and Gravy go to the Dominican Republic
Before we got engaged, Chad made the mistake of sending me a discount travel email. He was sending it just as an FYI, but I took it to mean, "Look Biscuit, these are some great deals on fun trips. We should book one." So I did. Within a few hours of receiving the email, I had purchased two tickets to the Caribbean!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
We are engaged!!
Chad flew to Seattle on April 24 for what Kelly thought was a regular visit. Little did she know that Chad had been anxiously developing multiple plans for the perfect proposal for months, and he planned to execute one of his plans that week.
After Kelly cancelled their plans to go to the tulip festival on Sunday, the Seattle weather rained out their walk through the Olympic Sculpture Garden on Monday, and Kelly announced last minute that she had a work event all night Wednesday, Chad was running out of plans. Thankfully, he did not give up.
On April 28, Chad asked Kelly to come to the roof of their condominium building and take pictures with him holding signs that said "happy birthday" to send to a friend serving in Qatar. Kelly stood on the roof holding the signs, as Chad set up the camera up on the tripod.
Chad hit a button on the camera, walked over to where Kelly was standing and asked her to put down the signs. Confused, she said that she couldn't because the signs would blow away. Chad insisted, and although she was very confused, Kelly obliged.
When Chad grabbed her hands, he was shaking so much. Kelly knew something big was about to happen. Chad talked to Kelly for a couple minutes, listing all the ways they make each other's lives better and bring out the best in each other. At the end of his speech, Chad recited a limerick he'd memorized months before:
It took us a while to see Just how great we could be Now Biscuit and Gravy are together And if you say yes its forever Will you marry me?
Kelly of course said "YES!!!" As Chad went to stop the camera from recording (he'd thought ahead and captured the moment on video!) he remembered one of his props. He walked back over to Kelly and unzipped his jacket and showed her the t-shirt he had made. It said: "Mrs. Gravy?" Then he handed her her very own "Future Mrs. Gravy" t-shirt.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Addie Bunny--STL Easter
Monday, March 29, 2010
We love NY
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Oh Canada.....Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
In February I was basing out of Seattle for 2 weeks. Every night Kelly and I watched the Olympics religiously. Kelly decided we should pop up to Vancouver for the day to just experience the festivities. I called my friend Chris and had my passport FedEx'ed to me and we decided on the day. Not to my surprise, Kelly didn't want to just visit Vancouver but wanted to see an event. She looked for days until she found the perfect tickets...Curling (or shuffleboard with ice, brooms, and big granite rocks).