5 Weeks ago we ran into them in the grocery store on a crazy Friday. Macey's Grocery shoppers know just how crazy it gets in there on the weekend. Usually we try and avoid it, but found ourselves in there anyway. We found ourselves with our 6 littles and 2 carts, pulled over to the side, and the Paynes pulled over to the side with their carts, just so we could catch up on things. It was at the time when we had just started recovering from all of our winter sickness, and they also were on the road to recovery from some yucky stuff, too, and so we hadn't really seen much of one another. While we were visiting, Mark asked Naki and I, "Who's been the most helpful to you these past couple of days?" It was easy to answer that Line had been the best helper during all those sick days. Unknown to us, they had a plan.
The next day, on the way to getting to the church for Eli's birthday party, Mark called Naki and Line over. The other girlies and I headed over to the party to meet everyone there and Naki and Line later joined us. After heading back home when the party was over, Naki and Line showed us all the exciting addition to our house.
They had decided to take this trophy, with this princess figurine on the top,
and renamed it the "Maile Princess of the Week".
We were instructed that each week we were supposed to let them know who had been the most helpful, the best listener, the best sister and most deserving of the trophy. Then the winner not only received the trophy from the previous winner, but they were also to come over to the Payne's house where they received a bag of goodies all for them.Aren't we the luckiest? To have neighbors that would do this kind of thing, to have a crazy Maile girl knocking on their front door every Sunday night, there to get their goodies, and not feel imposed upon, I think is the sweetest gesture from true friends. Thanks Mark and Connie Payne, for making us all feel so loved.
