Saturday, May 20, 2017

Evolution of Dance

When you work at Domino's, you never really know what time your shift will end. If they're busy at time you're scheduled to get off, you stay as long as needed.

Caleb was scheduled to work on the night of the ward talent show, but if he got off on time, he could make it in time to perform with his sisters. They'd rehearsed plenty and Jon had spliced all the music. It was going to be a really fun act.

But Domino's was busy that night.

We were all so sad when Caleb had to work two extra hours, causing him to arrive at the church just as tables and chairs were being packed up.

He was extremely upset, he'd been looking forward to this act and he was frustrated that his manager had kept him so long. It took a great deal of coercion to convince him to perform it anyway for the very few remaining people. And then Natalie developed a sudden stage fright and decided not to perform.

It's a shame it didn't work out, because I'm pretty sure this act would've brought down the house. But here it is, the act that the ward missed at the talent show:

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Mother's Day 2017


This Mother's Day will be memorable for me because it is the first time I got a gift from one of my kids that they shopped for, picked out and paid for all on their own. 

Caleb stopped at the store after work one night and carefully selected a very humorous card, a gift card he knew I would enjoy and my favorite candy bar. 

I'm quite sure he inherited his father's gift-wrapping skills. (Or lack thereof!)


The wrapping made me smile. So did that fact that he didn't know that cards come with envelopes that are found behind the cards in the store's display.

But nothing made me smile more than his thoughtfulness. What a great kid! I'm so lucky that I got three of them.

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Pizza Prep School

Now that Caleb was home from school, it was time to find a job. I'd taken notice of the "Hiring Today!" sign outside of Domino's. One night, on the way home from mutual, I stopped in to pick up some pizzas for dinner. On the counter, I saw pamphlets advertising their need for drivers. Pizza and driving seemed like the perfect job for Caleb. The manager noticed me looking at the pamphlets and said, "If you know anyone looking for a job, we are definitely hiring." 

"Well as a matter of fact, I do know someone, my son!"

Not only did I leave the store with my pizzas that night, but with the manager's cell number and a request that Caleb text him about a job.

Within days, Caleb was attending Pizza Prep School, a three-day training to become a Domino's employee. Though hired as a driver, he still had to pass the pizza-making test.


He started as a driver the very next day after graduating from Pizza Prep School. We may have spied on him a time or two.


It's a great job for him. Who knew he could make such good money being a pizza man. He gets his $11.00/ hour wage and then makes tips on top of that.

It's fun to see how much he makes in tips after each shift. And I usually tease him about his hat head, too.


A few days into his new job, Jon and I came home from being out to find Caleb in the kitchen, still dressed in his Domino's uniform, but holding a Little Caesar's pizza!

It stands to reason that he would be hungry at the end of a long shift. It also stands to reason that a $5 Hot-and-Ready would sound appealing to this pizza-loving boy. And it's not the least bit surprising that it would never occur to our perfectly naive son that entering another pizza establishment while wearing the uniform of another (your employer!) would be anything to bat an eye about.

So we had a talk about that. And Jon found the line in his training binder that clarified it as something employees should not do. Now he knows.

He's a good pizza man and it sure feels good to be gainfully employed.