Grandpa and Grammy's 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration

December 1988Here we are on our flight to Oklahoma. Many of our friends and family know the funny story of this memorable flight. It is not easy to fly with a 2 month old and and 18 month old. Bill was recovering from a "procedure" and it was quite an eventful trip.
Here is Jeremy with his Great Grandpa Pate. Grandpa pate was great with Jeremy. He called him "Red on the Top"! I remember Jeremy being fussy and Grandpa said, "Boy, you get up on that couch and go to sleep." And Jeremy did!! Wow it was utterly amazing to me.

Dressed to the 9s and ready for the party.

Here are all of Grandpa and Grammy Pate's children. Left to right; Debbie, Janette, Carol and Modena.
Here they are with Grandpa and Grammy. It was a happy time of celebration. 50 years together is an amazing thing to accomplish.
The party was at the legion in Tulsa Oklahoma.




This was a fun trip. I enjoyed visiting all of Bill's family. It was cold and snowy in Oklahoma. We did venture out an buy some things. I remember this is where we bought the huge Christmas Stockings that we had for Jeremy and Brian. I also remembering how different the people down south were. They were relaxed and in no hurry. Growing up in southern California and then living in Las Vegas I was used to stressed out people in a hurry. The people in Oklahoma were very kind and nice to us even at the grocery store. It was strange but in a nice way.