always together

this weekend marks the 65th wedding anniversary of my grandparents - SIXTY FIVE YEARS, people!

i remember their 50th anniversary party at their church in saginaw (the fall after i graduated from high school). then came the 55th, where the family surprised them with dinner at the ember's restaurant (now closed) in mt. pleasant (jason was with me for this one).

for their 60th, the family gathered again at a church camp for the weekend. everyone in the family was there for the whole weekend, and we didn't have to cook or clean, just bond. (i had two kids by then). we surprised the old folks with matching t-shirts with their 'slogan' on it, if you will - always together - for all of us.

well, here it is, another five years have passed, and we're getting together again at the church camp. a couple more kids have been born, a couple shirts have gone missing (after all, i've lived in three houses in that time!). so i was charged with the task of making sure everyone had a shirt for this year.

given that i needed 11, which is a large number, but not large enough for any production company to create one for me at a reasonable price, i made them myself.

i present to you, an 'original' from 2003:


and a 'cara original' from 2008:


how about THAT! 11 shirts packed and ready to distribute tomorrow...

look for a future blog post where i will share my tshirts secrets, and you can all start ordering your own custom shirts by cara ;)