Throughout the summer of 2009, I had been not-so-subtly hinting to Andy that I wanted to go wine tasting. I had never been and was dying to see what all the fun was about at a beautiful vineyard. Although Andy never got around to taking me wine tasting during the summer months, he more than made up for it. Andy decided to ask me if I wanted to go wine tasting one evening after work. Of course I jumped at the opportunity! On an overcast Friday, Andy took me to Tarara Winery in Loudoun County, Virginia. Upon our arrival at the winery, we were greeted by a nice man named Dan. Dan told us that "first timers" usually take a walk around the vineyard grounds to see the beautiful landscape before wine tasting. I, not having a clue what a typical wine tasting experience included, went along and took a nice walk with Andy around a beautiful lake and took in the scenery. Right along the edge of the lake was a picnic set-up with cheese and crackers and a bottle of Merlot. We sat down and enjoyed the picnic. After an hour or so, we decided to head back to the main lodge for the real wine tasting experience. On the walk back, the sun all of a sudden appeared from behind the clouds for the first time that day. I wanted to take a picture of the beautiful lake and fall trees with the sun shining in the background and pulled out my camera (Let's face it, I wanted pictures of our wine tasting trip for the blog!). Andy of course said, "What are you going to take a picture of? There's nothing there" to which I responded, "It's pretty! Do you want to pose for the picture?". Andy of course said no, so I took the pretty picture of the lake and the sun anyway. As I turned around, Andy was down on one knee with the ring and, being so quick on his feet, asked if I wanted him to pose for me or PROpose to me before asking me to marry him. I of course got the word yes out before I started crying.
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