Wedding Wednesday - No Wait, Today's Monday

36 years ago today...

Yep, Mr. Brown Eyes & I were 12 & 13 (lol) in this picture at our reception 36 years ago! 

Time sure flies!  

Happy Anniversary Mr.Brown Eyes!

60th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated Sunday (1939)

60th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated Sunday

  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ott, of Albion, were honored Sunday, December 10, on their 60th Wedding anniversary, by the presence of their children and families.
   Mr. and Mrs. Ott were marrieed in Noble Township, Noble County, December 11, 1879, and have resided here all their lives.
  Those present at the anniversary dinner were their sons, Charles, Frank and Harvey, and daughters, Lura Ott, Mrs. Charles Ott, and the grandchildren, Messers, Thomas, James, Calvin, Eugene, Kenneth and Kay Ott, Miss Marjorie Ott and Mrs. Mildred Moore.   Three great grandchildren, John and David Moore and Vanita Ott, Dr. Richard Moore, of Ft Wayne, Miss Thelma Weber, Ross Hollopeter and Mrs. Harold Ott.
  Mrs. Gertrude Seymoure and Mrs. Anna Hire were honor guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ott, as they were present at the marriage 60 years ago.
  Mr. Ott also will celebrate his 86th birthday on December 15.

[Newspaper source unknown, clipping found in Ott Notebooks at the Noble County, Public Library, Noble County, Indiana.]

Wedding Wednesday - Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary today to fellow blogger, Carol from Reflections From The Fence & her man...

This Day I Thee Wed...

Sept. 9, 1977

Happy Anniversary to my awesome husband!

Another Road Trip

Husband Mark announced this past week that we were going to Ft Wayne for our anniversary. Now for the average person that may not sound like much but for a dedicated genealogy buff like me it only means one thing! I get to spend a day researching at the Allen County Public library!

I know alot of people will wonder about the sanity of someone who is happy with a research trip as an anniversary gift - well when you've been married 33 years there really isn't anything I want or need. So a trip to research works for me! I'm very blessed in that my husband, Mark, doesn't mind researching right along side of me. Together we research, visit cemeteries and generally just have a good time regardless of whether we are hanging out at our castle (home) or if we are on the road doing whatever!

Throw in a few friends, a great day researching, dinner at Bandito's afterward and let me tell you, life doesn't get much better than that!

I'll do my prep with their online catalog, making the day productive - it can be found here . As I've stated before I am a firm believer in prepping for research trips. So my spread sheets are under way, the research notebook is in process, found my copy card and my walking shoes!

Now if only I could twitch my nose and transport myself there - maybe a good book will make that three hour drive a bit more bearable.

Happy researching!
Karen

Family History

And the grin on his face is still there too!

32 years ago today I changed my name. Yep, sure did. Lets turn back the clock & the calendar a bit...

I was attending a small jr. college in my home town, Manatee Junior College, located in Bradenton, Florida. Valentines day was fast approaching and as schools sometimes did they decided to have a valentines day dance.

My friends all thought it would be great fun for the five of us to go together, a girls night out sort of thing since none of us were in any serious relationships. So we made our plans, figured out our clothing choices and off we went.

Sitting together at a large round table, we had other friends both male & female stop by for visits and laughs but most continued on to dance or return to their tables. No biggie. I left the table for a bit to visit some other friends and when I returned this "person" was in my chair and he appeared to have no interest in moving!

Thirty two years that person is still in my "seat" or perhaps I should rephrase that - he's definitely still in my life - He asked me out at that valentines day dance and we've been together since. We married Sept. 9th, 1977 at an outdoor sunset ceremony in Sarasota, Florida.

Two children, three grandsons, a cross country move and we're still here, still in love and enjoying life together. Still crazy after all those years!

Now if that isn't family history I don't know what is....

Happy Anniversary Mark!

Karen