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Home, CA
What a
weekend!
We
celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday Oct 20th
which was our actual wedding day 50 years ago.
Our son Tim
came from Houston on Wednesday evening and we had a nice visit before all the
other activity started. Clyda’s sister Candi and husband Mark arrived Thursday
afternoon as well as Tim’s and our friends Thomas and Debbie who are staying
with other mutual friends.
Meanwhile,
very early Thursday morning Tim and Craig drove to Morrow Bay for a day of deep
sea fishing on a charter boat.
Tim and his Jackpot winning Ling Cod.
Tim and Craig above and Tim with bags of fish to freeze.
Friday
morning Mark and I made a champagne run to the new local Bev-Mo liquor store. I
had preordered magnums of champagne for a toast at the party. The reason for
the magnums was to reduce the corkage fee. J
However, we
were told that the champagne was on back order. Can you imagine that? The final
agreement was that the store would send someone to all the local Bev-Mo’s in nearby
cities and collect the required amount for the party. This was done by 1:30 in
the afternoon and the champagne was delivered to the restaurant and placed in
the liquor cooler to chill.
Friday
Clyda, Candi and a neighbor Sharon spent most of the day doing decorations for
the party on Saturday. By the amount of the bills I believe we now own part of
Michael’s craft store.
While they
were getting all the table decorations done, Debbie and Claralyn worked on
steaming Clyda’s wedding dress to get all the wrinkles out so it could be display
at the party. Claralyn had worn it for her wedding and it had been stored for the
last 45 years in a cedar chest.
Friday
evening Tim and Thomas BBQ’ed, baked, and fried a delicious fish dinner caught by
Craig and Tim on Thursday with dill-lemon-butter sauce and wild rice-orzo salad
followed by a boysenberry cobbler for dessert. Outstanding dinner!
Saturday
morning the ladies left for the restaurant to decorate while Mark, Tim, and I
drove to a local store to pick up a pre-ordered sheet cake before also going to
the restaurant.
All the
decorations were done in time for the first guest to arrive by noon.
At 1 pm
lunch was served followed by a champagne toast followed by cake for dessert.
All who
attended said they had a great time. By 4 pm we started to clean up the room
and were home by 5 pm.
Thomas and
Tim again cooked a dinner of BBQ’ed Tri-Tip, beans, bread, and salad followed
by a trifle made by Candi for dessert.
Sunday after
church several of us were invited to Don and Bev’s for breakfast so we could
spend some time with friends Cindy and Gary who came for the weekend.
Sunday
dinner was leftovers.
For the
Thursday through Sunday dinners we had between 12 and 14 people here. Lots of
wine was consumed.
On Monday
morning our niece Chelsea brought her 22 month old twins for a visit. Oh my
goodness, are those babies active! It keeps 2 people busy following them as our
house is not BABY PROOF by any means.
Later, Mark
and Candi left for the airport and home. Tim’s flight was delayed but
eventually he got home late last night. Thomas and Debbie’s flight was also
delayed but we haven’t heard how late they got home.
Yesterday
afternoon and this morning we did laundry, tried to pack our suitcases, and get
all the other things done for our cruise tomorrow to Hawaii and back.
I think most
of the items are done on my to-do-list and we are looking forward to the trip.
It was a marvelous
weekend with time well spent with friends and relative to help us celebrate 50
years of marriage.
To all our friends
and family who sent greetings and to all those who came for the party to help
us celebrate we thank you.
A special
thanks to all those who helped with decorations, cooking, etc.
Two photo
albums of the weekend can be viewed at
We only go
around once, but boy, we did it in style!!!!!!
