Robert's Birthday

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This has been a busy week for us. I worked over time last week at both jobs. A total of 89 hours on the clock. It will be nice to have extra money for the trip. It was Robert's 18th birthday. So now we officially have an "empty nest." Feels like we are young again. I have uploaded some old pictures of our engagement and wedding. We became engaged while on a trip with my family out West. Then DW went to California to visit his uncle and aunt. He got a job and I went out several months later where we got married overlooking the ocean.

Update 7-2-09

We have had a very busy week. You all know we took a balloon ride for our anniversary. It was a special day. We started with a visit to the temple where we renewed our covenants. That was the best. Kendall & Joanne was there too. The temple is such a peaceful place where the outside world stays outside. The rest of the day was totally ours. It's nice to be together for fun stuff instead of business and fire dept stuff. At the end of the week we spent a few days at the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts Conference. Dan took a Trusttees class and I manned a booth for Illinois EMT Association. When we got home we found multiple jobs needing to be done. I spent several days working on the garden. Dan has been helping with the lawn as well as other household jobs. We also have had to get some blood tests. This week we are starting our membership at the hospital's gym. Since I work there we both get a free membership. We can get a health insurance discount if we start using it. Maybe this will help us get into shape. This also gives us access to the personal trainers to monitor our progress. (Sarah already does a good job of that anyway.) Today we started the exercise routine that the phys tech outlined for each of us to follow. We both survived! Right now I just finished making Landon's Birthday cake for his party tonight.