Celebrating 70 Years

 

Yesterday was Mom and Dad’s 70^th wedding anniversary, and we enjoyed a little celebration with them where they live!

            They’ve been receiving many cards over the last week, and it was so fun to get to see the giant stack of them! (I know some of you sent a card…thanks so much for helping to make their day!)

            My sisters and I went together to throw a little open house. It was simple – and it was fun watching Mom and Dad share this part of their life with their new friends where they live now.

            I shopped the house for table decorations. (Mom saw one of the flower arrangements and said, “Who are these from” I said, “Our bedroom!” I took that as a compliment to my faux flower arranging skills!) I did find a little wooden “70” at Hobby Lobby to add, but otherwise, I just brought pictures and flowers from home.

            Since they’re still so new where they live and many of their friends haven’t met much of the family, I brought in pictures of kids/in-laws/granddaughter/great-grandchildren so they could meet the family through pictures. I also brought the wedding album I’d made for their 50^th anniversary party – and Mom added her original wedding pictures. (People had such a fun time looking at them.)

            It’s not a party unless you have refreshments, right? I made chocolate chip cookies, mini-monster cookies, muddy buddy cookies, and then two cakes: chocolate poke cake and applesauce cake with caramel frosting.

            Their friends stopped by, brought cards, enjoyed some fellowship, and seemed to have a really good time!

            Tom and Julie came to be part of the celebration.

            Ryan was able to be there for part of it – while also still working.

            And here are the guests of honor! 

            As promised in yesterday’s post: the descriptions of clothing – though probably not as grand as the 1954 style you read yesterday:

            The bride wore a coral shirt with a coordinating coral knit cardigan, fastened at the top by a single button. She paired these with a khaki skirt and multi-colored slip-on shoes. The bridegroom wore khaki pants, shoes his wife prefers not to call attention to, and arrived in a light blue button-down dress shirt. As the party began, he removed that shirt in favor of the royal blue “Just Married…65 Years Ago” shirt he received…you guessed it…five years ago.

            Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad!