Joy and Happiness

Today I had a call from a friend I used to work with many years ago and CaptionCall in Henderson Nevada.  It just brought back a special memory of joy and happiness so I am grateful today for that wonderful friend who thought of me and for the wonderful memory she helped me remember.

In 2012 or actually January of 2013, I was flown to Salt Lake City to attend a training for the CaptionCall supervisor position I had just been chosen for.  I was so grateful for the job itself, but more importantly Blaine and Sara were living in SLC at the time and they let Ashlyn come and spend the night with me at the hotel.  She had her little backpack and it was so cute.  We got into the room and there was a big chair that could fold out to a single bed and she looked at it and looked at the big King size bed and I could tell her little mind was going to work.  I asked her which bed she wanted to sleep on and she chose the little one. We got it all made up and even though it was not really late, she climbed right in.  We pulled out the photo book and started looking at it.

 

 

 I am not even completely sure what time is was, but she was out pretty quickly.  she was snoozing away.  I wasn't far behind.  Then at about 2:30 she woke up and she was a little sad.  She said she "wanted to play with her daddy".  That is so sweet.  So I pulled out my tablet and we drew some pictures and I showed her how it could be a camera.

 

 

She was studying the table pretty good so she cold snap her own pictures.  She is really smart when it comes to the technical stuff.  We took a few pictures and then we drew on them.  Of course there is always the funny face. (and yes she climbed into bed with me). She had a lot of fun putting the different colors on it.  I couldn't figure out how to get the line on the side off-so it is part of the picture.

 

She loved taking the pictures.  She took one of our feet.

 

One of her new bubbles. and we played on it for  a while.  She put on my glasses and pulled another funny face. (I still have those glasses after all these years.  She loved them and would try to wear them all the time.  So I have saved them to add a smile to my day when I see them.)

 

 

And then we took our picture together and drew clouds and glasses on ourselves.  It was a bunch of fun.  Ashlyn was giggling so hard.

 Then she put on her Cinderella duds and we took another picture.  She really loves that and t was so cute.

At about 4 am we laid back down and went back to sleep.  We woke up in time to get us some breakfast, and then Blaine was there to pick her up.  We had a great little night. This sweet little spirit from our kind and dear Heavenly Father has brought so much joy and Happiness to my heart over the years.  She giggles all the time and lights up a room.  She is such a joy in my life I am truly blessed and grateful to be her grandmother.