I'm so proud of my sister in law!

Today was mine and Mark's (is that correct grammar??) 6th wedding anniversary. We've been through so much stuff since we got married...most of it pretty tough. My weight loss surgery just two weeks before we got married (Yep...I just celebrated my 6th anniversary for that, too...and I have to get serious about this whole thing again, but that's a topic for another day), Mark losing his job of 17 years at Lutheran Brotherhood due to the merger with AAL, Mark's hip surgery, job stresses for me at Ezekiel, more job stuff with Mark, a miscarriage, the birth of Hope (that's been a GREAT thing, just so you know), a job change for me (that's been a great thing, too), parents getting older, and now trying to sell a house and figure out where we want to live. Anyway, there have been great vacations, great friends, time with our wonderful families, the ability to be able to do lots of updates on our house, great views from the back deck of our house and watching Hope grow up in those years, too. So for our anniversary today Mark's parents came and babysat for Hope after Andy's (Mark's nephew) confirmation party. Guess what we did??? We went to IKEA!!! LOL How romantic is that?? Well, it wasn't romantic, but it was fun. I love that store. I think Mark has grown to tolerate it. Then we went out to eat and headed home. On the way home we stopped at Mark's sister's (Cheryl) house to drop off Andy's confirmation gift. Cheryl shared some really incredible news with me: she was nominated as one of the contenders for Teacher of the Year in the Hudson School District. It's an awesome school district, so just to be nominated is a huge honor. Well, she WON!!! Cheryl teaches 1st grade and is an incredible teacher, so she is very deserving of this award. So here's kudos for my sister in law!! YEAH CHERYL!!!

I have much more to say, but I've got a headache the size of Cleveland and I have an 8:40 doctor's appointment in the morning, so it's time to go to bed. Until later...