A Kansas farmer found 1.2 million ways to show his wife of 50 years how much he loves her.
Celebrating their golden anniversary in 2023, Lee Wilson surprised his wife Renee with a field of golden sunflowers, 24,000 for each year they were married.
Keep reading to learn more about this incredibly romantic gesture!
Lee Wilson was on a mission to find an extra special gift for his beautiful bride Renee, with whom he was celebrating 50 years of marriage.
The farmer, who lives in Pratt, Kansas, said their love story started when the two were in high school, and shares it was love at first sight.
“We met in high school. She couldn’t date until she was 16, and I called her on her 16th birthday and that’s when we started dating,” Lee recalled, sharing the sweet moments of their happy beginnings at a rink party in Harper, Kansas. “Our first date was a roller-skating party.”
It was then he knew she was “the one.”
He wasn’t wrong.
‘PERFECT ANNIVERSARY GIFT’
Months ahead of their August, 2023 anniversary, the doting husband started planning for his wife, who deserved a grand expression of love.
“Well, we’re celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary August 10th and you know, what’s a guy get his gal for the 50th?” Wilson tells ABC News affiliate KAKE-TV. “And I put a lot of thought into it, and she always liked sunflowers. And I thought this is the year to plant sunflowers, so I planted her 80 acres of sunflowers.”
