25 Years Later...

Twenty-five years later, we celebrated my parents' wedding anniversary with a big bash at the church. Of course, I had to forget the camera at home when we left for the weekend, so this is the only picture I have so far acquired from the party:

The Hillukka family

In the months leading up to the party, it felt as though the whole thing was disorganized. I had volunteered to plan it, and left mostly everything to the last minute. If it weren't for everyone who helped out, I would have never been able to pull it off.

I spent the first half of Saturday afternoon in the kitchen. Even though I had tons of help from my sisters, I ran around like crazy trying to refill the food and visit with people in-between. After a while, I was able to slow down quite a bit and enjoy myself. At the end of the day, everyone worked together to clean up and it was over before I realized what was going on.

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I would like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone who attended and helped out at the party. You're all amazing! I wish I could properly thank all of you....

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Now, I can relax for a little while and enjoy planning the wedding--we're only four months away! Just think, twenty-five years from now, we will be celebrating our twenty-fifth and my parents their fiftieth. :)