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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Not just *ANY* Anniversary...

... but a 70th Anniversary is what this fun family was celebrating a few weeks ago when they came from near and far to celebrate their parents/grandparents/great-grandparents/friends RANDALL AND CHARLOTTE!  Can you believe it?!??  They've been married since 1940!!!  (I think... right???!  I am not very good at math!)  Which is SO AMAZING!!!  As you will see in these pictures, they are still a *DARLING* couple and I got such a kick out of them!

Below is just a sampling (which I had to choose from among the 400+ pictures I have in their online album!) of some of the family photos from this special day.  Since all the family members don't get together very often, they were excited to use *THIS* day as an opportunity to get lots of posed shots of various segments of the family... which is easier said than done with 14 (ADORABLE but understandably often-squirmy) little ones involved! ;-)  We did our best though and it was amazing to see everyone gathered together to celebrate Charlotte and Randall... with whom this WHOLE FAMILY began!  Too fun! 

Thanks to Melissa (and our "connector"/mutual friend Angela!) for asking me to come shoot this fun event... Hope you enjoy (alllllllllllllllllllll) the pictures!  (NOTE - you can *CLICK* on the photos to enlarge them!)


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The guests of honor arrive!




Some of the individual family shots: 

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The CITATION presented to Randall and Charlotte by the Pennsylvania State Legislature in honor of their 70 years of marriage! :)


They were even featured in The Centre Daily Times that week...


All *fourteen* great-grandchildren!


Grandmas with their grandbabies :)


Miss Charlotte!


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Baby W. and his mommy :)


TWINS!!! :)




Threesomes ... across the ages! :)


This next series is sooooo sweet!
Baby W. and his daddy:
I just LOVE their facial expressions!!!




~ The Happy Couple ~


You know I'm a sucker for stained glass windows...! ;-)
This is in the Sanctuary of St. Paul's United Methodist Church here in State College...

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(All the littlest family members gathered around their Great-Grandpa Randall and Great-Grandma Charlotte!)


Asleep in Great-Grandma's arms :)
(It's been a long day for this little guy!)


The four kids with their mom and dad:


All together now...
(This is ALMOST everyone!)

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Congratulations Randall and Charlotte - you are truly an inspiration!!!