First things first here are the twins’ families.
Lana and her husband of thirty five years, Steve.
Leonard, Mandy, Hope and Andrew. Leonard and Mandy have been married 17 years this month.
Lana and Leonard each had words of appreciation and love to share with us before we sang a family favorite, Bless Thou the Lord, O my soul.
Lana was emotional all day long and we cried and laughed with her.
Leonard shared these verses for us from 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20: For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy.
A prayer for our meal and then we enjoyed a delicious plateful of barbecue brisket, sausages and all the trimmings.
After dinner, we were called up for Line Dancing.
Getting ready to Line Dance!
After Line Dancing it was time for cake!
It was a wonderful party from beginning to end. After cake we had a chance to speak up and encourage Lana and Leonard with affirmations of their contributions to making our lives better. Both Lana and Leonard have been so generous with their time, advice, prayers, talents and resources over the years to their spouses, children, nieces, nephews, siblings and friends. It was good to hear several speak up and share special memories.
The joy continued on Sunday and that will be another post.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…what a hoedown.
Tom, it really was. 🙂
Just looking at the pictures of everyone smiling made me smile, too! I think your family sounds just wonderful!
Lisa, thank you, we’ve adapted to all our varied personalities well with God’s help! 🙂
I’ve always thought that line dancing would be a lot of fun!
Barbara, it really is fun.
I love the verse L and L shared out of 1 Thessalonians! What a fun party! I wish I knew how to line dance – but it looks like I’d be able to learn in a large happy place like that!
Y’all look lined up for some fun, boot scootin’ birthday dancing! Cheers to a grand family celebration and may the twins have many, many wonderful birthdays!
Looks like all had a wonderful time.
Such happiness. God bless you all.
What a party! Loving all the photos.