She Said YES!

Allie called in February and told us she was bringing Dave home with her for the semester break.  Hmmmm...... a boy??? coming home with her????? Before they came, Dave called (unknown to Allie) and asked Jeff if he could marry Allie.  Poor Jeff is still recovering. We started the week like this!
 Easter morning was fun then it was time for the usual Easter pictures.

Allie and Dave were really nice and stood in front of the Easter/picture taking bush after church.  Then we went off to Aunt Colleens and Uncle Ron's house for Easter dinner.

We kept losing and gaining people in this picture, this is most of the kids. It is left to right, Ezra, Jake, Noah, Edan, Alleya, Alyssa, Jenni, holding Violet, CJ, Isiah and Isaac.
Dinner was yummy and looking for eggs was even better.

 Violet got lots of help from Mom and Dad.

 She sees a camera and has to pose!

 Then back to the business of hunting eggs.

 Christopher was too tired to participate, but Aunt Randi was happy to hold him.

 Issac.... where did you say those eggs where?

Isiah is trying to figure out where to go next.
After dinner we went home and started to relax.   I noticed something on Allie's finger (she had been wearing it all night!)  I said "Allison, do you have something to tell me?"  The next part is a little hazy, but I do remember Dave sliding off the couch and kneeling in front of Allie and saying "what about if this is for real?"  Apparently they were trying to play a joke on us, but Allie didn't know Dave was planning something much bigger!

 This is Allie saying, "For Real???"  She was so surprised!

Believe it or not this is her saying YES!!   and yes that is Dad in the background, not wanting to miss a minute of this wonderful time.  Two of her sisters were in the room and Alyssa was trying her best to get Dave to ignore Allie and play with her duck.    The rest of the visit was taken up with wedding plans.
Allie and I went to get our hair done the next morning and Laura offered her back yard for the reception. It is so nice I am really excited. 
Dave and Allie called the his parents to consult on wedding dates and then the next morning called the temple and got Friday the 24th of August at 10 am.  We are enjoying looking at all the fun wedding things!  Our baby is getting married, WOW, that is even hard to type.  She has been our little girl for so long, we went thru all her other siblings weddings, babies, moves and plain craziness, in it all she was there to call and get to run and help. 
I watched out the window as they left on Saturday morning, Dave had loaded the car and finally came back in to get her.  He put the blankets and pillows in the back seat, I thought he was just storing them there, but no, he carefully helped Allie in and made sure she was comfy, then walked around the car and got in the drivers seat and drove away.  Our baby is all grown up!