Blessing

Today, Steven asked for my grandfather's permission to have my hand in marriage. He got permission, as well as my grandfather's blessing and a warm welcome into the family and some advice for a happy relationship.

Steven is still waiting to make his "official" proposal and we are not setting a date yet, but I am definitely going to start looking at dresses and Steven wanted to do some cake tasting and bring some samples back to my grandparents so they can feel involved in the planning. Since my mom eloped, this is one of those things that means an awful lot to my grandmother.

Oh, and my grandfather was absolutely delighted that Steven asked him for his permission to marry me. My father never did that (obviously, since they eloped-- my mom called that night and told them "Oh, by the way, Will and I got married." They were pissed.) So many brownie points won for Steven today...

(probably going to be x-posted in weddingplans )