I'm very tired tonight, but it's been totally worth it! I totally enjoyed every moment of this four day weekend and I think I smiled more in these past few days than I had in the past four years put together! Genuine, happy, unforced smiles and laughter... Who would have thought?

So today was another day of astounding growth of blooming LOVE! I got to spend so much time with him again. Alone time, family time...we thoroughly enjoy every moment with each other and never run out of things to talk about.

He met my parents and they both really liked him. Dad tends to keep his opinions to himself and keeps pretty quiet but all the signs were leading towards total acceptance and approval. He thoroughly enjoyed himself with my family and talked about it with me for much of the night. And his son ended up coming to the party today which worked out so well! He really had a great time and all the kids got along so well. My kids have completely accepted everything so far. My daughter said in the car today on the way to bringing her to be in the Memorial Day Parade
"He's really nice". And my son is already calling him his friend lol. Then my daughter invited him to her dance recital! Huge... And this will work out just fine because there are 2 productions and her father will only go to one of them. After the cookout at my Sister's, we went back to my house because the kids wanted to play together lol. We all played a board game and the kids played video games and then were outside on the scooters and just having a great time. G and I mentioned we want to get together for a movie night at my house this week with all of the kids and both my son and G's son are just sooo psyched about it. It's all they're talking about. We haven't decided on the night but both the kids are asking and asking to be sure we don't forget about the promised "movie night".

This is the family life I always wanted. Families are defined by heartstrings, not blood...and my family is growing. I think my heart is growing too.

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