PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Niemi reveals dazzling engagement ring as she finds love with jeweller fiancé four years after Patrick Swayze's death
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Smiling over a meal with friends, it seems Lisa Niemi has had a good start to the year.
And it isn't hard to understand why, with the dancer casually revealing a dazzling new diamond ring on her wedding finger.
Four years after losing her husband Patrick Swayze to pancreatic cancer, Lisa is celebrating her engagement to jeweller beau Albert DePrisco - who proposed on Christmas Eve.
Ringing in the New Year: Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi reveals a dazzling new engagement ring over lunch in Baton Raton, Florida, on January 2
Happy again: Lisa smiles as she chats to her new fiance Albert DePrisco over a relaxed lunch with friends
Sitting together with friends at a restaurant in Boca Raton, Florida, Lisa and her fiancé smiled and laughed as they chatted over a low key meal.
The 57-year-old was dressed down for the January 2 lunch in a yellow T-shirt and grey shorts, with a pair of jewelled flip flops on her feet.
But it was the jewel on her finger that was surely responsible for the sparkle in her eyes.
Lisa revealed her ring as she ate, showing off the stunning platinum and three diamond design as she played with her hair and touched her face.
Lots to celebrate: The couple arrived for their meal with some friends; DePrisco owns a multi-million dollar home in the city
Due some happiness: Having lost her teenage sweetheart to cancer four years ago, Niemi is now looking to the future with her new love
A happy new year: Lisa holds out her ring as she arrives at the restuarant
It looks like 2014 will be a happy one for Lisa, who is is now planning a wedding to the 58-year-old businessman, the owner and president of jewelers AM DePrisco.
The couple met in California a year and a half ago through mutual friends at a birthday party and have been together ever since.
In 2012, Lisa confirmed their romance, with a source then telling the Globe: 'Lisa's totally smitten with Al. They've been crossing the country for months to spend as much time together as they can.'
Moving on: The couple have been together for 18 months since meeting at a birthday party in California
What a beauty: The dazzling engagement ring features three diamonds set in a platinum band
'When they first started dating, Al flew to California all the time - he could hardly tear himself away from her,' the source continued.
'And now that the relationship has gotten serious, she's been flying her own plane from California to South Florida, close to Al's home,' the source said of Lisa who flies a Beechcraft twin engine plane
'They seem made for each other,' the close source added. 'We're expecting her to have a ring on her finger by the first of the year.'
The way they were: Patrick and his devoted wife Lisa were the kind of couple who proved the Hollywood doubters wrong
Best wishes: Sources believe that Patrick, left, would give the new relationship his blessing
And sure enough, their predictions weren't too far off.
And sources believe that Patrick, who Lisa met when she was 15 years old, would give the new relationship his blessing.
'[Patrick] was adamant that Lisa go on with her life after he died,' the source added. 'It worried him terribly that she might shut herself away in her grief.'
'He told her he wanted her to live and do what she did best, give her greatest asset, her love to another.'
Congrats! Albert, left, proposed to Patrick Swayze's widow on Christmas Eve
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