2 years already!?

So, as some of you may or may not know, Sharon and I hit the two year wedding anniversary mark yesterday. It really is amazing what time does as you get older. It seems to step on the accelerator at the wedding, and when the first child comes, the pedal is to the floor!

Sharon and John came in to Roanoke Monday to meet me for lunch, which was a welcome and rare treat. After hitting up our favorite BBQ spot for lunch, we said goodbye until, at least I thought, I came home that evening. However, when I left work, Sharon had left a package in the car which left only a riddle and my intellect to be able to find her that evening! Well, after a few hints (and a stop at the house for some supplies), I found her (and Hokie) waiting at a small campground nestled in the woods next to the New River. Grandma was keeping John for the night, and Sharon and I had a wonderful evening to ourselves with the soothing sounds of the river behind us (and a roaring train passing by every 45 minutes, but that's another topic in itself). The plan was to go tubing in the morning, but since we were all packed and ready at 9 the next morning and the tube rental place didn't open until 11, we decided to take Hokie home and then go tubing in Radford, which is closer (but on the same river, and Hokie ended up going tubing with us). All worked well, and we both came home looking like lobsters (due to false-advertising from mr. sunscreen).

So we did indeed have a great anniversary, and hopefully we won't find ourselves having to explain to John in a few years why we took the dog camping and tubing while he was left with Grandma (Hokie has been in an "escape and run" phase lately, and we really don't trust him much anywhere except home).

After this week, hopefully work will slow down a little - we had major deadlines this week for our first project in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (one of the toughest places to build in the country) and for another Greenbrier project, for which I am directly responsible. Our beach vacation next week couldn't come at a more ideal time!