My family arrived on Friday and we had no trouble getting them and their luggage from the airport to Gent. CB took Scooter to the house to settle him in while I waited with my parents at the B&B until their room was ready. Afterwards we went to Het Pand, the university “club” building for a lovely dinner, dropped my parents off at their place and went out for some drinks and late night fries with my brother. I can’t decide if he was more impressed by the alcohol content in Duvel or the huts on the side of the road for guys to pee in. Either way we had a fun time before turning in for the evening, aside from the air mattress for my brother deflating (the lack of comfortable sleeping arrangments and his allergies ended in us finding him a few rooms at different B&B’s around Gent so that he could sleep on an actual bed).
CB’s parents picked my mom up on Saturday morning and took her to their house to make Thanksgiving dinner. My mom is a real trooper, offering to make a meal for 7 people after travelling across the Atlantic the day before, but she was determined to have Thanksgiving with both of our families and it was so wonderful for me to have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner this year. While Mom was in Lochristi cooking, dad and I took a walk around some parts of the city center and had a cup of coffee (he has a new found love of koffie verkeerd, which is simply espresso and a whole lot of steamed milk). CB hung out with my brother for a few hours before coming to pick up dad and I in Cabanadad’s car. We went to CB’s parents’ house in Lochristi and had a delicious dinner: roast turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, cranberry chutney, salad, pumpkin pie, chocolate cake and homemade ice cream from CB’s mom and CB finally told his parents the big news.
We’ve been engaged for 2 weeks.
Yes, CB proposed to me two weeks ago on Saturday and I said yes and we are officially engaged!!!!!!
I have been wanting to tell you all SO BAD but I had to wait until CB told his parents and sister first because they read this blog and well, yeah, you understand I hope.
Yesterday was also the end of my Lilacspec’s Mama’s Birthday Giveaway. My mama will be telling me her favorite comment tomorrow and later tonight I will be tallying who commented the most as well as throwing all the commentor’s names into the random number generator so that I can contact the winners before our trip to Antwerp on Wednesday. tomorrow we’re going to Bruges for the day and Tuesday we’ll spend in Gent. My mom is taking plenty of pictures so I’ll try to post some good ones in the next few days.
11:06 pm
Congratulations. That’s very exciting news.
1:34 am
This is susssscccccchhhhhhhh great news!!!! WWWWHOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!
Oh, I’m so happy for you and CB! This is just fabulous.
Very, very happy.
And what a great time to celebrate! How nice everyone can be together now. Good timing on CB’s part.
2:07 am
Felicitations! Would that be the Bruges of “In Bruges” that you mention? I suppose I’d know the answer if I knew more about Bruges or the movie, but I know nothing of the former and only that the latter is highly recommended…
7:51 am
Oh how lovely Korie! I’m so glad for you!
And I hope you have very good times together with your family now! Enjoy!
Big hug,
9:58 am
Oh my gosh, congrats! You must have been bursting at the seams having to keep quiet. I’m so excited for you!
3:37 pm
Yeah! Congratulations! I’m very excited for you both!
3:43 pm
YAY! Congrats…I have known for a while, but I noticed that you were not posting about it so I thought I better wait to say something.
Have a lovely time with your family, and congratulations again!!!
3:50 pm
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND CB. What exciting news. We are so happy for you.
All the best. Holly, Elliott and Margo.
6:07 pm
Holy crapoly! Yeah! I’m so happy everyone made it there safe. And OMFG! Congratulations! I can’t belive you held out on us! I’m practically screaming YEAH and jumping up and down! WOO HOO! Hello? Pics of the bling bling!!! YIPPEE!!!
6:48 pm
Congratulations! That is so exciting!
7:25 pm
Congratulations! How exciting. Your traditional Thanksgiving dinner sounds wonderful. I’ll bet it was a real treat to be eating your mom’s cooking again.
8:32 pm
wow, congratulations!
9:48 pm
oh wow so many great events and such fantastic news. it gives me shivers.
CONGRATULATIONS with your engagement. That is so great. Of course we do understand 100% why you couldn’t tell yet. Family first!
I am so happy that you get to spend time with your family in Belgium. Haha so funny your brother’s first night here included Duvel and fries. sure a Belgian experience huh :p. I hope they were not freezing last weekend :).
enjoy their stay (as if I need to tell you to do so
).
1:12 am
Congratulations, Korie and CB! I’m so glad your mom, dad and “lil” bro are there with you. Sounds like mom’s hard work paid off! Who else would carry a can of pumpkin clear over to Europe to make a pie!! I’m cooking too this year…..maybe some year the whole family (both sides of the water) might get together for the holiday.
I’m soooo excited for you! Enjoy having all there and mom will show me pics when we get together!
4:57 am
FINALLY I can congratulate you without holding my breath!!! I thought I blew it last week when I sent my mazel tov, but I guess I didn’t, whew!
I am so happy for all of you and I can’t wait to meet Hans in April. Hope you are having a great time with the family, I know how excited mom was when we were together last week. be well and congrats again, love judie
11:16 am
OMG! Congrats!
Have you got a ring? Do we get to see? Cause it is all about the purdiness on the left ring finger
3:21 am
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so happy for you! What an exciting time!
5:23 am
WHOO HOO! CONGRATULATIONS! (Can you hear me squeeing all the way from Canada?)
1:36 am
Congratulations Lilacs. I am so so pleased for you both, and how cool that your family was there to share it. Sounds like it was a great Thanks Giving Dinner too, yum. xoxoxoxox
7:10 pm
Congratulations on the engagement!!!
I hope you have a great time with both families, and I wanted to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!
7:17 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!! i am really really pleased for you! i even came away from nanowrimo slavery for it! (jo beaufoix told me. she’s good to us, isn’t she?)
WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
and happy thanksgiving!!!
2:22 am
WOOOOOT! WONDERFUL! congratulations YOU LUCKY GIRL!
What a great Thanksgiving surprize for your family, and to have them all together!