Mum and Dad celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in December, so this called for another family gathering. Fifty years is a massive achievement nowadays - with couples getting married later in life now and not everyone staying the distance, fifty is massive. (For Andy and I to have a golden wedding anniversary, we'd have to get married immediately and live to 104 and 99!)
And what to get as a present? Amanda came up with a fantastic hamper idea - a huge box of foodie items (although I think there might have been some washing powder in there too!) from her local supermarket, the only stipulation being that all items had the word "gold" in the title, or were gold in colour. Genius!
We were a select little bunch - Mum and Dad, offspring and grand-offspring; Ed and Chris had come over from Aylsham; John and Jenny also from Norfolk; Ann and Richard from Surrey; and Mick and Alayne from Dorset. Sadly, Mary and Jim couldn't come as Mary was getting over some very major surgery and it's a bloody long drive from Coulsdon for a weekend.
Not only was Mum and Dad's anniversary a major celebration, but Amanda managed to get a photo of Nicholas and Shannon - and they're both smiling!
(Andy's unusual cheese board had a little bowl of brussel sprouts with it - following some good natured banter with one of the waitresses!)
A really lovely evening - which, as always, ended up with many promises to meet up more often and not leave it so long the next time. We'll see!
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