50th anniversary

Saturday we went down to my parent's house in CT to celebrate my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. The whole idea of 50 years of marriage just blows me away. It took me almost that long just to find Shelby! Both Shelby and I are very fortunate to come from families where our parents have shown such a strong commitment to their marriages. It is an increasingly rare thing these days. I'm grateful for the good example.

It was fun listening to my parents talk about the beginning of their relationship, going through their wedding photo album and reminiscing about the last 50 years and where it has taken them. It was also good just to hang out with the family and to give the grandparents some time with their newest grandson. Riley's cousins enjoyed playing with him and watching him demonstrate his newfound ability to flip from his back to his stomach. Our boy will probably be quite confused when he is not cheered for these things in the future... The cousins are so great with our baby boy. Britney holds him as though she's had many years of experience, and Bruce not only handled Riley very well (and instructed his sister Britney on being careful of the soft spot on the top of Riley's head) but was incredibly calm even after Riley threw up on him. Bruce has some of the makings of a good dad already.

Here's a slide show of pictures we took Saturday:



Mom & Dad’s 50th Anniversary

Congratulations Mom & Dad!


Jonathan