Yep - after beautiful weather on Friday and even into Saturday, the Colorado weather did a 180 turn and we ended up with about 4 inches of snow. It was a windy storm with very wet snow as well. Good to get the extra moisture, though. I was able to fertilize the grass on Saturday afternoon, just ahead of the storm, so I'm hoping the grass responds really well and we get a beautiful lawn again this year.
Once again, I'm up in an airplane, headed to California. I knew this trip was coming, but I had no idea that it would be this long and involved. I will be in Silicon Valley all week long! In fact, my flight plans have me returning home on Saturday morning, which is even worse. I was hoping to be able to at least go camping this weekend, but that won't even work today - crazy week, with tons of meetings. It will be tough. The worst part is leaving Amy at home alone with all 5 kids. I was able to help her out a bunch this morning, at least by taking care of little baby Jarrett, but she won't have that help for the rest of the week. I really feel bad when these types of business trips come up. Unfortunately, I really have to turn my attention to work, at least for the next 3 days - I have a TON of things to do and catch up on as I work to prepare myself for all of the customer meetings this week. It will definitely be a long and exhausting week. But - I can lean back on the perspective gained over the last month - none of this stuff really matters in the end. I need to work, I need to earn a living to help my family, but I don't need to get overly stressed or sacrifice too much for my work. The only thing that matters is sitting back in Colorado! I really love and miss my sweet family.
Yesterday was Mother's Day (the day of the big storm). I did as much as I could for my sweet wife. I gave her a couple of cards with iTUNE's gift cards - so that she could buy some music online. I made breafast and dinner (we didn't have lunch) and I made sure that the family worked together to clean up the kitchen after both meals. We also took some much needed naps and we played some games together as a family. It was a very nice (and snowy day). It was also a very hard day for me. My sweet Mother passed away just 2 weeks ago today. I really miss her. I know that I will see her again, but for the rest of my time here on earth, I will no longer be able to call her up to just chat, to share stories, to listen to her sing "Happy Birthday" to me and my family, to comiserate about our mutual health issues, etc. My brother wrote a great blog about his feelings this weekend - he could have wrote it for all of us - we all feel the same way. Wendy Brown - you are sorely missed on this big ball called Earth. Whereever you are, know that we love you and can't wait to be re-united with you again!! You made an ENORMOUS impact while you were here and I just pray that I can be half the person that you were!! I love you Mom!
I will share a great little JPG that was shared via facebook this week. I think I've gone through most of this list. I feel like I'm doing pretty well, but I know that I'm not. My health is not doing well right now. In fact, I am in more pain and feel more uncomfortable now than I ever have in my entire life. It is really bad. Plus, spiritually, I need to be doing more. I have been actually studying the scriptures more diligently, but not frequently enough. I hope to do better this week and really develop a solid habit! I lost my focus on Saturday night, after putting the baby to bed late at night. I should have just gone to bed, but I was restless, confused, not ready to face Mother's Day, and I lost my focus. This was a lesson to me - I was doing much better, feeling much better, acting much better, keeping my mind more focused on good things and on spiritual things. But in a manner of 15 minutes, I took a huge step backwards. I need to put up higher walls. I need to have a higher level of spirituality. I need to take over my entire life, spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally. I feel completely out of control and I need to fix that - I will fix that!!
It felt good to get that off my just. I need to finish up this entry so that I can work on my slides and material for my meetings this afternoon.
A couple of fun photos. First, on Friday, I thought it would be a good idea to get my allergy shot, then stop by Lowe's and get the supplies we needed to finish patching the urine spots in our lawn from the dogs. Well, as I pulled into Lowe's I hit a curb way too hard, and punctured my front passenger tire. Dang it!! I have an appointment for Friday to get it fixed. It may be under warranty, but I'm not counting on it! Fun photo of the tire to remember the experience:
Finally, here are some fun photos of my holding and playing with Jarrett yesterday afternoon. We really had a good time with that sweet little baby yesterday. He's super cute and I'm glad that we have him. It will definitely be a rough few weeks trying to get him on a schedule that promotes more sleep, but we'll see what we can do.
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