Her name is Hannah Oliver.After twenty-one years of seeming disinterest in all things female (at least as far as his immediate family was concerned), the youngest Atkins boy appeared with a little beauty by his side during the Christmas holidays.
Now grandparents don't want to seem too inquisitive and pushy during that first encounter so no one asked that famous Southern question: "Who are your kin?" In fact, no one even asked her last name.
Little Miss Hannah is a great conversationalist, though, and volunteered the story of how she and Greg met. It seems that her student apartment is across the hall from Greg's student apartment and she was scrubbing the floor one day when he came in. Greg seized the moment, declared that she shouldn't have to do that, and promptly took over the scrubbing chores. Considering that none of us has ever seen Greg scrub anything except his car, this was an earth shattering revelation! It earned him the nickname of "Scrub Boy" from Hannah's grandfather he hadn't met.
A subsequent dinner has turned up the information that, in addition to scrubbing, Hannah cooks (even vegetables), she sews, she's studying to be a teacher, she has written a children's story, she likes Italian food, she is a nanny to one-year-old triplets, and she has to wear a little bit of sparkle somewhere. Oh, and she has a certain blog listed on her internet Favorites.
The most important advice Greg has received from his Atkins elders when it comes to females is to never, ever, ever choose a Southern princess who expects to be waited on hand and foot while sitting on her throne and always expecting more. It seems he has listened.
The preliminary verdict is in: The middle Atkins boy thinks she is not only drop-dead gorgeous but also really nice. The oldest Atkins boy described her as looking like Katie Holmes except prettier. The youngest Atkins boy obviously agrees with all of the above plus more. The lone female of the family thinks Greg chose the perfect girl to be the only one he has ever brought home to meet the Atkins family. We can't wait to get to know her better.
