So, my parents renewed their wedding vows this past weekend...

[giza]

My younger sister and my aunt had the idea of throwing a surprise 38th anniversary party for my parents so they could renew their wedding vows. While their actual 38th anniversary isn't until October, she felt that Summer would be a better time to hold an outdoor party, and especially since their last Summer was pretty much wrecked with a couple of hospital trips.

So on Saturday afternoon, about 80 friends of my parents arrived early in the afternoon, followed by my parents arriving around 2:30, and finding a big crowd of their friends waiting for them.



Then Monsignor Murphy walked out and renewed their vows in front of everyone, which was all sorts of cool.

I also got to chat with Msgr. Murphy for a little while, which I really enjoyed as he was a childhood hero of mine. No really--straight from the muzzle of Mr. I-hate-religion here. While I'm not a huge fan of religion, praying, or churches, I was raised as a Roman Catholic and went to church nearly every Sunday until about age 15 or 16. I got to see many of Msgr's homilies, and I never once heard a word about politics, gays, or evolution. What I did hear lots of was tolerance, forgiveness, and understanding. In other words, he acted the way a Christian should be acting.

Maybe I should change my name to Mr. I-hate-religion-mixed-with-politics.

Anyway... getting back to my post about the weekend, a cake maker was hired to create a replica of my parents' original wedding cake, and it turned out pretty well.

After the party, it was back to my parents' place to crash, then back again to my aunt's place on Sunday to finish cleaning up. I then spent the afternoon amusing myself by doing some channel surfing and playing pool against myself (I lost) while my parents chatted with Theo and Kathlene and played catchup.

The full dump of pictures can be found here.

Finally, we got to see some deer wander through the yard on Sunday afternoon:

Comments

[nius.livejournal.com]

What I did hear lots of was tolerance, forgiveness, and understanding.

Ah, the way it's meant to be. That's exactly what I grew up with at a Catholic church in Jersey. It's also the same environment we have in the Catholic community down here around VT.

Other than their obsession with procreation, I've been very happy with the behavior of the Catholic church.

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

I like your parents. Tell 'em I say hi. :)

[scs-11.livejournal.com]

Give your Mom and Dad a big hug from me.

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to them!