Celebration

My dad will turn 90 years old this week -- a rather exceptional accomplishment. In addition, my mom will turn 85 next month, which also isn't too shabby. In honor of these two singular occasions, we threw a bit of a party.

Birthday honorees

My dad has been a church organist for about 75 years. It wasn't his day job, but it's been his passion. Our daughter is a young composer, looking for commissions. So we coupled the two by commissioning her to write an organ piece for his birthday.

The cake baker and the cake

Sunday afternoon we had the premiere of the new composition as part of a brief recital. Then we topped it off with a reception. Our other daughter bakes cakes as a hobby, so we commissioned her to take care of that.

Family shot

There was quite a crowd (more than we expected), including lots of my parents' friends, and a bunch of my cousins I hadn't seen in decades. It was a good celebration