Sept 4,
I went to work for a couple of hours until my boss got there. then came home for the rest of the day.Called Dales Bishop to let him know what had happened. I tried to sleep ( had been more than two days without sleep) but the phone kept ringing. I sure the kids never got sleep either. They finally called in the afternoon and asked if they could bring Alexis over for the evening. They just needed to be alone to grieve and try to sleep. My other son and his wife came out and took the rest of the grand kids for the evening to let us get some rest. I went to lay down for an hour , but ended up sleeping until 2am ...My daughter and parents let me sleep. Their R.S. president called while I was asleep and asked what they could do. They brought them in food for the next couple of days.When
My husband started driving back from Nebraska.

Sat. Sept 5,
Will (my sweet 7 yr-old grandson) wanted to help with Alexis. He is so tender hearted and wanted to help ...Dale and Lori came and picked her up a little after noon.
Cliff made it home around 6pm that night. Having driven 1700 miles in two days. Needless to say he was tired too. ( he denies this)

Sunday Sept.6,
We went to church this morning. Dana wanted to keep things as normal for the kids as possible. Also this is her home ward and she needed that comfort as well. I was supposed to play the organ this morning but called someone else to play for me. I knew I wouldn't be able to play well.
Later in the afternoon Cliff helped Dale and Lori finish up a painting project they have at her mothers house. Will went with them, which made him feel quite special. He enjoyed playing with the dogs.

Monday Sept 7:
Cliff worked on Dana;s car put new brakes on for her so she could get home safely. She left with the kids and My parents at noon. They drove to S.L. got there about midnight. Will was so sad, cried for a good hour cause he didn;t want to leave.
I cried too, I didn"t want them to leave either but knew they had to go. We had all made the decision to have them come here before Jayden passed rather then after. I am so glad we did. and that they were able to be here.

my husband looked for songs for and found "Baby Mine" sung by Alison Krause
Dale;s favorite movie growing up was Dumbo , he would play it for hours,so this means alot to him. We sent it to him and they decided to play this at the service.
Tues. Sept 8,

Went with the kids to the Mortuary to help them make arrangements .Lori;s Mom was there as well. They decided to have a graveside service. He was to be cremated .( one of the funeral homes offers this as a free service to new parents who lose a child). Lori's grandfather bought a plot for their family ,to lay him to rest in.
The funeral home director is a family friend and gave us the program at cost and the use of a glass box for the earn for no charge. ( don't even want to know how much it would have cost) We came home that evening and called Their Bishop, He would be presiding. I made a call to my RS president and she called theirs and within a matter of two phone calls and a matter of minutes all the arrangements had been made. They reserved the church, made plans for a dinner for the family afterwards, ect... What a humbling experience. I have helped with these things before but it is different when you are on the receiving end of so much service.

Thursday,Sept 10:
Cliff went with Lori to pick up Jayden. They didn't want to go alone .