Grandpa and Grandma Jensen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last night! In honor of this huge accomplishment, the Jensen family threw them a party. It was a night full of good food, laughter, dancing, and great memories. Since the theme was "lost in the 50's" Dan and I dressed up in 50's bowling attire. The gym was decorated with all things 50's. Dan mom put together awesome center pieces. There was a record in the middle of each table with old coke/orange soda bottles, jacks, and a milk shake cup full of candy that was made in the 50's. Each table also had a picture of Gpa and Gma. I loved looking at all the old photographs, I think they are so neat!We started the night off eating BBQ ribs and chicken, baked potatoes, BBQ beans, and all kinds of salads; it was delicious! Next off everyone had the chance to give Grandpa and Grandma a toast, and we watched a neat slide show of them over the past 50 years. Sue had their wedding cake re-created with the original cake topper and bride and groom figurines. Gpa and Gma got to cut the cake again, and feed each other a few bites.
Then the real party started! We had a talent show that ended up being more of a comedy show, but they were all tributes to Grandpa and Grandma. The Jensen family has major talent! To finish off the night we had some dance instructors come and teach everyone how to swing dance. We did the twist, the bunny hop, the jive, and many more funky dance moves. You should have seen Daniel boogey. He was quite the ladies man on the dance floor. The family put together a really nice tribute/memory book for Gpa and Gma. It was made like an online scrapbook, and everyone in the family wrote down their favorite memories of Gpa and Gma. It also had lots of cool pictures and details about their wedding and life over the past 50 years together. The whole night was so much fun that Dan and I wished we had already been married 50 years so we could have such a celebration! Only 47 1/2 more to go! I hope that once I am their age people can say
the wonderful things about me that they said about Grandma Jensen.
7 comments:
How fun! And that is such a cute idea to do the whole 50's thing. You and Dan make such a cute couple, regardless of the decade. :)
That is darling! What a creative party! I love the wedding cake recreation and where in the world did you get those shirts? They were perfect!
You have the funnest family! I love you and Dan's outfit!
Okay, seriously? How cute is that! I love every single thing about it! Think I can pull it off for our 10 year anniversary? Probably not. No one would come. And I wouldn't yet be at that cute grandma stage where people say nice things about me. Darn it, I guess I'll have to wait 43 more years. Put a bug in Melia's ear when she's old enough, would ya?
Love the outfitsand that pic of you and Dan! :D And those table decorations are so cute!
I absolutely love this idea! You guys are always doing such creative and fun things! I love it! And I love stalking your blog!
Such a great idea! I love that you dressed up...you guys are so cute!
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