A couple weeks ago, I briefly mentioned that Athanasius “proposed” to Kendra.  Kendra dishes on the details at her blog, “Magnificent Obsession“.  After reading it all, I realized I should probably just start helping him prepare his comedy routine for his first tour right now. Here it was from Kendra’s eyes:

It was all very romantic. We were listening to “Ten Thousand Reasons”, all alone in the living room. That’s when Athanasius Broten (more commonly known as “Scooter”) looked up at me, with his big blue eyes and said, “Let’s dance, okay Kendra?”

I picked up the four-year-old Scooter and we “danced”. It was about halfway through the song when he remarked, “One day I’ll be holding you when we dance.”

“Oh really?” I said.

“Yes. Will you marry me?”

I swallowed a laugh. “Don’t you think I’m a bit old for you?”

“I’m old enough because I have an invisible beard that goes all the way to my butt,” he said.

“Well, shouldn’t you have a job to provide for me?”

Scooter stood up straight. “Yes, my job is to obey God.”

I told him no, because he’s too much younger than me, but later on that night he proceeded to ask me to marry him again. By this time the whole Broten family knew about it and it became a big joke.

Here’s a pic of me and my lovely (not really) husband to be.

We do actually tell Scooter (and each of our kids) that their only job is to obey God.  It’s nice to know that Athanasius is using this as evidence of his ability to earn income and support a wife.  Good grief!