1st Anniversary Weekend

First let me say, we had a blast!  With 82 people in our house on Saturday night for a little anniversay get-together it is hard not too.  The food was a hit, the cakes were a hit, the pineapple punch was a hit and the champagne punch was a big hit!  The best part however was the people though.  The smiles, the laughter and the conversation were the best ingredient for the night.  Rob Hugh & Lola Elliott Hugh were down from Connecticut and brought us a copy of the video that Lola had made from the wedding, the rehearsal and the trip to East Hadem afterward to the Bishopsgate Inn & Goodspeed Opera House.  The video played almost constantly throughout the evening and those that were interested sat and watched.  As the evening drew to a close, we were able to get some photos taken.  However, there were three cameras going at one time and no one was sure where to look.  But we laughed and had a great time.

Eventually we had to put signs up indicating which punch was the champagne punch and which was the alcohol free. 

We had 2 cakes but only put them out one at a time.  Once this one was done then the one with the rainbow rather than the baloons came out.  There wasn't an opportunity to take a photo of that one since it was only on the table about 2 seconds before being cut.  Eveyone loved the cake!

Lola was able to snap one photo of me and Joe in front of the cake just as the first guests began to arrive.  Once they started, it seemed like the floodgates opened.  It was great!

Of course we had flowers every where that we could.  Living room, kitchen and family room.

Of course, we had to have lots of roses as they are mine and Joe's favorite flowers.

As the party began to wind down, the camera's came out and we were smiling left, right and center.

Part of the gang at the end.

And a little more of the gang!  Back row: Lara Wood, Rob Hugh, Tracy Morris, Lola Elliott Hugh, Jeff Whicker, Kenny Hill, Artie Cline, Mike Heath.  Front row: Ethan Wood, Joe Lupton, Jeff Holland, Jill Boliek, Mark Boliek

The celebration wasn't complete until church on Sunday.  Joe and I had supplied the flowers for the Altar at PGUMC Sunday and were thrilled with the way it was presented in the bulletin.

And then the flowers themselves.  The florist did a wonderful job.

It's hard to get a shot together when you are basically alone at the church at 7:30am on Sunday morning so we had to split it up.  Maybe I'll try some Photoshop magic and put them together!

It was an exceptionally wonderful weekend.  Made so by our friends who came out in to help us celebrate.  We are especially glad that Rob & Lola were able to make the trip down.  Our 1st anniversary would have been missing an integral part had they not been here.  Lola even acquired a large number of new Facebook friends as a result of their trip!

Thank you to everyone who has expressed their best wishes on our anniversary, especially those at PGUMC who took the time when they saw the bulletin to come up to one or both of us and congratulate us.  You made the weekend complete for us.