Sunday after church we drove over to Soda Springs to spend some time with mother and dad. Of course, the main reason was Mother’s Day, but there were several other reasons as well. Mother had a couple of small things needing to be fixed, all of which I was able to take care of. We also had a great dinner and lots of good visiting. Thanks, mother, for being such a special person.

The weekend was good. After several days of unseasonably warm temperatures, we got back to normal and I spent much of the day on Saturday doing things at the house. The garage is now clean. The RV is ready to go camping somewhere (Memorial Day weekend??). The motorcycle has been washed and waxed. Then it got cold enough that I didn’t want to ride by motorcycle to work on Monday! Tomorrow we’re headed to Layton for some things that need to get done before we leave on the cruise in about three weeks. I’m really looking forward to that vacation. Time is going by way too fast in many ways. I feel like it should still be February.

My favorite brother was born on Mother’s Day. I always thought that was kind of a special treat. My daughter Dawnmarie was born on Father’s Day and one of her children (Kate) was also born on Father’s Day, so the tradition continues. So, my brother Perry’s birthday is always somewhere around Mother’s Day. I do remember the birthdays of all our children … it’s Nina’s job to keep track of the grandchildren (and she does that very well). Everyone has the need to “store” information. It turns out that most people store information with other people. As I mature, storing information with other people (and particularly with Nina) has become increasingly important. I even store information in my blog! Let the cryptologist’s figure that one out….