Thursday, December 20, 2018

49 years and counting

We were married 49 years ago today.  It was a 2 PM ceremony at the church with a reception afterwards in the church sociial hall… small sandwiches, cookies, mints and cake…oh and coffee and punch. We had a wedding dance the next night (Sunday) at Anglers Tavern in Osage.  It was bitterly cold… –20 F.

Gene and Coonie 1969

We honeymooned for one night in Thief River Falls, Minnesota where it was even colder.

Today we will go out for a late lunch most likely with my parents and then have a quiet evening at home.

I still have the veil…the dress was made into a Baptismal Gown and Hey Mikey wore it.

Happy Anniversary to us!

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36 comments:

Cathie said...

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!

Victoria Zigler said...

Happy anniversary!

Sam I Am...... said...

Happy Anniversary! What a cute couple you were and still are! I remember being a bridesmaid on December 20th for some friends of mine in Ashland, Wisconsin....it was cold there too! Enjoy your day and your fond memories!

Val Ewing said...

Happy Anniversary! We 'celebrated' ours last week. My Grand daughter Lily shares this day as a Birthday!
What a wonderful day it will be, congrats and enjoy!

linda m said...

Happy Anniversary! What a handsome couple. Hope you have many more together.

Pauline Persing said...

I like your wedding photo. Happy anniversary.

Phyllis Pritchard said...

Happy Happy Anniversary!!! God's blessings for many more happy & healthy years together.

DJan said...

A very happy anniversary to a fine couple! :-)

Miss Merry said...

Happy Anniversary! How wonderful you still have your parents to celebrate this special occasion with you. You were a lovely bride. Remember when receptions were just tea sandwiches, cake and mints? And a punch bowl. Today they are crazy expensive events.

Sara said...

Happy anniversary! That's a pretty good looking couple! Our wedding reception (42 years ago) was similar, but without the sandwiches. Coffee, punch, cake, mints - very simple. Your cake was gorgeous.

Marlys said...

Happy Anniversary! A very nice looking couple!

Judy said...

Happy Anniversary!!

Grace said...

wishing you a happy anniversary and a merry christmas, we celebrated 45 years on the first of December, Nice that we both found keepers!!!!

Anonymous said...

Happy Anniversary to you both! I remember it was a Beautiful Wedding!

Tired Teacher said...

Happy Anniversary!

Terry and Linda said...

Happy Anniversary to you two!!!

Anonymous said...

Happy, happy anniversary to the two of you. 49 years is quite an accomplishment. We’ve been married 40 years and our reception was very much like yours. Except we did not have sandwiches. I think those simpler receptions are much better than all of the hoopla that happens now. Kids go into marriage with so much debt from the wedding and reception. Anyway, I am so happy for the two of you. And how wonderful that you still have your parents to celebrate with you. Wishing you many, many more happy years to come! Blessings, Betsy

Country Gal said...

Lovely photo ,Happy Anniversary to you both . Hope you have a wonderful day and a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .

Carroll said...

Happy anniversary. My husband and I will be married 49 years next month. We live in Montana and it too was very cold, and it was blizzarding that day. I don't know how anyone got there, the roads were so bad! Congratulations again.

Red said...

Happy anniversary. You show some good times and bring back some good memories.

thecrazysheeplady said...

Happy Anniversary! :-D

Bonnie said...

Happy Anniversary to you both! You are a wonderful couple with a beautiful family to be proud of!

Carol W. said...

Happy Anniversary!! God bless you both!

Mac n' Janet said...

Happy Anniversary, you were such a cute couple.

Rita said...

Happy, happy anniversary!!! Congrats! :)

Linda W. said...

Happy anniversary! Next year's the biggie. :)

Linda Reeder said...

Happy Anniversary! Yesterday, the 19th, was the 50th anniversary of us announcing our engagement. It was the last day of school before Christmas break, and Tom and I were teaching across the hall from each other, he in 5th grade and me in 4th. We created quite a buzz in our school that day, since we had worked to keep the nature of our relationship secret. We were married the following March, at spring break, of course.

Granny Marigold said...

What a lovely picture. Happy Anniversary to you.

diane in northern wis said...

A very Happy Anniversary to both of you. What a great picture! How lucky you are to still have parents to celebrate with. We were married 50 years this past September and our parents have been gone a long time. Congratulations to you!

Jo-Anne's Ramblings said...

49 years wow that is something, I hope you have many more years to come

marlu said...

Congratulations and Happy Anniversary. Lovely wedding picture!

Leah said...

Happy Anniversary and many many more!!!

The Wykeham Observer said...

Just goes to show you can have a good wedding without going to the poorhouse. Nice picture!

Jenn Jilks said...

Happy anniversary! Well done.

Debi said...

Happy anniversary! Sounds like you had a lovely wedding. My mom made my wedding dress and a few of years ago, with my mom's blessing, I sent it to a lady who made it into burial gowns for stillborn babies.

Laurel Wood said...

Congrats. Such a sweet photo of you both. I remember Mikey's gown made from your dress. What a treasure that is and will be.