Sunday, May 21, 2017

A Special Weekend

Corporate holidays are really backloaded in America. January through April are a real slog while you recuperate all the PTO that you spent at the end of the previous year, especially in the miserable Seattle winter. But when May rolls around the sun comes out, and the only thing raining on us is good news!

Felicia and I went to Arizona to celebrate a bunch of things with our families, and we had a blast. First up was Andrew's college graduation. He's truly a special young man and he's overcome more than you could imagine to reach this point (with a degree in Electircal and Computer Engineering, no less). We're so proud of him - I had to stop myself from crying at the speech that he gave when he walked. Congratulations, brother.

The next day we celebrated the marriage of my brother Randall and his amazing bride, Alyson. We couldn't be happier for them. We spent a day at the Westin La Paloma resort swimming in the pools, getting drinks at the swim-up bar, and riding the waterslide a million times with my favorite neice. Randall and Alyson are a fiery couple and they bring out the absolute best of eachother. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for their little family. You can keep up with them musically at https://www.facebook.com/Swindymusic/


After that was Mother's Day. Felicia and I are lucky because our moms live in the same city. Our families got together for a casual brunch and just enjoyed eachothers company. Moms get taken for granted a lot. Make sure to appreciate yours :)

While all of that was going on, Felicia and I spent hours working remotely with our Realtor up in Washington. We were happy to deliver some good news of our own - we bought a house! Much more on that soon.

TGIB