Tonight we celebrated two big deals. For one it was my mother’s birthday. A significant one. We celebrated at our brand new favorite Chinese Restaurant, House of Fortune. My father actually was one of the people who did much of the finish work on the restaurant and it looks amazing. The food was incredible as well. A great meal to celebrate a great birthday!
The second celebration is that my baby sister, Shelby, announced that she was engaged. We heard the whole story of Tim’s proposal and it was really nice. He had asked for my father’s blessing at Christmas. It was a really great story and we are happy that Shelby and Tim are getting married. We are also very happy to have Tim join our family. They are great together and make each other very happy.
Three years ago I got engaged. I was at Lily Bay State Park in Maine on Moosehead Lake. My wife Allison (girlfriend at the time) and I had just finished a day on the water. If you have never been to Moosehead lake to paddle you are missing out. The place was awesome.
Allison on Moosehead Lake
The boat landing at Lily Bay State Park, where we got engaged
Anyway, thinking back on that day It makes me think about my friends Neil and Derek and when I told them that I was going to propose. I wanted the proposal to be something memorable and I wanted to do it while paddling. The problem is that diamond rings and water are not the best mixture. I mean, what if I tried to give her the ring and it slipped from my fingers and she went after it and got tossed in the water. That would certainly be a memorable story but not a very happy ending. So I decided to wait till we landed to propose and that made all the difference.
