Golden Anniversary

Our last day in Scotland, we celebrated Barbara and Richard's 50th wedding anniversary (the primary reason for our trip). The entire family came, including Barbara's sister Allison and her husband Tom, their children Chris and Catherine, Catherine's husband Dave, and their children Katrina and Little Andrew.

The gang's all here!

Katrina

Little Andrew

The happy couple

Dave

Catherine, Chris, and Andrew

Catherine

Allison

Tom

After dinner, we went home for cake, conversation, and entertainment provided by the kids, who were happily dressing up in anything they could find and hosting guessing games and raffles for the adults. (Note to self: I think this family rigs contests so that when the Americans come to visit and buy inordinate amounts of raffle tickets, they still don't win. Another note to self: this really is a gentler, kinder way to do things, silly American girl. :)







Allison had made an absolutely gorgeous cake (and Barbara had made me an egg-free batch of her famous "gunge", which was just as decadent). Afterwards, we launched a couple of sky lanterns to commemorate the occasion. It was a very memorable night!

It tasted even better than it looked (yes, I snuck a bit!)

The big kids prep the sky lantern.

Woo hoo! It's starting to fill!
Up it goes!
Look a UFO!