The next day the two families along with General Hammond gather at Jack's house for an impromptu get together cook out. Sam and Jack wanted to tell everyone the good news at once, the only person missing was Jacob; he been out of touch for several months on an undercover mission, he didn't even know about C.J. and Trey yet. They'd left word with the Tok'ra to have Jacob contact them, but weren't sure when that would happen.
After everyone had arrived and the food all eaten, Jack and Sam were ready to make their announcement. Standing on the back deck the got everyone's attention.
"Hey everybody I...we have an announcement to make. "Jack started, "A few days ago I went to General Hammond and the joint chiefs and basically told them they either let me and Sam be together or I retire for good."
"And a lot of the higher ups must really like having Jack around because they agreed to let us be together." Sam joined in. "Which means you're all looking at the future Mrs. Jack O'Neill."
Done making their announcement the couple could hear "It's about time" coming from at least three different directions. They couldn't help smiling when they saw Teal'c collecting a large sump of money from Daniel and General Hammond.
Amidst the congradulations, hugs, and kisses Sam had managed to ask Janet to be her maid of honor (it was only fair since Sam was going to be Janet's) and Cassie and Shayla to be bride's maids.
Jack had asked Daniel to be his best man, since C.J. had made it quite clear he didn't want the job and for the same reason Sam had asked Janet to be her maid of honor. General Hammond agreed to be an usher and Teal'c had declined from being in the wedding stating he'd rather observe the marriage ritual than participate.
"Ok you guys have to promise me one thing." C.J. began when things started to settle down. "Please, please promise me you won't be as picky about your wedding date as another certain couple we all know."
Everyone just laughed as Daniel and Janet threw crumpled up napkins at C.J. and Shayla smacked him up side the head.
It was almost two weeks after the cook out before they heard from Jacob. After speaking with Sam, Jacob agreed to come for a visit just as soon as all the loose ends from his mission were all tied up.
Later that night when Jack found out about Jacob coming to visit he got a scared kind of look on his face.
"Hey what's up with the scared look?" Sam asked Jack.
"Nothing really it's just that telling your dad about us getting married and the fact that technically we already have two kids together kind of scares me. Scratch that it completely scares the crap out of me."
"Don't worry. You know my dad already likes you and he'll adore C.J. and trey. Besides you know as well as I do those kids will have dad wrapped around their fingers before he knows what hits him."
"Yeah I guess you're right." Jack's scared look lessened a bit.
Walking into the room Trey immediately climbed up into Jack's lap and studied his face.
"Does this mean that grandpa Jake is finally coming to visit?" He asked after a moment.
"What makes you think that?" Both Jack and Sam questioned.
"Because daddy has that same scared look on his face that C.J. gets when ever he's about to meet some girl's dad."
Hearing this of course caused both adults to laugh and it helped to ease Jack's fears.
Two days later Jacob finally arrived through the Stargate. Sam greeted him in the gate room and after a few minutes led him to the briefing room, where Jack was already waiting for them.
"Is there something you two want to tell me?" Jacob hadn't missed the way the two sat closer to each other than they should have been.
"Dad sit down take a load off." Sam suggested.
"Just answer the question."
"Well you see sir a few weeks ago I got the joint chiefs to make an exception to the frat regs for me and Sam. And then as clichéd as it may sound I proposed to her on Valentines Day and she, for reasons I don't understand, said yes." Jack rushed out quickly before he lost his nerve.
When Jacob didn't say anything right away Sam got nervous and took a hold of Jack's hand. The fact that his palm was sweating made Sam grin; Colonel Jack O'Neill a seasoned Airforce officer was scared of her dad. It was sweet in a funny kind of way.
"So let me get this straight, you're both getting married...to each other." Jacob finally spoke. Seeing their nods he continued. "Well Jack I have to admit you're not exactly my first choice...." Jacob held up his hand when Sam started to object. "But I guess if it has to be someone, I'm glad it's someone I know I can trust and count on to protect and keep my little girl safe."
"Ok so just to clarify we have your blessing then?" Expecting Jacob to blow a gasket and kill him it took Jack a moment to comprehend what Jacob had said.
"Yes Jack you do, but I warn you, you brake her heart I break you. I'll make the Goa'uld look like saints if you ever hurt my little girl. Understood?"
"You and half the men on this base, sir." Jack joked as he gave Jacob a halfhearted salute, but the look in Jack's eyes told Jacob he understood perfectly.
Before anything else could be said Trey came flying through the room and launched himself into Jacob's arms.
"Grandpa!" Trey exclaimed. That morning Trey had woken up with a slight fever and a sore throat so Sam and Jack had brought him to the base with them to let Janet have a look just in case. He was obviously feeling better.
"Grandpa?" Jacob shot Jack and Sam a suspicious glance.
"Oh yeah did we forget to mention are kids...?" Sam grinned nervously.
"Kids?"
"It's a long story. You might want to sit down." Jack and Sam then proceeded to tell the whole story about C.J., Trey, Shayla, and Ryan.
After spending months trying to get their weddings plans together, Janet and Sam declared that they couldn't get anything done with the men hovering around all the time. So taking Cassie and Shayla with them they all took off for a ladies weekend, in order to plan their weddings in peace.
When the weekend was over Sam and Janet had their wedding dates set and just about everything else planned, there were only a few minor details left.
Since the girls were having a ladies weekend the guys decided to have their own weekend as well. Jack, Daniel, C.J., Ryan, and Trey all camped out at Daniel's and by the time the girls got home the house looked like a war zone.
"Mommy!" "Mom!" "Sam!" "Janet!" The guys all bombarded Sam and Janet as soon as they walked through the door.
"Mom you and Janet are soooo not ever allowed to leave us alone with these two for any long period of time ever, ever again!" C.J. stated as he pointed at Jack and Daniel. "They dang near killed us!"
"Hey!" "We did not!" Both men protested.
"Oh so what was that whole exploding barbecue thing about then?"
"You know I'm really thinking we don't want to know what happened this weekend." Janet addressed the other ladies as Jack, Daniel, and C.J. argued and Trey and Ryan just clung to their moms.
With all the big decisions out of the way the rest of the wedding plans went quickly. It was decided that since they were engaged first Daniel and Janet would get married first and Jack and Sam would watch the kids while the two were on their honey moon. Then when Janet and Daniel got back Jack and Sam would get married and Daniel and Janet would watch the kids while they were on their honey moon.