For over a year, Lacey and I have been trying to come up with a special way to show our parents how proud we are of them being married for 40 years!! We wanted to celebrate and make them feel so special. We had 1st entertained the idea of doing a big party. We had the place booked and all but gave the place a deposit. Since 95% of their friends and family live far away and would have had to travel it would have been hard to pull off, and stressful on everyone. We decided instead to do a big weekend blow out with some of their best friends. Jim and Linda Croke from Chicago. They are travel buddies and they go waaaaay back! Jim and Linda were more than happy to come in for the occasion. Lacey and I got to planning and it all happened how we wanted. Of course we have to thank our husbands as well for doing their part. Putting up with the planning, hauling, stashing food and drinks, cooking, airport runs, ect...
Donna and Darryl had NO idea and were so shocked that there were grins for miles and tears of joy (I think)! They thought that the usual suspects were coming over for a normal beach day on Saturday. Instead, this pulled up:
Here they are reading the itinerary for the weekend
My dad is soooo tired of us using this picture of him by the way!
Saturday was food and football, Sunday we all went on a dinner cruise (minus children) on The Catawba Queen. It was a fabulous time. Great dinner and views. They kept announcing the anniversary. It also happened to be Jason's birthday so we celebrated him as well!
Here is the happy couple in the Captain's Quarters!
What a fun weekend and great excuse for a PARTY!! Jim and Linda leave today, but we get to see them again in October! Love you Mom and Dad. Here's to the next 40 years!!
Heres one more of the Birthday Boy and his babes, on our way home from the celebrations.
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