Happy Halloween!

Today is Halloween. Mt. Ogden Health and Rehab does something really fun for their residence for Halloween. They open up the center to trick-or-treaters and provide the candy for the residents to give out. According to the center they get over 400 little spooks each year.

With all of the different illnesses, especially H1N1, going through the community we wanted to also protect her from all the potential germs that she could be exposed to. Solution: Dress her up as a doctor complete with face mask and gloves.

She had a lot of fun and really enjoyed seeing the children as they came through the center. It was nice to do something tonight that seemed normal. We don’t have very many of those “normal” things any more.

Sheila says, “Happy Halloween!”

So Long UTA, Hello BJ!

It’s official: We are no longer UTA’s best customers. After nearly four months of riding the bus, we have been able to purchase a newer car. The girls and I took an hour long bus ride down to Layton yesterday to look at the car. We located the car online and found it to be a really nice looking car for a great price.

After getting the car we immediately drove home, picked up BJ and drove to the nursing home. We parked just outside the window to Sheila’s room so she could see the car out her window. We went in and told her that we had something to show her. We took her outside and showed her the car and had her look inside and touch the seats. Sheila has always loved the smell of a new car. We then had her look at the size of the trunk and all the room it had. She got really excited about being able to open the truck with a remote. After the trunk opened she noticed that we had the cat carrier in the trunk. Then she could hear BJ meowing. She has not been able to see him since the first of July, just before the old car died.

It will be a blessing to be able to get to Sheila more quickly and not have to stand out in the cold waiting for the next bus to arrive. Over the past four months of riding the same buses we have become friends with some of our favorite drivers like, Denny, Micah, Gordon, Sam, Kim and Joe. Thanks guys for always getting us to where we needed to go and for always asking how Sheila was doing. We’ll be sure to wave when we see you pass by!