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This weeks Flickr interesting photo.

I decided to pick this photo because I love the colors and the subject of trains is one this family really gets into. Noah is really into Thomas & Friends so we are always on lookout for different train themes.

We purchased a Nintendo Wii quite a while ago. Unfortunately with all the work I’ve been doing, Rachel and I haven’t had much of a chance to play it. Rachel has been asking me to download Super Mario Brothers on the virtual console. This weekend I finally got around to doing it.

Rachel has really been enjoying playing the old game, and now I’m afraid I’ll never get to play the wii again…

Today is our anniversary. Rachel and I have been married for 10 years now. I have loved the last ten years and I am looking forward to the next ten. In retrospect, it’s amazing how our lives have changed in that timeframe.

We have lived in a trailer and a house, and we have now purchased land to build a new house. We plan on building in the spring, but may hold off until later depending on circumstances.

Our marriage went through four years of infertility and we now have two wonderful boys. Noah is 3 years old and unbelievable smart and Wyatt is 22 months and he is always trying to best his brother.

Rachel worked for Mercy hospital for several years as a CNA/PCT. During her pregnancy with Noah she experienced preterm labor, and has stayed at home since. I think her job as a stay at home mom is more challenging then her previous job could have ever been. There are good days and bad, but I don’t believe she would change things if she could.

I worked for Tone Brothers, Inc. for the first 8 years of our marriage. I’ve been working from home for AOL for almost two years, now. Originally I was hired to work on Netscape Navigator 9. When The Netscape homepage moved to Propeller and the browser project was discontinued I moved over to working on Propeller full time.

Not all the changes have been good ones. The years of infertility were especially trying. I do not think you can truly understand what a strain infertility puts on a marriage unless you go through it.

I’m two years past the 30 year old mark and rapidly approaching the 33rd. Rachel is almost ready to cross the 30 year mark herself. As such, the time has taken a toll on our health. I’ve especially struggled with my weight, having gained over 80 pounds since we married. Although, in the last year I’ve taken off 30 to 35 pounds of that.

We are sitting here watching home movies of the boys over the past three years, and it just reminds me how lucky we have been. We have had good times and bad in our marriage, but watching the boys as they have aged and moved from stage to stage, reminds me just what a blessing our lives and marriage has been.

I fell in love and married Rachel ten years ago. I love her more today then I did back then. These last 10 years have been amazing and I can only imaging what the next ten years hold.

Over the weekend my brother threw a party. He fell asleep on his arm and woke up with something called “Saturday Night Palsy”. Saturday Night Palsy or Radial neuropathy results from acute trauma to the radial nerve that extends the length of the arm. As of last night he was starting to get some movement back in his wrist, but it was still impaired. He has a doctors appointment about it, today.

I just hope that the condition isn’t permanent and he will regain full use of his hand and wrist.