The Growing Caldwell Family

There is a song from Music Together about momma and daddy always come back. It has been a wonderful way to remind the kids that we always come back. Charlie has even sung it to Livy when she was crying! All this to say I have done a fair amount of travel in the past month and Charlie always hugs me saying, "you came back!" I have been to Joliet, IL visiting Distribution Centers this week and before that I was in California. The trips were good for work, but very hard to be away from everyone. Aaron and the kids have done beautifully with help from Lovie. I am so grateful to them for keeping everything together. I remember my family by choosing restaurants that remind me of them! Joliet wasn't much to see, but Southern California had some nice views. I should be in the office working for a while and I am glad to be around for bedtime and good mornings.

I had a lovely, relaxed Mother's Day!  The best part was time spent with these two cuties whose best gift to me was being in good moods!  That is what I wanted most and by far the hardest thing to deliver!

I almost never travel for work, but I have led a big project to implement all new testing to hire for our call center positions and they are holding a huge hiring event this week, so it is a chance to see my work in action. The event is in Ogden, Utah about 40 minutes outside of Salt Lake City. I guess it doesn't make sense to put a call center in a glamorous city! Mom offered to be my travel buddy and I couldn't be more grateful! I don't know anyone else very well and there was some confusion about what was happening when, so today has a lot of down time. I won't be back until Sunday, so this is by far the longest I have been away from SG. That's the really tough part. She is old enough to understand that I have to go bye bye, but she doesn't understand that I will be back on Sunday. The whole time I packed she was telling me bye and giving me hugs! I know Aaron will have a great time with her, but I miss being with her. It takes all of my courage to ...