Monday, June 22, 2009

Surprise!

Yesterday Jerry brought an article to me to read that was in the newspaper. It was our 50th anniversary write up on the society page! There were two pictures: our wedding photo and a more recent close up photo. It was well written and was a total surprise to us! I was going to put it in the paper but with our trip to Malaysia, and then jet lag, I just hadn't taken the time to do yet. But I had determined to get it in this week! So who did it? Would you believe our son-in-law? Yup, Gene is the guilty one! He even did it before our trip! The last time they were here visiting he actually got into my computer to get our wedding picture, e-mailed it to himself, then deleted the e-mail from my computer so I wouldn't find it! He sent the article to our newspaper on-line before we left on our trip and had it come out after he was sure we'd be home! What a guy!

Here's basically what he wrote: "Gerald (Jerry) and Anita celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. The former Anita W. married Jerry A. on June 13, 1959. They have five children: Pamela B. of Chicago, IL; Ted A. of Holland, MI; Christy B. of Columbia, SC; Tim A. of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; and Rob A. They also have 13 grandchildren. Jerry is retired. Anita is a homemaker. They will celebrate Sunday, July 12, with an open house at their home for family and friends."

Lord, thank you for Gene! He's a very thoughtful son-in-law. He took such good care of us on our trip to Malaysia. Please be with him in these difficult days of job hunting. Bless him with Your Presence.

4 comments:

Pastor Joy Ziegler said...

Anita, That's so great! And...again...congratulations for being a good example! Blessings on the next many years of your marriage!!! Love you guys!!

Kate said...

You are both special, so deserve special treatment...what a lovely surprise!! Happy Days ahead and on the 12th of July.

Brenda@CoffeeTeaBooks said...

Awwww... that's sweet.

Doesn't time go fast? We'll have our 35th anniversary this year and I remember when we were taught to not trust anyone over the AGE of 30, hehehe.

Shauna Archer said...

way to go gene!