Bill and I have been dating for 9, yes I said 9 years this summer. Last October 17, 2009, he proposed and I, of course, said YES! then I said it's about time!
Bill and I met in the summer of 2000. My sister, Heather, brought me to Newport as a graduation gift as I had just graduated from UMASS-Amherst. I met Bill, starting talking to him and clumsily spilled my can of Bud Light on him at the West Deck, a bar on Thames St. He offered to buy me another. I remembered his flashy outfit of a black shirt and khakis. I looked up and saw a guy wearing that holding 2 drinks, so I walked up to him and started talking...only to realize that 1) I probably had too many slutty red head shots that night (hey I was 21!) and 2) that this was not the same guy I spilled my beer on. Then I saw Bill glaring at me holding 2 cans of bud light.
Needless to say the rest is history. I moved to RI 2 months later to begin law school and we started hanging out. Bill and I lived in Newport for most of our 20's. Yes, I know it's hard to believe I'm the big 3-0! I love Newport, mostly because when I think of that city, I think of meeting my future husband there, falling in love, and creating the beginning of the rest of our life there. We shared a great apartment on Vaughan Avenue in the Fifth Ward section of Newport and after living there for 5 years, bought our home we're in now.
Why am I telling this story on my blog? This past Sunday we had our engagement pictures taken with our fabulous photographer, Melissa Robotti (www.melissarobotti.com) and I figured it might be fun to talk about something non cookie today :)
We met her in Newport and retraced some memories. On October 17, 2009, the night Bill proposed, he took me on a trip down memory lane. We started where it all began, at the West Deck. After dinner he took me to the exact spot that he predicts he first laid eyes on me. From there, we drove past the old apartment, then to Ocean Drive, and then to Second Beach in Middletown, where we shared our first kiss, and where Bill asked me to be his wife.
Here are a few shots from Melissa's blog of our engagement pictures. I love them all and I love how she captures the emotions in her photography.
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