{"id":16308,"date":"2016-08-27T10:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T15:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=16308"},"modified":"2023-03-18T06:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T11:05:02","slug":"happy-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2016\/08\/27\/happy-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"A Happy Engagement Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took <strong>a longer break from blogging<\/strong> than intended this week. But we had a lot going on, including unpacking from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/tag\/road-trip\/\">our recent road trip<\/a>, starting <a href=\"http:\/\/lovinglifeathome.com\/2016\/08\/25\/a-back-to-school-prayer\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back to school<\/a>, and hearing another son surprise us (but not really) with a happy engagement announcement.<\/p>\n<p>We returned from vacation to find that <strong>our refrigerator had stopped working sometime during the two weeks we were away<\/strong>. Fortunately for us, our son Benjamin had flown home a week early to study for his upcoming MCAT and discovered the stinky mess in time to clear out the frig before we got back.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben-and-Mikayla-copy.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Lovebirds\"   class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben-and-Mikayla-copy.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben-and-Mikayla-copy.jpg?resize=325%2C380&amp;ssl=1 325w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben-and-Mikayla-copy.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben-and-Mikayla-copy.jpg?resize=250%2C293&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He and his girlfriend spent close to three hours tossing out spoiled food, <strong>scrubbing every shelf, tray, and drawer<\/strong>, and doing their best to deodorize the house, which was smelling pretty rank when they tackled the job.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine they must have bonded during that traumatic experience, because just a few days later, <strong>Ben popped the question<\/strong>, and Mikayla said YES! <\/p>\n<p>And mom couldn&#8217;t resist turning to Jib Jab for help in making Ben and Mik&#8217;s engagement announcement official:<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 960px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16308-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben_and_Mikayla-appletv1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben_and_Mikayla-appletv1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ben_and_Mikayla-appletv1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We are super-excited to have Mikayla joining our family<\/strong> &#8212; and not just because she&#8217;s so adept at doing kitchen chores. 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