Meeting the parents...

After our first date, Paul came and saw me in Austin on Thursday of that week. We went to Chili's on Burnet and 183 and had a great time. I was amazed everytime how we just clicked with everything. I was beginning to realize how well we complimented one another's personality. That fact was also a little scary. I had always heard "love at first sight" and "we knew right away we were right for one another", but now I was actually living it.

In my family, we have several birthdays close to one another. Everyone decided to get together to celebrate my granny's, my cousin's, my aunt's, and my birthday on Nov. 9 & 10. On Saturday, I was headed back to my aunt's house in Temple, where my parents and grandparents would be coming for the weekend. Of course this would be the perfect time for Paul to come and meet everyone. He came over on Saturday and we had a great time. My parents were excited to meet the person that I had begun to talk about. On Sunday, (my 23rd birthday) Paul came over after church for a family dinner. The afternoon went quickly and we enjoyed all being together. One of my favorite memories from that day was when Pa Bill (my grandfather) pulled me aside and said he wanted to give me some advise. His advise was that I needed to date Paul for 90 days and after 90 days then I could make a decision as to what I should do with our relationship. (Little did he know that we would have our wedding planned etc before the 90 days were up)
He also informed me that he had invited Paul to our thanksgiving family reunion. I love the fact that they approved of him.

We had a great time that weekend and it is a birthday that I will never forget.