Saturday, the 29th of March, 2008, was a special day for me. Jennie and I went to the Muckleshoot Indian Casino for the 2007 Drivers Award Banquet, put on by Ruan, my employer. Social time was from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, with the dinner starting at 7:00pm. After the dinner, the award ceremony started. The first awards given out were for years of safe driving with Ruan.

Here is a picture of the award I received for 4 years of safe driving with Ruan.

Following that was the awards for miles of safety.

Here I am receiving the award for Two Million Miles of safe driving overall.

This is a picture of the award.

I also received a few other items from Ruan.

This is a picture of a hat that was given to all the drivers who were to receive awards, whether they were able to make it to the dinner or not.

As you can see, this hat has a special feature. It has headlights built into the brim of the hat. There is a "hidden" switch that turns the lights off and on. Really useful when having to work in the dark.

This is a picture of a flashlight that was also given to all the drivers who were eligable to receive awards.
Every flashlight was engraved with the drivers name, along with the phrase "Safety is First".

We had a fun time attending the dinner. The food was excellent and the company was great. And no, we did not go out on the floor for any post party gambling. We came straight home afterwards. And I am kinda glad we did, because there were spots where we were getting a lot of snowfall on the drive home. There were several areas that received a lot of snow overnight, but there was very little here at home. It all disappeared by Sunday morning.