Ammon's Big Purchase

Ammon has been a working boy since he was nine years old. He had a paper route until he was 14. Then his Sister Monica got him a job at A&W where he has worked for two years. For about six months he took on another paper route which we cursed until the day he gave it up. most recently he started working at the t.v. station where Alan works. The last year he has had one major goal. He wanted a computer. Not just any computer, but a laptop. Not just any laptop, but a Mac. He went on the Internet and researched how much it was going to cost, which was the best kind and he figured out how much he needed to save every month. Even though he didn't like getting up early for the paper route, working two jobs and under bad conditions he was willing to work hard for his computer.

After almost a year of working hard and saving up every penny the day finally came. He had enough money and this past week he ordered his computer. I was so proud of him that he had that much determination to accomplish his goal. The only thing left to do was to wait for his package to arrive. The Fed-X guy was never more popular at our house. In this picture Ammon stays close by window not wanting to miss him. He actually tracked it hour by hour, minute by minute. The waiting was the worse part and he even got me all excited about his package even though it wasn't mine. He was beginning to drive me a little nutty with his impatience.

Here he is checking down the street, to see if the truck was any where in sight but it wasn't.

Finally the truck pulled up in front of the house. I never saw a more excited boy!! We were all excited for him!

Here is Ammon accepting his package and signing for it. Can you see the big grin on his face?
Here he is opening his package and he still has that grin on his face. He has been waiting for this moment for almost a year.
This is it the computer that will help make movies with the kind of quality he has dreamed about. That was the whole purpose of this purchase. A computer with enough memory for the movies he wants to make. That's what he wants to do is to produce movies.

Here he is plugging it in and ready to installed all the software that came with it. Reading the instructions to make sure he does everything right.
So far he is enjoying the different features and looks forward to all he can do. He's already downloaded a movie that he's had in the works for awhile. Now that he has met his goal, he put in his two week notice at A&W. He decided he's had enough of his Manager who doesn't treat him well and plus he really doesn't have time for two jobs. The owner and the other Manager have been very good to him and he is grateful to them and so are we. We appreciate that they were willing to give him a job at fourteen. In all this he has learned the value of hard work, setting goals and the value of a dollar. The fact that he has done this at such a young age gives me great hope for his future.