Captain, Captain!!!!!

In a previous post, I mentioned that Mike had passed the written part of the Captain's test. That was just the first part of the promotion process. After the written test, they had to take a verbal test. After that, they were ranked and so forth. Needless to say, it's not an easy process. After another interview with the higher ups at the department---it's official! As of Friday afternoon Mike was promoted to Captain. This has been a long time coming for him. He loves his job and all that goes with it! So with all the excitement going on this weekend, we decided we needed to celebrate. On Friday night, my friend Kim helped me get a few folks together for a celebration gathering at Old Chicago! Thanks again Kim for helping me out. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera, so there aren't any photos! :o(

The celebrations continuted on Saturday night! I found a firetruck cake mold and Mike's sister Lisa whipped this little cake up for me. So we had a little party at his other sister's house. Then we took his mom and the kids to dinner that night! I tell you, I couldn't have imagined a better way to spend my weekend! While Mike will act like this is no big deal (he is very modest), I must say that I am so proud of him and I am so excited that he has allowed me to be a part of such important times in his life! Congratulations!!