Golden anniversary

Sharon and Mike Brier celebrated their 50th anniversary with 150 friends and family, some of whom traveled from Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, Miami, Dallas, Mansfield, Austin and McAllen. The celebration, which was held at Life HTX, featured their dating and wedding photos across a long wall as well as photos of all the guests attending. Sharon and Mike toasted each other with gold cups that Sharon's grandparents, Mary and Adolph Westerman, and her parents, Norma and Louis Albert, used at their 50th anniversaries. Sharon wore a gold dress to start off in honor of their golden anniversary but changed to a unique wedding dress with a layered skirt that peeled off to a mini skirt with fringe during a dance she and had Mike practiced for months. Her mah jongg group and his poker group had fun things to say to commemorate friendships. A cake with red lips and a golden tongue was custom-made, and a red lip ice sculpture had clear chocolate vodka shots coming out. Instead of gifts, Sharon and Mike asked for donations for the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation for brain cancer research, ultimately raising more than $7,000. Pictured are (from left) Mike and Sharon, Sam and Linh (Doan) Brier and (in front) Dash, age 9, and Max, age 7. 

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