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"I know it has to be awkward it is to talk about your Dad's honeymoon. Sara found it very funny when Doug Frix called and said he was pleased to learn her brother is getting married. The McClindon's, down the street, said the same thing to her. Oh well! Andrea and I had a wonderful week together and thoroughly enjoyed exploring National Parks in Utah. We drove 1,773 miles. The main places we visited and the main hikes we made included:
It was really a fun week. We took several hundred pictures on our honeymoon, which will be put online sometime over the next few weeks. I love the outdoors and it was fun to share this experience with someone I love. Sunday, after church at Andrea's ward, we drove to St. George and took Mom to lunch at the Hunan Restaurant. Rachel went with us. Andrea dropped me off at the shuttle bus, and walked Mom back down to Porter's. It was hard to say good-bye, even if it is only for a week. The flight to Houston on SouthWest was uneventful.
However, once I got to Houston the honeymoon was definitly over. As I started to drive out of the parking lot the Lexus had a flat tire. It took a long time to figure out how to get the lock nut off of the tire. I was frustrated and when I pulled the tire off and threw it in the trunk, the car moved enough the car fell off the jack. It bent some tin on the front passenger wheel, and I ended up having the car loaded on a truck and taken out to the house. It was 3:00 AM by the time I got to sleep. There was another tow truck at the house at 7:00 AM to take the car to the dealership. The bottom line was it was a very short night, and I ended up catching a cold. I don't get sick very often, and I was feeling a little puny on Monday. We had meetings with Kjell Finstad, our investor, on Monday. We went over the marketing results until about 7:30 in the evening, and it was after 8:00 when I got to the house. The Law's and Sister Moreless and Sister Sneidman were all at the house having Family Home Evening. I was too tired to finish up the Thoughtlet I started after everyone left, and so I just went to sleep.
Today, we continued the Board Meetings. There was a mutual disclosure meeting with a new company called Rock Solid Images at 10:00. I left at 11:15 and went out to Dr. Levin's office. They told me to go home and go to bed, and so I did. I have felt very puny all afternoon. After Sara got me the perscriptions I felt somewhat better, and went out and bought the new gas grill my Mom gave us as a wedding present. Sara bought stuff for her party. She is having 60 kids over Thursday evening. And then I finished up these two Thoughtlets. As I take a minute to contemplate last week, and our honeymoon, I hope each of you have the opportunity to experience a week of bonding and love and sharing and doing things we truly enjoy together, like Andrea and I did on our honeymoon."