Friday, September 11, 2009

MY PARENTS 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN TULSA

Big Ben with little Ben






The Tucker family at Grandma and Grandad's 50th anniversary (not pictured are Teresa's kids, Alex and Kris)







Don't they look great?



The four daughters - Teresa, Tracy, Mary Ann and Susan




Mom and Dad's friend Calvin Mann sent these tropical flowers special delivery overnight from Hawaii!!!





Mom and Dad in the back of the limo



My sister Mary Ann, her husband Kent, and Ben Yee



Standing in front of the Tulsa Driller at the Tulsa fairgrounds



Mom and Dad before the limo ride



The limo was a really fun surprise and great way to travel around Tulsa!



Emails had been flying for months now between my three sisters and myself, planning for our parents 50th wedding anniversary celebration in Tulsa. We surprised them with a "Trip Down Memory Lane", starting with BBQ at the Knotty Pine on Friday night. In addition to our family, my parents' dear friend Ben Yee came all the way from Honolulu to help us celebrate. Boy, were they surprised! :)

On Saturday we all loaded up in a Hummer limo and took a tour of all our old stomping grounds where we grew up - our school, the church parking lot where we all learned to drive, the house we lived in for over 25 years, downtown Tulsa. We played "The Newlywed Game" and of course Mom and Dad proved just how well they know each other! We had a wonderful dinner at my sister Susan and Brent's house, watched Mom and Dad dance, had a photographer come take some family photos, and watched a DVD that we had put together just for the occasion. It was a lot of fun for everyone to be together to celebrate Mom and Dad's fifty years of love!