On Saturday, Thayer and I hosted a 50th anniversary celebration for his parents, Bill and Janice Stamper.  Their actual anniversary isn’t until Oct. 6, but we knew that once school starts, our time is very limited.  It was a lovely party and they had many friends and family there to witness them renew their wedding vows.  Since they are the youngest (by far!) of their families, none of their remaining brothers and sisters were able to make the trip to Augusta, GA, but they did have several nieces ( 1 from SC, 1 from MS, and 3 from Ohio) come.

 

When they were married nearly 50 years ago, there was no formal wedding ceremony with invited guests.  They went to the pastor’s home and were married with him, his wife and 2 other witnesses present.  There were no attendants, no wedding invitations, no wedding cake.  So, after 50 years, we were able to fix that.  Our girls were the attendants while they renewed their vows (led by Thayer, of course!) and we had not one, but two wedding cakes.  I wanted the traditional white cake, but the chocolate two tier cake was too much to resist, so we had that too!

 

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