Remembrance

 This is always a hard week emotionally. Four years ago today, at around 840PM, mom passed into eternity. Nine years ago tomorrow at approximately 10:45AM, dad passed into eternity and changed the trajectory of our family forever. Dad’s death was such a sudden and shocking event, while mom’s was a slower and more painful loss to watch happen. Both of the folks were 69 when they passed. It’s hard to put into words how deeply I still hurt for the loss of each of them. Here are a few pictures of happier days.

Florida PT. 2

 Look what showed up in Snapchat! They did, actually, have a pretty great time. Maybe even better than the trip on March of 2024? But probably not better than the trip on August 2022? I need a beach. 

Florida

 Kids made a quick trip to Florida for a friends beach wedding. I asked for photos for content here on the blog. I got one from Than and stole one from Ruthie’s stories on Facebook. Looks fun. Bonus pics of Bella, an event to look forward to this summer (off to Wyoming!), and a leaked photo from a new bands album cover. 

Shopping!

 Big news in the Roth household! The last several weekends, Andrew and Ari have been looking at possible homes to buy. Over the weekend, they invited Jen and I to tour the 4 houses that their Realtor had lined up to look at. The first two weren’t ideal. We stopped for a quick lunch before touring the second two. The all brink house in Glenmere was awesome…if the price was dropped by 100k and the kids had time and money to fix it up. The last house of the day, and the only one I didn’t get a picture of, might turn out to be their first home. It checked most/all of the boxes, and they ended up putting an offer in an hour later. Fingers crossed they will know more later this week!

Ari

 Celebrated our daughter-in-LOVE last weekend for her birthday. Had fun with her family on Friday night (see post below), then met up with the kids Saturday for some shenanigans. Wing Shack was celebrating their one year anniversary of Wing Palace, so we started there before making our way downtown to 477 where we met up with their friends and our friends. Had a few drinks before breaking off…them to the Nerd Store and us to the Kress to see Project Hail Mary. We crossed paths again with them at Stellas. Thanks for the fun hats, Ari! Love you!

Project

 Spent Saturday morning celebrating the Genesis Project and Mrs. Roth’s participation on their Board. It was a lovely event, good turnout, and powerful speakers sharing their stories and the impact that the Genesis Project has made. Glad that Ruthie and Nathanael could join us. And oh yeah, somehow I ended up on stage receiving an award for the great partner that ALLO has been over the past 3 years. 

Clubs

 Saturday night was the annual Elegant Night for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County. ALLO was able to sponsor a table for the event. Sadly, Mrs. Boss wasn’t 100%, so she stayed home and missed all fun. We had a good table (of course since I was the one inviting people), enjoyed the happy hour, and represented ALLO well. The Clubs raised over 400K, which is pretty impressive. Grateful to have Mayor Pro Tem McDonald at the table. Also, I badly need a new suit. 

Tired

 For as little as it seemed went on this past week, rolling into the weekend pretty tired. The focus seemed to be Jobs of Hope, with a board meeting Monday, several phone calls about the board during the week, and a full day strategic planning retreat on Friday. Little less Councilman stuff. A business before hours with the Chamber. Turns out it was the first BBH for Greeley since March 13, 2020. A good friend’s birthday on the patio. Watching the Nuggets get smoked with the kids. And Earth Day awards from Apple. Enjoying some quiet at a local park while eating lunch. Ok, maybe it was a fairly full week and there is a reason why I’m tired.