Our littlest hero

<--Jenny Asay - Bob's oldest girl holding her oldest daughter Victoria.

The following is from the local paper following a special heroes presentation last night:

***Selfless acts celebrated by Red Cross
Victoria Slevira walked up to the stage in the Crowne Plaza ballroom, tight-lipped and extremely nervous. She hugged her mother and buried her face in her side as several hundred people in the room applauded, even though she hadn't said a word.

Victoria, 6, was one of 17 Billings-area residents honored by the American Red Cross of Montana for their service to the community Tuesday. People from all walks of life - from a father and son to law enforcement officials - were recognized for their selfless acts at the 10th Annual Heroes Celebration.

"We want to show the community how important it is to stand up for values and what is right," said Kristie Boelter, regional director of the Red Cross of Montana. "These people are true role models."

Victoria was honored for staying calm and assisting her grandfather when he had a heart attack last July. ***

A few years ago Bob was honored with a heroes reward in a similar ceremony which is an annual event by the local Red Cross. He was nominated by Jenny who said he was a hero for being such a strong, good father - for always being there for his kids and sacrificing his time for them. Bob nominated Victoria for this one. When he was having his heart attack Jenny had just dropped her girls off at Bob's. Victoria was getting ready for a bath and had already disrobed when she noticed that her grandpa was acting differently. He asked her to get her mom, so she ran outside (in the buff) to get Jenny. While they were waiting for emergency services Victoria said to Bob - " Do you remember when your mom was sick and I told you that she'd be okay?" When he said yes she told him that he would be okay too.

Aren't we lucky to have so many honorable, heroic people in our family!

PS - I just received a job offer from a company that does contract work for the Federal Gov't. To finalized my hiring I have to pass a pretty extensive background check, so assuming that all goes okay I'll be starting work in about a month at almost $1 more per hour than I was making on my last job.