Vacation

Today is my last day of work. For eleven days. I am taking 6 days of vacation to get 11 days off. That's a nice deal. It helps that there are 2 weekends and Memorial day in there, but it's very nice. During this time, we are leaving the kids with grandma and my wife and I are taking our first prolonged, alone vacation ever. We had a one day honeymoon because she had to be back at work on Monday since she was on probation with her new job. We took a week vacation a few years back where we spent 3 days at a hotel across the street from Disneyland with the kids (2 at this point), then spent a day at home on staycation, then drove up to San Francisco for 2 days of alone vacation. This one, we are getting away from it all. Leave on Monday, come back Sunday night.
Next Thursday will be our 10th anniversary. It's been bliss. It's been blisters. It's been an adventure. And now we are rewarding ourselves for the journey thus far, and hopefully strengthening our marriage for the next 63 years. (When I originally asked Trina to marry me, I asked her for the next 75 years, so when I'm 98, we have to get remarried. I hope it will be ok that I'll be marrying a 93 year old hottie and not robbing the cradle.)
So, my plan is pretty much radio silence next week while we are gone. If you don't hear from me for a week, know that I am ok and enjoying myself and enjoying my wife. Thank you for helping us make it for the last 10 years and we look forward to the rest of our lives together, growing, raising our kids, and falling more and more in love with each other.
My daughter is trying to read this. That is the problem with teaching kids how to read. You can't keep things as secret anymore. The problem really comes when you can't spell things out over their head anymore. Then it's a matter of talking away from them so they can't hear the planning stages but still get the full effect of the outcome :)