Last Saturday as I was talking to Michael for his birthday he told me that Josh wanted to talk to me. So after a few seconds of us trying to coax Josh into talking I hear, "Grandma, come to my house". It melted my heart. The last time we have seen Josh was at my Dad's funeral. I knew that we would be seeing them on Thanksgiving but I just couldn't get that sweet little request out of my mind. Plus during the week Kassy called and in the background I could hear his little voice again requesting us to come. So we put everything on hold, because nothing is more important to us than our children and grandchildren and headed to Riverton on Friday. Mark and Tara also joined us at Mike and Kassy's for dinner and a movie, "Kung Fu Panda". It is a great movie but I loved watching Josh run in circles and play with me on the floor more.
Saturday we decided to do things that Josh would love. I had intentions of taking him to a playground but it was a little cold outside. We instead to him to the mall. I know some of you are thinking that it was for me and maybe in a way it was but I knew that the South Towne mall had a merry-go-round and a few little car rides. This time I didn't make the same mistake as I did with Bauer last month and took Josh for two rides. Both times he chose to ride a horse. He loved the ride and I didn't get sick, well maybe a little bit. He had fun with Grandpa going up and down the elevator and just running. As we were going back to their home Josh was so afraid that we were leaving him. We should have left sooner so I could have gone to a party but again nothing is more important. So Josh and I played outside for an hour. He really doesn't like to slide but he does like to throw things and run and play. Even though his cheeks turned red and cold he still didn't want to go inside.
How grateful I am that we were able to visit with this little boy and spend the whole time with just him. He still didn't want us to leave when we did and I'm sure we are going to hear, "come to my house" more often now but I want Josh to know that he means the world to us. We love him and I loved playing with him.
One other great plus, we filled up my Jeep for $30.00. We found a Maverik that had gas at $1.85. I'm with Paul and would really like to know how come the price can change so much. Just last month we were paying almost double. As Paul has said, "Who has pocketed all the money". I'm just grateful that we know longer have to worry about going to Salt Lake and planning it more into our budget. It has been a great weekend. Two and a half more weeks at school until Thanksgiving break. I did find out that I may be subbing for Dean Nelson a little longer than I had planned. At least I'm learning a few French words, even though I don't say them right. But I always have Mark around to help me out.
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What a good grandma. I will have to have one of my kids try it on my mom!!! OR... maybe my dad...
Sounds like a super fun time!
Cade and I have been kind of learning about gas prices as well, trying to make sense of everything. I guess it's all about supply & demand, where gas was in such high demand in the summer (and always is: vacations, trips, etc.) they charge more because of the demand, and in the winter it goes down. I think a lot of people changed their driving habits & has kept them as the prices have gone down, so companies are getting desperate to sell their oil. Unfortunately, it's a bad sign of our economy that gas prices are so low, meaning the economy is weak. total bummer, but I'm really reveling in only paying $20 to fill up! I don't think prices have been this low since I was in high school!
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