And he's wonderful and brilliant, and we're getting maaaaarried!!!

That's from Father of the Bride. Remember when George envisions his daughter, Annie, as a kid, sitting across the table from him, saying that she's going to get maaaaaarrried? Good show. Good show.

So my sis, Lex, is engaged!! Here she is right after Chris proposed:

And here are the two of them, together:

Chris actually showed me the ring the night before and asked if she'd like it. I was sooooo excited! But I kept it on the down low.

He asked my dad the day before for Lexi's hand. That means that Ben is the only one of four sons-in-law that didn't ask my dad. Neither he nor I really even thought about it. I feel badly about that. Apparently, it's done a lot still, the asking-of-the-father thing. I've been asking all of my friends about it. Oops. I really thought that was kind of outdated. Not that it isn't cool. I guess Ben and I were pretty clueless about these things. Sorry, Pops. We honestly had no idea that you were still supposed to do that.

So anyways. Chris is so nice and fun. He fits well into our family. I really lucked out, that I really like every single one of my brothers-in-law. And he treats Lex like gold, which is the most important thing.

They're talking about maybe tying the knot next summer? They're not sure yet. Lex is in trying-to-survive-graduate-school mode - she's in no shape for wedding planning at the moment. So we'll see.

Anyways. Congratulations, you two! I'm so happy for you!!