Happy 40th Anniversary!

Happy 40th Anniversary to my mom and dad. They were married 40 years ago today in Tioga, North Dakota on December 13, 1969. Although I would never have had a December wedding (numerous reasons) I do love them-the churches are so beautifully decorated for Christmas. I've seen their wedding album and it looks like it was a very nice wedding. It was a Saturday and they actually had discussed getting married on Friday, December 12th since that had been my dad's parent's anniversary-they were married 12-12-1912 but it didn't work out so they married the day after that.

I was thinking today when I was looking at the picture of their wedding party that everyone in the picture in still alive today-40 years later. They each had three attendants and there were two flowergirls and a ringbearer. It really is a miracle considering some of the health issues some of them have had-my mom's cancer being the most serious of all. Praise God.

We will celebrate shortly after Christmas when we all get together. We had a party for their 25th anniversary which was already 15 years ago! The family has really grown in numbers since then-it was just mom, dad, Loren and me-now we have Bruce, Kelly, Gerrit, Aleah, Donovan, Samantha, and Luke. I definitely think that calls for a celebration and a nice family portrait to mark the occasion.