In-Law: That Mysterious Relationship

We went back to the park and the bench where Angel proposed and performed a reenactment, this time with a couple sisters to photograph the event. The original was just over 3 years ago.
I haven't seen Angel in two weeks, though my Mom would roll her eyes at the number of emails and facebook chats that have taken place in those two weeks. 
The in-law relationship is a funny thing. All you want to do is marry someone that you like, and for better or for worse, you end up gaining a whole new set of family members for the rest of your life. This visit to my family was the second time this part of my family has got to see Angel in person. After he left, my Mom said, "He seems quiet, he doesn't talk very much. Is he still scared of us?"
My family is a little frightening when you meet all of them at once, and this is only Angel's 2nd time meeting them, so I think it's quite possible that it might be a few more years before everybody really gets to know each other and feel at home around each other. 
However, from my observations of this trip, I wouldn't have exactly described Angel as "quiet" or distant or on his best behavior....not at all. He didn't have any sisters till we got married and he gained 5 younger ones at the same time, but to my perspective, he's very quickly learned the role of sometimes annoying but useful older brother.
For example:

He hung my little sister's baby doll from the curtain rod, along with her hippo named Ralph. He threatened to take Ralph to America and blog about Ralph's adventures in the U.S. He hid baby Sarah's teddy bear that she sleeps with every night till she she was nearly in tears because she couldn't find it. He taped my Mom's Korean drama DVD to the ceiling of her bedroom. He constantly took panorama pictures of everybody, whether we wanted our picture taken or not.

But my sisters know very well what to do with a strong older brother:

Use him at the base for a four person stack in the pool. (p.s. I love the "Adults must accompany children" sign in the background)

Little Sarah doesn't like to walk. She thinks if she walks too much she'll get too skinny (those are her words). So she liked having a ride while he was here.
I'm so glad my family loves my husband. And that apparently they can be tricked into thinking he's on his best behavior when he's constantly playing pranks.