So I was thinking that many of you may not have read Jay's PJ of his surprise, and even if you have, here is my take on what's brought us here!
Way back in 1998 we met online -- and shockingly not through a dating site (although they really didn't exist back then did they?). We became friends, and to be honest I just found the whole idea of chatting to someone halfway around the world pretty cool
We spent the next year and a half 'getting to know each other' via the internet, and then in late 1999/early 2000 had a bit of a falling out. The less said about that the better so we'll just leave it at that!
Jay then came over to MI where I was living at the time and under lots of pressure from me, we met up in person for the first time. That was in June of 2001, and on August 3, 2001 we officially became a couple! This is what we looked like then:
I call that our 'trash can picture' because that's what is behind us!! We were at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, and we look about 12
We spent the next 4 years going back and forth between the US and the UK with Jay mainly spending time with me in the states. It was the summer of 2005 Jay was coming over to spend time with me and he was denied entry and sent back to England.
Needless to say, this was devastating, so I made plans to go over instead. In the discussions we decided that we needed to get married and figure out where to live so we didn't have to go through that again!
We decided to live in the UK as that was the best option for us at the time, and got officially engaged! Here is a pic from our engagement
After I moved here we went to have a quick courthouse/registry office wedding for visa purposes, with the plan to have a formal wedding at an English Manor House in August of 2006. Here we are looking lovely on our original wedding day!
Well, things didn't go to plan for us as usual and we ended up adopting our daughters, which put the wedding on the back burner.......permanently!!
This was until Jay decided to plan our memories vow renewal during our Feb trip to WDW! It was supposed to be a surprise, but that didn't happen -- but it was the most amazing day of my life and I FINALLY got to be a princess!!
(not from the wedding but a fantastic day nonetheless!!)
thats a maggie isn't it?
that dress, too! Very pretty! 
I've read a little of Jay's report, but not all of it so this was helpful. My DF is from Scotland, but thankfully he lives in the states now. We occasionally talk about what would happen if he had to go back because I have two kids and can't move to the UK so he would probably be doing the same as Jay did by travelling back every 90 days. That had to be tough nonetheless! It is so very sweet what you did by taking in the children, they will be so much better as adults because of your kindness and open-ness to love and take them in. When I saw the picture of the little one crying at your vow renewal it tugged on my heart strings, I teared up too! How sweet! Just thought I would chime in and let you know I'm a fan! 
