A PRETTY GOOD STORY

I've been sitting on this one for a while now, but feel that I've had enough time to myself to relish it and am excited to share with you all.  Make sure to read to the end for the whole story.

A few weeks before Christmas, the Boy told me to pack up my bag ready for cold weather, hiking, nice dinners out, and adventure without a peep of where we were going.  We hopped in the car and started heading north.  A couple turns and hours later, we ended up...

See these guys, these are my people.

...where it all began 7 years 3 months and twenty something days ago... Cornell University. The Boy planned everything out perfectly.  We spent all of Friday walking around campus, visiting our favorite spots, reliving old memories, and introducing Odin to the beauty (and squirrels) that is  the Cornell campus (a little biased here).  That night we stopped by a few of our old haunts, grabbed some beers, and enjoyed a delicious tapas meal at one of our Valentine's day staples, Just a Taste on the Ithaca commons (highly recommended if you are in the area).

The next day...

....after a breakfast at Collegtown Bagels, the best bagels in North America (except for St. Viateur in Montreal of course), we decided to take Odin for a hike to burn off some energy before hitting up some tasting rooms at the local vineyards. Enter Taughannock Falls, a local state park and one of my favorite spots in college to go hiking and swimming...... and now the place where the Boy and I got engaged!!! It was scenic, romantic, secluded... perfect. Just the three of us with the most incredible view (see above). Our little family sharing in one of the happiest moments of my life.

After some happy tears and three-way hugging because Odin is never one to be left out, we headed to a few vineyards to celebrate.  Celebrate we did because I feel like the past few weeks, between telling family and friends, folks coming in from out of town, and the holidays in general, I've been living in one big Champagne filled happy bubble that I don't want to burst.

P.S. If you want the full love story epic see here.