Our 25th Anniversary

This is our family taken as we celebrated our
25th Anniversary where we renewed our vows August 1999.
It was a very specail day for all of us as we again declared
our love and committment in the prescence of God,
Our family and Friends. We love and thank you!

The song that is playing is Color My World by Chicago.
When I hear that sond it brings back this memory:
There were 10 couples in our wedding party 25 years ago.
They were all a part of a wedding dance that we had.
Each couple walked in, then each couple split off to the left
and right until they were in a circle. Then thy joined and all
walked in one directionand formed 2 lines, girls opposite
the boys Then we came out and they all joined hands to form
an arch. We went through the arch, and then they all went
though and came out to form a circle around us. We danced
in the middle of the circle with them all holding hands and
swaying back and forth. Then each couple danced around us.
All this was happening while Color My World was playing.

Then another song by the Midnighters started playing called
That's All. We danced along to that. Then another song started
playing called Sabor A Mi. Then our parents joined us. We
all danced with each other and then my husband and I ended
by dancing by ourselves. Yes we did have to practice ahead
of time. We had many compliments on the whole thing. Most
of the people in our wedding were relatives and a few friends.
Yes we did have a big beautiful wedding with almost 500 guest.
We had a Maraiachi band and then another band later. We will
always be thankful to our parents for joining together and
giving us their dream wedding for us. We just wanted to be
married, I was 2 days short of 19 and he was 19, almost 20.

By age 22 I had my degree from UCI and we owned our first
home and all we wanted was a baby. After 3 miscarriages,
and infertiltiy specialist, 6 and 1/2 years later our first
son joined us,. 2 1/2 years later our 2nd son, and 6 years
later our daughter. They are the love of our life and we
thank God for them and each other.

So they were our attendants when we renewed our vows in a
small ceremony of 150 people at our church. Many of our friends
helped us with various parts of the wedding. My best friends
Joanie and Cynthia helped me plan and organize everything.
My parents paid for the table and chair rental and my husbands
parents and brothers helped make the meat. My sisters made the
salads.My friend Alice made salsa and her husband Richard
videotaped it for us. Our friend Tom took the pictures. Our
friends Eric, put together a wonderful video montage that
included pictures from the time we were babies until the
present and music to go along with it. It brought many people
to tears. Our friend Rudy was the DJ. Our friend Linda made
the cake. Our friends from our marriage group- Cliff, Debbie,
Kelli, Kevin, Paul and Cynthia for all the help and Becky for
doing my hair. And other friends helped to make that day special.
Virginia, Jeri, Mona, Lucia, Rhonda and my son's girlfriend Marina.
God bless all of you!