Well it's been since July 25, 2013, when I lasted posted on my blog. Needless to say, I have been on vacation from blogging. In the nearly two year lapse, there has been a lot of change and happenings in my life. I'm reminded of a quote that some attribute President Gordon B. Hinckley for; but in reality, he was quoting Jenkin Lloyd Jones. I have no ideas who Jenkin Lloyd Jones is but this a a quote that I have thought about over and over as I travel my journey of life.
“Anyone
who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running
around shouting that he’s been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop,
most beef is tough, most children grow up to just be people, most successful
marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often
dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time rail journey…delays…sidetracks,
smoke, dust, cinders and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful
vistas and thrilling burst of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting
you have the ride.”
Well let's begin the train ride since July 2013. Oh and by the way, I have sped the camera up so it will be a time lapse version:
Well, Mr. Jones is right. Life is like an old time rail journey. I have see delays, sidetracks, smoke dust, cinders and some great jolts over the last two years. However, occasionally, we experience some beautiful vistas and a burst of speed as we continued down the track. In addition, the people that we shared our ride with made all the difference. The experiences may have been difficult and challenging but we thank the Lord for the journey and the people we became acquainted with.
- Oct 13 - Asked to serve as ARTBA Construction Division Vice President
- Oct 13- Two weeks later, asked to serve as the Utah Chapter AGC Vice Chair
- January 14 - Utah Chapter AGC Inaugural Banquet became AGC Vice Chair
- Feb 14 - Flew to Reno and dropped recruiting team at Reno competition and Cheryl and I flew to Palm Springs to attend our first Western Chapter AGC Leadership Meeting.
- March 14 - attended the NationAl AGC Convention in Las Vegas, came home sick with a 24 hour food poisoning or flu bug.
- March 14 W. W. Clyde & Co. award Kennecott East/West Overburden Stripping Project - $60M and I-15 Beaver to Manderfield largest Paving project for the year with UDOT. 170,000 TNs of HMA and 30,000TNs of SMA.
- April 23, 2014 - Kennecott notifies us that they will not execute East/West Overburden Project due to lack of funding. Devastating blow after hiring staff and developing people to perform the work. Withdrew two offer letters at the time.
- April 2014 Victory Pipeline Project $16 M delayed due to ROW issues til November. Looking at a great year and all of a sudden we are scrambling trying to figure out how to keep people busy and generate revenue.
- Sept 2014. Attended National Chapters Leadership Conference in Washington DC with Cheryl
- Nov 2014 spent Thanksgiving in Oklahoma with John, Rachel and company. Gabe was baptized.
- Dec 1-2, 2014 ARTBA Western Leadership meetings in Tucson, Az.
- Dec 2014 Cheryl has knee surgery on the 10th & I have eye surgery on the 23rd. Needless to say Christmas was a bit anti-climatic this year.
- Dec 2014 - WWC profitable but lowest return of the 5 Clyde Companies. Disappointing year.
- Dec. 2014 purchased 4 acres in Orem for a new WWC Corporate office.
- January 2015 installed as AGC Chapter Chair - my legacy begins
- January 2015 - opened Hawaii Area Office for WWC - now that made some heads turn.
- Feb 2015 AGC Western Chapters Leadership Conference in Scottsdale
- March 2015 National AGC Convention in Puerto Rico - WWC receives 1st place for Safety in Excellence program in Highway division.
- April 13th, 2015 attended TCC Fly-In in Washington DC
- April 27-30, 2015, fishing trip to Montana with Dustin, one of those beautiful vistas.
- May 1, 2015, Lexi is baptized.
- After 88 years in Springville, May 2015 CCI stockholders meeting announced construction of new corporate office in Orem.
- May 11th flew to Hawaii with Dustin to review final arrangements for WWC Area Office
- May 24, 2015, Cheryl & I celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary.
- June 2-17th, Cheryl & I tour Paris France to celebrate 25 years together.
Well, Mr. Jones is right. Life is like an old time rail journey. I have see delays, sidetracks, smoke dust, cinders and some great jolts over the last two years. However, occasionally, we experience some beautiful vistas and a burst of speed as we continued down the track. In addition, the people that we shared our ride with made all the difference. The experiences may have been difficult and challenging but we thank the Lord for the journey and the people we became acquainted with.
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