(Rich and Shan, December 24, 1994)
At Christmastime, I wrote on my blog that Christmas Eve was always a romantic day for my husband and me, because that was the day he proposed.
My brother read what I wrote and remembered that he had a couple of pictures from that eventful evening.
Brother Dave has such a sensitive, caring heart. This weekend I was thrilled to get a beautiful happy card in the mail from him, with a couple of pictures tucked inside, of that special day in my life. Rich and I both looked at the pictures together, remembering. Tears in our eyes.
In front of my parents and younger siblings, Rich gave me a beautiful ring and got down on one knee to ask me to marry him. Yes!
I love this photo, it captures so well the emotions in the room that night.
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Beautiful!!
That’s precious.
that is so sweet!!!! Share more of them!
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That is so sweet and romantic
Great memory – even more so to have a photo.
Love this picture Shanda! What a treasure to have captured that exact moment on film and how sweet of your brother to send it to you. Thanks for sharing this with us 🙂
What a wonderful photo!! And what a wonderful memory!
What a beautiful story and how precious to have photos from your brother. Thank you for sharing it Shanda 🙂
How sweet that your whole family was there to share such a special moment.What a good brother to capture the moment. Even though you can’t see either of your faces, you both look happy hugging! =)
Awwwwwww!!! 🙂 How sweet!! 🙂
Sweet 🙂 I love the expressions of your siblings.
How wonderful to have such an amazing and special moment captured forever! Congrats on finding your Mr. Right and to have had so many wonderful years together thus far!
how wonderful and yes… i see all the faces fill with joy!
omw! this is soo sweet! what a treasure this photo is!
I have tears in my eyes. What a wonderful picture. Love the joy shown here in the faces of your siblings!
This picture is beautiful!
Oh I just had to see this one!! So precious!! I love the one young man ( your brother) throwing his arms up in the Hurray!!And to think of all the things we did not know that were yet to come. Very beautiful indeed!!
That is such a beautiful picture. You are right, it does capture the emotions and the joy of the night. Beautiful!Look how long your hair was!! Love it~~you are blessed my friend~~Cinnamonp.s. be looking for a letter in the mail soon
Thank you for sharing!
hi shanda…….so sweet. thanks for sharing.
So sweet!Looks like your siblings are excited too!
Such a thrilling moment caught on camera!! 🙂 A precious memory to share with your children.The young boys in the photo look a lot like your boys.
what a sweet picture! love it. you both look like you’re smiling big. i can tell from the backs of your heads. ;)and…i think that the little boy on the left looks like he could be one of your kids! is he your brother?happy almost wednesday!
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I agree with the previous poster: your brothers look similar to your boys now! Sarah
i love how you’re just thrown in his arms~ :)when they say a picture is worth a thousand words.. well, this is one of those pictures!
The picture is worth a thousand emotions.I was thinking about you and wondering how you were doing. I hope you are feeling so much better now.
What a priceless picture and humongous surprise!
How awesome that your brother has these moments tucked away on film. I was just doing the math and realized that you guys are going to celebrate 20 years in a couple years. Awesome celebrations for all the years you have been togwther,learning and growing and loving and raising amazing kids together. Sooo blessed are you