A couple got married at an Ohio airport baggage claim area where they first met 12 years ago. Michelle Belleau's boss sent her to pick up future husband Ron Peterson at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 2007. A long-distance relationship developed, with Belleau in Cleveland and Peterson in Los Angeles. Michelle Belleau, (left) married her partner Ron Peterson, (right), at the baggage claim area at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, where they first met 12 years ago Belleau met Peterson at the airport in April 2007 when her boss asked her to pick him up as he was in the city through his work as owner of a record label company On Saturday they got married at a spot Belleau claimed 'couldn't be more perfect.' She explained that airports became happy and sad places for the couple as they would reunite and then too quickly have to depart. She has since moved to California to be with her husband. Southwest Airlines has agreed to move arriving bags to another carousel to make way for the ceremony. Belleau managed to convince Hopkins officials to let them marry there and they helped them plan their big day. A large crowd gathered in baggage claim to watch the nuptials, with the bride choosing to wear a blue sequinned dress, perhaps as a good luck symbol for meeting the love of her life. The newlywds told WTAP: 'It's exciting. But there's so much going on, I think it'll hit me later. It's amazing. Clearly I'm getting the better end of the deal. 'We were going to show up, we were going to get married, and be out of here before security showed up. It was going to be much smaller. Luckily, they cooperated and this is the far better choice.' Belleau managed to convince Hopkins officials to let them marry there and they helped them plan their big day The couple exchanged vows in front of 125 guests and they credit Southwest Airlines for helping to keep them together as they had a long distance relationship for years Baggage claim areas six and seven were closed to accommodate almost 130 guests helping the couple to have their perfect wedding. Cleveland Hopkins officials claimed it was the first wedding at the airport at least in recent memory. Belleau told The Plain Dealer: 'He said he really wanted to get married at the place we first met.'I couldn’t think of anything more perfect.' She was working in the concert promotions business when she met Peterson, the president of Rotten Records. After their first meeting in 2007, Belleau and Peterson maintained a long-distance relationship for years and spent more time in the airport than they would have liked. Belleau and Peterson maintained a long-distance relationship for years and spent more time in the airport than either would have liked Ron asked Michelle’s father for permission to marry her and the couple now have two little girls 'It was both the happiest place and the saddest place,' she explained, depending on whether they were reuniting or saying goodbye. The couple has praised Southwest Airlines, and their companion-pass benefit, with helping to keep them together. Save-the-date cards were designed to look like Southwest luggage tags and their wedding invitations resemble Southwest boarding passes, The Plain Dealer reported. Belleau said airport officials agreed to shift arriving bags from passengers to a nearby belt during the ceremony, and even decorated the space. Save-the-date cards were designed to look like Southwest luggage tags and their wedding invitations resembled Southwest boarding passes Belleau said airport officials agreed to shift arriving bags from passengers to a nearby belt during the ceremony, and even decorated the space She said she was soaking wet as it had been raining when she picked up Peterson from a flight from Los Angeles. And he said he spotted her straight away when he came down the escalator. Ron told WKYC: 'There she was. All six foot of her with pink heels and a trucker hat. It was a very good impression, all I could think of was whoever she belonged to was pretty lucky.' Last summer, Peterson asked Michelle’s father for permission to marry her and the couple now have two little girls. She said: 'It just seems like if it had happened any other way, we wouldn’t have had the same chemistry. 'Like if I hadn’t been the one to pick him up, he would’ve been with a different group of people and maybe we wouldn’t have gotten to know each other that way. 'Me being there at Baggage Claim 6, it led to 12 years, two children and a future,' Belleau added.All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility