Sunday, August 31, 2008

51 years...and counting!

Today my parents celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary!

51 years, 8 kids, 6 1/2 years spent pregnant, 17 grandkids, 4 grandchildren's spouses, 4 great-grankids, 3 family homes, hundreds of little league games, piano recitals & soccer games, over 40 years of producing the Family Nativity Pageant, hundreds of stitches, lots of ER visits and a few broken bones, dozens of amazing vacations both with the kids and without, 5 years of living and serving in the Philippines, too many BYU games to count, and thousands upon thousands of hours of service to their family, the Lord and their community all because these

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amazing people fell in love!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

I love you more than words can adequately express! Thanks for being such great examples to me! I'm so proud of your 51 years and even more proud to be part of the posterity you've created! I hope the next forever is as great as the first 51 years!

2 comments:

Amy said...

they are so amazing! i feel so lucky to have such awesome grandparents!

Anonymous said...

yeah! That is so fun! I didn't know any of my friends had parents as old as mine ;) they are SO cute and they raised u well