"through the years"

I remember quite well a big party my mother and her sisters put on for my grandparents' 40th.  

The theme was "through the years" and my mom made a beautiful scrapbook of photos of them.

 I thought my grandparents were sooooo old. And here we are at the same point in our lives, and definitely not
feeling that old. This weekend, yes, is our 40th. And yes, we got married just a few days after my graduation.
In fact, so many of us did that we had trouble going to each other's weddings!
Craziness! What a busy time that must have been!
And how the years have flown!
We are grateful, very grateful to God for our years together ... meeting 

first as teenagers my freshman year of college. I soon was at all the basketball
games watching a certain young center and captain ... we got
engaged while our legs dangled over a cliff along the Hudson River, during 

the time I was down the river at another university pursuing the nursing education part of my degree. 

And since those wedding bells rang, life has been one adventure after another!

Photos through the years: newlyweds ... hippyish days ... big hair years ... grandparents!

The picture on the left makes me smile. We had just arrived in Africa and our
luggage was lost. Friends there found a change of clothes for us but it was a 

bit challenging to find something for the tall Gardener!

He wore this flowered shirt (not his fashion preference) for five days,
washing it out each night. It barely covered his waist.
Oh the memories we have collected together!
And now for some more!