Saturday, September 1, 2007

Day 4: How much does Papa love you?

Day 4: This morning, we returned to Joy's First Grade class. Mom helped the kids play an alphabet game.

Then it came time to surprise her with a little birthday party. Mom told the class about how she came to be a princess in our family and then we gave her a Tiara and passed out treats to all the kids.

After the treats, I took a class photo to remember the event.

I spent a couple of hours talking to a man about a business that he has for sale just around the corner from Jayson's house. It is a grave marker and monument business that has been in business since 1888. The family is retiring and selling the business and the house because there kids cannot afford to buy them out. The house is a big old house built in 1911 that would need a lot of TLC to bring it into the 21st Century... but there is a lot of potential for someone.

Deb went and visited Katy at the nursing home where she works. She was very impressed with the work that Katy performs and the conditions that she works in. It takes very special people to be able to do this kind of work.

Grandpa had fun taking photos of Mae this afternoon. We play this little game... Grandpa says, "How much does Papa love you?", and she throws her arms in the air and says, "This much!". Does it get any better than this?

I think she is practicing her primary songs here....






Then she had to tell Papa a story...







For the evening, we went to dinner with Ryan, Teresa, Haylee and Joy. We ate lots of ribs and chicken. It was a good day!

Tomorrow: BYU v.s. Arizona and Heidi's new adventure... J Dawgs at the stadium!