Rob and Emily Raleigh

My brother Tim proposed to his girlfriend Lisa on Friday night! To prepare for it, he took the day off work and set up a picnic to surprise her when she came home from work. After telling her the picnic basket was hers to keep, he said, "there's something else in there for you" which prompted a flurry of squeals from Lisa. She found the ring in the basket and put it on, still squealing, and finally said, "well aren't you going to ask?" There really wasn't a need to because I think Tim had already received the answer, but he did anyway and she said yes.

They stopped by today so we could give them an engagement present, and so we could see the ring. It is beautiful, Tim did a very good job! The wedding date has already been set for April of 2009. Hearing Lisa talk about planning, and all of the exciting ideas and thoughts going through her mind right now reminds me of the feelings I had when Rob and I got engaged. I'm absolutely thrilled for Tim who found a lovely woman to marry, and I'm very excited to have her as a sister-in-law!