My son and his girlfriend are officially engaged!

**RobiLee** · 08-16-2006, 11:19 PM

Brandon and Ashley are engaged! Today was Ashley's birthday and Brandon presented a beautiful engagement ring and asked her to marry him. Alden and I are very happy for them. No idea about a wedding date yet, but I do know that Brandon's lease is up in December and they are hoping to buy a house.

What made me super happy is that Brandon came to us and told us what he had in mind and asked me to go ring shopping with him and even said to see if grandma and grandpa(my parents) wanted to go also. He already had in mind what he wanted to get so I think he wanted us along to make sure he was getting something decent and BOY, did he ever! My mom and I both loved it and wouldn't have minded having it for ourselves...lol. That was a great family day for me

. The hard part was waiting for today to get here. Mom and I wanted to be there so bad so we could see her face when he pulled out the ring, but Brandon said, NO WAY, he didn't want to kill the romance

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That's the big news in my house and I felt like sharing with everyone

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Here are some various pics of the newly engaged couple:

**RobiLee** · 08-16-2006, 11:21 PM

Ashley stopped by this afternoon to show us the ring:

Here is the catalog pic of it:

Thanks for letting me share our news.

**K9karen** · 08-16-2006, 11:30 PM

How exciting! Congratulations to all! What's not fair is that Brandon has nicer hair than I do!!!!

**Karen** · 08-16-2006, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by K9karen

What's not fair is that Brandon has nicer hair than I do!!!!

Yeah, that's often true of guys with longer hair. I think that's because guys don't do everything to torture their hair that women do! (My first job ever (besides babysitting) was at a wig salon, and many shoppers were women who'd done such terrible stuff to their hair that it was breaking or falling out in protest!)

Congratulations, Robilee, and best wishes to Ashley and Brandon!

**shais_mom** · 08-17-2006, 12:18 AM

congrats to them!

**Cookiebaker** · 08-17-2006, 06:34 AM

What an adorable couple! Congratulations to them, and to you too on a new daughter-in-law!!

**catnapper** · 08-17-2006, 06:38 AM

Congratulations to your daughter and her fiance! They are such a beautiful couple. Best wishes for them.

PS: I Love the ring, and I toowould love to have it for myself! The boy did a good job!

**Killearn Kitties** · 08-17-2006, 06:45 AM

Oh happy day! How lovely of your son to take you all shopping. What an exciting family day out.

The ring is absolutely beautiful!

I'm hoping these are old pictures and you don't really have your Christmas decorations up yet!

Many congratulations to all.

**Daisy and Delilah** · 08-17-2006, 06:46 AM

How exciting for you guys, Robin!!! They're just adorable and they look so happy together. You have to be on top of the world right along with the happy couple!!

**Pam** · 08-17-2006, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Killearn Kitties

I'm hoping these are old pictures and you don't really have your Christmas decorations up yet!

LOL!

What a nice couple they make and W

W, what a ring!

Congratulations to all of you!!! Robin I know you are going to make a wonderful mother-in-law.

**Logan** · 08-17-2006, 07:55 AM

Congratulations, Robin!!! I hope they will be very, very happy together. The ring is gorgeous!!!

Logan

**cyber-sibes** · 08-17-2006, 07:56 AM

Congratulations to Ashley & Brandon! They look very happy together. And congratulations to you & Alden, too - you did good raising that boy! Taking you & Grandma along was so sweet.

**KYS** · 08-17-2006, 08:10 AM

Congratulations!!!

**ramanth** · 08-17-2006, 08:13 AM

Congrats to Brandon and Ashley!! Brandon has your eyes.

I wish him and his fiance all the luck. Wedding planning can be fun! Such a gorgeous ring too!

**4 Dog Mother** · 08-17-2006, 08:21 AM

Wow! What good news! And how sweet that he asked you and his grandparents to go shopping with him. Great pictures of the couple and what a beautiful ring!