oh, the news!

For those of you who aren't family, I will let you know that something exciting happened last night. My dad got married. My mom died 4 years ago and dad was very self sufficient but we knew he was lonely. Dad met Ann because they both bowled on the same days. They have been "friends" for about 2 years but didn't tell us the truth (although we guessed it). Finally, in June, he proposed but they both have been very secretive and would not tell anyone when this would happen. I had a really good idea that it would be happening this weekend, due to a variety of questions that I had asked. They didn't want a big wedding so they went to dads church last night and had his minister marry them. My aunt and uncle were there as witnesses. Then they proceeded to call us all. We are very happy for them both, although we would really have loved to have been there to see it too. We are working on fixing up dads house. Meanwhile, they'll be living at Ann's house. We'll be going to dads on Wednesday to paint the bedroom. I'm sure we'll have pictures of the progress.
Today, my family is leaving for a weekend camping trip. We're going to try some canoeing on the river by the campground. It sounds like warm weather. I'll try to get some good pictures - hopefully not of being being flipped over in the canoe!!

Happiness!

Note to family: This is a repeat of Cheri's blog but for those of you who I am not related to - my Dad is getting married!
Let me explain the background of my story. My Mom passed away in 2003 from a heart attack. It was quite sudden but she had not been in perfect health because she had a stroke in 1994. So my Dad has been alone for 4 years. He is very capable of taking care of the house and everything. He bakes and cans applesauce - you name it and he can do it. But there is the matter of loneliness. I hated the thought of him all alone at night. Well, he met Ann through bowling which he does 2-3 times a week. She is a wonderful lady that actually goes to my church and she has a granddaughter from China. Do you see a common denominator? They have been "friends" for over a year now. Well, we came home Saturday from the water park and Dad called me later to tell me I had to talk to "Ann" at church tomorrow. She had something to show me. He proceeded on to say that she would be moving in with him - his way of saying they were getting married - when he gets his house cleaned up! HaHa . My family is very happy about this. He will be able to do all the things he loves again. My Mom and him used to take a lot of bus trips all over and I know he misses that. So I found Ann at church and she has a beautiful ring. It was fun watching her show her ring to other friends! So we are just waiting to find out when the big day is going to be.
On a side note: We had a good time at the water park and I will be posting pictures of that in the next couple days but I had to share this exciting news first!