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You know you're not newlyweds when...

This conversation began at our 25th anniversary meal when Bob and I were talking together and I told him about the bout with diahrea I had that morning. Jezra began the "you know you're not newlyweds" by saying "...when you talk about diahrea at your anniversary meal."

Here's the ones we can remember and some I'm making up on the spot:
You know you're not newlyweds when...

• Your idea of romance is reading a book in bed together.
• You celebrate your anniversary with your teenagers.
• The wife says, "Let's go to bed early," winking to the husband and he says, "I think I'll stay up and watch TV." (This would probably never happen to us!)
• You go on a walk together for a romantic conversation and when you get home your wife says, "That was worth it! We got to talk to the neighbors for the first time." (This really happened soon after we moved to the place we live now. It's a running joke between us whenever we are on a walk and we talk with someone else.)
• You spend your time together talking about the kids, the mortgage, and your jobs.
• Sweet nothings really are nothing.
• The fire between you is the candle you lit at the table.
• You begin to kiss each other on the couch and the kids tell you to "get a room." (We always answer, "You get a room; this is our house!")
• Your teenager says that he would like to have a marriage as good as yours. (This really happened.)
• People tell you that you act like newlyweds!
  

25th Anniversary

Last night we celebrated our 25th by having a candlelight meal with our teenagers. It started a "You know you aren't newlyweds when..." discussion. We had a lot of fun. Jezra fixed a meal of pork chops with dijon sauce, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, and salad. We ate on our china. It was fun. You especially aren't newlyweds when you eat with your teenagers on your anniversary! Don't you think my "pirate" husband looks awesome!

Beautiful lilies out front by the porch

Welcome sign for us and pillars between living and dining rooms

Office and yellow bathroom

Kitchen with the pantry on one end

Inside Amber and Matt's New House

Amber and Matt have no internet access for a while until they can put a phone jack in their "office." I thought I'd let you take a tour of their new house since they won't be updating their blog for a while. The top and bottom picture are in their dining room. The middle one is their living room. It's all one long room with pillars and cupboards separating them.

Another great report for Breanna's tumor

The doctor says that tumor shows that it is diminishing a bit. She said that radiology would say that there was no significant change but she said that the contrast was less which can only be a good thing. It is still there and we can see it on the computer screen but you could see that the cysts that are inside the tumor were less prominant from last time (8 months ago) to this time (yesterday). She asked Breanna what she's doing. Breanna said, "Praying." She said, "Well keep it up; it sure is working!"

We had a good time at Amber and Matt's new house afterward. We ate Amber's homecooked meal (which was left over from their 2nd anniversary meal that they ate together Monday evening). It was delicious: Lasagna, garlic toast, salad, green beans with sesame seeds, and chocolate/peanut butter pie. We enjoyed our time with them and got home last night around 9:30.

Now, with Grandparents, he finally realizes he's free and ready to show his pleasure at that!

Adding Matt to the picture makes us all giddy and Kyle even more apprehensive about the day!

The whole family (except for Jezra who decided to stay home) is happy! Again, Kyle isn't ready to show his pleasure.

We're very happy it's all over! He's still not so sure!

He's not sure what to do now that it's all over!

Another wonderful cake made by Karen.

Pictures

Playing crochet which was a grad present from Amber and Matt and us to Kyle. From left: Matt, Dad, and Jezra.

Awesome Graduation Weekend for Kyle

The weather couldn't have been better...sunny and around 75 degrees. Our open house was to begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday but one couple actually coming at 1:50 while we were scrambling around to get the food on the table. We had a good turnout with a lot of people coming early and then about an hour break without any new people. At around 4:30 we had another "rush" of people. During the break the kids and some adults played games of horseshoes, badminton, and croquet. I enjoyed talking with everyone who came. It wasn't rushed soI felt like I had enough time to visit with everyone.

Graduation was Sunday afternoon. I think around 4oo people graduated. It took a little over an hour. It was nice to see some of the parents of kids I hadn't seen in a while. We took a lot of pictures afterward. Kyle is offically finished with high school.

I was going to upload some pictures but it's not working right now. I'll do that soon.

Tomorrow we head to Indianapolis for Breanna's MRI. Her last was 8 months ago and the tumor had shrunk just a little. Of course we're hoping it has shrunk all the way and isn't there this time! We will stop in and see Matt and Amber's new house in Muncie. They moved in last weekend.

It makes for a busy week.