65 Years Together

On July 1st we had a surprise anniversary party for Dick and Nancy, who are celebrating 65 years together.  It was truly a surprise - they thought they were coming over for the weekly pizza night dinner, and entered the common house to hear the Mendelssohn wedding recessional!  We had delicious food, festive decorations, and an excellent DJ, thanks to Kelly.  Kelly also sang one of the most popular songs of 1952 - You Belong to Me.  We had a photo board of their decades together, a 1952 trivia game, and a champagne toast.  And, somehow we ended up with NINE half-gallons of ice cream in the freezers, so we are thinking we should have an ice cream social on the 4th of July!

Jan and Ann - both neighbors of Elderberry.  Photo board in the background

 Miles (Dick and Nancy's great grandson) enjoying the balloons with Richard, Dale, Leslie and Phil

 Dancing to 50's music - Marjorie nabbed Dick and Michael nabbed Nancy!

 Dick and his daughter-in-law Mary

Richard and Nancy (she said she is too short to hug Richard, but it seems to work!)

 Chuck and Phil chatting by the food feast

 Dick and Nancy blowing out the candles on their cake (Elderberry's favorite cake - Bobby Boyle's Mother's Carrot Cake, compliments of Karolyn!)

 Dick and Nancy enjoying their favorite desserts

 Kelly singing You Belong To Me - thank you Kelly!!

 Awwwwwwww......

 Dick and Nancy's son Chris making a champagne toast

Kelly and Mary dancing to something!

 Teams working at the 1952 trivia quiz - Kelly, Meg, Anna, Jan, Phil and Maggie

 Another team working the trivia quiz - David, Rosemarie, Leslie and Marj

 And the team that did the best (maybe because Mary accidentally gave Chuck the answer key!) - Karolyn, Chuck and Ann