Jill at the Coles County fair grounds in Charleston, Illinois on Saturday, August 2, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

Jill screams at the top of the Ferris Wheel at the Coles County fair grounds in Charleston, Illinois on Saturday, August 2, 2008. Yeah I said ferris wheel.

My lovely wife, Jill, drives me to the Effingham Amtrak station so that I can hitch a ride with Santa on a train back to Mattoon. (Jay Grabiec)

Jill and I decorate our first Christmas tree at our house in Mattoon, Illinois on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. (Jay Grabiec)