8.28.2009

Thirty-Seven Years of Marriage :)

*Correction - Thank you guys for letting me know about the typo on MY birthday! haha I was TIRED :( I fixed it though! :)

My parents celebrated 37 years of marriage on Wednesday! That seems like a REALLY long time to me! I'm sure for them, time has past all too quickly :)

Here are a few pics (sorry if the quality isn't great. yes, I took pics of pics)

My mom was even a bride when she was a little girl :)



My dad was in Vietnam and then went to college. This is where he and my mom met. Part of my dad's fraternity initiation was to find the biggest bra possible. He came across my mom and asked her for her bra. I believe they were on campus. She took it off and gave it to him. He got her number in order to call her and return it. When he called her, he asked her on a date and they have been together since. Here they are at a sorority/fraternity dance in college....



Then, they decided to get married :) This is one of my mom's bridal portraits I have framed in my house....



My parent's got married in the town my mom grew up in at the Catholic Church. My dad had to get permission from the Pope to marry. Their reception was at my mom's parent's house. It was also the house she grew up in. All the pictures I have seen are beautiful! Aren't they sweet.....



Here they are leaving for their honeymoon. They went to Puerto Vallerta, Mexico...


I'm really not sure if this picture was taken before or after marriage. (mom?). It is cute though. So, I thought I would post it :)


My parents tried to have a baby for a little less than 10 years. They were not having any luck. They decided they wanted to adopt. On October 29, 1982, a beautiful little boy was born into their world. They brought him home on January 4, 1983. Well guess what, a year to the day later, I arrived. I was born January 4, 1984. My parents got pregnant on their own and had me. God is good and blessed my parents with the two children they always wanted :)

And here we are....








This picture is not very recent of my parents. It is from the 90's and they are at some sorority dance. I do have more recent pictures although neither one of them like taking pics.


I think I need to have Brent's mom do a family photo shoot soon :)

So, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my parents! They are the BEST parents in the world :)

xoxo ~ Megan

37 comments :):

Alison said...

What a sweet post! :)

Jax said...

Awwww!! Happy Anniversary to them! What an awesome post, Megan. :) Judging from what little I know about you from your blog, I can feel confident in saying they must be amazing people b/c you're an awesome person. :) Congrats to them-what an amazing accomplishment I definitely aspire to. :)

Jill said...

Great Photos! Happy Anniversary to your parents.

Kristen said...

1994? hehe a little young :) Your parents look adorable!! How on earth did they get permission from the Pope? Is that normal?

Lily G. said...

how adorable! Congrats to your parents. 37 years is huge!

josephinechoo said...

Really sweet!!

I think you type wrongly on your birth year.Is it 1984?

Blushing hostess said...

This was a great journey, thank you for sharing.

NYframeofminds said...

Happy Anniversary to them! My parents are married 32 years. I just can't even imagine how great it must be to be with someone for so long. It's amazing and such an accomplishment. :) Cute pictures!

Lindsey said...

Aww I love this post! Amazing pictures!

Rachel said...

What a sweet post! I loved all these old pictures you found to add in here :)

The Rest is Still Unwritten said...

Congrats to them! Happy Anniversary!

Sweet Simplicity said...

I love all these pictures! Happy Anniversh to your parents!

Rachel said...

The story of how they met is so funny!! How sweet. The pics of you are so adorable too!

Laura and Ryan said...

How cute! I love that you have a picture of you mom in her wedding dress. What a great story about you and your brother!

lesli said...

what a lovely tribute to your parents! they raised a wonderful daughter and have given you such a legacy of love to look to!

Perfectly Imperfect said...

Happy Anniversary to your folks! How sweet are all those pictures!! And what a cute kid you were!!! Precious!

Lauren said...

What a great post! Happy anniversary to your parents!

PinkSass said...

I got all teary. Very sweet post.

Crazy Shenanigans said...

Aw, I love seeing the 70's photos!! Congrats to them!

Tara Gibson said...

awwww this is too cute! happy anniversary to your parents!

THE Stephanie said...

So sweet! Happy anniversary to your parents!

Blue-Eyed Bride said...

how sweet! congrats to them!

The New Mrs said...

Happy anniversary to your wonderful parents! This is such a sweet post. And I love all the pictures. Thanks for sharing :)

Mrs. Potts said...

Megan, this is such a sweet post & what a great tribute to them!

Thank you for sharing it!

Russ and Teryn said...

yay for long marriages ;) Loved the trip down memory lane and I didn't know you and your brother were adopted?! That's amazing to me bc you all look like you have the same genetics ;)

Megan said...

So sweet!! I love all the pictures! Happy anniversary to them!

Beth said...

Happy Anniversary to them! You look a lot like your mom & the pictures of you and your brother are too sweet!

Jon and Steph said...

Wow, 37 years! Congrats to parents!

Carol said...

37 years! Wow! How wonderful! My parens just had their 30 year last month!

the future mrs Hinz said...

OMG what great pictures! too cute! happy anniversary thats great!

Happiness Is... said...

I love, love, love this post....the old pictures, the ones of you as a little girl - so sweet!

You kind of look like your mom :)

Patty Ann said...

this is so wonderful to have these pictures and stories! thank you for sharing, i'm sure that is something that is really special to you :)

allison said...

i've known you since you were that little just about!!

Kassie said...

Happy Anniversary to your parents!! Mine are going to be married for 30 years next year, and it's so incredible to have parents these days that are still so happy and in love.

They must be pretty amazing parents to have such a great daughter. :)

Ali said...

I LOVE how your parents met! What a great story.

And isn't it funny how children come to be? When you don't think it'll happen, just like that - it does. So lovely. You and your brother are adorable!

Happy Anniversary to your parents. :)

Lynn said...

So cute!! Happy Anniversary to your parents!

Lauren Kelly said...

Those pictures are absolutely priceless and something you can treasure forever. Hope they had a wonderful anniversary!!! :)

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