e-n-g-a-g-e-d.

it all started last night...

it was daddy's birthday.

(come to find out sis's finance had been texting mom all day about his proposal that would happen that night.

sneaky dudes.)

sis's fiance (that's going to take some getting used to ;P), bro, and sis-in-law all came over to have a scrumptious dinner of turnip green soup and homemade cornbread.

the night was like any other.

the normal hanging out in the living room,

gathering around the dinner table,

laughing till our stomachs hurt,

you know, stuff like that.

daddy proceeded to open his gifts:

a 1-hour golf lesson

2 Magellan shirts

1 portable hammock

we snapped a quick family picture and moved into the living room to look at Jamaica pictures.

little did we know what was about to happen.
*ahem* i mean, mom already knew.

the Jamaica pictures were seen, and the bro and sis-in-law left due to the brother not feeling well.

i do my normal.

head out into the night to feed the horses.

little did i know what was going on in the living room of the house.

sis's fiance got one more okay from mom 

(who was in the kitchen listening in on the whole thing)

and sprung into action.

the proposal went something like this:

they have put numerous lego models together.

he brought out a lego model dump truck box out and had sis to open it.

as she slid the cardboard piece out of the box, there it was.

the ring box.

(and you know how it goes. she's shocked. she can't speak. he takes the ring box out of her hand and gets on one knee. yadda yadda yadda. hehe!)

i have the horses fed and open the back door.

mom, sis, and fiance are all looking at me with these strange grins on their faces.

staring at me = awkward.

and then, i see that mom has her iphone out filming me.

doubly awkward.

the sis takes a few steps toward me and holds our her left hand.

i'm thinking:

"uh, sis what in the world are you doing?"

weirdo.

and then, i see it.

the bling bling.

yup, i start screaming. and shaking. and jumping up and down.

and mom got it all on camera.

talking about awkward.

"oh my word! oh my word! oh my word!!"

daddy is in the back of the house.

mom goes to the back and she asks daddy (who is in the shower):

"are you almost done?"

"no."

"we have another birthday present for you."

he finally appears and reacts (his reaction wasn't  half as exciting as mine was ;P) and hugs the happy couple.

sis and fiance then call his parents and wake them up (it is almost 10 pm) and tell them the amazing news.

we call mom's parents and get them on speaker phone and text them a picture of the ring. 

we get to hear their reaction. 

priceless.

we load up in the dually and head to the bro and sis-in-laws house.

bro comes out first.

sis shows her ring.

his reaction was too cute.

"let me go get Indy."

(in his little cute bro voice)

he then dashes into the house to bring out his wifey.

sis-in-law comes out and we all oooh and aaah over the ring again.

the five of us come back home to celebrate some more.

the love birds whisper in the living room and i go upstairs to make a phone call.

sis's fiance leaves around 11 pm.

we stay up past 12.

i'm on the phone and sis is just beyond excited. 

she only gets 2 hours of sleep.

instagram is blown up and the fingers are smokin' with all the texting and phone calls going on around here.

may the wedding plans begin!

eeeek!

i still can't believe it.

y'all, my baby sister is getting married to the man of her dreams.

and i couldn't have asked for a better brother-in-law.

<3