Sunday, April 15, 2012

50th Wedding Anniversary

We had an exhausting, fun weekend! :) Tom's parents have been married for 50 years this March. Almost all the family was able to meet in Kansas for a weekend to celebrate together.
We drove up on Saturday and hung out with all the family at the hotel. On Sunday the guys went golfing, in the rain!, so we took the kids to this fun kids zone at a mall.


I love Elizabeth's pose here! Ben is having fun with the kids.



Ben loves air hockey...he had to play a few rounds.

Can you tell they are all related?! Tom's mom, Carole, and 3 of his sisters - Theresa, Sue, and Janet- and Elizabeth!

This picture is for my mom - it's our old house. They painted it so it looks pretty different to me!

After the mall we headed back to the hotel to decorate for the 50th Anniversary party. I made the cakes for the party and all the other ladies brought a variety of decorations.


Some pictures of the party room.





The hotel had a pool so the kids spent most of their time there.

They're having a blast with cousin Pat!

Here are some of the family waiting to go into the party.


Here is Tom's brother, Mark, and his wife, Annie, and their new baby Blakely.

The hotel had a great happy hour with lots of hot food for everyone. Everyone had snacks before the party began.



Tom and Mark


Carole and John, still going strong after 50 years!


We catered in food and played a couple of games during our party.

Our family

Campbell, Maria, Sarah, and Nancy

Tom's brother John and his family - Sharon, Jim and Johnny.

Tom's sister Theresa and her family - Mike, Theresa, Lexi, and Matt (their daughter Katie couldn't be here).

Tom's sister Sue and her family - Kevin, Tom, Claire and Dan

John and Carole and all their kids -minus one!



Elizabeth got to hold baby Blakely!


Buddies - Josh and Ben

Me and my girl

(Ben was too busy running around with all the boys to be in too many pictures)

Enjoying the party!



Nancy and my kids.

Nancy made this awesome game for us all to play. She got family photos of every person for us to play a guessing game.

Can you tell who we are? I am 36 and Elizabeth is 34.

Ben is 18 and Tom is 19.

It was such a wondering weekend, being with all of the H family. I only wish we could do it more often!

2 comments:

Allison said...

It is crazy that they have been married for 50 years! But, then again... not so much. Maybe mostly difficult for me to imagine having so many babies to span so many years! What a joyous occasion - glad so many could make it! Oh and the baby pictures... I could obviously pick out your two babes and you look the same (you know, the "same") but Tom... forget it! Too many of his "kind" in the mix.

Allison said...

AH! How dare I forget!!!! Your cakes are gorgeous! I especially love the roses!