Provo Puzzle

When I arrived, Grandma was up and on her way to the bathroom! I love it when she's being independent. While she was busy, I noticed there was some Girl Scout paraphernalia around the room: a pin and a reusable grocery bag with the Girl Scout logo. When Grandma finished, we had some Girl Scout Cookies! She wanted Samoas. We saved the Thin Mints for later. She didn't go back to bed; we settled by the refrigerator.

She received dinner and knew she couldn't eat all of it, so she decided to save some of it for Grandpa. I told this to Grandpa and said that he should come hungry. Then Elizabeth arrived, with fruit and vegetable party trays! They were left over from something at work. Grandpa and David arrived, hungry. I'm afraid they were never fully satisfied...

Once everyone was there, Grandma went back to bed and we just talked. Grandma didn't say much. The conversation revolved around Grandpa's opinions of physical therapy and hospice (he's very frustrated). Then, David helped lighten the mood by telling about when a polygamist crashed a YSA dance, and an ensuing activity in California (the bishop gave him a straight talk and he never came back)

Elizabeth went home. I'd brought a gift for Grandma: a beautiful, 100-piece puzzle of the Provo Temple! We cleared off the TV table and started working on it!

Grandma wanted David to read everything on the box...so he did ("RobertABoyd.com." "RobertABoyd.com."). Grandpa mostly watched while the three of us worked on it. David and I play-fought over pieces of the temple and the American flag. He actually hid some until the end!

Then, she finished the puzzle.

The last piece!

Grandma loved the puzzle! She said they did a good job at making the puzzle challenging but not too hard. The puzzle pieces are bigger than the puzzles usually in the nursing home. She did a significant bit of it, which made me happy because lately when I've gone with her to the normal puzzles with tiny pieces, she's struggled to do much with it. It was a lovely ending to the night.