Renee and Bob Horton of Powell Butte celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 1.

The couple were married July 1, 1972, at the United Methodist Church in Nyssa, Oregon. After the 1969 moon landing, the couple met while viewing a lunar rock display at Oregon State University.

They have two children and four grandchildren: Russell Horton and wife Ginette Lalonde of Tacoma, Washington, and Rebecca Botaitis and husband John of Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Horton retired from the Contact Industries in Prineville in 2012. His hobbies include woodworking, travel and fishing.

Mrs. Horton retired from working at Safeway in Redmond in 2013.

Her hobbies include quilting, reading and traveling. She had been a PEO member for 31 years.

They have lived in Central Oregon for 27 years.