50th Anniversary - Part 3: The Party

Again, my goal is to not get too wordy. 

Let me just say that these pics were all taken on my trusty old point-and-shoot. Austin took tons of pictures throughout the evening, but hasn't had a chance to share, so you're stuck with what I have. 
Some of which are quite good; others, not so much.

 Rob, Evelyn and Sookie. We found out at the party that Rob and Sookie are engaged.

Congratulations!

 The food spread.

Taylor and Lynnea

Cutest. Picture. Ever.

Christian, Hannah, Grandma, Mauri, and Meredith

{Twinners} Lex and Grandma.

Once dinner was over, we were racing good lighting to get a group photo. My awesome BIL (not to be confused with BILL) and my cute SIL made the trip from West Jordan after a long day of football (they have 3 boys that play), to snap some pics for us.

Austin got his camera set and ready to go...

...Brian made sure we could all be seen... and were smiling...

...then snapped away.

I couldn't help but nab a few pics of my own of these two funny guys.

Thank you, Brian and Robyn!

Let the fun and games begin.

Note: I missed a portion of the fun and games (clean-up duty), but I'm pretty sure there are some awesome pics of it somewhere. I will share when I get some! We had a rousing game of croquet, and several aggravating fun AGGRO games going on simultaneously.

After winners and losers were made, it was time for our outdoor movie - a trip down memory lane...

...but not before a little shaking and jiving.

After the movie we headed inside for a couple more pictures (EVERYBODY loves taking pics, you know).

Here is the whole fam: Marty, Rob, Jill, me, Jana, Matt. It was so awesome to have everyone there!

And our better halves: Sookie, Stan, Jon, Bill, Kim, and Lia.

Austin and Britt

A kissing picture is a requirement on a 50th Anniversary...

Once the party was officially over, some of the girls took turns trying on Grandma's wedding dress.

Britta

Lexee

(I have to mention that I'm the one that puffed the veil so high... looking back at the pics, it looks better down. I was trying to duplicate how my mom wore it... and how I dreamed of wearing my own wedding veil as a little girl. My mom had the original crown part of her veil, but not the tulle part, so late the night before - extremely late -  we had tried to whip one out. My only regret is not taking a little more time on it... but we were soooooo tired.)

Rachael

Meredith

Mauri

Hannah

It was such a fun night, and a great memory for our family!

The only thing I'm missing in the coverage of this memorable event is the car.
We sent Mom and Dad off to a movie while we set up for the party, and while they were in a dark theater enjoying the show, some of the grandkids decorated their car, then hung around incognito to capture it on film and camera. I will share it when I get it.

Check out some of Austin's pictures here.