Happy Plane-aversary...

Sara and I have now been married for 6 great years. We love telling people at work and school how long we've been married, most can hardly believe it. It has been a sweet ride, mostly because Sara has been my sugar mama, supporting me by working and keeping me from doing stupid stuff that would likely result in an untimely death, like ride bikes without helmets, not wear my seatbelt, drive at excessive speeds or race strangers, and go out in sun without sunscreen. While the last one might not seem to most people that it would result in death, Sara is sure that one or two days in the sun per year without sun screen will inevitably result in deadly skin cancer. Regardless, its her way of showing she cares.

Since Father's Day fell on our anniversary, Sara felt obliged to make this a super celebration. Things got started early in the week when she handed me a printed page with a Wii on it! This meant that we were buying one, but that she needed my help finding one since they are tough to get your hands on. Talk about a bangin' gift, I've been wanting one since last year when I got my first taste. 1 bazillion points for Sara I love her! We got one off of Craig's List and are now blood-shot eyed Wii fiends. If you want to connect via Wii, let us know and we can swap numbers and school you in Dr. Mario or something.

Things only got better from there. On Friday Sara made a choose your own adventure book with a cute make believe story of our first meeting. First I chose to fly to Italy, so we went to an awesome Italian restaurant on Penn's campus. My next choice led to the swanky movie theatre near campus where we watched Indiana Jones, great movie.

The next choice led to a trip to Six Flags on Saturday! I've never been to an amusement park other than Disneyland and Lagoon. Like the commercials say, more flags = more fun. We bought our tickets online and scoffed at the flash pass thing that allowed you to reserve a place in line, or to skip the line altogether (more money). What a snobby thing to do, some over privileged kids are going to be cutting to the front of the line because daddy has money. Well we got there at park opening and the line for the first thrill ride was already 90 minutes. After waiting it out we ran to the booth to get a flash pass! For a more than nominal fee, we got a little pager thing that would scroll through all the rides listing the wait time. When you select the ride you want it tells you when to show up. Mean while we could ride other rides, eat, play games, and walk around and then just show up and be ushered right to the front of the line. So worth it. We figured that without it, we would have only been able to ride half the rides we did and we would have been super grumpy about it.

All in all, Sara gets an A++ for this year's Anniversary/Father's Day. Sara's love and kindness always continues to remind me of why I married her in the first place. Thanks Sara for a wonderful 6 years and here's to the next 6 filled with more wonder and more Wii!