Happy 40th!!!

Yesterday Bruce and I celebrated our 40th anniversary. The girls had a luncheon for us at Megan's house with some yummy Mexican food.

It was so awesome to have almost everyone together for this momentous occasion. Bruce and I really appreciated everyone who was able to share it with us.

Ashton (age 7) decorated the cake. She took a cake decorating class just before Mother's Day and has become an expert as you can see from our cake. She even drew up a plan of what she wanted to put on the cake and carried through with the plan. Way to go Ashton, we are so proud of you and your cake decorating abilities. This cake means much more to Grampy and me than a store-bought one would have.

We got some really nice cards and the "remember whens" were priceless. We were all laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes.

I got a really special present from Bruce via my mom and dad. Dad had given mom a necklace that had little diamonds shaped into a heart with a ruby in the middle for their 40th anniversary. They gave it to me. After that, there was not a dry eye in the house. What a precious gift!!!!

I have taken many pictures of the necklace, trying to get a good shot of it but what I'm posting here is the best of the lot. It is kind of blurry and doesn't do it justice but you get the idea.

Thanks again for all the special memories from yesterday.

PS - one super-cute thing... Parker and Landry (both 2), didn't understand what an anniversary was and kept telling Bruce and I "happy birthday Grammy and Grampy".