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Weddings and anniversaries

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My nephew just got married this past weekend. It was a private ceremony. He’s still young but he’s been irresponsible in his life. I think he’s got four kids now. I’ve lost count. At least this time he’s married to the mother of his last two children. Maybe it will work out for him. Somehow I don’t think I’ll ever be receiving 25th anniversary invitation from him and his wife. You never know though.

I remember when my parents had their 50th wedding anniversary. We planned for it for months. Choosing which golden anniversary invitations we’d send out, and planning the guest list.

The party wasn’t a surprise. We decided to hold it in my parents home, partly because it was easier on the majority of relatives who would be attending. Most of my siblings and myself live out of town – so it just made it easier planning wise. Of course we didn’t let our parents do anything. All they had to do was prepare themselves for the day.

I hope that one day Chris and I will be able to send out 50th wedding invitations for ourselves. We’ve been married 13 years – only 37 more to go! Wow that’s a huge number to bounce around. Thirty seven more years, yeah, I think we’ll make it.






Get your shower invitations at Wedding Needs

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I know it’s only February but I bet a number of you have children, cousins, nephews and nieces that are getting married this spring or summer. It’s time to start thinking about the upcoming bridal shows that you might be attending or possibly even planning.

If you are planning a shower for someone you care about why don’t you visit the Wedding Needs site and take a look at their bridal shower invitations. They have a fantastic selection on the site at very reasonable prices.

Now that I know about the site I’m certain that If I’m in a bridal party in the future that I’ll be taking a look at their wedding shower invitations and other types of shower invitations since there selection and prices are so good.

They even offer at least one deal. If you purchase 100 or more wedding invitations through their site you can get free Bridal Shower thank you notes.

Isn’t that nice?

Geneology – my family left Canada for the USA

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Are any of my readers genealogy buffs? For some reason I’ve always been interested in my family history. Actually I think I might know why I developed an interest early on. You see I’m the last child of much older parents. The next sibling closest to me is 10 years older, and my oldest brother was just shy of 20 when I arrived in this world. So I grew up knowing I might not have my parents around as long as most people do, and I only ever had one grandparent.

When I was 12 or so I began asking my only living grandparent about our family history. She was 92 at the time, and little did I know it but it’s a good thing that I did start asking questions when I did because she was gone a year later.

One of the things that I’d learned from her in those talks so long ago was that her branch of the family came from England, Wales, and Scotland. Part of her long family line had been in what was to become Canada since the 1600’s! Another thing that learned was that in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s several lines of our family moved to the US for work. Many of them settled in Ohio and Idaho.

I’d like to learn more about my American relatives so I might travel to Idaho one day. What have begun to do is spend some time researching the history of the areas that my relatives moved to. One of the areas is Boise Idaho.

Boise is a thriving city with a quaint small town feel from what I’ve gathered reading about the city. You know where I got some of my information? From the Boise Home Guide! Yeah, a real Estate page. Actually I’ve learned that the city is growing because many people like the city, and the atmosphere so much and that their real estate market is doing well as a result. Check out these homes on the Boise mls to see what’s available. I really like the style of some of the houses and the prices seem reasonable for the area as well.

Boise seems so nice. Perhaps I’ve discovered one of the reasons why my relatives moved there and ended up staying? I’d love to learn if they’ve started any businesses there or if anyone made a bit of a name for themselves in the area. That would be interesting. It’s always fun finding an interesting gem of information like that.

So how many of my gardening friends also have an interest in genealogy? I bet more of you have that interest than I think.

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