we are all in awe

june 24, 1961.

the day my parents, ted bryant and joan elizabeth "toby" long, wed.

 july 19, 2011.

four children, eight grandchildren later.

we celebrated this awesome occasion on kiawah island, south carolina.

wow.

look how beautiful they are.

all they've ever wanted was for their children to be happy.

we are.

they've never given us grief over not living in north carolina.

they believe we should explore the world.

they bask in the fact that we are all responsible, happy kids with families of our own.

we are in awe of them.

i'm sure they would say that they love us more than we know...

well, i know we would say the same.

we had a great night celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

i think we all hope to make it that far.....in tact...

with cake...

thank you for being our inspiration.

for giving us the love and care and space that we needed.

you guys seemed to have the recipe right.

we had a great party...

especially this one...