How come an Airfield for your Engagement Shoot?
We both have a passion for aviation, Charles has his commercial pilots license and I have my student pilots licence. After 7 years I realised Charles will never change. Its aeroplanes aeroplanes aeroplanes, so I decided if I can't beat them, I might as well join them!!! (his dad and brother also have pilots licences, and his granpa did as well) You can only imagine our dinner conversations :)

We really are the best of friends and have so much fun together!

How did Charles pop the question?
He proposed at Mount Grace on top of the mountain. When we got back to the car a lady was there crying. She had reversed into our new hilux :( so we spent the next 2 hours at the police station. Then it rained - only on our car!!! (now I sound like a drama queen but its true).  When we got to his folks place his mom got the champagne out and the broke 2 of his great Grannys crystal glasses and when we got home our gate motor blew up. So we went into lockdown!

So we figured if so much unluckiness happened on the first day, the rest of our lives should be a breeze:)

Finding my Boereseun:

Years ago when I was getting divorced, I confided in a friend – asking them what on earth I did wrong in my previous relationship choices – and he said “Angela – you should find yourself a boerseun – a boerseun will treat you right”.  Little did I know that 12 years later I would find myself a boerseun who honestly treats me like a princess!

How do you cope spending so much time apart?
With Tys and I living apart and only seeing each other every 3 months it is very hard, but I always say with our skyping and bbm’ing we probably talk far more than most married couples.  When we talk every night it is dedicated time together, which probably doesn’t happen with most relationships.  We make this difficult circumstance work.

How did he pop the question?
Tys popped the question in a little place overlooking Hartebeespoort Dam.  He had a bottle of our favourite wine, and put some music on (We both love music).  He seemed to be rather purposeful with his selection on his Ipod… and then it came to a song about a soldier going away and asking his love to marry him before he leaves (Tys was due to leave the next day, to go back to Iraq)…..  He went all quiet – and me – being a little slow at times…. I say “this is a lovely song…. Do you want to dance?”….. Typical Angela moment….. So Tys says “I am asking you to marry me and you ask me if I want to dance?”  Eish….. epic fail!  Haahaahaa!  Of course I said “yes, yes, yes!”