Anniversary

Jason and I celebrated our sixth anniversary this last Saturday. We went down to Des Moines Saturday and spent the afternoon at the Iowa Historic museum. It was really neat. We were there for several hours, long enough to not have time to go to the art center or the botanical center. We went and saw the movie "The A-Team" and it was really enjoyable. We had supper at Bravo and went to our hotel room to swim. We came back home after checking out since it was really rainy and gloomy. It was a nice relaxing weekend for us, something we really needed.

Jason did have me take a picture in the museum of something he thought was amusing.

I thought this was amazing.
Those bottles are filled with sand. Yes, the artist, who was a deaf-mute, placed each grain of sand to make the art. It's quite amazing. There were several pieces displayed.

Fun Packed Weekend

We had a wonderful time in Galena this weekend! We went over to game with our friends. We stayed at the Country Inn and Suites with some of them and the hotel is always nice. It doesn't hurt that they have a water slide! As you can see, we had a blast in the pool!

We also tried the new Chinese buffet in Galena, which was pretty tasty. They even told me that I said "thank you" correctly. (Did I mention that I'm learning Chinese, Thai and Russian through my co-workers? I'm doing all right, but still have a lot to learn.) We had a really great time, and had a lot of laughs. It's always a good time when we get together with our gaming group!

It's been a long week, though. I stayed home Monday with a headache and exhaustion. Jason didn't sleep very well Sunday night, and it didn't help me sleep at all. I've been walking the dogs at work and of course it's been really hot and sticky. We'll get by though. Our air conditioning is working just fine, so it's helpful to come home to a cool house.

Videos

Thought I would post the videos from this weekend!


Here's Jason and Ethan playing video games.


Ethan showing me how he blows bubbles.