The Word is Out!

We did a big phone around to let the important people (parents, grandparents and sisters) know our news! Nobody was very suprised but all were excited. My Granny was cute when she said "Oh that's wonderful news, but not really a suprise. You've been in love with him for a long time, even since last christmas." I guess 9 months is a long time when you are 87.
The rest of the world got the pleasure of finding out via facebook, a bit of an embarrassing way to announce an engagement.  Then the question starts being asked "When?".
I'd love to be able to answer that but the way these BBB's (Bloody Belgian Bureaucrats) are we really don't know. We have to find a whole pile of documents, many of which have to come from Australia which we need to get legalised and translated into dutch. I have to go to the Embassy in Brussels for some more paper work. Once we have all the correct papers stamped and translated we take these to the district huis and they send us off to an interview where we have to convince some BBB's that we really love each other. The BBB's get to say yes or no to our marriage. Once they have said yes we then have to apply for a marriage license which is only valid for 6 months. If all goes to plan we should be getting married in the summer or autumn next year. Sometime after my sister Fern pops her new baby which is due in early March.