Do I Have a Story to Tell!!!

Where to begin......Well, I had taken off work last Thursday & Friday so Allie and I could go to the beach with my parents and my sister Jessica. My hubby & Jess' hubby couldn't go since they had to work. My other sister Joana had gone to Myrtle Beach, SC with her boyfriend and his family for their family vacation. Her boyfriend, Stephen, has a sister that lives there so they had gone for a visit.
We get in the car on Thursday and everything is looking good. We are headed to PC Beach for a couple of days to relax and have some fun. Well, my dad gets onto I-459 (for those of you in Bham) and we are really confused at this point. He then proceeds to tell us that we are going through Atlanta via the beach. We think he has lost his mind now!! Then my mom turns around and says, "Surprise!! Change of plans! We are going to Myrtle Beach - Your sister is getting engaged!!" We sat there in silence. Apparently they had known about this for 3 weeks and had kept it a secret the whole time. Joana didn't even know we were coming! So, after a 10 hour drive (with a 2 year old) we arrive in Myrtle Beach Thursday night. Stephen was to propose to her on Friday - 8/1.
Here is what happened: Stephen had contacted the Hard Rock Theme Park in Myrtle Beach, told them when he was going to be there and that he wanted to propose to his girlfriend at one of the shows at the theme park. He told mom and dad what was going on and wanted us to be there to surprise her at the show. So mom contacted the PR lady at the theme park, and they set everything up. The theme park was now calling this - Operation Pop the Question! They invited the press to come and interview Jo and Stephen and had lots of things made up to give them. (BTW, we were on the 6:00 news in SC.)
We arrived at the park on Friday afternoon, the show was to start at 1:45 eastern. Stephen, Jo and his family were already there riding the rides. We were taken in the back way through the operations center of the park and they hid us on the side of the amphitheatre until Jo and Stephen had been seated. The show was the Superstars of Rock show and it was really good. Before the show started, they brought Stephen up as a VIP guest and said that he needed to say something. At this point they were walking us around to watch. Stephen got down on one knee and proposed right there in front of 300 people. It was pretty cool!! Joana was so excited!! Then she saw us and was even more excited! She said, "Is this really happening to me!" Oh, and she said yes!!
I have pictures to put up, so I will do that later. My baby sis is engaged and we are so excited! We all love Stephen to death and are excited to welcome him into our family. No date has been set yet, they are still talking about it. I have a feeling it will be sometime next year.