Maren had the great idea of throwing a big anniversary celebration for Geneva and Brion...she wanted to invite all the "family" that have been the Norton family here in Shoreline for so many years. With Covid on the rise again, and Brion's health being so iffy--it was a bit worrisome. But since it was outdoors, and we were all vaccinated (except the kids I guess), we went for it. And it was awesome. It was intense...and a lot of work. But it kept me from stewing about the upcoming school year, it brought great cousins to town, and we had a good time showing them how thankful we are for their 50 years of marriage!
It was as much of a surprise as we could pull off...I asked them a bunch of things about their wedding. She gave me her dress a few weeks ago. I had it cleaned and replaced the buttons. The suit there is wearing Brion's tie from the wedding.
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| The chauffeurs! |
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| The lights and plastic covering were Brett--he did a great job! |
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| The flower arrangements on the table were a replica of her actual bouquet--daisies and yellow roses. (Plus some statice because my friend Whitney said I needed a contrasting color.) |
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| We also replicated their wedding cake, which was a spice cake with daisies. The amazing Victoria B. make the cupcakes and Maren and I got to help decorate them. Making the fondant daisies was pretty fun! |
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| The kids did a musical number that was---iffy. They needed at least 3 more practices. But cute. |
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| Maren wore her gold shoes in honor of the Golden Anniversary |
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| Clark nailed the speech. He quoted a scripture that he felt like described each parent. Wow. It was moving. |
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| The best part of the day was having all 6 kids together! |
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| And lots of the grandkids too. |
I'm so blessed to have married into such a fabulous family!
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