My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 9th. We had a wonderful celebration with family members and some of their new and old friends. We had lovely food and music (jazz piano and drums), and speeches by their immediate family members (even one by their grandchildren)…and a very handsome and charming emcee (I’m married to him).

Nadine was responsible for the gorgeous decorations. I prepared a slide show with a retrospective of their 50 years together:



Mike and me with my cousin Tim and his wife Ginger




David’s speech




Mike speaking

 I’ve posted my speech in a separate blog post.


Cutting the gorgeous cake (banana and carrot)




Mom and Dad with two of Dad’s brothers and their wives




With my brother and sister

 Posing for photos after the party:



Ryan and Nick




Ryan and Kieran




Sibling shot




Family



The lovely couple




With the wild grandchildren




Well, my kids are wild anyway…




Adults

 The boys borrowed the camera to take photos up in the trees–I think they did an excellent job!


Climbing trees–Daniel




Kieran




Ryan

 It was a wonderful celebration!