62 years

This is my mom's parents, Jeanette and Martin (Arthur B! when he is in trouble, and if anybody else but Granny calls him that their in trouble, too!). Yesterday was their 62 wedding anniversary, can you believe in 1947 Granny had her wedding dress made for twenty dollars? While I love my other grandparents and Brian's grandparents, everyone knows they are my favorite. Probably because I am JUST like her. Her favorite pastime is shopping and shoe collecting, she was a shoe model in the 40's (glamorous) and I wish everyday I had her feet. She's great in the kitchen, and everything I know about desserts came from her and my mom. She's a born and bred Texan and has a great family history and her grandfather has a tiny town in central Texas named after him. He headed up a petition for a post office but on the paper left out a name for the post office so they just filled in his name, Lohn, and so it was born! Alas she had to go off and marry a yankee (he gets called that too when he's in trouble) from Michigan who was down in TX for the war. She loves telling about the first time he came to the house and her and mother were watching through the windows, "He didn't stand a chance in that uniform!" He was sent to Japan and she still has old yellowed telegraphs he sent her and as soon as he got back they were married at her beloved TCU. He had to finish school in Michigan and their pre-nup was they had to move back to Texas ASAP! Within a year they were. Grandad was an engineer and always built things with his hands. I remember he was building a two-story dollhouse and he glued little wooden shingles on one at a time. He wasn't able to finish it before he lost his eyesight. Now he loves listening to music programs and old musicals. They raised a great family, full of hard-workers and lots of humor. We took them out to eat lunch yesterday and they had such a good time. They love that Brian is in the service and swapping stories with him. We've been able to see them alot this summer and I think thats a good thing, I pray with all my heart there will be 63 next year.