Birthday, Anniversary, and School Starts

Last weekend, Karen and I celebrated an anniversary, and I celebrated a birthday.  My parents also visited that weekend. One of the things we all did was visit the Illinois State Fair last Sunday.  This week, the girls started school at Peoria Christian, and I started (teaching) school at Bradley University.  To add to the craziness of the week, Karen came down with shingles.  It has been rough for her (and frustrating to miss work, especially after missing some days the week before due to jury duty), but she has been toughing it out and seems to be on the mend.