Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

The World

12-17-2007

Mom & Dad,
As I grow older and have started my own family I realize more and more what great parents I have. I really feel so blessed to have been able to come to your family. I have learned so much from you and continue to do so all the time. You are great examples of Christlike love. You both have always been great leaders in the Church, community and in our Family. You truely are leaving a great legacy for generations to come. I love you and I am grateful for the blessing it is to have you as my parents.

Love,
Wendy

Another "Ditto"

12-16-07

Happy Anniversary! Wow, 43 years!! I'm the only one that remembers because my hubby is that old! I know from my own experience as well as watching you two that it only gets better with time. I've seen you grow closer and become more like "one" as you've progressed through your marriage. I know it hasn't all been a bed of roses but you've shown us that we shouldn't throw it all away at the first bump in the road. You've shown us how important it is to be friends and enjoy each others company as well as being deeply and hopelessly in love. Thank you again for your wonderful example, encouragement, and empathy through our own bumps in our lives. We truly do love and appreciate you!

Love
Treis and Eddie

Another poem for you

12-16-07

This has been one of my favorite love poems ever since I read it in the Ensign. I'm sure that you could add your own verse to it as well but I just identified with it so well and know that you will too.

The Wedding Reception
By Martha P. Taysom

I sit and watch her.
My pastel punch and thick-iced cake
(On delicate plate)
Balance awkwardly on my knee.

I think of me 12 years before.

Her smile beams
First on this reception guest,
Then that.
Sometimes blushing,
Sometimes laughing,
Always turning
Eyes of admiration to the handsome groom.

Should I tell her?
Tell her of face-down peanut-buttered bread
On new-mopped floor?
Of a two-year-old stretched out
and kicking angrily
In the grocery store
(And everybody watching)?

Can I tell her?
Tell her of the almost-can’t-cope days?
The lonely evenings
Waiting for bishopric meeting
To end?

Will I tell her?
Tell her of the terrifying cry
Of croup
Deep in night?
Or the quickened step
Of the home teacher
Summoned to help administer
To a feverish brow?

No.
But neither can I share with her
The thrill of a newborn’s nose
Bobbing in my neck;
The pride of seeing a six-year-old
Begin to read.

I cannot tell her
Of a husband’s gentle touch
On my hand
As we pass briefly
In the chapel foyer.

So,
Standing, I brush away the crumbs
From my not-so-new dress,
Smile,
And wave a little
To the bride
Across the room.

An eagle is added to the nest

May 12, 2007

This is just another one of the fruits of your labors, mom and dad. Part of the "footprint" that you have left on your progenitors. You have had many of these moments and will continue to have many more. Relish these moments because you have earned them.

Great Examples

12-15-2007

Thanks for leading the way in how we should live our lives and raise our children. You have even taoght us how to get our spouses to put up with us. Thanks you for alwaysd being there for your kids and their kids even so far away you are still there for all of us. Happy Anniversary

From Ethan

12-15-2007

Happy anniversary G and G. How you do in Cile? I think you are the best! I am good in North Amarica. Your great!I wish you could come for chistmas.You have a great time in Cile.
from,
ethan

Happy Anniversary

12-15-2007

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! Thank you for the great example that we could follow for our own marriages. You did a wonderful job raising your children and we all only hope to do the same.
We love you.
Michelle and Family

A poem for you

12-14-2007

This is my favorite poem about marriage and love. Its by Wendell Berry and he wrote it for his wife.

The Wild Rose

Sometimes hidden from me
in daily custom and in trust,
so that I live by you unaware
as by the beating of my heart.

Suddenly you flare in my sight,
a wild rose blooming at the edge
of thicket, grace and light
where yesterday was only shade,

and once again I am blessed, choosing
again what I chose before.

happy anniversary!!

12-14-2007

Thanks for showing us how its done. We all still want to be like you when we grow up!!
Love, Ida

November 24th, 2007