Open House

The Open House for my girls and two new boys was great!

Lighting and sound - check

Food - check

People - check

Fabulous flowers - check, thanks to AMY!!

No really, it was really beautiful, the pictures do not do it justice.

I want to thank our friends and family who made this night important enough to be there to celebrate with us, it meant so much to the girls.

It is times like these when you realize how important family and friends are, times to celebrate together and make memories that last a lifetime.

It was a great success, three families there to celebrate love, marriage and family.

Two down... Two to go... they had better give me at least a 5 year break before I get to do this again!!!!

Cat and Andrew

And for daughter number two!

Jessica and Nick

So here are the pics!!

"Finally", you say!

"Well better late than never", I say!!

* sigh *

I got this phone call from Jess.

"Be at the Courthouse at 10 on Thursday"

I set up the marriage stuff.

Then I am talking to Cat and she says

"leave next Friday open, I'm next"

I am gaining two sons in the span of 8 days.

I can't think anymore...

I'm happy.

Just, WOW lots of change.

Really fast...

With this RING...

So the really great plan was left to the side of the road.

Nick got so excited to propose to Jess that RIGHT after he bought the ring he came over to our house, walked in the door, got down on one knee, and said " Jessica Evan Harris, will you marry me?"

Surprised the pants off her!! It was great!!

THE HUG!!




Brad "oh the GLARE off that rock!"

The Proposal

So I have heard a rumor, from a great source, that Nick is out getting the ring and will do the official asking in the next few days!

The best part of this is the way he is planning on doing it.

For this to be effective you need some history...

Jess and Nick were really good friends for a year before they started to "like" each other and date. The whole group of kids hung at my house after school, during lunch ( yes I even caught them skipping class), and weekends quite often. They played b-ball, ate, watched movies, laughed, played x-box, ate, jumped on the trampoline, ate, did homework, oh yeah did I say eat? There was one item that sat on the front grass that became very sentimental, The Swing.

The other piece of information that is important to know is that during this year of hanging out, several of these kids paired off...

Bertha and Daniel ~ they are getting married tomorrow!!

Jess and Nick ~ Dec 5th!

Tasha and Hank ~ Still dating

Cat and Andrew ~ dating for about 2 months

Layton ~ on a mission

Well, back to the story.

Oh yeah, The Swing.

Jessica and Nick's first kiss was on that swing.

I am sure they have all kissed on that swing. Well, not Cat and Andrew. The swing has been over at Tasha's house since we moved to Seattle. Ha ha!

Rumor has it, Nick is going to bring the swing back to our old house, blindfold Jess and ask her there!!!!!! can you believe it?!! So romantic!!

I will keep you posted!