
So much for getting Shanda to pose with her newspaper recognition. Oh well, I hope you don't mind the nasty looking hairy arm.
This morning while attending to... uh, duties, I turned the page and was somewhat dumbstruck to see a picture of my family in the newspaper. It seems like months ago that Shanda asked me to forward a picture to the standard examiner because they chose her and Joseph as carriers of the month. Well, I wasn't prepared to see it, but it was a fun surprise anyway.
Shanda has done an excellent job and is always working hard to provide good service to her customers. We are both thrilled that Joseph began about a year ago to work and earn money for his various needs. I've also been grateful that my involvement has been more limited, the occasional sick day, and stuffing a few papers on Sunday and holidays.
We are even more pleased that Joseph has been getting himself up and out of the bed without too much prodding, and in some cases no prodding at all! He's learning some valuable lessons early in life. Joseph has wanted to see his shinning face in the paper for years now, and I thought he might faint upon not only seeing his face in the picture, but the great big bold/red letters
Shanda and Joseph Richey!
I'll have to get up early tomorrow and take a picture of the hard workers in all their early morning paper-route glory and include it in this post. What do you think?