This year our family welcomed an extra guest who joined Seth in coming from Brazil to the mountains of western Maryland.  All other invitees knew something our extra guest didn’t know, namely that she would receive his proposal of marriage,

On the day before the holiday, my soon-to-be daughter-in-law and Seth went for a walk to nearby Deep Creek Lake where (while his brother and his nephew hid in the woods with a camera) Seth proposed. 

We probably have 100 photos of that moment, and I will resist sharing them.  Dani (Danielle) said yes, and we spent the rest of the day…

Celebrating!