This is Real Life!: Engagement Weekend: day 2!

Shortly after he proposed (and I stopped crying and thanking him and the Lord for loving me and providing so well), Isaac told me that he had an entire engagement weekend planned for me! I was all atwitter with anticipation! We rounded out our engagement evening with a delicious dinner made by my man, a visit from the couple that set us up on a fake double date to set the engagement stage, and a little Harry Potter action!

Day two dawned and I was off to my women's Bible Study. Isaac asked me to be ready a little early, so he came and picked me up from there and we were off... To the Arnolds' it turns out! My family was all there to celebrate with us. It was so wonderful to be able to show off my ring and my fiancé, of course, and most of all to thank the Lord that He was faithful to provide such a man!

Some of the men that vetted Isaac:

What can I say? I can't get enough of him!

Uncle Lonnie definitely approves!

Caleb was not impressed with our engagement. Tough crowd!!

Lael was happy to celebrate, though!

Mother of the bride (round two)

My sweet flower girl!

Amaris was excited to show off her full princess outfit courtesy of Auntie Peggie

It's tough being this beautiful!

Jade opted for the curtain skirt Auntie Peggie made her

We LOVE the posters (and still have them!)

"Oh Aunt Rose, you're so funny!"

Papa giving a toast!

Fighting back tears of joy!

A family celebration isn't complete without some good eats!

Gwenna: The princess of quite a lot!

Noah needs some boy cousins! (Caleb man, ya gotta start walking and talkin!)

"Hey Caleb, why aren't you swimming?"

I love him!!!

He is too much! After a nice nap he decided it was time to celebrate!

So happy together!

EEK!

"Hey Auntie, you can take my picture....riiiiight here!"

"Come again soon!"

And we were off! We spent a (mostly) glorious (and slightly gory) hour at the waterfront before heading to "get my car". While walking along the beach, admiring the beautiful scenery and generally being smitten, I had a definite NCIS moment. There was a ribcage...on the beach...still rather bloody. I kid you not, I seriously had to calm myself down before I asked Isaac if he saw it. Turns out it was likely a harbor seal that had been skinned by some other animal. While still gross, this was decidedly more interesting/curious than terrifying and Isaac spend the better part of 10 minutes investigating it.

Moving along, we went to "get my car" from Brook's house (where I had left it to go to Bible study). When we got back it had been painted and there were several friends waiting for us! (That Isaac! So thoughtful! He knew I would want to celebrate with family first and then immediately after with dear friends!!