While we were in Abilene in 2009, we celebrated our fiftieth
wedding anniversary. We were actually
about two months ahead of time, but all our children were there, so we took
advantage of that and celebrated early.
Many of our close friends and family could be present so we all went out
to the Lytle Cattle Company. My cousin, Jean Mayer was there. She was the only
other person who had actually been present when we got married in 1959.
The kids gave us anniversary rings, and Jim had us repeat
our wedding vows. It was a wonderful
moment of celebration with people who meant a great deal to us.
I worked on a special anniversary project for Ann, which I
gave her on the actual date – December 26.
I decided I wanted to put together a boxed set CD of music we had
listened to during the entire 50 years. The
technology that allows you to download music from places like I Tunes made this
all possible. It ended up being pretty
much a family project. Jim, Gary, and
Ruby all contributed to the downloads.
Ruby came up with a design for the jewel case. It was a slick production.
Actually, I went back a little bit in the fifties and picked
up on stuff that we both listened to before we married – songs like “Chances
Are” by Johnny Mathis for example. I
came up with 5 CD’s representing each decade.
The hardest was trying to find mellow love song for the period from 2000
to 2009. The music has changed, and I’m
afraid we’re not very much into artists like Bon Jovi. We like songs that have a pleasing melody. We still enjoy listening to the CD.
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