Making the Donation

After Jaden and Kaleb finished their fundraiser for Primary Children's, we started looking into how to actually make the donation.  All the information we found said that we should mail, or even better, send it online. Well that was kind of disappointing.  These boys worked hard to raise this money, and we wanted them to be able to donate in a way that would be meaningful for them.

So Charles made a few calls, and was able to get an appointment made for the kids to actually go downtown, have a personal tour of Primary Children's Hospital, and hand over the donation themselves.

We decided to ride the TRAX up to the hospital.  My mom came and helped me to make sure no one got left behind. (Thanks Mom!) 

 On the train ride, Bradley was watching out the window and he saw an American flag.  He said, "Oh!  So we ARE still in America!"  Guess the train ride was a little long for a 3 year old!

Also at one of the stops, the... trax police... hopped onto our train to check to make sure everyone had a ticket.  That made Kaleb and Bradley a little nervous.  Kaleb whispered to me... "Why does he have a gun?!"  But they calmed down when they were given a cool cop badge sticker.

After about an hour we pulled up to the very last stop.  This is the same stop Charles takes everyday.  The red brick building in the University of Utah Hospital where he works.  The white building is Primary Children's.  There's even a little bridge connecting the 2 so it was pretty easy for Charles to just walk across and meet us.

Jackson and his mom and little brother Sterling also came.  Once we were all gathered, the tour began.

The kids learned about the history of Primary Children's Hospital...

They saw the tiniest diaper they'd ever seen...

 ... and a molding of the smallest hand that's ever been at the hospital.

Our tour guide told them about these dolls that the patients get to have.  

Then they spotted a familiar face.

 The kids learned about an ongoing game that the children at the hospital like to play.  At story time, they read the book, Flat Stanley.  Flat Stanley is a boy who is flat and travels all around the world.  So at the hospital they play a game where Flat Stanley travels all around the hospital and the patients are always on the lookout for him.  This poster is a collection of pictures of all the fun places he has hidden.

About a half an hour after we had quit our own little search, Kaleb spotted him.  But then he took off, and Jaden was nice enough to pose for me in his stead.  

Kaleb sure has good eyes!

After touring the hospital, it was time for the boys to hand over their hard earned money.

The people at the hospital shook their hands, told them how much they appreciated them and gave them each a pencil.

After that, we bought lunch at the cafeteria, then went to go check out Daddy's work.  We crossed the bridge over to the U of U hospital and he showed us his broom closet... I mean office.  :)

Then we all rode the train home.

 Brynnlee was unhappy and overtired, so Charles had fun trying to keep her in the seat and entertained for an hour.  Haha!

A few days later, the boys received this letter in the mail.

I'm so proud of those boys.  I hope they will always remember this great service they took upon themselves and continue to do more good deeds.  :)