GUADALUPE!!!!

I can't believe that we are almost to the most wonderful time of the year plus a new year! The year 2008 has its memories. On Friday the 19th, I had the chance to go to Guadalupe which is a school for underpriveliged children in SLC. It was an awesome experience. My partner and I had 3 kids to shop for. Their names were Courtney, Leo, and Pedro. I spent some time with all of them, but most of the time with Leo. Courtney was with my partner and Pedro just went and did his own thing. Leo was a really cute kid. The teacher made the kids write us thank you cards. As we left the school, I just thought about how sad their lives are. Some of the kids have multiple siblings at the school. The principal told us that some kids also have single parents, or have both parents working. It was great to be actually doing something good for them because they don't get Santa Claus. They get Viewmont High kids who volunteer to go. It was a great experience and it makes me want to do it all through high school. Hopefully more kids will go next year. After we had the kids open their gifts, we had an hour of one-on-one time with our kids. We got the boys some kinex. Leo and I made a castle with Pedro's kinex because not only could we not figure his out, but Pedro went and played with some other boys Indiana Jones toy. LAME! Yeah I know. I'm just glad that they were all happy. I will never forget Leo and the other kids, but Leo because he spent the most time with me. Thank You Leo! Merry Christmas to all who follow our blog.

Sincerely
Becca