Love is the only gold.Alfred Lord Tennyson

Happy 50th AnniversaryGilbert and Shirley

Gilbert growing up

Life is the flower for

which love is the honey.

Victor Hugo

Courting Days

Debutante

Gilbert’s 21st and their engagement

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for

which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be

afraid!'” - Robert Browning

To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer for poorer, in

sickness and in health, to love and to cherish to

death do us part.- Book of Common

Prayer

November 19th 1960

There is nothing half so

sweet in lifeAs love's young

dream.- Thomas

Moore

Now join hands, and with your hands your hearts. - William Shakespeare

There are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.- I Corinthians 13:13

Welcome to the world – NicholasJuly 25th 1962

“To witness the birth of a child is our best opportunity to experience the meaning

of the word miracle.”Paul Carvel

Welcome to the world – BernadetteFebruary 9th 1966

A daughter is a gift of love.  ~Author Unknown

Welcome to the world – Theresa28th September 1972

A daughter is the happy memories of the

past, the joyful moments of the

present, and the hope and promise of the

future.  ~Author Unknown

Shirley got her licence

Theresa 9 months old

Evans Family

Bernadette and Theresa

Theresa A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.  ~Marion C. Garretty

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.

~ C. Everett Koop

You don't choose your family.  They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.  ~Desmond Tutu

Nick’s Graduation

Manchester Manor

Theresa and Scruffy

Bernadette

Nicholas

Nick and Terese

Bernadette andTheresa

Nick and Terese’s WeddingApril 11th 1987

Tony and Bernadette’s Wedding20th February 1988

Theresa graduates high school 1988

Welcome to the world – Lukefirst grandchild

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.  ~Lois Wyse

Luke

Gilbert retires...

And they set off on their travels....

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.  ~Hilaire Belloc

Rod and Theresa’s WeddingJanuary 11th 1992

Love is a smile to share,

an ear to listen and a heart to love..

Welcome to the world JessicaMarch 12th 1993

"A granddaughter is a gift from above ... one to cherish and to love."

Welcome to the world Taylor28th July 1993

Christmas 1993

Theresa’s 21st with Luke 1993

Welcome to the world ZacharyFebruary 10th 1994

Itsy – Bitsy fingers,Wiggly little toes,Teeny – tiny tummy,Baby button nose -

Life with Grandkids

Luke in five generations

Jessica

Jessica

Taylor

Luke and Zac with Nanny

Zac, Taylor and Jessica

Welcome to the world Liam25th September 1995

Liam

Nanny, Grandad, Jessica and Liam

Zachary

Taylor

To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for

which the consequences have already been paid.  ~Robert Brault

Zac and Tayspartners in crime

January 1998

Hello and Goodbye- Grace16th – 17th December 1998

Our children change us…whether they live or not.

Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991

Granddad’s 60th Birthday

At Bridport with Nanny and Granddad

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for

growing old.  ~Mary H. Waldrip

Zachary and LiamBridport 2005

Terese and Jess

Jess and Taylor

Grandkids 2006

Luke graduates High School

Zac graduates primary school

Gilbert’s 70th Birthday

Grandsons

A garden of Love grows in a Grandmother's heart.  ~Author

Unknown

Hervey Bay with Bernadette 2010

The Evans’s

Jess graduates High School

The Ryan’s

Taylor Dux2010

The Carter’s

Still travelling, still adoring grandkids 50 years on

A Golden Couple

Half a century ago, they say,A wonderful marriage began that day.

Two beautiful people joined as one,And worked together to make living fun.

We celebrate now those fifty years;We raise our glass and give three cheers:To partners in life in both work and play,

It’s our pleasure to share your golden day.

Happy 50th Anniversary!By Karl Fuchs