Monday, January 29, 2007

Exciting news!!!

A few weeks ago, while Don and I were out at dancing at the Moose, Don and I ran into Jim's brother, Steve and his date, Joann. Since Steve isn't a member of the Moose, we took them under our wing and sat with them until the couple who invited them arrived. While waiting, JoAnn and I danced while Don and Steve caught up with one another's lives.

Steve's family and Don have been friends and family as Jim and Steve's mom, Alice married Don's uncle. As childhood friends, Don and Jim always joked about being related to later having that dream fulfilled. Jim and his wife, Rosella, have been friends of Don's since, well, forever, so we weren't too surprised to be extended an invitation to celebrate Aunt Alice's {Jim & Steve's mom} 77th birthday party at Godfather's Pizza yesterday.

What I didn't know was that when we were at the Moose, Steve had informed Don that he was going to propose to JoAnn at his mother's birthday party! So, yesterday while we celebrating Aunt Alice's birthday party, having our pictures taken with family and friends, someone requested a photograph of Steve and JoAnn. As they were setting up for the photograph, Steve requested a prop, and someone from behind him handed him a single red rose in a beautiful crystal vase. Tied to the ribbons was JoAnn's engagement ring!!! Seeing the look on her face when she realized what was going on... was worth its weight in gold. Talk about surprised! And I was surprised as well... I cannot believe that Don had known this for weeks and never told me!!! We will have a wedding to attend on March 24th.

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