Seeing the seriousness of the relationship between Rebecca and her boyfriend Jeff, we invited them to attend the Weekend to Remember® in St. Louis with us. They accepted and off we went for a weekend getaway. Jeff, the assistant men's golf coach at Texas Tech, was on a recruiting trip and flew in from Dallas. Rebecca and we flew in from Little Rock. Our fights arrived early enough in the day to allow us some time to play on Friday afternoon giving us an opportunity to spend personal time with Jeff and Rebecca. A trip to the St. Louis Zoo fit the bill very nicely as we were able to walk and talk as we experienced many exotic animals.
The Weekend to Remember was a hit with both Jeff and Rebecca. Midway through the getaway Rebecca even commented "Mom and Dad,
this is the stuff you have taught us all these years!" Over the years it has been our pleasure to recommend the Weekend to Remember to seriously dating or engaged couples helping them set a baseline for their marriage relationship. What a pleasure to experience this with our own!
Christmas day was extremely special for us. We had all our kids home and looked forward to the day to celebrate Zebulun, our grandson's fourth month. But that's not all. Jeff was able to fly in to spend Christmas Eve and Day with us. Unbeknown to Rebecca, Jeff had called us earlier in the month to ask our permission to ask Rebecca to marry him. With him being so far away and extremely busy with recruiting trips he enlisted our help in his surprise. During our gift exchange on Christmas morning we take turns opening our gifts and somehow the last gift to be opened was one for Rebecca. As she opened her gift she was delighted to find a delightfully warm pair of winter gloves, but wait, what's that silvery sparkling thing on the ring finger of the glove!
An engagement was a perfect way to end our year!!!
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