Does this sound a little familiar? :)

I found this on YouTube and it reminded me an awful lot of Dad for some reason. :) Happy Father's Day to our Dear Old Dad. (and all the other dad's in the family)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUep7_6yG4s

Celebration!!

Today marked what would have been mom's 81 birthday. Today many events happened that made me miss her the most since her passing. I wanted to write something that would help me remember her greatness and goodness! She was flawless in some things, I mean really flawless. She loved perfectly. In her heart she really only saw the good in others. To this day I can not remember her saying an unkind word about another person AND she took that one more step... any time I felt hurt by another person she ALWAYS reminded me that I was to try to love them and see their side. Today I think that reminds me of Jesus. I remember mom saying really simple prayers--almost child like and sometimes in my vain attempts to be sophisticated I would look down on them. Now I look up and realize just how close she was to the Savior at those times. She really did become as a child in her faith and her unfailing love! She understood the Savior's teachings. She truly was flawless in her child like faith and love for others.

I hope you celebrated some how!!

Good to See Everybunny

Thanks to all who hosted us and welcomed us and generally made our trip down for the wedding enjoyable. Big Hugs all around!

Family Gathering

We are having a dinner for Dad/Grandpa and Annette on Sunday, May 16, 6:00 pm at our home
(2428 E. 10265 S. Sandy)....Come and celebrate...we need to see you and catch up!!!!!
Let us know if you can make it..and spread the word!

Sad farewell

Anyone want to share a fun memory of LinDee. We pray for all the Hokansons at this time!

Dad and I went to McGrath's for seafood in memory of Mom on February 25th. We enjoyed sharing memories about her and I enjoyed a Raspberry lemonade in her honor!!! I hope you can write a few memories about her here or email them to me!!

Sunday Memories

I wanted to share some of the thoughts Dad shared with me after Sunday dinner. We started talking about his Dad, Grandpa Asplund. He died before I was born (Becky was the last grandchild in our family, although I don't think she has any memories of him). He died at age 58.

I have always been very curious about his personality. So I asked. "What was he like?" Dad was reflective in his answer. "My dad was surprising, He could ride a horse and herd cattle and while on the back of a horse he could recite "Lady on the Lake". I always had the impression he was a very formal man. Dad said this was not the case, although he was strict (more so than Grandmother) but he reinforced his rules by showing deep dissappointment when his children misbehaved. Dad has a very vivid memory of his father crying when he felt that his children had not lived up to the standards he had hoped. "This was very effective," dad said, "because we loved him and that caught our attention".

"I know Grandma loved to read, Did your dad read?". I asked. "Both my parents loved to read, but they read differently. My mother read like a school teacher, she liked to extract the social conversation that would come from a good read. My father read like a professor of literature. He loved the deeper meanings of novels and history and liked profound truths. He was not much interested in social conversations that would come about from literature."

I had always thought my grandparents were very social people. Dad clarified this. "My mother was very social and always wanted to be at the heart of a social circle (Happy hunters, book clubs or Bridge clubs). While Grandpa Asplund was very polite and participated in all the activities, he was also notorious for finding a quite corner and reading a book (WHO ELSE DO we know that is like that--now I know where Dad gets it from!!)

Some fun tidbits!!!