During my recent vacation up to Pennsylvania to let my Mom visit with her granddaughters, we finally got official word that my sister is engaged! Her fiancee, Brian, proposed in Savannah, Georgia, on their way back up from Florida with a moving truck filled with stuff from my grandmother's house.
One surprise was that they asked me, Donna, and the girls to be in the wedding! I'll get to be a groomsman, Donna will be a bridesmaid, and the twins will be two-and-a-half-year-old flower girls. My sister, Rebecca, is a kindergarten teacher, so she has realistic expectations of how they will be able to perform in their role. She has insisted that all she expects from them is to look cute in their flower girl dresses. That, I am confident, they can do.
Coincidentally, Dave Barry just had a column about his daughter being a three-year-old flower girl. I'm going to send a copy of this article to everyone in my family.
I am so exited about the wedding! We all like Brian, and the wedding will take place in a very pretty valley at my (and my sister's) high school. We may decide to drive to the wedding instead of fly, since we want to get our daughters used to long driving trips as a family. Someday, we'll drive to the northeast to see the trees in the fall.