~ In Love, still ... ~ .......... GIVEAWAY Pink Saturday

Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved to play bride ... (wearing Mother's dress)
















... and
















Little did she know that this chap her path had
crossed with many times throughout her childhood
was ...































He used to play down the street from her house,
he rode a horse behind her at the downtown
festival, went to same school (tho older) ... his best bud & her best friend tried to get them together many times. She wasn't interested ...

Then one day at his parents house he asked her
out. She accepted. On Friday they went to a Ham
Radio Club meeting for that first date & they
decided that ...














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... & four (4) weeks from the day they
went out, they were wed.

He had reenlisted & didn't want to wait
until Sept. 27th for her dream, to wed on her birthday.

The gown was 25# (yup!) of slipper satin.
Mother had actually stitched part of this
gown for our neighbor friend (she was
kind enough to lend it).

























For 50 years ...














May 12, 1961 Methodist Church,
Centralia, WA

September 27, 1974 Mother Seton
Catholic Church, Germantown, MD













and then ...












our love grew ...
in birth order, r to l ...

H. Emery
Michael Erin
Caroline Leighanne

& our precious baby, angel Sean Ean, forever 3 yrs. old.



~ 5 DAY GIVEAWAY Here ~

We are taking a couple days off for ourselves ... have a beautiful day.