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| Wedding picture. Adorable couple. Paul was 19 and Janice 16. |
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| 50 years later. Still adorable. |
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| Still in love. |
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| All the credit goes to Immy for coming up with this great idea. Then she got Herman involved. He's great at planning parties. The rest of us were the workers, we had the easy part. |
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| Marcel and Herman blowing up balloons. Does it help if you blow Marcel?? |
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| Ready for the festivities to begin. |
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| Paul thanking Immy for all her hard work and a job well done. |
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| Herman, Marcel & Opa (my dad). |
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| Friends Jim & Rose Verhage. |
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| Janice reading the card she made for Paul. |
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| Paul Jr. & Lee ordered congratulation plaques from various members of parliament. |
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| As you can see by the huge pile of wrapping paper, there were quite a few. |
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| Paul, Jance and Opa. |
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| Our dtr-in-law Renee from Sarnia was on her way to visit her sister in Ottawa. She stopped in with their 3 kids for a break. Peter scooped up Jeremy pretty fast. |
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| Marny, with her daughter Lee, and grandchildren Skyelar & Cameron. |
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| Herman and Jeremy. |
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| Sara, Opa & Renee. |
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| Paul & Janice with grandchildren Skyelar & Cameron. |
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| Paul Jr. & Paul Sr. (Father & son) |
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| Paul Jr. & Janice. (Mother & son) |
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| I couldn't decide which picture was the nicest to blog....so I did both. |
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| Opa & grandson Aiden. (Arlene' son) |
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| It did not take the kids long to get aquainted. As soon as Arlene (photographer, and Immy's dtr) arrived with her 2 children they started playing. Skyelar, Cameron & Aiden climbing trees. |
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| Rachel & Emma |
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| Lee & Herman |
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| Paul & Janice with their 2 children. Becky & Paul Jr. |
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| Rachel, Skyelar & Emma |
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| Cameron, Aiden & Skyelar |
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| The whole afternoon was a barrel of laughs. This picture also shows how fun we all had. Arlene said "you could feel the love". |
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| Beautiful family shot. Arlene did such a great job getting everyone to smile. |
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| Grandchildren Cameron, Janice, Paul, Skyelar Rachel & Emma |
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| Paul & Janice with children Paul Jr. & Becky. |
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| Super cute shot of my great-nephew Aiden. |
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| Tom & Becky with their children Emma & Rachel. |
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| Their youngest child Becky. |
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| Paul & Lee with their children Cameron & Skyelar. |
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| Marny with her daughter Lee. |
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| The whole group. |
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| Men only |
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| Ladies only |
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| Paul & Janice with friends Alida & Marcel. |
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| What a cute couple you make, but unfortunately Alida, he is taken! LOL I love you and thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this day so special! We loved every moment of it! Love Janice & Paul (Janice sent me this picture with this note attached.) |
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| Paul & Janice with friends Immy & Peter. |
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| With Herman. ("adopted little brother" as Janice calls him). |
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| Three sibling shot with the happy couple. |
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| Party favorites made by Becky, Emma & Rachel. They are adorable. |
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| A large wedding gift on canvas. |
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| Dancing on the driveway. |
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| Everyone was watching the dancers. There wasn't a dry eye around. |
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Janice wrote to their kids:) Can I Have This Dance ... sung by Anne Murray is being played! Mom & Dad's favourite song! A gift from Chrissy, Ian, Keeny & Nathan and Becky & Tom and Emma & Rachel! Thank you for remembering! |
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| Didn't take long and their kids were also dancing to the song. A perfect ending to a perfect day. Thank you to Paul, Lee, Becky & Tom for coming & making this a memorable day for your mom and dad. It was great to get to know you all a little better. |
Dear Immy & Peter, and Alida & Marcel, and Herman:
ReplyDeleteThank you from the bottom of my heart for making this Anniversary one we will never forget! I can’t believe the work all of you put into the event to make it special for Paul & I! The love we felt there today will be remembered forever! We were both so proud to show our family just how much all of you meant to us! You gave us a chance to see the side of our Little Becky that we haven’t seen for a long time.. You have no idea how deeply all of you touched her and reminded her what family was all about!
Will you please thank Arlene with a great big hug for taking her precious time away from her hubby and little one to photograph this special day for us? She is a very special young lady!
Little Emma & Rachel chattered all the way home about Grandma & Papa’s party. They finally dozed off just as they turned off the ramp into Oakville.Skyelar and Cameron just adored Arianna and Aiden. Already asking when they can see them.
Becky & Tom were laughing as they said, “I don’t think we have any choice but to get a swing set for the girls!” Becky absolutely adored all of you and said she has never met more sincere and down to earth people.Young Paul was still wound up when he left here! We sat on the deck and chatted for about two hours about the party and how beautiful it was!
There are truly not enough words to thank all of you for this special, special day! All of you truly made it “Golden” and we are truly blessed by having friends “family” like you in our lives!We love you!!!!
Love Janice & Paul “Your older little sister”
Alida, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this beautiful blog. You recaptured this special day perfectly!
ReplyDeleteWe can never thank Immy & Peter, yourself & Marcel and Herman enough for this fabulous Golden Anniversary!
Love Janice & Paul
Thank you Alida for posting up these beautiful photos!! It sure looks like everyone had a great time! The decorations are beautiful and the food looked delicious!
ReplyDeleteIt was very kind of you all to host this party for mom and dad, thank you very much!!
Chrissy :)
This blog is fantastic - these pictures are terrific! Thanks to everyone who put on this special celebration, we really had a great time and were so happy to be part of it :)
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Looks like a wonderful celebration! Congratulations, Janice and Paul on this huge milestone in your life and may you be blessed with many more anniversaries together. Imagine the party you'll have at your 60th!
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