Anniversar-ay Part-ay!

I had mentioned a few weeks ago that my parents had celebrated their 30 year wedding anniversary this year.  My sibs and I wanted to do something for them to honor this extremely special occasion.  We decided on organizing a professional family photo shoot with the intention of hopefully getting a good group shot that we could get blown up to go in my parents house.

This was the picture that we decided on:

picture courtesy of Tiffany Newman Photography

I really like it.  Kind of looks like Mother Goose and Father Goose with all of their goslings huddled around. =)

Last night, we all got together to officially celebrate the big 3-0 years.  The menu turned out superb!  We cooked beef tenderloin, au gratin potatoes, and roasted asparagus.  We also had wedge of lettuce salads to start out with.  Now I'm going to pat ourselves on the back for a bit because none of us had ever attempted to cook beef tenderloin before...shoot, we had never purchased it before!  But we (Erin, Jenna, and I) put our heads together and did a great job if I do say so myself!  Ok, enough about us...

Our plan was to surprise Mom and Dad with the picture at dinner along with a special cake we had made for them. 

Here's a picture of the cake:

Don't they look so young and dapper?

The night went off without a hitch!  It was great fun!

We enjoyed the beautiful weather outside.

We snacked.

Brian pointed at the camera.

There were beverages.

Grapes got hung on a necklace.

We "cheer-ed" a lot.

Thomas and Evan got to join in on the fun.

Then came time for the big reveal!

We convened in the laundry room to prepare for the unveiling.

The cake was presented.

The picture was presented.

We oohed, we aahhed.  Mom clapped.  Dad smiled.

We hung the picture in the designated "family picture" spot.

Mom and Dad stood back and admired.

Had to sneak a quick photo of Evan with the godparents.

We cut the cake.

We ate the sweet goodness.

It was the perfect anniversar-ay part-ay!