Celebration of My Parents 50th Wedding Anniversary and My Sister Kim’s Wedding

While in Suffolk, VA, for Kim and Don’s wedding, we celebrated 50 years of marriage for my parents.  We all sent a bunch of photo’s to Kim who spent some 80 hours getting a photo album put together for Mom and Dad.  We treated them all to dinner at the Bennett’s Creek Marina Restaurant.  I think there were 12 of us including Mom, Dad, Julie, Ed, Ryan, Kim, Don, AJ, Tina, Brian, Sarah, and myself.  Dinner was very enjoyable albeit long.

Kim and Don’s wedding was the next day at an Episcopal Church retreat called Chanco on the south side of the James River in Surry, VA.  The setting was beautiful, and although the weather was a bit warm, very pleasant.  A storm blowing through just missed Chanco, thankfully.  We improved on the friendships we started with Don’s parents earlier in the week and met more of Don’s family and friends of both Kim and Don whom we had not met before.   I was so happy to see Kim and Don married.

Kim and Don, the night before the wedding

Kim and Don, Soon to Be Wed
Mom and Dad.  We’re all out for dinner to celebrate their 50th

Mom and Dad, the 50th Anniversary Couple, at Dinner

Mom and Dad at Kim’s before we all went out to dinner

Mom and Dad, In Front of Kim's House

Julie and Ed at dinner

Julie and Ed at the Anniversary Dinner

AJ and Tina at Chanco before the wedding

AJ and Tina

Brian and Sarah at Chanco prior to the wedding  They will be married on November 15th

Brian and Sarah

Covered seating for the attendees overlooking the James River at Chanco

The Wedding Site

Kim and Don at the altar

Kim and Don

“Altarations”

Kim and Don
More “Altarations”

Kim and Don