Okay, so my fiance and I are trying to incorporate our family (brothers, sister, nieces, and nephews) in as much as possible. My fiance, Michael, has one brother that's two years younger than he is, and one sister that's one year older. His younger brother has three kids aged 4, 6, and 7. The oldest and the youngest are girls, and the middle child is a boy. I have one twin brother that has an 8 year old girl (the absolute light of my life) and a 9 year old boy. I'm godmother to both of them, and I love them both dearly. My bridal party would include Michael's sister, possibly my friend, and my 8 year old niece as a junior bridesmaid, as she is very mature for her age. Michael's party would include his brother, my brother, and possibly my 10 year old nephew. To include his nieces and nephew, we were considering having the youngest niece be flower girl and her sister assisting, and his nephew being the ring bearer. Any ideas as to how this set up could be improved? Anything would be appreciated xx

I have been with my girlfriend for several years and we are finally at the point where I think getting engaged would be the way to go. We planned to get married after she finishes college and after my military contract ends, but that is potentially years away. As such, I feel like getting engaged would be a good way to show commitment to that plan. (She does not know that im planning to surprise her with an engagement ring yet) My only real problem being...how in the hell do I let her parents know of my plan, how should I break it to my own parents (We broke up several times in the past but got back together and this time its sticking, so they are skeptical but seemingly ok with it) Im sure her father has high expectations of me, with him having been a high ranking officer in the same branch as I. I want to ask them face to face, but I live to far away at the moment due to a PCS to just be going that far to ask a question. Should I write them a letter? Phonecall, text? Im so lost haha. Also, thoughts on the potential engagement ring? The ring when we actually get married would be far better of course, but I feel like she might like this one. http://image.prntscr.com/image/354dba2b2ce04c02b93190eb5307fc79.png I wanted to plan out to propose next month or the month after...any help on how I should go about this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

So for the upcoming kitchen tea of a close friend I chose two things off the list that amounts to about $100 as I felt less wasn t enough - I don t gift often but when I do I want it to be really good & loved. However now I m thinking about the wedding... How much should I give according to what I gave for kitchen tea? PS. She didn t have / isn t having any other events such as bridal shower or hens. She didn t even have a big engagement party, just a get together to let family & friends know they were engaged - so not much/nothing was spent there.