Announcement to Marcia and Alan

I got to thinking last night after I went to bed that I haven't included the story on how we broke the news to Bill's parents. So, not to leave anyone out, here's how it went down.

We were once again basing it around a "birthday celebration", celebrating Marcia and Alan's birthdays that fell in August. We took them out to dinner as we wanted to tell them before the rest of the fam - which were all coming in that weekend for the Hot August Night Montford 5K race that Bill and Mike were in. I did the 1K Fun Walk.

Bill had cleverly bought Marcia and Alan "grandparent" birthday cards and we had them open them simultaneously after we ordered our food. For a split second or two, they were confused by the "grandparent" part, but quickly caught on when they read the signature 'Bill, Rhonda and 04-10-08'. We knew Marcia would cry, so we included a tissue in with her card. It was put to good use. They were very excited and surprised.

We told them they had to keep it under wraps for a while and you all know that just about killed Marcia. But she managed through and got the green light last night to tell the world.

I believe everyone is now up to speed. The only ones not to know are some family in East TN. So that means today is back to reality and I've got to quit posting and get some work done!