Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ahhh… the Joys of Normal Life

It was a return to normal life this week. I had a fun time with a couple of families and their financial plans. I was able to figure things out after a devastating year in the market for them. I love designing their finances into plan where they can enjoy ample retirement income, have money for emergencies, handle the risks if something unforeseen comes along, and take care of inheritance. It is a beautiful thing when a plan comes together. But you know the old saying, “How do you make God laugh? Tell him you plans”.

The huge snow storm on Thursday helped dim the glow of my sun tan from our trip to Bonaire. It was pure misery with car accidents on nearly every block and a chilly 18 degree temperature. But the sun came out on Friday and life was good again.

It is great to have the house full of kids and activities again. Melissa Vaughn is visiting from Southern California and she is delightful. She is full of energy and the excitement and optimism of a newly baptized member of the church. Don is lucky to have met her. Then Austin is developing his social circles and the kitchen table is covered in laptops from a LAN party last night and the dining room table is littered with the casualties of a Heroscapes battle fought earlier. Life is good.

3 comments:

Celeste said...

Ohh Brad is so jealous with the Heroscape playing. I'm glad you didn't get in a accident this week!

b-ryce said...

looks like fun. I'm not jealous of the snow, am jealous of the heroscape though. Tell austin to stay away from the keyboard...

Mikidees said...

The snow was pretty crazy came on really fast and left just as fast!