Grandpa comes for a visit from another country, but the family is too busy for much besides TV and video games. But, one night the power fails and everyone learns what they have been missing out of.
On her first summer visit to her grandmother since her grandfather's death, Leah is saddened by his absence, but Gramm helps her learn how to remember Poppy with joy.
In 1825 when Josefina trusts a trader in Santa Fe with an important deal, she makes a surprising discovery about this young American who leaves town without paying her.
When Annie's father plans to tear down the old barn and replace it with a modern shed, Annie and her grandfather worry about all the birds that nest in the rickety old structure.
Oscar is thrilled to be picked for the Johnsonville soccer team, but when his mother declares that he must miss his first game to attend a family celebration, his grandfather comes up with a winning plan.
Tired of the "women's work" he feels he must always do, ten-year-old Justin visits his cowboy grandfather, where he learns that cooking is men's work too.
