Happy Anniversary!

Happy anniversary Grandma and Grandpa, hope everything's well back in Quincy and you get to have plenty more to celebrate.

Happy anniversary

Happy anniversary!

I'm so happy for you. You have done so well and raised such a wonderful family. 61 years sounds like a nice number to spend with the person you love.

Happy Anniversary Grandma & Grandpa

I just wanted to wish you both a Happy Anniversary and say Thank you for everything you've taught us over the years.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Lucky me! I've celebrated 60 anniversaries with you...of course, I don't remember the first ones but I do remember some of the earliest. When I was little, I can remember the few times that Dad and Mom would actually get dressed up and go out to dinner together. It was a luxury that they could only afford on special occasions since they both were quite busy trying to raise, at that time, three young, energetic children at the time. I can remember Mom putting on her pretty black pleated dress, Dad putting on his tie and jacket and off they'd go to Club 21 on the edge of Sparta for a dinner together. I can't tell you what the Club was like. I don't think I ever was in it. Later on when we grew to be five, those special "dates" would continue even though the expense of raising five children was tremendous and required Mom going to work and Dad getting a second job.
One thing I know for certain is that over the past 61 years Mom and Dad have shown the rest of us what love and devotion to each other should be. I can close my eyes and see Dad very carefully lifting Mom up and carrying her outside to set in her lounge chair to get the sun when she was bedridden with arthritis. I remember Mom standing over a hot iron in a hot house pressing Dad's shirts and pants so that he looked his best when he went off to work, cooking a beautiful lattice cherry pie or making some divinity or fudge for him. I also remember how BOTH of them were always there to take care of us when we came down with the measle, or chicken pox, or mumps, or whatever else we seemed to get into. And I also know how important it was to them that we saw how God was very much a partner in their marriage and how they turned to their faith during bad times (Dad I even remember when you and Carolyn went to classes together to join the church.) I also remember the lessons learned about forgiving when you disagree, learning that its all right to disagree and have your own opinion and that you would always be there for your family no matter what the problem might be.
Sixty one years of lessons learned through fights and tears, love and laughter are ones that I hope the rest of us can pass on to each other. It should be easy, we were blessed to be given parents who loved each other so much that they showed us the way to do it!!!!
Happy 61st anniverysary Mom and Dad!!!

Ok, I'm gonna be a day early, but I don't wanna forget!!! (and I figure it's late enough this won't be read til tomorrow :-) ) BUT Happy Anniversary Grandma & Grandpa!!! I thought that Aunt Chrissy must have had a typo when I read 61st wedding anniversary, I was SURE my grandparents couldn't be old enough to have been married 61 years! But then I realized I've got you stuck in time at like the age you were when I was 15 soooo....hehe. Congratulations on 61 years!!! You definitely have a marriage to look up to and are a great role model for all of us to look up to. I can't imagine what it's like to have been blessed enough to spend 61 years with the person I love and raise a family as you two have, but I can only hope to one day be standing in those shoes looking back at a lifetime filled with love. Love you both!!
Jess

Skyler's First Birthday

A breezy day at the park, but we had a great time celebrating Skyler's first birthday! It is hard to believe he is a year old, and looking more like a toddler every time I see him!!

Pretty sure that homemade vegetable soup and snickerdoodles are nearly perfect on a cold rainy night. Brady declared the cookies awesome and noted that we need to make them more often.