Busy Day

Everyone,

Today was a busy day. I spent the morning at the grocery store with my mom. It's fun to talk and push carts around and talk about the up coming week or the past week with her. I bought some socks for Butterfly and some more wipes. Yes, I forgot to bring any more socks for Butterfly than the ones she had on. Oops.

After the store and some lunch, I went to the big outdoor store with my dad. We looked around at a few things and I bought myself some new pants. I was down to one pair of pants so I really needed some more. Although now I'm not happy about having to take them back with me!

We were able to get everyone ready for the viewing tonight and we made it there on time. Everyone was talking about how bad traffic is and to make sure we left on time. Uh, I hate to break it to you guys, but this traffic is nothing! Nothing! It was rush hour when we were driving through Salt Lake. It seemed like mid-day traffic in DC. Juice and I talked about how much DC has changed us now. We've been there long enough.

The viewing was nice. My Nana was looking good in her casket. Her nails were done in a pretty pink nail polish. The flowers were very beautiful. They had several tables set up with a few of her things and a bunch of pictures of her and my family. Butterfly discovered her fans on the tables and carried them around all evening. The boys were pretty good. Juice was awesome and kept tabs on them so I could talk to my family. Then my cousin Bee came with her parents and helped Juice out. So helpful!

Butterfly was very excited to see everyone. She almost bowled over a few of my cousins that she's seen maybe twice in her life. But she was happy to see them! She also told everyone why we were here. "We're here to see Great Nana's body. She died. Her spirit is gone." She's asked a lot of questions about death the past few days and it's been interesting to figure out what to tell her.

She was also very interested in looking at Nana's body. She asked me why she wasn't breathing and if she would ever sit up again. She asked Juice why she was holding flowers. She pointed out Nana's nail polish. She really wants to stay through the whole funeral tomorrow and hear "all the scriptures and all the prayers." Okay then.

I really had a nice time seeing all my cousins and aunts and uncles. My aunt has twin boys too and she and I had a great talk about the fun of having boy twins. I was also able to see my great aunt and uncle who lived in Maryland when her kids were small. My other grandparents came as well as several members from my mom's side of the family. I did not think we were going to be able to come to Utah this year so this is a nice treat for me.

As far as a funeral goes, I guess.

Anyway, we left the viewing and the boys fell asleep in the car almost instantly. Professor even fell asleep with out his binkie which was huge. Butterfly pointed out all 5 temples we saw on our drive and played "I Spy" with us on the way home. She is really congested and sounds very gravelly when she talks. It's very cute to hear her little voice crack when she gets excited.

I played photographer for my dad tonight so I have no pictures to share with you. (Plus, my lapple is getting an upgrade!) Hopefully I'll be able to share something with you tomorrow. Until then.

Safire