Happy 55th Anniversary,to my mom and dad! :) Happy 1st Anniversary of Holly living with us here! :)

HAPPY 55TH ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD, AND HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF LIVING HERE WITH US, HOLLY! :) A WONDERFUL AND VERY SPECIAL DAY OF CELEBRATIONS AND MANY MEMORIES BEING MADE :) SHARING SMILES, HEART-FELT MOMENTS, AND MEMORIES :) CHEERS!!! :)

A WONDERFUL DAY! :) Happy 55th Anniversary, to my mom and dad, and Happy 1st Anniversary, of Holly living here with us :) We're so happy, excited, and thrilled, to celebrate with everyone :) very special thanks! :)awww! :) Hi angel friends, Thank you all so very much, for your lovely happy anniversary wishes :) You all are very nice, sweet, and you all make these times ,very special and heart warming for us :) You all are with us in spirit, on this very special, wonderful day :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in, and celebrate these amazing, incredible times with :) We're enjoying the day, and wonderful spirit, so very much :) my mom and dad, are having a wonderful anniversary, and Holly is having a wonderful 1st anniversary of living here with us :) It's a very special day :) we're taking in, and cherishing, treasuring all of the heart-felt moments, sharing memories, smiles, and lots of cheer! :) my mom and dad, celebrating their 55th anniversary, and celebrating the 1st anniversary of Holly living here with us :) it was 1 year ago today, when we had our incredible journey, to Maryland, driving through 6 states, seeing so many sights, and it was so very special, how it was my mom's and dad's anniversary :) a day we will always and forever remember :) We're having a very special celebration today, with anniversary memories, and lots of great memories being made, with family, friends, and the beautiful spirit of the season :) we're having dinner, from the 99 restaurant here in our city :) We're gonna order some foods, and having dinner :) We're also going to have chocolate eclairs for dessert :) We're very heart happy and enjoying the wonderful spirit and excitement of the day :) 

Anniversary Celebrations!!! :) January 16th, 1965, my mom (Ann) and dad (Charles) got married that wonderful day :) They love to share stories, and memories with us, of the day, and how it snowed on that day, and they were hoping the minister made it to the chapel church, to marry them :) They said, the minister made it, and they got married :) my mom and dad married when they were young, 16 and 17 years old. this past year, they drove us past the chapel, where they got married, and it was so nice, all of the heart-felt sharings, of memories :) my mom and dad lived in Waterford CT for a while, before moving to Niantic, CT :) they had a home there :) they began a family, having my brothers Charlie and Bobby, and my sister Lisa :) As our family grew, they moved to Norwich, CT in the early 1970's, and my dad got a job at the printing place in our city :) i was born in 1981, and my sister Jenn was born in 1985 :) my mom and dad, share an amazing love story that grows and grows in the wonderful garden of life :) thy have many grandchildren now, and are proud parents, and grandparents :) We're so very happy for them :) Congratulations to my mom and dad :)Cheers!!! to 55 years together, and many many more :) my mom and dad sometimes go on car rides, to see their original homes where they first got married, and last year, Holly and i were so excited to be with them on one of those car rides, and hearing their stories, and memories :) it's very special :) Life is an amazing, incredible journey, and togetherness, family, friends, is such a wonderful gift, treasure, and blessing :) Life is all about experiences, and sharing with the ones we love :)

This morning, we had a beautiful new day, rising and shining :) We wished my mom and dad, a happy anniversary, and also wished Holly, a happy 1st anniversary of living here with us, in CT :) We've been sharing in wonderful moments, sharing smiles, reflecting back upon the past year we all have had, and looking forward to so many more times :) i've been sharing all of your lovely anniversary wishes with my mom, dad, and Holly too, for the special anniversary day :) Jenn and the kids came over this morning :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, and having iced coffees :) Cheers!!! :) we were talking about the day, and anniversary memories, and memories of the past year :)

Anniversary Lunch! :) around mid-day, Holly and i gave my mom and dad, a happy anniversary card, with 2 birds on it :) We also gave my mom and dad, $55 ($1 for each year of marriage), and also gave them, 2 tins of thir favorite wafer cookies :) They're so happy, and thanked Holly and i :)They're displaying their card on their hutch :) We enjoyed a nice lunch :) We had crab seafood sandwiches, and cherry pie :) it was a delicious lunch :) We thanked my mom and dad for the nice lunch :) we were hanging out, enjoying a nice talk :) my mom and dad are going to buy some nice items they'd like, with the anniversary money :) awesome! :)awww! :) it's a wonderful day being shared :)it was so nice, having an anniversary lunch :)

it's been an incredible year of sharing, over the past 365 days :) it's a journey of love, care, support, and very special times being shared, with lots of celebrations, and memories :) Holly feels very proud, and very heart happy, to share in this wonderful day, of January 16th :) it was last year, on January 16th, where my mom and dad, did such a very special thing :) they spent their anniversary that day, with a wonderful traveling adventure with me, to Maryland, to pick up Holly :) i remember us bringing some BBQ potato chips, and powerade :) We had some on the way home that day, and Holly had a special request for us this week, to have some BBQ potato chips and powerade :) we remember that day, like it was yesterday :) The morning of January 16th, my mom, dad, and i all got up early, around 4am in the morning, and by 6am, we began our journey to Maryland :) it was 6:01am exactly, when we left, and got gas in our rental minivan, and then began the journey to Maryland :)

on that wonderful January 16th day, we drove through Connecticut, into New York, across the hudson river, Tapanzee Bridge, into Albany, NY, and eventually we were in New Jersey, the turnpike is huge, there was a straight-away, of about 2 hours, we saw so many businesses, that went on for miles and miles :) we saw newark airport, airplanes, As we drove through New Jersey, we then entered into Pennsylvania, and eventually Delaware, where we crossed the historic, Delaware river, across the Delaware memorial bridge, the same river that George Washington Crossed in the 1700's :) amazing! :) we then entered into Maryland, Baltimore, we saw the famous city, inner harbor, m&t bank football stadium, camden yards baseball field off into the distance, and drove into Ellicott City, where we picked up Holly :) my mom and dad were so happy and excited, for Holly and i to meet the first time in person (we've known eachother since 2009 here on DS) :) We drove into Columbia Maryland,Elkridge, Maryland, we went with Holly to finish up some things she needed to do, including picking up items at the pharmacy, and i went in with her, and the ladies there, they always called me "Mr. Chris" while Holly and i were on the phone, and they were so excited to meet me, even a customer said, "nice to meet you Mr. Chris" :) hehe! :)

On the way home, my mom, dad, Holly, and i all got some nice potato wedges at the royal farms store, and began our journey home to Connecticut :) we drove through Baltimore again, the Delaware bridge, we saw Newark, airport in New Jersey, along with the metlife football stadium, we saw airplanes landing, and taking off :) it was incredible! :) New Jersey city at night time, and we drove across the George Washington Bridge, in New York, and had an amazing view, of New York City at night time, the city buildings, Manhattan, at night time, looked so amazing! :) one of our final memories from our incredible journey, was when we drove across the Q Bridge (Pearl Harbor memorial bridge), in New Haven, CT :) the blue lights of the bridge glowing, and arriving home about an hour later around 10pm :) Sights that we'll always remember, from that very special day :) an amazing, and incredible journey, that we will forever cherish and treasure, many very special memories made, and wonderful appreciation for my mom and dad, for making the journey possible :) We'll forever be grateful, and appreciative :) Tonight on youtube, Holly and i are going to watch some videos, featuring some of the sights, and bridges, from our incredible traveling adventure :) Thank you all for being with us all, on this wonderful journey :)

Happy birthday wishes, for our dear friends, Laurie (Laurie32), Debbie's (Sunsetyellow2's husband) John, and Elizabeth's (gratefulgrandma123) son :) it's their birthday's! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday dear friends! :) Happy birthday to you! :) We hope everyone is enjoying a very happy birthday, and we hope everyone's birthday wishes come true :)

We're enjoying a wonderful day! :) Celebrating Anniversaries, and very special memories being made :) We love it! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) There's lots of great things going on, and many memories being made :) We're going to have a nice dinner, from the 99 restaurant this evening :) we have family overm visiting :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for sharing in, and celebrating these very special times with us :) Alyssa and family gave my mom and dad, lottery tickets, and Lisa and Kayla gave my mom and dad, a $50 gift card to Big Y supermarket :) We're loving the day, celebrating my mom's and dad's 55th anniversary, and Holly's 1st anniversary of living with us :) We're cherishing in the moments, and so excited to enjoy a nice dinner this evening, from the 99 restaurant :) i called some friends today :) it was so nice talking :) We're loving the week, and all of the wonderful times being shared :) Cheers! to many more wonderful times, to share in :) The new year is blossoming so nicely, and January is in full swing :) Tomorrow, we're going to bake some goodies, for baking friday :) We love sharing our adventures with everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny friendship hug :) There's many more great things to look forward too, with family, friends, nature, and the wonderful spirit of the season :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a wonderful day :) We're having a very special time, celebrating mom's and dad's Anniversary, and Holly's 1st Anniversary of living here with us :) You're always right here with us in spirit, during these very special times :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "thank you from Charles and i, for your lovely happy anniversary wishes" :) awww! :) She says, "we're having a wonderful day, and we hope you all are too" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We cherish and treasure your very special friendships, and are so very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) Cheers!!! to the wonderful times being shared, and many very special memories being made :)

HAPPY 55TH ANNIVERSARY, MOM AND DAD! :) We're having a very special, and wonderful time, celebrating my mom's and dad's anniversary, and Holly's 1st anniversary of living here with us :) We're sharing lots of very special moments, memories, and taking in all of the wonderful joy, as our hearts are glowing very happily :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for celebrating this very special day with us, and for all of your lovely happy anniversary wishes :) You all are with us in spirit, as we celebrate :) Lots of very special memories being made :) We're so happy and excited, to share in and celebrate :) i have some very special pictures to share :)
My mom and Dad, on their Wedding day :) January 16th, 1965 :) CHEERS! :)

my mom and dad with my my brothers, Charlie, Bobby, and my sister Lisa, when they were young :)

my mom and dad, when they first moved into our home here :)

Happy Anniversary card for my mom and dad, that Holly and i gave them :) 

Holly and i are having BBQ potato chips, and powerades, just like we did last year, on January 16th on our way home from Maryland :) Cheers!!! to traditions! :)

Incredible Journey memories :) very special, and heart warming moments, my mom, dad, Holly, and i shared last year, on January 16th :) our travels through 6 states, picking up Holly in Maryland, and returning home here in Connecticut :) it's an incredible journey, we'll always remember :) many special memories made :) We saw so many wonderful sights, historic places,during our travels :) it was absolutely thrilling :) i'd love to share some pictures, from our travels, and also including a few more views, of some of the sites we saw :) the bridge pictures, i found on google to give a view we saw :) 

George Washington Bridge :) we traveled across this historic bridge, and saw New York City at night time :) it was absolutely amazing :) This is the view we had :) Manhattan, NYC :)

Delaware Memorial Bridge :) we traveled across this historic bridge, that goes over the Delaware River :) This is a view we had :)

Picture i took while we were getting ready to go across the bridge :)

Tappan zee Bridge :) this is the new bridge, they built in recent years :) we traveled across the Hudson River, in New York :)

crossing the tappanzee bridge :) 

Pearl Harbor, Memorial Bridge in New Haven, Connecticut :)