Yesterday, dad, Fran, Tom and I went to St. Paul's Episcopal church to attend Lessons and Carols. The choir sang Advent songs and there were readings and hymns. Dad did great! While Tom and Fran dozed (the songs are pretty religious) dad watched everything and even stood up (once) when we were supposed to. I wondered what he thought. Afterwards we had dinner at the church and he just sat there and ate a lot of food. There were 8 of us per table. I accidentally left the cheese spread in front of him and he dug into it with his spoon. Luckily it was toward the end of dinner.

When we got home, Matt was there visiting Ryan. Dad was happy to see him and made him a high ball. We sat around the table drinking. Dad seemed really happy and was talkative. He told the guys that he "went to another church." "I went to church!"..."Catholic"..."I'm a good man"! I think he was joking. He told Ryan to go to church.

Today, we went for a big drive up and over the ridge at point of the mountain and came out somewhere in Orem. Afterwards we went to the mall for lunch. He really liked the teriyaki chicken bowl and ate a lot. Then we walked around the mall window shopping. He picked out another stuffed animal-a lion with huge eyes. I think he liked it! After being out for 5 hours, I thought he would want to go home, but he hesitated when I asked if he wanted to leave and waved his hand toward the hallway in the mall.