Preferences Week #4

1. What is their favorite season? Do you know why?
2. Tell about any of their travels or vacations you know of?
3. What was their favorite holiday? How did they celebrate?
4. Did they know any foreign languages, which ones? Why did they learn it?
5. Describe a favorite dress/ outfit, etc.

"Grandma's favorite season was Summer because she could go fishing with Grandpa, Fall because she could harvest and preserve her fruits and veggies, Winter because she could gather her family together for Christmas and Spring because the flowers bloom! She was almost always happy from my point of view. I would say Grandpa's favorite seasons were Summer and Fall because he could work in his garden and harvest.

I remember they went on a cruise and Grandma went shopping for long shorts. We thought she was the coolest grandma ever!

I think grandma's favorite holiday was Christmas because of her love of family, caroling and baking. When we got together there was plenty of all of it. She did Christmas amazingly."
-Cheryl

" don't think she had a favorite outfit, but I remember that when Grandma got dressed up she would wear a bright lipstick and I always wanted to try on her lipstick when I was a little girl.
Grandpa always wore his bib overalls with a long sleeved shirt when he worked and a polyester shirt when he dressed up. (That is . . . until Melba gave him a new sense of style.)"
-Cheryl

"I’m not sure of a favorite season, but I am certain that Grandpa looked forward to late spring and summer because he was able to plant and work his garden and of course he could go fishing.

I also am unsure of a favorite holiday, but I do know that there were some holidays that I love because of the memories I have from family time Grandma created. I loved the Christmas parties because Grandma made them fun for everyone! We sang songs, played all kinds of games (in which most everyone joined in), ate great food (including the rice pudding dessert where you won dinner out for getting the whole almond), Santa would come and sing Jingle, jingle, jingle, we’d exchange gifts, and even act out the nativity scene.

Easter was another time I love and remember because of their efforts. There was nothing better than standing by the front door waiting with all the cousins for your turn to go out and run all around the yard looking for plastic Easter eggs in hopes that you’d find the one with the $20 bill. I have a very hard time celebrating Easter without an Easter egg hunt because of it."
-Marlies

"2. St. George in the winter, which they loved! Also, I remember a family reunion at a cabin.
3. I would say Christmas! I always loved the christmas parties and looked forward to them every year! I will never forget grandma's last one........that is how I will always remember her, always running around getting everything done! She was amazing!
5. I just remember colors and fabrics. I rememer some pea green polyester pants grandpa wore and also an orange color I thought only grandparents would wear. Of course overalls were always a hit with grandpa and an apron was usually seen on grandma!"
-Racquel

"As I remember it Mom had a hard time when it was hot. I don't know that she didn't like the summer just when it was extremely hot. I think that is one of the reasons that they got Air Conditioning after they built their new house, but they waited a few years before they got the AC. I don't know if Mom or Dad had a favorite season.

As a family we didn't go on many vacations because it was hard for Daddy to find someone that could milk the cows while we were gone. I do remember taking LeAnne back to Yellowstone when she worked there one summer. She had come down for a missionary farewell, I don't know whose, and we took her back. I remember singing while we traveled. We went to Snowflake for the Flake reunion a couple of times.

Mom went to England with the Singing Mothers and that was a highlight in her life. Mom and Dad went to Italy to pick up Ivan from his mission and toured parts of Europe on the way home. Mom and Dad went to Israel with LeAnne and Carl and then on to Germany for the Passion Play in Oberamergow. They had a great time doing that. One Christmas Mom and Dad went to Hawaii and went to the Rose Bowl Parade on the way home. They went on a trip back to New England to see the fall leaves and thought that was cool. I cant tell you any specifics about their trips other than they went. Some of the trips that they went on were chartered trips.

Mom and Dad didn't learn a language. They didn't have a need to learn one."
-Yvonne