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Treasure Chest Thursday

Charm Bracelet Treasure Chest Thursday is a blog theme that focuses on a family treasure or heirloom.  This sterling silver charm bracelet belonged to my mother, Caroline Livingston, nee Elbert.  She also had a 14k gold charm bracelet, that I don’t have a photo of, with a ton more charms than this one has.  She wore one or the other bracelet to church and on special occasions when she dressed

Happy 47th Anniversary!

That is what I would be saying to my parents today, if they were still on this Earth.  Today would be their 47th wedding anniversary.  I posted about their wedding previously on this blog, at Happy 45th Anniversary.  My sisters and I still have their wedding photo album and some of the table favors, which are pictured below.  We are very fortunate that our parents saved everything their entire lives!

Happy 45th Anniversary!

Richard Livingston and Caroline Elbert were married on September 19, 1964 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York.  It was a traditional wedding ceremony. The bride wore a beautiful white lace wedding gown with a huge hoop skirt underneath.  Three attendants dressed in teal gowns preceded the bride down the aisle.  The handsome groom and his three attendants stood waiting at the altar in their tuxedos.  The

Wordless Wednesday – Cousins

Wordless WednesdayCousins on Easter – circa 1968