Here's February's second trip.
Tammy's parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in February with a party. As invitee's and also a part of the family, Tammy and I boarded a Thursday evening flight to Chicago on February 26th. We met up with Stas and Lizzy upon landing at O'Hare and arrived at the Kelly's home around 10pm where some Jimmy John's sandwiches awaited us.
Friday morning we went through old photos to make three collage boards for the party. A quick visit to the party venue - Whitetail Ridge Golf Club - was made in the early afternoon to check on some final preparations for the party like house music set up and a projector for a slide show Stas put together. Tammy's aunt from KS and her cousin from MD stopped by in the evening for a visit and some catered shrimp pad thai and beef stroganoff from Noodles and Company.
Saturday was party day. Tammy and I went to the venue around 1030am to set up the music and slide show. Family, friends from work and church, and old neighbors started arriving around noon. All of Tammy's living aunt and uncles from both her mom and dad's sides were in attendance as were many cousins she hadn't seen in years. Lots of visiting took place. The food was a buffet style of appetizers like cheese and crackers, vegetable trays, hamburger and pulled pork sliders, turkey sandwiches, meatballs, pretzel bites with beer cheese sauce, coconut chicken strips, mac'n'cheese as well as chicken wellington bites all washed down with drinks from an open bar. The dessert table was an assortment of goodies and an anniversary cake from Sweet Temptations Dessert Company along with decorated sugar cookies from Dough Much Love. The party ended there at 4pm and moved straight to the Kelly's house. There family was treated to more visiting and more vegetables, chips, cheese and sausage with crackers, pulled pork, and leftover sweets from the party. The festivities wrapped up around 9pm with the departure of the final guests.
We relaxed on Sunday talking and doing laundry. I tackled a few odd projects. I put Stas's 60th anniversary slide show on Grandpa's laptop, got a stubborn weight back on the grandfather clock, and troubleshooted their tv streaming issue. 4am Monday found us on our way to O'Hare for the trip back home.
Link to photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/WFo4GUnsJWY2wJC3A
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