Our Youngest Son is Engaged!

Months ago while we were visiting Teton National Park, we got a phone call from our youngest son, Blake. Earlier he had told us all about the planned wedding proposal, but this call was to let us know that Claire said, "Yes!"

We slipped the engagement news into the blog that day, as it was such a nice way to end our beautiful day in the Tetons. But now that we are back in Oklahoma, it was time to really celebrate their engagement. Blake has also purchased his first house this fall. Since we were traveling at the time, we got a face-time tour as he walked his phone through each room for us. But we finally got to see it in person.

We spent a day doing little projects around the 93-year-old house. This location is great for being close to the trendy areas of downtown Oklahoma City. It is also just a block away from a nice big park where we got to enjoy the great fall weather that Oklahoma has been enjoying.

Our time with them also included harvesting some fresh vegetables out of the little garden that the previous owners had planted.

Then, along with Claire's parents, we hosted almost 50 people at an engagement party to celebrate their up-coming wedding in June.

We are really excited about Claire joining our family. Because of our extended stay in Oklahoma, we are getting to participate in some of the wedding planning process. We went to church with them where the ceremony will be held. You can see the dome of the church in the picture below.

It's taken from the rooftop of the restaurant across the street where the reception will be held. We'll see views of the Oklahoma City skyline at sunset after the wedding in June.

Another fun trip during our stay was to shop for Claire's wedding gown. Denisa was invited to join the squad of women trusted with this important decision.

Claire surprised herself and the rest of the squad by finding the perfect gown at the first bridal shop. As you can tell from the picture below, the Mother of the bride and the Mother of the groom are both smiling because it was such a pleasant shopping experience. Claire is smiling just because that's what she does.

We love our life of traveling across this beautiful country, exploring some of the wonders of the world. But we have to say that spending this holiday season in Oklahoma with people we love is the place we want to be right now. We are excited to celebrate the upcoming addition to our family.