Aaron & Desiree: 2008

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

First update in over a year!

Wow, it’s been over a year since out last post and so much has happened in a year. Let start from the last post.

I quit my other job and am now working at a new homes company in Kanata that is only 4 kms from the house. Aaron is still in the same company and studying part time for a different career. He is enjoying this new path and I think he will do amazing.

Nathan, my brother, is doing well still in Italy and will be home December 19th.

We did get pregnant in December but I lost the baby at the end of February. We’re hoping to get pregnant again soon, but it may take a while. It was an awful experience and on we don’t want to experience again.

The summer has been super busy. It’s something every weekend. This past weekend was Melissa and Darrell’s wedding, he is a really good friend of Aaron and Aaron was a groomsman. It was very nice and a great chance for Aaron and I to get out.

We went to Niagara Falls for our 3rd anniversary and vacation this year in the beginning of June. We had a fabulous time and did so many things we’ve never done before. Marineland, Maid of the Mist, Imax, a lot of walking, etc. We stayed in a hotel very close to the falls which was really neat to do. We had a great time and we didn’t want to leave.

We still have the month of August to go and I know it will just fly by and it will be September before we know it. We still have so many things we want to do. But of course so little time and money.

We did buy a car for me. A 1998 Toyota Camry that we got an amazing deal. It is super nice to have a car and I’m so happy every morning when I get to walk to it that I have a car.

We have 2 cats Teaka and we added Bella last year. Both are sweet cats and have their own personalities. It’s nice to come home to the two of them. Teaka is big and gray and Bella is tiny and beige. And every once in a while we threaten to send them to my parents when they do something bad. Although they love it there so I really don’t think it’s a threat.

Aaron had a big birthday this year in June and we celebrated by having a fun day, which included going to the movies, eating home made cake, getting clip ons for his glasses. He also got Guitar hero 3 and an Ipod Nano. He got the Nike Ipod extension so he can measure his running, time, distance, and all that fun stuff. He loves it and is running everyday. We’re both trying to eat a little more healthy as we’ve let ourselves slide the past few years. Not horribly but enough to say smarten up.

We’ve been having a great summer and are totally looking forward to having more fun in August! We can’t wait and hopefully I will update a little more often.

our engagement Story

April 17, our graduation dinner and dance. I have been looking forward to this for so long. I didn't go to my own high school prom so this was my big chance. Our dress...I wore a beautiful black and white satin dress with the white being only in the back and on it a black criss cross ribbion. Aaron spent alot of money going out and getting a great black suit to match the dress and white shirt and a black tie to match. Aaron came over in the morning to take me to hair appointment which I thought was very nice of him. My parents were in Calgary for a week that week. I got my hair done at Hair Tech 200 with Sue and she did a fabulous job. One of the ladies in the salon asked me if I was getting married that day because I was getting an updo and having little white flowers put in my hair. I replied saying "No, its my graduation day". Aaron came back and got me and brought me home. We tried to take a few pictures so that everyone in Calgary could see what we looked like. We went to Jiffy Photo to get our pictures taken. The man asked us if they were our engagement photos we were having done. Poor Aaron I thought was so embarassed he was bright red and we both said NO! We continued with our pictures and then back home to relax. It happened that the day was warm for April and it had rained a little in the morning but had cleared up by the time we left. Aaron drove us to the Congress Center where the party was being held. When we got out of the car Aaron realized that he had left his jacket at home and he freaked out. I figured it was just his jacket and not that big of a deal. But he really wanted the jacket. We had enough time to go home but then he said it wasn't a big deal. I later found out that the jacket had held the ring and Aaron had put the ring later in his pants pocket. He realized he had it and then it wasn't a big deal. We went in and found some seats with the people in our class. It was lovely. Everyone was dressed up some of our teachers were around. Dinner was great. When it came time to dance Aaron even asked me. Which was a huge suprise because I know he hates dancing. We had fun and I loved it. We sat and chatted with some friends and a teacher asked us if we were going out and we said "Yes, for a year and a half". Both of us were very embarassed. We hadn't told any one in the class we were dating. She then asked Aaron "Where's the ring already?!"Oh my gosh, I just about dropped dead totally embarassed and we both said not for a while we wanted to get careers and money organized before jumping into it. Little did I know... We enjoyed the rest of the evening and aruond 10:30p.m. our class was leaving to go to other bars and pubs. Neither of us are like that and we decided to leave. Earlier in the night Aaron had suggested that if it was nice we could go down town to Parliment Hill and take some more pictures. We found a parking spot and even though it was a nice April night it was still cool. I switched my shoes and I put on my loafers and a leather jacket which didn't go at all with my dress. But whatever! We walked around and took lots of pictures Aaron was great taking tons of pictures of me and I a few of him. We got up nearly to the stair when Aaron turn to me and started saying how much he loved me and how happy he was, and I honestly don't remember everything. He then got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Oh my gosh, what a proposal. I started to cry and couldn't believe what was happening. When he got up the Peace Towere chimed 11. It was just perfectly wonderful. We walked back to the car my mark up a mess and a grin from ear to ear. Aaron told me about all about everything. He said he tried so hard to make my day perfect, how he freaked out when he forget the jacket. He had put the ring in a watch case and strapped and zipped it in and when it came time to taking it out he couldn't get it undone. In all of the pictures his hand was in his jacket. He also said that was thought it was written on his face when people kept asking us when we were getting married. We later told my parents the day after they got home by having our pictures developed and when we got to the pictures of Parliment Hill we told them. They were happy and cried. A few weeks later we went up and told his Dad and Vicky. Although his Dad knew the second we got out of the car. Aaron picked out the ring all by himself three weeks prior to April 17th, he'd hidden the ring all that time. I love my ring and its perfect exactly what I had wanted. We went to school and told our teachers and with in a few hours the entire school staff knew we were engaged.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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