Do we get points for effort?

Roger Berny, my father in law, passed away late last year.
April 15 would have been his birthday. We wanted to mark this special day in some way.
I came up with the idea of having Diego and Isabel draw birthday cards for their "Opa" (grandpa in German). We got a dozen colorful balloons and the idea wast to tie the cards to the balloons and let them go so the cards would reach Roger in Heaven.
The idea seemed loving, sweet and simple enough. The kids did a great job with their cards. Isabel insisted that she wanted to write hers without help and so part of it, had many letters that do not make words (at least not in any language I know). Patrick wrote the longest letter I have seen him write in decades. I did not read it, but it was evident that a lot of love went into it. I also made a card; wished Roger happiness (even though I don't have any doubt that he has it ) and asked him to look over his grandchildren.
The next day, on the 15th, we were running to have a couple of minutes free before school, work, etc. We all went out to the back yard. Patrick managed to take a picture of the balloons with the cards and letter. We sang Happy Birthday and counted... "one, two, three..." Diego and Isabel let go of the balloons which started going up and up. We all were wondering how long we would be able to still see them. Would they go into a cloud?
Well, the anticipation ended much too quickly. It just so happens that it was a windy day. We did not take that into consideration in the midst of our little ceremony. the balloons' journey came to a screeching halt.... when they got stuck in a branch in our neighbors big, tall tree.
We were all disappointed, but it actually made for a funnier. more memorable story.
The balloons are all gone, of course, but from our kitchen window, we can still see the bunch of colorful ribbons and the cards all mangled around the branch.
We all agreed that it did not matter that the balloons got stuck. Opa had surely seen all that we did. He surely appreciated the drawings in the cards and read the letter from the son that loved him so much. Besides, I can just bet he had a good laugh about the end result.
I will upload the little "balloon action" video tonight...