Announcing Our Newest Family Member...

...Crystal - Lee!!!!

Yes, folks it's true my little brother Brian is engaged to be married to this wonderful woman!

Tuesday night, yes Groundhog Day, Brian proposed marriage and Crystal-Lee, after asking if he was "for reals", agreed to become his wife.

Crystal-Lee Howley ... it's kind of adorable if you ask me!

Here they are walking into Claim Jumper were we were waiting to congratulate them just after he proposed at the Temecula Library

(not the old one, the new beautiful on the hill above the sports park)

Here's Crystal-Lee and I, the new sisters!

Crystal-Lee only has one sibling, a younger brother and I only have sister-in-laws who live very far away, so we are both very happy about our new "sisterhood"!

Bennett is also very happy to have a new Aunt!

We are trying to come up with a good name for her. So far all we've got is "Auntie Lee-Lee" or "ACL" (Aunt Crystal-Lee) but we are open to suggestions!

(He really is happy about his new aunt, it was about 8:30 pm ... he was ready for sleep!)

Bennett got his new Aunt a little something... here he is about to wrap it just before we left to meet up with everyone to celebrate...

Once he read what the little tile said he just couldn't hold back his excitement!

(that is until he saw her and took that picture with her... oh well)

Crystal-Lee, we are all just as happy as Bennett looks in that picture!

We are so glad to welcome you into our family!